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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Mrs. Mary GilLS.

Mrs. Mary Oyler Gillis, widow
of David A. Gillis, died at the
home of her son Daniel A. Gillis,
in Harrisburg, Sunday, March "a,
1918, after a weeks illness of
pneumonia. The remains were
brought to the home of John
Gillis, East Lincoln Way, McCon-
nellsburg on Wednesday, and the
funeral services conducted by
Rev. E. j. Croft, will take place
this morning at 10o'clock and in
terment will be made in the GEM
etc at Bethlehem U. B. church,
of " ich she was a member for
many Hars.
The O ceased was married to
David A. Gi!lis in 1874, and she
is survived by two sons, Daniel
and Roy, both residing in Har-
risburg. She is also survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Knouse,
of Biglersville, Pa. and Mrs.
Catherine Brewbaker, of fAlbany,
ILL.,, and by two brothers, Adam,
of Knobsville, and George of
Gettysburg.
During the past five years Mrs.
Gillis resided with her son Daniel
in Harrisburg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Location Of the Airplane Boys.

Our local boys who enlisted
with the Airplane Squadron and
left McConnellsburg the first of
Fe bruary are located as follows:
Dewey Smith and Wayne Taylor
are Motor Mechanics at Camp
Hancock, Ca; Willis Daniels and
Orman Humbert are with the
Balloon Corps at Camp John
Weise, in Texas; Lester Waid-
Itch is with the Battalion Corps,
at Fort Omaha, Nebr., and Pete
Morton, Jr., is being sent to the
Aviation Mechanics Training
School at st. Paul, MINI. for a
three months course. Pete has
for an instructor a British Flyer
who had a spill" in England a
few months ago, and had nearly
all his ribs broken.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Normal School.

The McConnellsburg Normal
will open May 6, 1918 for a term
of seven weeks. The following
books will he used: Algebra,
Wentworth; Mental, Hull; Gram
mar, Reed & Kellogg; History,
Barnes; Physical Geography,
Hopkins; Physiology, Steele;
Methods, Teaching the Common
Branches; Civics, Furst's Outline
and a good textbook; Arithmetic
and Geography-any good text
book.
Any futher informationmay be
had bv consulting.
ADMIRAL SMITH,
LEWIS HARRIS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Didn't Want TO Ga TO War.

Raymond Brosius, near Han
cock, aged 27 years, in order to
evade the draft, shot himself
through the head on the 4th of
March. He was taken to the
hospital at Msrtinsburg in the
hope that he might be repaired
and still be of some use to the
Government. He died last week
and was buried in Hancock. His
father, who is suffering from
paralysis, has not been informed
of his sons rash act.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Why Plant a Garden?

Because it gives greater re-
turns per acre than any other
part of the farm.
Saves doctor bills by furnish
ing a healthful diet.
Enables the poor o have first
class vegetables all the time.
Greatly decreases tn e high
cost of living.
Makes the grower independent
of market conditions.
1t is a pleasure as well as an
honor to have a nice garden.
Plant a vegetable garden for
the sake of economy as we'll as
for pastime and pleasure.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Rye Not To Be Ground ln!O Feed.

A recent ruling of the Milling
Division of the United States
Food Administration has with
drawn rye as a feed, and order
ed that no wheat or rye fit for
the human food is permitted to
be ground into feed.
Farmers and others are allow
ed to get rye ground into flour
without taking substitutes,
JOHN r, JACKSON,
County Food Administrators.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

store are missing Miss Eleanor
Slpe this week. She will return
to her place Of duty next week,
Mrs. Thornton Foster, of Enid,
spent the week end with her
daughter Mrs. Roy Deshong.
Mr.. and Mrs Peter Sattloux
made a business trip to Everett
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Warslng
and children of Kearney, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Warsing's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. James w.
Barnett.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
A Sufficiency.

A caboose, Dorothy, is a utility
car attached to the rear of a
freight train. BY the way, Dor
othy. your question recalls a
little story. One warm Summer
day Mrs. Murphy was sweeping
off her piazza when Mrs. Carr,
the engineers wife. came along
carrying her latest baby, the
tenth.
"Arrah, now, Mrs. Carr, Z"
cried Mrs. Murphy, and there
ye are up and around again with
another little Carr"
"Yes Norah," " said the engi-
neer's wife, another little Carr
it is, and as far as am concern
ed, l pray the Lord it's the ca
boose. - Boston Transcript"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
The Greatest Woman.

