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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-25

If there are any better than Phipps, they are Gage
IF there any better than Gage, they are Phipps
So; there you are
Frankly don't pretend to decide between the two,
So; both are here.
Smart trim styleful varied.
Gage does thing that Phpps does not: goes into
the hats that are not strictly tailored in style.
Some Of the Gage hats really unique trimmed hats,
some are of lingerie order and very beautiful
Either Gage or Phpps, DRESS or lingerie deep
ly interesting this Observation-Disclosures week
Come and delight in the show at $3.50 to $15.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-25

ADVERTISE N THE TIMES.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-25

Bridgeport, Weather-Parly
Monday, March 49, Tuesday fair northwest winds
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-25

London, March 25.-The British position
liqht, it is announced officially.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
A Long War Ahead.

Washington, April 21-Some of
the more influential members of
the house committee on military
affairs have become convinced
that the United States must be
prepared to carry on the war for
from three to seven years longer.
They realize that this is not a
very cheerful outlook, but feel it
would be worse than unwise to
paint the situation in any but its
true colors. The congressman
will take this message home to
the people when they return to
their constituencies after the ad-
journment of the house and sem
ate some time during the sum-
mer.
1t is not the sort of news they
would like to convey, but they
are convinced Americas chances
of winning the war will show a
sudden leap upward from the
moment that the hope of peace
is discarded in favor of the reality
that the United States is in for a
long, hard war.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
Utilizing Old Grass Land.

The present is an admirable
opportunity to make good use Of
the old WORKOUT, hide-bound
mowings or meadows. As a
rule, old grass land is the most
Improbable part Of an average
eastern farm. Unless they are
regularly top-dressed they do not
yield enough grass to pay their
way on the farm. AS a rule, the
old mowings are workable.
They were titled in the old days,
and there is no reason why they
may not be titled now. Though
they are stony we have steel tools
adapted to working rough land.
The principal drawback to these
old grass fields is low fertility.
From time immemorial they have
been cropped to death. How
ever, the present is a good time
to start to reclaim them. A small
amount of plantfood accompanied
by thorough preparation of the
seed bed will result in fair crops
of certain kinds of grain.
The old neglected mowings
should be utilized this year and
made to produce something more
profitable than scant, weedy hay.
The present is a splendid oppor-
tunity to break them up and uti-
lie them for the growing of
cereals, either corn, oats, buck
wheat or wheat. When condi-
tions are as they now are eastern
farmers can afford to grow some
things in addition to hay and
ensilage corn. New England
Farms.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
TRACTORS NOW At WORK.
Lieutenant Governor NcCIain Tells
Of Progress Made on Farms y
in PENNSYLVANIA. - -.

Philadelphia, April 17-Frank
B. McClain, Lieutenant Govern
or, who among his other numeI-
Gus war activities is Chairman Of
the State Tractor Service Com
mittee of the PENNSYLVANIA
Commission of Safety and De-
Tense, announced today that the
work of placing tractors was
progressing satisfactorily in
spite of the delays in shipment
Of machines, caused by railroad
conditions.
Mr.. McClain said that the
greater numbers of requests for
tractors had been received from
the farming counties of South
Eastern Pennsylvania, which
counties have been hardest hit
in the matter Of farm labor by
the drain from factories and
ship-building plants.
Tractors are now in seventeen
counties out of the total of sixty
seven in Pennsylvania. They
are as follows:
Lehigh Columbia, Butler,
Bradford, Crawford, Blair, Del
aware, Bucks, Potter, Montgom-
cry, Erie, Lawrence, Washing
ton, Mercer, Tioga, Venango and
Huntingdon.
One tractor will do in a day
about four times as much work
as man, a team and a plough.
The tractors will be worked II
or l6 hours a day with double
shifts, one operator working Z or
8 hours, and being relieved by
another who will take a similar
tour of duty. 1t is estimated
that a man and a team can
plough aboutthree acres per day,
whereas a tractor can plough
twelve.
About a score of machines are1
now at work and others will be
on the job in the course of
few days.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
Must Siga Name.

