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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
FIRE IN RECONNAISSANCE.
More Than Fifteen thousand Dollars
Worth Of Property Consumed Ear.
ly Wednesday Morning.

About 4:30 O'Clock Wednesday
morning, it was discovered that
the Central garage, owned by D.
E. Little and operated By James
w. Linn, in the rear of the City
Hotel, was afre. About the first
man to reach the garage after
the alarm was given was John
McLucas, the driver of the big
parcel-post Government car,
which was stored in the garage,
His residence is just across the
street from the garage. When
Mr.. McLucas opened the garage
deor, the whole inside burst into
a mass Of seething flames.
Besides the Postal truck, said
to have cost $64O0, there was in
the garage two big stone trucks
used on the State Highway-one
belonging to c. E. Eckenrode, of
Harrisburg, and the other, to
Spiro Markoff, of Steelton- each
truck said to have cost $4,000; six
touring cars-one belonging to
James w. Linn; one to Amos D..
Peightel; one, to H. S. Daniels;
one, to Sanner Ray; one, to Lloyd
Ray; one, to F. E. Goodheart,
superintendent of Highway con-
struction, and a new Buick truck
and lightning rod outfit, belong
ing to Chas. N. Meyer, of Free
burg, Snyder County.
From the garage the flames
were carried to a large two story
frame building fronting on First
Street, and to d. E. Little's
stable on the alley west of the
garage-both of which, together
with the garage and all its con-
tents, were totally destroyed.
The frame building on First
Street belonged to the City Hotel
property, and was used by w.
H. Nesbit. In this building
was stored Mr.. Nesbit's auto
mobile, and fourteen sacks of
phosphate. Mr.. Nesbit su c.
ceeded in getting his car out safe,
but lost his phosphate.
The fire is believed to have
been of incendiary origin, as
there had not been any one work
ing in the garage since the pre-
vious evening when it was lock-
ed up for the night. Persons
living in the immediate vicinity,
saw an automobile standing in
front of the garage, and saw two
OF more men pass from the gar
age to the automobile just before
the blaze started-the men get
ting into the auto and going
eastward. The police in Cham
bersburg were notified, and they
arrested a party; but the party
convinced the officers they had
nothing to do with the fire.
The loss of two Of the three
buildings could have been avert
ed, it is believed, if the McCon-
nellsburg Water Company had
been giving the protection, that
the town was paying for. The
water plug at John Sheets corner
little more than a hundred feet
from one of the burned buildings,
was out of commission, which
prevented the use of one hose.
Among the unfortunate things
connected with the fire, there
was but little insurance. D. E.
Little's loss is estimated at $2S00
with $500 insurance. Mr.. Markoff
is said to have $4,000 on his truck.
The rest, we are informed, had
no insurance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12

Bob Speer Of Everett and DR..
Enfield Of Bedford have each
been reappointed postmaster of
his respective town for four
years more.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12

in the future the people of these
countries will have considerable
influence in the administration
of the worlds business.
With kindest regards to all
my Fulton County friends,
| am, sincerely,
PVT. ORBEN HEBNER ,
3l9 Inf. Mach. Gun. Co.,
Am. E. F., France
P. S. Roy Farley, Walter
Barnett and myself are alb in the
same company.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12

Pvt. Howard E. Kirk, Pvt.
Lloyd A. Winter, Pvt. Richard
r. OFT, Pvt. Frank G. OFT. Pvt.
William N. Batdorff and Pvt.
James Sherman Deshong-we
are the boys that left old Fulton
County on the 29th of August
for Camp Lee and arrived at our
destination the next day at 4
O'Clock, a. m. 1t seemed like a
long wearisome day and nights
travel. There were 80 many
stops and delays-awaiting other
sections for our train, which,
when we arrived here. was COM
posed of fourteen coaches-and
filled to overhowing with Penn
sylvania boys.
We all like it here. 1t is 4
nice place. Everything nice and
clean. No flies; no dirt. We re-
ceive very civil treatment, and
have good meals and beds. OF
course, we must drill hard; but
to most of US it is not fatiguing
easy compared with the work
most of us were accustomed to
at home. We, six, are still to-
gether-in the same Company,
and in the same barracks.
Through the kindness of some
one at home, the FULTON CoUN-
TY NEWS comes to us every
week. We wish again to thank
the Campfire Girls for our COM
fort kits, and the Red Cross
Ladies for the lunch they gave
US to MUNICH on the way. Some
of the boys are now at the Y. M.
G. A., as this is stunt" night,
and is very popular; others are
sleeping or writing letters, and
altogether, we are a happy, con-
tented bunch, If you wish to
write to any one of US, address
Company 5, End Training Bat.r
155th Depot Brigade, Camp Lee,
Vo -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12

