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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
HUSTONTOWN.
Advertisement.

These are busy times. vi
course, some people are running
on high, others, on low, while
others are waiting for a car to
come along and pick them up
Many of US are eating corn to
save the wheat. Others are afraid
corn will ipjure their stomachs
or complexlons. If this unholy
war continues, many a stomach
will be glad to welcome a corn
cake or a bowl of mush and milk.
A majority of our farmers are
exertlng every effort to produce
a maximum of foodstuff; for, If
the millions of boys that have
been, are being, and will be, sent
to the front to stay the onward
progress of the savage Huns,
they must not be permitted to
charge US with not giving them
enough to eat. While most OF
our good people are wide awake
to the gravity OF the situation,
and are giving of their means
and of their time, there are a
few, who are transposlng that
good old hymn and singing to
the top of their voices, while 9TH
ers fight to WIN the prize, and
sail through bloody seas; I'll
take a sguaint at the German
skies, upon a bed of sweetpeas. "
A play was gwen In the P. o.
S. A. Hall last Saturday evening,
entitled the Southern Clnder-
ella" by the following girls:
Mayme Wink, Jean Strain,
Roxey Downes, Edith Reeder,
Frances Lam berson, Ethel Wink,
and Mrs. Harry Lam berson un-
der the tutilage of Miss Mar
garet Kirk. The play was we'll
rendered and a credit to the
community. Miss Klrk enter
tanned the audience by recltlng
several suitable selections. She
is a fine elocutonilst and enter.
tainer, and her efforts we're
much appreciated and greatly
enjoy ed by all who heard her.
The writer feels justified IN the
assertion that Fulton County
possesses talent that cannot be
excelled; yet through spirit of
jealousy, pride, self righteous
ness and autocracy, weare allow
bying that talent to hidden under
bushel. This play was given In
the interest of the Red Cross and
netted $31.00. Although the
principles In this play met with
opposition by a few knockers of
whom there Is no record of their
ever having given one cent or
even sympathy to the Red Cross,
the play was thoroughly epjoyed
by the rank andfile of our citl-
zens.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06

Mrs. Josephine Sloan received
a card a few days ago informing
her that the transport on which
her son T. Frank had sailed had
reached France in safety. He
went from Camp Sherman, O.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06

EGGS AND PoULTRY-I will pay
30 cents for nice fresh Eggs, and
a fair price for all kinds of Poul-
try brought to my home.
FRANK MASON.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06

WooL-Judge Morton will pay
to growers 65 cents pound for
wool d elivered at his home. Five
cents a pound less for blackberry
or fleece grown-government
price. Dung tags to be removed.
662t.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06

Mr.. w. M. Patterson of Pitts
burgh, spent last Saturday and
Sunday in the home of his par
ents, Hon. and Mrs. D. H. Pat
terson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06

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UnlOaders, Coke Oven Men, and
other help. Good wages and
steady employment. Apply to
COLONIAL IRON CO., Riddles,
burg, Pa. 823 If
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
A Tribute to the Boys Of 81 and 1918.


w.s CLEvENGER.
Our boys they have left us-so brave and so true
Today they are fighting the Hum
Safely we trust them to carry through
AS our boys Of SIXTY ONE.
To fag-Oid Glory
That's why they have shouldered the gun
Handed down through the years the same story
How you saved it in sIxTY-oNE.
Mid the din and the roar of battle today
They will never give up till it's won,
They have the same spirit, and fight the way
AS our heroes of sxTY.oNE.
While our thoughts are with our boys away,
In war, perhaps just begun.
Our hearts go out to you today
To our boys of sIxTYoNE
To you who are left, though aged and gray
AS you march to the muffed drum,
We honor you and this tribute we pay
To your comrades, of SIXTY ONE.
One by one as you pass away
And God whispers to you well Done
You Boys of Blue, and the Boys of Gray
Will meet your comrades of sIxTY-oNE.
But down through the years, this day we shall keep
And as gather the flowers of May,
We will halow each mound wherever you sleep
For saving our u S. A.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
LASHLEY.

Mr.. aud Mrs. Thos. Stoner
are spending a few days with
Mr.. and Mrs, Albert Dawson at
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
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Lost, Found, Etc.