Who is the greatest woman in
all history? One hundred and
fifty school teachers recently an
swered the question. and with en-
thusiasm and unanimity the
judges awarded the prize to the
one who made this reply: The
wife of a farmer of moderate
means who does her own cook
ing, washing, ironing, sewing,
brings up a family of boys and
girls to be useful members of So
ciety and has time for intellectu-
al improvement.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Card of ThankS,

To those who so kindly render
ed aid and sympathy to US during
the illness and death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Hess, we take this
method of expressing our sincere
thanks. George M. Myers &
Family, Warfordsburg, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
WELLS TANNERY.

James Swope bad narrow
escape from being crushed to
death at the Finley coal mines
last Saturday. The falling rock
caught one foot and crushed it.
Customers at Bau r gardners'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Rlfllng a Barrel.

The grooves in rife barrel are
made with special machinery, and un-
less one has this he could not do the
work properly, no matter how skilled
ae was. When the grooves Of rife
barrel are filed with lead 1t is usually
necessary to have an expert gunsmith
clean them out
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

MEN WANTED-Laborers, Car.
penters Helpers, Mechanics Hell
pers, Flremen, Trackmen, Stock
Unloaders, Coke Oven Men, and
other help. Good wages and
steady employment Apply to
COLONIAL IRON CO., Riddles
burg, Pa. 1923 If
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

WANTED-Firemen fer locomo.
tlves on western division, West
ternMaryland Railway Company,
headquarters Cumberland, Md,
earnings 1926 90 per month. Ap
ply G. F. Wleseckel, Superln-
tendent Motive Power, Hagers-
town, Md. 221 At.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Wnlle IN TOWN yesterday
Rev. Edward Jackson, pastor
of the Nj. E. church at this place
was, last Sunday. ordained Elder
by Bishop Mcdowell at the
Newberry M. E. church, at Will
Transport, Pa.
Jacob Schultz, of Bethel; his
sister Mrs. Margaret Lee, and
George Lehman of Union, and
M. M. Boor, of Artemas. Bed
ford County, were in town yes
terday on business connected
with the estate of the late Jacob
Schultz, of Union township.
Mrs. S. Ella Wishart and daugh-
ter, Miss Alice Wishart, spent
Thursday night of last week in
Everett while on their way from
Elkins, West Virginia, to Wells
Tannery. The former had been
spending the winter with rela-
tives in that city and was delight
ed with her stay there. - Everett
Republican.
A superstitious subscriber, who
found a spider in his paper, wants
to know if it is considered a bad
omen. Nothing of the kind.
The spider was just looking over
the columns of the paper to see
what merchants were not adver-
tising so that it could spin its
web across his store door and be
free from disturbance.
McConnellsburg M. E. Charge.
Rev. Edward Jackson. pastor.
Passion Week services, Thurs
day evening at 1880. At that
time Holy Communion will be
administered by the pastor as
sisted by Rev. J. Ebert Wilson,
of Mercersburg. Sermon by
Rev. Wilson. Easter Sunday SER
vices: preaching at 1890 and ZOO.
It will be a proud distinction
for Pennsylvania, if this great
commonwealth shall be among
the first to give approval to the
Amendment. Our people are not
privileged to vote directly on the
subject, but their sentiments can
be expressed very accurately in
the choice of candidates for the
state Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives to be elected thisVear.
Mrs. Catharine Kelso and Mrs.
Wash Glunt, of Knobsville, call
ed at the NEWS Office while
in town last Saturday. Mrs.
Kelso exhibited two eggs that
were, to say the least, abnormal.
They were the size of ordinary
hen.eggs, but the shells were
wrinkled so as to form some kind
of letters and a star. 1t may be
a War message, but the editor
was not equal to the occasion of
deciphering it.
Mr.. Delmar McCune is very
sick with pneumonia at his home
in Mercersburg. His sister-in-
law, Mrs. Wilbur Grissinger and
nephew Lester Ewing of this
place, went over to see him last
Sunday. Mrs. Grissinger return
ed in the evening and Lester re-
mained to make himself useful
to his uncle's family in any way
within the limits of his ability.
d. E. Little, WHO'S brother in.
law, took Miss Maude OFT tc
Mercersburg Monday afternoon
to assist in nursing the sick man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