Wayne @. Taylor, Co. c, 103rd
Regiment Eng, Am. f. F.,
France, writes under date Of
August 18th: DEAR MOTHER
| have just received your letter
and was surely glad to get it.
You must have had a big time
in "the old town" on the 4th of
July. Am glad to hear that
Marshall McKibbin won the
Captaincy.
| received a letter from brother
John the other day. am keep
ing a look out for him. We may
run together some time on our
travels. for we have both been
Continued on eighth page,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Urner Truax and
sons Elmer and Bennett, spent a
few hours in town Tuesday,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12
Fell from Cellar Steps.

In descending the steps into
the cellar at her home on East
Lincoln way last Sunday, Mrs.
Sue Bivens, tripped and fell. 1t
happened that she had almost
reached the bottom step; but
Mrs. Bivens is not as young and
supple as she once was, and in
consequence, will be housed up
for awhile. Her doctor does not
think any bones were broken.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24
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We that the tractor the only efficient substitute for the and horses that have been drained agricultural con- munties We comprehend and the infinite variety of uses for nternacobustion engines farms in our cities The passenger automobile and the truck are pu- lie utilities which absolutely our national eff cency The motor car is
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24
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It supplying with the necessities lack most acutelv Everywhere supplements the inadequate transportation of and electric railroads and of cars more than takes the places the and horses drawn from our farms
 the city business and professional much time he
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24
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"We perceive that the automobile necessity instead of lux ury; that without automobile is at economic disad vantage compared with the who aided in his daily work by that incompatible utility We recognize the fast growing import of the motor truck independent and auxiliary of and freight transportation We read the papers, for instance that the Government purposes operate truck trains from the Central West to the seaboad relieve rail- road congestion in moving supplies.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24
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Cy business and professional who had thought they doing all they could do confronted by the pshng each twenyour hours twice three times what they previously had considered full days work Then and until then did begin to understand thoroughly the part which the motor vehicle could play in solving the problems of readusent to unprecedented conditions We are only beginning to compre- bnpd
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24

Then the to America and oed all and individually awake to dageeabe realities We had thought steam and electric railroads adequate for transportation needs But found their fullest capacity from 5 20 per cent short of
 what required In this prodga land of plenty became necessary speed up agricultural production though with less farm labor and horses available than formerly lest go hungry
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24

The motor vehicle which has been misunderstood all the twenty two since the first Americanbut sod coming into it's at last We beginning appreciate what the industry IS worth to people and Individuality We find Ing out that whether the motor vehicle rendering each all invaluable services which 1t alone can perform.
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24

WHAT does the Motor Car industry mean w to you and me? It is the biggest in the United Statesnext the railroad and steel business So 1t represents great dynamic force in national life and prosperity It pays millions of dollars daily million employees supports five million increases the personal efficiency of millions n their of to make time tinueas
 F1ankG. oones1n nam au1h0 hiua andl
 kreshno delnCo sWeekLy
Arizona republican., 1918-03-24

Frank c. Jones, 1e 0n aa1thorltdtive 0nd Ip- teresti'ag article in Collier Weekly, presents feU enhghteplng facts Wh1ch should be read by every thinking American.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03
Government Fixing
Square Meal Standard.
How much is a square meal !?