RATES-One cent per word for each
Insertion. No advertisement accepted
for less than Is cents. Cash must &C.
company order.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
Cash for Old False Teeth

Don't matter II broken. We pay up osi2 90.
according to value. Al'o cash for Old Gold,
Jewelry, Silver dental crowns or brldgework.
We send cash by return mail and will hold
goods 10 days for ssnders approval OF our
price. Send by Parcel Post or write first for
particulars.
Domestic Supply Co., Dept. 50, BlnshamtOn,N.Y
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Governmental Control
of World Railways

Suggestions of governmental control of the railways of the
United States during the war, now being made by officials of the
government at Washington, lend interest to a compilation by the
National City Bank, of New York, showing government control or
ownership of the railways throughout the world. 1t shows that about
one-third of the railways of the world are owned or controlled by
the governments of the respective countries or states i'm which they
operate, and that in Europe, Asia, Africa and the British colonies
more than one-half OF the lines are government owned or controlled.
In some cases, notably Germany and Australia, the railways are
chiefly the property OF the states or subdivisions forming the general
government, IN others they arr the direct property of the central
government. In Germany over 90 per cent of the railways arc clMsed
as government o state railways; Austria Hungary SO per cent; Russia
II per cent; Italy 10 per cent; Switzerland 80 per cent: the Sean
dhmavlan states "A per cent, and France at present II per cent. while
other parts OF her system have been built in part % whole by the
government and are operated by railway companies. and will later
revert to the government. OF Europe, as a whole "a per cent of the
railway lines are classcd as state o NJ governmental railways. Asia 10
per cent, Africa 90 per cent, South America 81 per cent and North
America but $ per cent. I'm Australia SO per cent belong to the
COLONIES which form the commonwealth of Australia, in New Zealand
99 per cent are governmental, India so per cent, and the British
colonies IS a whole 80 per cent, while those of Great Britain none is
owned by the government, though the entire SYSTEM is now Tempo
rarlly controlled by the government for war purposes. In Canada
about D per cent OF the railways are government owned. I'm China
portions OF the railways are being constructed under agreements
which Will finally make them government property, and in Japan 79
per cent OF the railways are now classed as government lines. The
principal countries which do not own or at least control any part of
their lines are United States, Great Britain, Spain and Turkey, though
In certain OF the South American countries, notably Argentina. the
share OF the lines owned or controlled by the government is compare
lively small. The cost of the railways of the world, including i'm this
term flrst construction and equipment, is estimated at about 100000
oOOOoO, OF which those of Europe are about $27O0OO0OOOO, North
America $2l,OOOOOOOOO, South America So, 500O0OOOO, Asia $780,
oooOoo, Africa $2OooO0oOo0, and Oceania 81 ,%50000oy00o.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Rode Mule Across Plains.

From the Sacramento Bee.
John II. Cooper. an old time resident
who came to Sacramento when a boy IL
years old, arriving here on August 81.
1852, after riding all the way from
Kentucky on a little white mule, is
dead. His father, Archibald H. Cooper.
M. D., a come to California with the
gold seekers. and the family, with q
company requiring % wagons to con-
vey them, followed across the plains
a few years later.
In later years Cooper sailed to New
York and Jack as a cabin boy. While
at Stockton in 1854 he met Prof. w. l..
Wright. of Yale college, who took great
interest In the boy and made it pos
sible for him to receive an education
in the high schools at Benicia and Sac
ramento. At his death Wright further
aided his young friend by willing to
him half of the Rough and Ready
Island ranch.
Young Cooper learned the printers
trade and at n time worked on the
sacramento Bee. Being possessed of
musical talent, his studies along this
line made him an instructor in both
vocal and instrumental music. and IL
was largely through his efforts that the
Phllharmonic society was organized.
and for years he was its president. At
one time he was in charge OF the music
IN the public schools. and at different
times served as organist for the Meth
dis Episcopal and Presbyterian
churches and the Jewish synagogue.
One of his efforts was to form a chorus
of $50 voices.
Cooper then bought and sold a n,m-
Der of orchards. At one time he owned
interests in mines in California, Nevada
and Mexico.
Cooper was born in Lexington. XIV.
December II. 1910.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
BELOVED OPERA STAR
HELD AS GERMAN SPY

Buenos Aires, (By mail.)--I'ew
ome ever have been so popular and
so beloved by the Argentine public as
Elena T~heodorini. an opera singer ia
nous in this country, who was arrested
by OFFICERS of a French cruiser on a
charge that she was a spy in the employ
nf Count LuNburg, the former German
minister here. u LuXburg received
his passports from the Argentine gov
eminent for sending to Germany IL sug-
sestlon that Argentine ships be sunk
without trace"
La Theodorini. as she has always
been called in Argentina. took passage
on board Il steamer for europe in com
pany with a group of theatrical per
o n who We're known to be friends CT
Count LuNburs. The steamer was
halted off Montevideo by British cr,Iis-
RS and some of the others of the thcat-
rlcal group were placed under arrest,
but Theodorini was not moiested until
me steamer was ~overhauled by Il
l'rench cruiser off the Spanish coast.
News that the cruiser had taken her
from the passenger steamer on charges
III espionage came as Il surprise to
Theoooriilis admirers in this city. for
the general public did not know, as did
diplomatic circles that she had been in
recent wears Il great friend of Count
LuNburg, and a member of a circle of
theatrical women who were dined and
Wlned at he residence of the German
diplomat.
La Theodorini came to Buenos Aires
In 1854. Singing leading parts in we'll
known operas she soon achieved a wide
reputation, and afterward became SO
attached to Argentine audiences that
she made her home in his city. Since
then she has figured in the musical and
theatrical life of Argentina, although
she had retired from the operatic stage.
One of her acts which endeared her
TO the Argentine public was her appli-
cation for naturalization inasmuch as
she was the first woman of a foreign
country to take such a step. Last year
she paid a visit to New York, where a
festival was given in her honor by the
Metropolitan opera stars. She returned
to Buenos Aires in February last.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Health Value Of Sugar.