We have received from "some
one" at Clear Ridge a communi-
cation for publication in this
weeks News in which the send
er says the fellow who wrote the
items from Clear Ridge last
week lis another" that, instead
of Clear Ridge being a peaceful
little village, the people up there
use swear words, say naughty
things, play cards on Sunday,
and tell lies on the Sunday School
superintendent. But as the
writer's name did not accompany
the article, we cannot publish
it. Of course, we did not want
the name of the writer for pub
lication, but we must have it for
our own protection.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
HUSTON At RECONNAISSANCE.
Do Not Fail to Hear The Story Of One
Of Oar Home Boys Who HaS
Seen the Trenches.

Mr.. Amos Huston of Three
Springs, Pa, will speak in the
Public School Auditorium in Nc
Connellsburg, on Monday even
ing April 29th at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Huston has been over in
France in the Ambulance Ser
vice and tells a most interesting
story of his experiences and of
what he has seen.
He has been speaking at sew
eral places in the County to
large audiences. He gives his
services free. Every one is cor
daily invited to come and hear
him. There will be no admittance
fee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
lie Is a Fulton County Boy.

The Republic Item, published
in Chicago, has this to say of
George A. Wishart, son of the
late Hon. S. P. Wishart of Wells
Tannery:
THE American Sales Book
Company has what they call the
Amsaboco Trophy, presented by
the president of the company,
and ultimately to be given to
their best salesman.
Their method of determining
who is best seems a decidedly
air one. Each salesman is
given a quota, based on past
sales records, and territorial
possibilities, etc. At the end of
three months the name of the
man who has furtbest passed his
quota is engraved on the cup.
And when one ones name has
appeared three times the cup
will come into his permanent
possession.
"At the end Of the last three
months period Mr.. George A.
Wishart, of the Chicago office,
had a percentage of 2ll per cent,
or Ill per cent higher than his
quota, and the highest percent
age for the quarter, so he is the
present owner Of the cup.
The Chicago office of the
American Sales Book Company
is in Room 1907 of The Republic,
with Mr.. F. S. Graham manager
and Mr.. Wishart associate mana
ger. Both men have been with
the company for good many
years. Mr.. Wishart was with
the old American Sales Book
Campany II years before its
consolidation with the Carter
Crum Company in 1911. He
was district manager of ten
states until two years ago, when
he was transferred to Chicago
CITY territory "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
HOhman-M MlCuade.

Mr.. Ralph Wilson Holman, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Hob
man, and Miss Hazel Catherine
McQuade daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel B. McQuade-all of
Ayr township-were m arried
Wednesday evening, April "a,
1918 at the parsonage of the Uni
ted Presbyterian church by the
pastor, Rev. Wilson V. Grove.
After the ceremony the happy
couple left on honeymoon trip.
Both bride and groom are fine
young people start out in mar
ried life with the best wishes of
many friends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25


Raymond T. Eichelberger,
youngest son of Landlord and
Mrs. Thomas Eichelberger of the
Union Hotel, Everett, Pa, is
now a full fledged man-bird, hav-
ing received a commission as
Lieutenant and assigned to pur-
suit work in the aviation service,
which is quite an honor for the
young man. He is in class A and
will be seut to Lake Charles, La,
where he will do scout and pur-
suit work entirely.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
JOHN S. MILLER,
of Somerset, Pa.

John S Miller was born on a
farm in Jenner Township, Somer.
set County, Pa; received his
early education on the farm and
district school; taught school sew,
eral terms; was graduated from
Washington & Jefferson College
IN 1901; admitted to practice OF
law in 1904; elected District AT.
torney in 1907, as the nominee
of the Republican party, for one
term, 1908.19l2, ard has since
comblned farming with practice
of law.
MIR. Miller is actively ldentl.
fed with the agricultural inter.
ests ofSomerset County, beng a
member of the Patrons of Hus.
oandry and organizer and sec
retary of the County Farm
Bureau. He is active IN COM
uunlty and church work and all
moral upllft and welfare move
ments of his town and county.
Being earnestly opposed to tho
liquor traffic he has for some
years past acted as counsel for
remonstrants against liquor Ii
censes aud been dlligent in the
fostering of anti saloon and pro.
hibitlon sentiment.
Mr.. Miller has always been a
Republican IN politics and has
the endorsement of the Dry Fed
GRAFTON Anti Saloon League, Pro
hlbltlon Party. llterdenomina.
tional Sunday School Association,
Adult Organized Bible Glasses,
w. g. II U and other temper
az ce and uphft organizations of
Somerset County, for State Sena
tor on the tickets of the several
political parties.
lie respectfully soIicits the
support of the Dry voters of all
political affiliations at the Pri-
mary electIol, on Tuesday, May
p, pledglng himself, If elected to
the Senate to vote for the ratti.
cation by the Pennsylvania Leg.
stature of the National Pruhlbl-
tion amendment and all othe'
temperance legislation that may
come before the Senate while he
is d member
Advertisement.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
CIaybaugh-Strait.