How much is square meal?
Government experts arc among us,
taking notes. say representatives of the
food administration. and presently they
will announce the standard. After
that................! Well, the garbage cans
OF hotels and restaurants will be
smaller. for the ultimate consumer will
get no more than he can eat.
Early in the food Saving campaign It
became evident that a great waste was
being caused by the inability Of all
restaurant patrons to eat everything
set before them. Someone suggested
smaller orders, but no one knew just
how small q one-man order should be.
So the government sent experts out to
see. They are watching John Jones.
who calls two medium boiled eggs and
a slice OF toast square meal, and
Peter Smith, who calls for pie after
consuming T-bone steak. potatoes.
vegetables and bread and butter. When
they strike an average. the rule will be
applied.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03
rs Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892,

Yesterday Judge Logan released
from custody the Indian and squaw in
whose possession five bottles of whisky
were found Friday night and also Fred
Odell, who, the Indians had claimed
had sold them the liquor
To show his appreciation of the ef-
forts of the choir of st. Xavier Catholic
church at Christmas and New Years
services. Rev. Father Guidi, pastor in
charge, invited the members Sunday
evening, after the service to participate
in some refreshments he had supplied.
The incoming sheriff and county
clerk have retained few of the old
deputies. In the sheriffs office are
still to be found e. T.. Hickernell and
George Woods. In addition to c. l..
Evans in the clerks office, Mr.. Burke
has retained Frank Bogart.
The united prayer meeting will be
held this evening at the Christian
church at 1880, led by the pastor. Rev.
G. f. Ireland.
II. Collins. formerly editor of The
Muscular, has authorized a denial to
the report that he Is to become editor
of the Populist, and also denies that
he is to be associated with 1t in any
other capacity.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Logan We're panied to hear last
night of the death of their little boy,
aged about Is months. He was sick,
hut Il couple of days.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03

the Germans for peace. Now,
then, before our country has had
an opportunity to even display its
strength, is it not foolish to think
that France and Great Britain will
give much consideration to the
German proposals which may be
renewed within two weeks. The
American war machine will not
be in working condition on the
field of action until very late
spring or next summer. As they
have carried on the war for three
and one-half years, we may well
anticipate that Great Britain and
France will give no great attcn-
ton to Germany's peace pro-
posals until they have had Amer
ica's demonstration sOf strength.
That seems to US the logical view
and the only encouragement that
we can see for Germany is that
which might be found in the
strengthening of her peace prop
uganda in the United States. Yet
success in this line seems unlike
ly as the war goes on. In the
game of attrition of men and mu-
nitions the odds must continue to
be against Germany.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03
Talk Of the TO,l,1
Celebrate New Year
With Pienies.

Happy New Year. We celebrated
yesterday by going on a picnic. Bet.
ter como home."
That IL the New Year message which
one Missoula family sent to friends
who are wintering in California. Tho
mails undoubtedly have been full Of
similar greetings. for the home guard
this winter has the laugh on the pill
grims. Hundreds Of Missoulinns spent
yesterday and New Years day in the
hills. picnicking as in May. Under
blue sky, in the warm sunshine, with
green shoots peeping out Of the bare.
soft earth, western Montana people be.
gan the new year with summer pas.
times.
Golfers played over the Country Club
course without using the red balls of
winter weather. Automobiles rolled
merrily over roads reminiscent of
April. Hikers swarmed into the hills,
to lunch comfortably out OF doors in q
springlike atmosphere. It was the
strangest and most pleasant New
Years day western Montana has ever
seen. ~
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03
Hits From Sharp Wits

Wars bad enough but it has some
Is keeping in the dim background of
the Reward pages.-Miiwaukee News.
Young man, if you would engrave
your name on a girls heart use a soli-
taire diamond.-Chicago News.
A good wartime diet would be bread
and cheese, and kisses. The difficulty
Is to get the bread and checse.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The poor we have with us always.
1t is such weather as this that en-
rhaszes the fact that we are our
brothers keepers.-Nashville Banner.
Worry is the interest mankind pays
on the debt of nature.-Chicago News.
Flattery is the verbal banana peel
for which every body falls.-Bingham
ton Press.
Many Nd jokes are too good to
perish. Every generation has a right
to them as an inheritance.--Toledo
Blade.
a woman has got TO remember this:
mind-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Incidence often tries to impersonate
Patience.-Albany Journal.
You never can tell. Many n man is
all right in his way. but his way is
all wrong.-Fhiladelphi Record.
An able bodied man out of employ
ment now is an able bodied man dodg-
ing it--columhia Is. C.) State.
Nobody ever succeeds in proving
| worth by boasting.-Albany Journal.
A good many people observe entirely
too many thoughtless days.--Indian-
apolis News.
It's all right to be attractive, but
very often folly attracts more atten-
ton han wisdom.-Philadelph Rec
Ord
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03
THE CHORUS AGAIN.