From the Springfield Republican
DIR. l.. H. Bradford, dean of Harvard
medical school; DR.. j.. p. Sutherland.
dean of Boston university medical
school. AID DR.. Charles +. Painter.
dean of Tufts college medical school,
have issued the following statement re-
Sarding the value of sugar as a food:
The present shortage in the sugar
supply in America has caused serious
apprehension in the minds of some
persons concerning the possible harm
full effects upon the health of the peo-
pie at large and of certain classes of
people in particular, that is. young chill
dren and nursing mothers. This APP
p~rehens1on is not warranted, and the
effect of it is unduly disquieting to the
tll-informed.
The facts arc these: In childhood,
principal article of diet, there is prob
ably no dietary indiscretion which
leads more often to stomach and in
testlnal upsets-and these form the
ulk of the illnesses of this period OF
life-through the unbalancing of the
diet. than the taking as food of too
much g n starches. Therefore
a lessening of the amount now habit
lally used would doubtless be a benefit
rather than detriment.
In infancy the amounts required to
meet he needs Of the underfed and
Me NaraSmlC are so small that they
could easily be provided for under any
condition of shortage that can occur.
S far as the adult population is
concerned, sugar is not an essential.
Nature has provided in sufficient
mounts for all the sugar tina is re-
luired, n in forms readily avail
able. in the course of the digestion Of
starch. sugar is one Of the products
formed yithin the body. so that the
physiological necessities Of the body, so
Ear as sugar is concerned, are met by
and within the body in the course Of
he ordinary process of starch diges-
ton.
TT hos been reportrd that children
in families where porridge is used to
a great extent as a food will forsake
their porridge unless they have it
seasoned with sugar, and that in
ssmuch as this is a conspicuous part Of
the diet of infants and young children
they are likely to eat less thar is re-
quired. These children, of course, can
not always De reasoned with. In such
cases, it is suggested that c%ulrants and
raisins might be boiled in with the por-
ridge and thus provide the desired
sweetness"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
Allied War Council.
~
From the London Observer.

. From the London Observer.
Once more. those who put their trust In
sea power as the ultimate agent Of vic-
tory are disappointed to find that no
plac sc has been allotted to sailors on the
strategicai taft Of the newly formed war
neil OF the allies. This is the more
strange. as the whole genesis Of the new
mcye Is to bring about a unity OF strate-
eiea plan on all fronts How questions
lnvo,ving not only France and Italy. but
Ha!onica. Palestine, and Mesopotamia can
he solved without the continual aid and
kuidancc OF those who understand sea
bpWer and it, workings. 1t is hard to un-
S4ratand. The very idea Of unity of front
nostulates the full use OF the sen In order
to counter balance the a-dvantaGeepos-
ss.aed BY the enemy In his interior lines:
~ OF the American army in the
fisld ana. its d%evelopmnt in The fitting
nrsrter. alike depend wholly on sea
noSrsr. Yet no British or American adj
4trsi = % sit with he generals. There
p "a. - yet. even a allied STAIR
1nrHfns on parallel lines.
Il a notcworthy that the military cOr-
rUpoudsnt d the Times. not noted hither-
q ~ 4 ssbiue water man" has irawn At
serfios Ia tSls mission. and criticised =
sSvefseiy. When al the faults n TAI.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03