At the Lutheran parsonage,
McConnellsburg on Thursday,
April 1S, 1918, the pastor, Rev.
C. F. Jacobs, united in marriage
Mrs. Mary Strait, of Saluvia and
James F. Claybaugh of Everett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claybaugh will re-
side in Everett.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
PaXtOn-finilf.
Advertisement.

At the First United Brethren
parsonage in Chambersburg.
Rev. DR.. L. Walter Lutz united
in marriage Bruce H. Paxton,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Fl.
Paxton and Miss Margaret E.
Finiff, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nicholas |. Finiff-all Of Cham
bersburg. Both are well-known
young people Of that town. Miss
Charlotte Finiff, sister of the
bride, and Miss Ethel Paxton,
sister of the groom, accompanied
the couple and witnessed the
ceremony. They will reside in
Chambersburg,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
Two Years More.

In an address before the New
York legislature in joint session
up in Albany last week, ex-
President Taft said the United
States must put an army of
from five to seven millions of
men fully equipped on the west
ern front to win the war. 1t
will require two years to do this,
and probably another year to
smash German militarism.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
MellOtt-Truay.

At the home of the BRIDES pa
rents Rev. and Mrs. w. R.
nuax, near Pleasant Ridge on
Wednesday, April II, 1918, Miss
Jessie Margaret Truax was mar
ried to Mr.. Rowe Chester Mel
lott, sons of the late Miles and
Rachel Schooley Mellott. The
bride and groom are we'll known
young people and have the best
wishes of their many friends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
"FR0M ATLANTA TO The SEA-"
Veteran Who Marched With General
Sherman Calls for Congressman
fochl's Re-NOminatiOn.

Mr.. James j. McMullen, the
well known respected citizen and
long Republican of E as t
Waterford, Juniata County, has
authorized the publication of a
letter he recently wrote Con-
gressman Focht. Mr.. McMullen
served in the Civil War as a cav
alryman, being a member Of the
Simon Cameron Lochiel Cav
alry", which was the 9th Pa.
and Company E. This grand old
veteran, who was with General
William 7. Sherman from AT
lanta to the Sea" has made
public the letter as follows:
East Waterford, Pa.
April 2, 1918.
Hon. BENJAMIN X FoCHT,
Washington, d. c.
DEAR FRIEND Mr.. FoCHT:
| have your letter and the state
ment regarding the pension claim
which you are giving your char
acteristic careful attention, |
know you will work this out for
us as you have thousands of
others for the soldiers and SOL
diers' widows.
The United States is just now
passing through a frightful crisis
and such as never before and
which we hope will never occur
again. | am confident the voters
of the county will recognize the
Importance of retaining pres
ent members of Congress who
have done things so well in our
great trial. This is no time to
fool with factional or personal
politics. 1t is legislation and ex-
perienced work for the people we
now need, and it surely can be
better enacted by men whose
minds have been trained in this
work. | hope that your eXpe-
rience will be amply recognized,
and that you may be retained in
Congress until this war is over
and the country restored to peace
and prosperity. | would like to
see the voters of the 18th Dis
trict renominate you by acclama-
ton, for your constituents want
you for your dependable and in
telligent work for all the people,
This work you have done most
diligently and without discrimi-
nation as to rich, poor, high or
low.
Closing with thanks for the
kindness you have always shown
me, am.
Sincerely your friend,
JAMES J. Nc MULLEN.
Advertsemen
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25

Mr.. VIM. E. OFT of Back Run,
spent Wednesday in Chambers
burg, and was accompanied
home by his daughter Mary who
had spent the past. two weeks in
the Chambersburg hospital.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25

Mr.. Joseph Sipes of Licking
Creek township, came to town
last Thursday and spent the night
in the home of his old neighbors
Judge Wesley Hoop and daugh-
ter Miss Sallie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
Fagley- Hess.