GRAIN WANTED: Bring us
your grain. We pay 81 05 cash
for good wheat; $2 90 cash for
good ear corn; Sl.75 cash for rye;
81 35, for buckwheat, and 90
cents for cats. Harry E. Huston,
SaltiIlo, Pa. 3-7-tf.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

For RENT. The John.o house
and farm IN Taylor town ship
For futher Information address
Bowling Johnson, McKees Rocks
Pa. II /, Box 26 3 IA 3t.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

For SALE one horse and one
heavy mule. both good workers
Price right-AppIy to e G
Foster, KnobsvIl!e Pa. 3-14 -2t
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
Wanted, For Sale, For Rent,
Lost, Found, Etc.

RATES-One cent per word for each
insertion. No advertisement accepted
for less than 10 cents. Cash must &C.
company order.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
MI ocsI and General Interest, Gathered
nj Home or Clipped from Our
Exchanges.
,oNDpNspD POR HURRIED READERS


a few hours Tuesday.
Misses Esther Kendall and
Olive Lodge of the Shippensburg
Normal, are home for their East
er vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. While, of
4 Harrisburg, spent few days
q during the past week among
friends in this county.
Mrs. Blanche Patterson re-
turned home last Monday after
having spent several days visit
ing in Chambersburg.
D. A. Washabaugh and family
motored to Franklin County and
spent last Sunday in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Woodall.
Mrs. Geo. B. Mock and Mrs.
John S. Nelson spent Monday
afternoon in the home of Philip
Rotz and family in Tod township.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Spangler
spent a few days recently visit
ing in the home of the latter's
sisters at Strasburg, Franklin
County.
Mrs. William P. Nelson and
little son David Alexander are
visiting Mrs. Nelson's home
folks in CumberlandCoun a few
days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter M. Com
erer and Charlie McGehee were
among the Burnt Cabins visitors
to the County Seat on Wednes-
day of last week.
HIDES.-Frank B. Sipes
pays the highest market price
FIR beef hides at their butcher
shop IN McConne!lsburg, also
highest price paid for eaIl sSahs
sleepsklns and tallow.
Advertisement,
Prof. Admiral Smith spent the
time from Friday evening until
Sunday evening in the home of
lis brother-in-law and sister Mr..
md Mrs. G, Johnson Mellott,
lear Big Cove Tannery.
Vanvert Owens and son Boyd,
Who had been at their home at
[nobsville over Sunday return
d to Kearney Monday morning,
ccompanied by V. E. Kelso, who
vent out to try it at the mines.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Heeter
spent a few hours in town Mon
day. Mr.. Heeter had public sale
at his farm near Huntingdon a
few days ago and he intends to en-
gage in the mercantile business
Mt Calvin.
After having spent two months
n the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
i. Ayers at Portage. Pa, Mrs.
Asenath Mentzer returned to her
home in this place on Wedne sday
evening of last week much pleas
ed with her trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Grouse, of
Harrisburg, are spending this
week at Webster Mills assisting
the moving of the family of c.
W. Grouse into the property re.
Gently purchased from Hon. D.
Hunter Patterson.
Of course you will read Chas.
Huston & Bros. new advertise.
ment on the 9th page of this
paper. They are now in business
to serve you and incidentally tt
help themselves. They know
they will not help themselves un
less they help you first.
Mrs. Foster Hopple and daugh
ter Miss Madeline, called at tht
NEWS office while in town las
Friday and ordered the papel
sent to their home. The Hoppl'
family have recently moved int,
the house at the forks of the roac
where the Mercersburg road in
tersects the Lincoln Highway
just west of St. Thomas. Mrs
Hopple's mother, Mrs. SusaI
x Keyser, moved from Cito into tht
Clevenger property on Wes
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Wanted-A plain cook at sal
ary of $24 per month, also a sec
ond girl at 500 for a family Of
four, Applicants apply an d
send references to Mrs. Fred G.
Johnson, Mont Alto, Pa.
PA At
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Thorobred S. G. Buff Orplngton
eggs for hatchlng. Is cents for
hatchlng of Is H U Mace, Nc
Connellsburg. 3 81 If
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