After an interval that could not
have been avoided, the commu-
nifty chorus will meet at the Mis-
sonla Opera house next Sunday
at $3.50 p. m. We know that this
is glad news because the tele-
phone has been ringing for al
most month with inquiries as to
the date for the next meeting. 1t
is hoped that henceforth the
meetings will be at regular inter-
walls.
For the next gathering a fine
new program has been arranged
by Professor Smith with special
features. The orchestra will be
in attendance and to make the
meeting a success it will be only
necessary for the people inter
ested to attend and throw their
voices wide open. The commu-
nifty chorus must be so efficient
that when summer comes it will
be the best in the western coun-
try.
The members Of the chorus will
be interested to know that the
movement is progressing every
where. The last Montana town
to take il up is Libby, where they
are singing with fine results to
the cause of patriotism and much
enjoyment for themselves.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03
Why Veteran Fund--Read!

1t must be wonderful to have no i'm.
agination.
This war has a terrible effect or
people with imagination.
If you have no imagination you never
suffer till you're hit. The man who
can visualize what is about to happen
to him suffers longer.
This war has made a. wreck of me.
/ am never rid of its horrible pic
lures.
insistent about getting things ready
for the boys.
see them as know they will be-
arms gone, legs gone, faces gone, eyes
gone--wild children, from whom the
child has gone out--piteous wrecks OF
the things their parents had planned
know that they must be petted and
Gained. I know that they are going
to go blanIsand fight it all over again
that they will grapple and thrust ir
awful rehearsal that they will screan
and agoniZe at the most silent mo-
ments right while others are eating OF
reading or praying.
These are the things we must rre.
pare against-and the day of our hor-
ror is drawing near.
Over on the west front, close to the
Swiss frontier and on the edge of lost
Alsace, handful of American boys
are waiting their fling with death
One of them Is a next door neighbol
of mine. / know q hundred of them
by. their first names.l
Germany is crouching for the leap al
the throat.
1t must come.
terrible.
Prepare for the news.
First we will get the flash: Active
artillery in American sector" Then
a few days later: Germans strike in
force"
Then a week later the news will be-
gin trickling through, and then will
come the casualties, A month later
the wreekage will begin drifting in
That is what We must prepare to re-
ceive.
Some of them will be too insane to
send home
Some will be so torn in their nerves
that they must be nursed for months
before We can inflict them even on
those they love.
And that is exactly what the Gov
ernor's Indiana Veteran fund is meant
for.
Meanwhile, 1t Is humanity possible
for us to get the additional needed
number of ambulanees ready and over
there in time to meet the big German
offensive? Twenty-Five thousand dol
lars is required. If you have a drop
of sympathetic blood in You, for PHYS
sake send e check today to this ad-
dress. Felix NJ. McWhirter, Peoples
State Bank. Indianapolis. Ind. Every
cent you give will ease the pain of
some hurt, Indiana boy-maybe one of
your own.
Hurry.
The German is about to strike.-By
Homer Mckee in Indianapolis News.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03
Origin of the Alphabet

