The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-20
ACCOMPLISHING S. YEARS AGO.
As Reflected from an Old Copy Of The
fulton Republican During the
Civil War.

SOPy VI VIC uitOh lsSpuDllCdu
published in McConnellsburg on
Thursday evening, May 7, 1863,
by NJ. Edgar King, who then
lived in the house now residence
Of Geo. w. Hays. The Repub-
lican office was upstairs" in
the brick building on the corner
of the alley that leads down to
the Duffield or later known as
the Dickson spring. 1t was
six column, four-page paper, not
half as large as the FULTON
COUNTY News, and yet the price
was $l.50 in advance; $1.75 if
paid within six months, and $500
if not paid within the year. Thus
it will be seen that the town pa
pers are cheap now at 81 so, when
compared with the size and price
of the town papers at that time.
From this copy of the Repub-
lican we learn that the lawyers
who practiced at the Fulton
County bar at that time were
Alexander King, M. E1gar King,
F. M. KimmelL Geo. A. Smith,
John Cessna, Chas. M. Barton,
Alex Mcclure, Henry G. Smith
and VIM. S. Everett. Miss Nan
Irwin was the milliner, The Full
ton House, newly refitted and
refurnished; was conducted by
Henry M. Hoke, and Scott
Fletcher, who kept one of the
leading dry goods stores in the
town in the room now occupied
by A. U. Mace, advertised a full
line of the latest style shakers"
(some of the older ladies can tell
you what a shaker was), and Drs.
Duffield and Trout were associ-
ated in the practice of medicine
and dentistry. Among others do
ing retail business in McCon-
nellsburg at that time were,
Richard Cohill in a building now
occupied by Abram Runyan's
residence; Jymes King. the hat
ter, where Mrs. Emma Robinson
now lives; George King, where
Trout's Drug store now is; David
Shoemaker, where NEWS office
now is, Anthony Shoemaker, in
room now occupied by Peigh-
tePs restaurant, Lew. Hoke &
Co., in room now occupied by
Racket Store; T. & j. W. Great
head now occupied by the Full.
ton Republican printing Office.
Other stores in the County were,
Bridges & Henderson at War
fordsburg; Lemuel Hill at Side
ling Hill; James Gregory and
BAIL Cattlett in Belfast town.
ship; Rowland Austin at Saluvia;
Peter Gordon at Harrisonville,
James Lyon & Son, at West
Dublin; Thomas Kirk at Huston
town; Doyle & McNeal, at En-
maville, Lyon & Whitehill, Wells
Tannery; Abednego Edwards and
Jesse H. Akers, at New Grenada;
M. Barndollar at Waterfall; Isaac
Taylor at Fort Littleton; James
Kelly and David Welsh at Burnt
Cabins; Sa m lei Summey at
Knobsville; VIM. M. Patterson,
Webster Mills and S. & ]. Robin
son at Big Cove Tannery.
How high party feeling ran
during that period is well re-
membered by the older citizens of
to-day, and is shown by the way
the editors of opposition papers
threw bouquets at each other.
In the issue of the Republican
just mentioned is the following:
The pompous Copperhead Henry
G. Smith, editor of the Fulton
Democrat) down street last week
became terribly incensed at the
faying we gave him the week be-
fore, and Kissed out a column and
a half of the foulest abuse upon
US. Even his favorite subject,
The Constitution" did not
escape his treason sympathising
fangs in efforts to annihilate US.
But we still live. Much as we
abhorred the handling of this
loathe some Copperhead, we were
forced to deal him one blow with
the rough unhewn club of truth,
and from the way he wrigg1ed
and snnirmed last week. we fiat