Mr.. John Fagley and Miss Ada
Hess, both of Licking Creek
township were married in Cham
bersburg on Wednesday of last
week. The groom is an enter
prising farmer and lumberman
and the bride a popular young
lady. Mr.. and Mrs. Fagley have
the best wishes of their numerous
friends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
DRY" BUT VOTED WITH VETS"
"Dry" Voters Pat Wise to The Record
CT Senator James v.
EndSley.

to the Philadelphia North
American frankly gives the
wet" and dry" records of
certain gentlemen from Somer-
set County seeking reelection to
the Legislature.
Somerset. Pa, April 13.
State Senator James w. Endsley,
one of the more feeble Penrose
members of the upper branch of
the Legislature, is trying for
denomination in the Somerset
Bedford Fulton district, after
all, failing to live up to reports
that he would drop out to avoid
defeat.
Altho he voted with the ''wets"
in the only division of the Senate
on. the liquor question last ses-
sion. Endsley advertises that
II renew the pledge made when
| was a candidate for the first
time several years ago, and
which | consistently kept thru
out my legislative career: To
support temperance legislation
and to vote for the ratification
of the prohibition amendment to
the constitution of the United
States"
The test on the liquor and anti
liquor attitude of state senators
occurred on June 27, when a
motion to suspend the rules in
order to give immediate con-
sideration to a resolution urging
Congress to enact the food con-
troll bill then pending, which in
cluded an anti-liquor section,
was voted down, 26 to 16. The
regular defenders in the Senate,
like Crow, McNichol, Beidleman
and Salus, were quick to recog-
nize the resolution as antagonis-
tic to the grain-consuming
booze trade, and Endsley voted
with them to prevent, its con-
sideration at the time chosen by
its supporters, as page 43l2 of
the Senate Journal sets forth.
Having obtained a black and
white record of the 26 to 16 roll
call, the dry" senators, know
ing their resolution could not be
passed, because of liquor DOM
ination in the Senate, did not
call it up for consideration the
following day, when it would
have been in order under the
rules. BY this course they de-
prived any senator's who wanted
to flop harmlessly to the dry"
side in an effort to square them
selves with constituents, of the
opportunity to do so.
The Dry Federation of Somer-
set county is supporting John S.
Miller for the Republican sena-
torial nomination against End
sley, aiming to elect a man who
will not vote with the "wets"
under any circumstances. The
federation's candidates for the
House are John P. Statler, and
Paul d. Clutton.
Representative Robert W.
Lohr, who voted with the Pen
rose element last session to make
Dick Baldwin, choice of the
"wets," speaker of the House,
and then stood with the temper
ance forces on legislative meas
ures, is asking denomination.
Hia colleague in the House,
Morris w. Speicher, a Penrose
liquor member all the way thru,
also wants another term. .-Ad-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25

Esther Agnes is the name of a
fine little daughter recently ad-
ded to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sanner E. Ray in McConnells-
burg
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25