No one has ever satisfactorily ex-
planned the alphabet's origin because it
grew very slowly. But we know that
no ingenious man sat down and made
the alphabet, and we know quite well.
too. that the alphabet began as pic
lures.
Just as a child reads or learns by
pictures long before it can read let
tiers. so men used to read and write
by pictures: and then these pictures
We're gradually made simpler. until at
last they could be used in any and
every way.
We know that the letter o was at
first the picture of an eye. and that
gradually men made the picture palmer
until at last they drew an. o. The
letter I was once the picture Of a
house. and very likely the capital A
may have been at first the picture of
q pyramid.
Ages and ages ago in Egypt men
used both hands in writing. The priests
employed the oldest kind. which was
the pictures. This was called the
sacred writing. But the ordinary
people used a different and newer kind
Of writing. in which the pictures were
turned into letters.
Not many years ago men tried in
vain to read the old sacred picture
writing of the Egyptians. but they
could not Then they found the Won
derful Rosetta stone. and this had
written upon it the same thing three
times-once in the pictures and, once
in the letters, and also once In other
letters. and 50 men got the key to
the picture writing, and now it can
be read easily,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03
Flowers and Vegetables
Already Growing.

Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Wayne
spent Tuesday on a hiking trip. In
stead Of snowbanks they found dande-
lions in the hills.
I'VE didn't see any buttercups," said
Mr. Wayne. "but we found lots of
dandelions in bloom
Pansies are becoming quite common
in Missoula gardens, and many New
Year dinner tables carried flowers
picked out OF doors in the season OF
billiards.. In the garden OF J. +.
Preston. 237 South Sixth street east,
carrots have already grown to edible
Size and lettuce has como up an inch
or more.
As a matter of fact, December was
hardly colder than Novemben and
January is beginning with better
weather than ever. The mean temper
ature for December was S1.8 and that
of November was SAL. December ac-
tually produced higher maximum
than was recorded the month before.
Noveinber's warmest temperature was
50. while last month n 60-degree mark
was reached.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-03

He was just n plain soldier in khaki
That was not what attracted me, for
/ have grown EYE broke" to khaki.
Nor was 1t what had attracted the rest
of the so or more people who crowded
up close around - him. Something
about the lad fascinated me, even be-
fore | saw, through the crowd. more
than the head and shoulders of him
/ felt myself being drawn to him
irresistibly. When I had worked my
way up closer, elbowing and pushing
little, had a good look at him. For
an instant stared into his big, boyish
blue eyes. stll full of mischief-al-
though l felt the presence of some sort
OF spiritual grandeur and realization
that l had never before seen in Just an
ordinary soldiers eye. Then l looked
downward-and the secret was out.
He had but one foot.
man with one foot gone is not so
unusual-we see them every day of our
lives.
But a handsome boy, who only yes
terday left home in the full bloom of
his perfect young powers, and who
today comes back to us with part of
him gone--is the long waited for tam
gible evidence that We are not to fight
this war in the abstract.
Eloquent War Story.
That mere stub. where n foot ought
to have been. was the most eloquent
war story ever listened to. 1t was to
me a greater milestone in the war for
humanity than that afternoon back in
1914 when first learned that the Ger
mans had crossed the Rhine. This
was my first-hand vision of war. I'm
til that moment my experience at war
had come through type and fancy.
Here was just the first mild rumble of
the deafening pathos that / know Is
coming. f
Yesterday I read of a Purdue boy
who is coming back with both his eyes
gone.
Today friend Of mine told ME of an
experience he had. only the other day.
in moving picture show in Montreal.
He said everything was going along
Guietly--the pictures. the piano and all
that regular stuff, mean-when. with
out the slightest warning a big Dne-
looking, strapping fellow leaped to his
feet and yelled: up and at them.
men! Damn their internal souls.
Give them hell! The bayonct. The
hayonet!"
A tender-faced old lady put her arms
around him, stroked him like child.
and said quietly: There, dearie;
there, there. You're among friends
now. Calm yourself"
The big boy came out of it with a
start. shook himself like a dog coming
out Of water. smiled wanely-and then
fell to crying on his mothers arms,
for the world like a baby.
shell shock" somebody whispered,
and Charley Chaplin went on with his
carers just as if nothing had happened.
That, thought. is precisely the sort
of thing we are going to have happen
ing here at keith's and at the Circle
before spring comes again.
It's hard to believe that a few short
months can work such devastation:
but we have 10 believe it. 81
America Is made up of just two kinds
OF. people-those without imagination
nd thQae with imagination,