DE made use Oh they can be covered with
water and set to simmering for a half
hour, and the broth thus obtained can
be used as the liquid in which to cook the
meal.
The chief points to be observed in maxi
ing mush are that the water must be
boiling rapidly when the meal is added.
an" that the finished product he perfectly
smooth ard free from Jumps.
one eplcure says he can always dis
tinguish between mush made by stirring
In the meal dry and that made by mixing
the meal with water or milk before adding
II to the boiling water. he mucn preferring
the first method; but upon one thing all
are asreed-the water must be rapidly
boiling when the meal is added, and
stirred rapidly until it is perfectly smooth.
Long, on the simmering fire she lets
1t stand"
were the directions given in the days be-
fore the ~fireless cooker. but today in-
stead OF having to watch it so carefully
we can put it in the fireless cooker and
go about our other work, knowing tina
IN a few hours we can return and find
A wholesome dish and one deserving
praise.
A great resource in these bleak, wintry
days
When the chilled earth lies buried deep
And raging Boreas drives the shiver.
ing COW.
Now when our government Is calling
upon every woman in the land to help
win the war by conserving the wheat,
sugar and meat fats. 1T is the duty OF US
all to learn what will take the place Of
these in our daily meals. and when using
this great gift of corn, let us give thanks
to Providence. who has given us such a
%bountiful harvest of this grain in 30 vital
a year of our national existence, and let
US show our gratitude by making the
best use of 1t. SO there will be more wheat
to send to the. hungry multitudes OF our
! allies.
1t Is sometimes asked, why not send the
corn instead of the wheat? The answer
Is that excepting in southern Europe, the
people there have never learned to use 1t.
1t cannot be easily transported after
grinding, for 1t spoile quickly and they
have no mills in which to grind It. In q
great emergency like this there Is no time
to teach them the value OF corn and how
to prepare it. That will have to come
later. We must act at once sending them
the wheat flour that they know how to
use and for which In part we can substi-
tute corn meal. II there be those among
us who do not know how to use it they
can readily find someone to teach them.
So l make a plea to all to be patriotic
and use the great gift OF the American
Indian. thus saving wheat. sugar and
fats. Use more corn meal, corn syrup.
! and corn oil.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03

The PROGRESSIVE grocer buys as his needs
require: he has cut out all unnecessary
stock. and instead of turning over his
stock five or six times a year, he is now
turning it over IL to Is times a year. His
insurance Is less, his taxes are less. con-
sequently his profits are c-orrespondingly
greater.
In all conventions the one dominating
topic is now turnover" There is a very
decided change in regard to the stock we
carry. I stood In my store the other day
and carefully noted the stock. Ninety
per cent was in package form. There Is
no waste. No matter what the profit, we
are assured that the amount bought is
there when 1t is sold. No soil. no errors
in weight. no favoritism of clerks. time
saved ard the opportunity for store dis
play tenfold increased. II we buy right.
shrinkage will be an unknown quantity.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03

Won Moltke pulled out of a p%igeonhole IN
his desk complete prearranged plans for
mobilizing the German army in it's war on
France in 1870, one minute after war was
declared.
England did something like that with
her railroads when this war broke rtit.
In 1912 the general manager Of ovo.y
railroad in the United Kingdom received
a big envelope under heavy seal. rilr
orders were not to break the seal without
a direct order from the British govefa-
ment.
On August 4. 1914. war was declared. and
these big envelopes We're opened on teiv-
graphic orders from London. inside WAS
found a complete plan for modelling the
entire British standing army, with guns,
ammunition, horses aud supplies.
What happened was astounding.
mo event in railway history to COM
pare with it," declared Henry w. Thorn
ton, the American railroader who used to
play Y bully game of football for Penn
sylvania and who is now general manager
of the Great Eastern railroad in England.
England's army was to mobilize at
southampton and there embark Cor
France. The railway managers found in
those historic sealed envelopes that they
must carry to Southampton from all
points In the kingdom $50 passenger trains
of 30 cars each and do it in GO hours.
All these trains finally had to pass over
the one railroad Line to reach Southalni,-
ton.
There were also 100 what we can
freight but Englishmen designate goods
trains.
Plus all that. eO.Oo horses. 500 tons Of
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-01-03
How England Modified Railroads
eirard in the Philadelphia Telearanh.

ueipnla Telegraph.
baggage and 5000 vehicles-all to travel
over that one line and go to the dock at
the terminal there in 90 hours from the
minute war was declared.
Did the English railroads do it?
No. they didn't do what was ordered.
they did u hours better than that and
turned the trick in AZ hours.
In those IS hours England hauled en-
aot.y l20.CGn troops and all those horses
and supplies. put them upon ships at
SOUTHAMPTON and had them on the way
h france.
Germany. so the official reports say,
dent know at what port these British
troops Were to land-and the kaiser's his
BILE .fttsc army" was based upon false
knowledge. He didn't know that there
we're 10000 troops and that they would
stand lil'e q wall between him and Calais.
Ihat shows what it means to be ready.
Automatically. the British government
took c~ontrol-no. not the ownership of all
railroads..
NJ charge was made by the roads for
hau.!ng men ard supplies. No account
We rendered.
The government guarantees the roads
;a.first .o:s and there the thing ends.
British roads nave worked under a ter
rifle handicap.
or $500 employees. $4,000 nave gone to
war, or just half of all those who are
physically fit.
For weeks-I again quote the official
record-lInsland's armies shot away so
great trainlca6s of ammunition every
seven days.