| Zee.
She was a faithful member of
the M. E. church all her life and
took an active interest in the
work of the Church. She is sur
vived by three sisters one resid-
ing at Shade Gap, one at Nc
Connellstown, and Que in Brock
ton, Mass.
MRS. MARGARET MARSHALL.
At the age of 7S years, 10
months and 16 days, Mrs. Mar
garet Marshall passed away at
the home of her son Harry Mar
shall in Todd towpship on Sun
day, April 81, 1918, after short
illness of influenza. The funeral
took place on Tuesday afternoon
and interment was made in the
cemetery at Bethlehem church.
Mrs. Marshall was a daughter
of John and Jane Wilson Sher-
msp, the former having been
born in Germany. She was mar
ried to George Marshall who died
several years ago. To this union
the following children were
born; Samuel, John, George,
Thomas, Harry, Van, Jennie,
wife of a Mr.. Snyder, near
Brownsville; Mary, wife of A.
B. Wakefield, Mt. Union, and
Tillie, wife of Bert Brant, near
McConnellsburg. Van died a
few years ago. Mrs. Marshall
is survived by two brothers,
John and Thomas Sherman, and
by one sister, Ann, wife of
George w. Mock near Burnt
Cabins.
Mrs. Marshall was a woman of
remarkable constitution, kindly
disposition and good neighbor.
BARTON. ;
At the tender age of year, l
month and II days, the only son
of Prof. and Mrs. Harper P.
Barton of Hustontown was taken
by death from the fond parents
on the 18th day of April, 1918.
The child had whooping cough
about a week, when it suddenly
became violently ill. Loving pa
rents, faithful nurses and skilled
physicians were alike powerless
to stay the arch enemy of man.
kind. Real sympathy for Prof.
and Mrs. Barton can come only
from those who have passed
through like ordeal.
MRS. ADAM WAGNER.
Mary, wife of Adam Wagner,
died at their home in Brush
] Creek township, Friday, Apri
IL, 1916, aged about SO years,
The cause of her death wrs tu'
berculosis.
Funeral services were held al
the lower church in Whips Cove
on the following Sunday, and in
terment was made in the Gene
terry near.
The deceased is survived by
her husband and two children
Harry and Lena Letonia, both Of
Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
MARGARET LYNCH.
Margaret, aged about IL years
daughter of Victor and Annie
Stacker Lynch, died at theil
home at Berkeley Springs, w. Va,
Tuesday night, April 16. 1918 o.
| tuberculosis. The funeral tool
place on Friday and intermen
was made in the cemetery atAnti
| och church on Timber Ridge. Tit
, little girl had been in poor health
, for a long time. She was taken tt
: a hospital in the hope that some
thing might be done to restore
her to health, but all to no avail
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-04-25
To Place Sigus.
Advertisement

The Chambersburg Motor Club
has taken final action on the
signs to be placed at each end of
the Lincoln Highway on the
Fulton and Adams county lines.
The signs will be 8 by "a feet,
and will inform the tourist that
he is within the Cumberland
Valley. The signs will be placed
within the next ten days. The
letters will be red and blue with
a white background. The signs
will be inscribed as follows:
Entrance to the
CUMBERLAND VALLEY
Is miles to
Chambersburg
Population $1,000
The Most Attractive City in the
Valley. Erected by Chamber Of
Commerce and Motor Club.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-28
GERMANS BOMBING
US. HOSPITALS
Warfare on Sick Has Been
Going on For Past Ten
.sgs, Days. .i1l.a4
Aeat
raIlEs

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 2S.-(By Associated
Press.)-What was apparently a de-
liberate attempt to wreck American
hospitals in the rear Of the American
lines in Picardy occurred Sunday aft
ernoon when the Germans huflNd high
explosive and gas shells within few
hundred yards Of two hospitals. For
tunatelg no damage was done.
BY a coincidence the bombar1ment
was going on while American funerals
we're being held. Several shells fell
a short distance from ono funeral par
ty but the ceremony was not disturbed.
German attempts TO carry the war
fare to American sick and wounded be-
gan about 10 days ago, with the ad'
vent Of a new moon. Enemy aero
planes circled over the little villages
where Il has long been known hos
pitfalls were located and dropped
bombs. Several civilians we're injured
in q recent air raid while not far from
the American hospitals. They were
asleep when the attack began feeling
secure in their proximity 10 the hos
pitfalls. Viz
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-28
'bARBERS DEGIDE TO
REDUCE THE FINES
Effort Made to Deal Lenient
ly With Alleged Viola
.cyssa tors.
ACA<-a
~

what disposition should be made o.
cases where union BARRIERS violated the
rules OF the local we're discussed at z
meeting held last evening In Central
Labor hall By the BARRIERS Union. 4
number Of union BARRIERS have violat.
ed the rule, which does not permit
them 10 quit q union shop and accept
employment At q non.union shop and
work among non.union BARRIERS.
Al last nights meeting OF the union
It was decided that everything will be
adjusted and that within a few days
practically every chop In the city win
be unioniZed.
Some OF the shops want the union
label but they cannot secure Il before
the violators they employ are fined tor
the alleged violations.
Former accounts placed in doubt the
number OF union shops in the city
which have been seven IN number fof
some time. There are eight non.uniOn
shops, but a. previously stated q good.
~ percentage OF these at least viii bO
affiliated with the union within the
next few days. The fines are made
against the individual BARRIERS and not
the master barber-tho owner OF the
shop.