Fine seed corn for sale. In
quire at Trout's Drug store
3-2-tf
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

FARM FOR RENT, consisting Of
140 acres. fair state of cult.
vation, good chance given to right
party, possession given at once
Inquire at this office. 37.3t.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

FULTON House, McConnells-
burg, Pa. for sale. Apply to D.
II. Patterson, Real Estate Brok-
er, Webster Mills, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28
The Thrice-A-W Week Edition Of
the New York World
in 1918

Practically a Daily at the Price OF
a Weekly, No other Newspaper in
the world gives so much at so low
a price.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

For SALE.-Seed Corn, Ripen
ed and cut before frost. MRS
GLE. ME E, KENDALL, McCon-
nellsburg, Pa. 3 2S-1t.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

The value and need OF n newspaper In the
household was never greater than at the pres
ent time. We have been forced to enter the
great world war and large army OF ours is
already 10 France. You will want to have oil
the news from our troops on Europe'n battle
fields and 1918 rromises 10 be the most mo-
mentous year in the history of our uniyer e.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

No other newspaper ut so small price will
furnish such prompt and accurate news OF
these wo Id shaking events. Its notnecessary
TO say more.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-28

snbscriptio D ice is outy sl.oO per year, and
this paws for l56 pape's, We oGer this un-
equalled newspaper and THE FULTON COUNTY
News together for one year for S2.l5,
The regular subscription price OF the two
papers is $3.50,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-23
HUNS ADMIT DANGER,
Captured Orders Reveal Deep SoiIcl-
tudc by Encmy Commanders.

Captured German orders indicate
anew that Germany is facing wan
inc man-poWer, said an official dis
patch from France yesterday. 1t re-
fers to instructions issued to bat
Talon of the 414th Infantry regiment
on August IS, wherein the men were
ordered to ''camouflagc" their inferior
numbers with sham activity.
This battalion was in the line to
The west of Roye The order reads as
follows:
"The garrison of the advance zone
must be placed in such a manner that
the enemy may receive the impression
that the old line Of principal resistance
is still being held with the same CT
fectives. The lack Of men must be
recompensed by particularly great ac-
tivity. Men of great ability must be
chosen to command these advanced
groups, which must, above all, show
Intense activity. Men of great ability
must be chosen to command these adj
yanced groups, which must, above all,
show intense activity.
"The withdrawal on to the new linz
Of principal resistance must only De
done step by step, and by remaining
in unbroken contact with the enemy.
The longest possible resistance must
be giycn him at all points which offer
themselves.
"Our duty 10 the FathcrlanG de-
,aands that we make the greatest CT
forts to accomplish the heavy task
which has been assigned to us. 1t must
not be forgotten that the liathcrland
IS in great danger ut the present time,
and that we are called upon TO divert
that danger.
Amsterdam, Aug. 2%.-l'icid Mar
shall IiEdonhur%, addressing inc thii'
rcgimcnt of guards, is quoted ny inc
Ia"es Zoitung of Berlin as saying.
"L.at us look into the future. Our
positions is favorable, although, and
we nay frankly admit it, we lately
have happened to have been set back.
Rut this Il fortune Of war with which
We must reckon.
ave must not permit ourselves to
be influenced thereby.
success is with US. The enemy
begins to show signs of WEAKNESS and
90 long as we do not relax our efforts
but remain firm of purpose, VIC shau
attain our goal which is al honorable,
atICnw German peace
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-23

lie civilized up to the time of the six
teentb century, he has not advanced
much in these days.
This Kultur which he invokes, adj
nireG a: distance by sro5s aid by
t!lcse who are incapable Of fathcming
it, mas but cached MS soul without
modifying his primitive habits.
Behind his universities, his factories
his great journals, his laboratories,
his literat, he conceals atavist IN
stiacts more bloody, MOI ferocious
than those Of canibals. Transferred to
the fields of carnage, in an atmos-
phere laden with the fumes of petrol
from burning towns, he has rcsurrect-
cd all the bad passions of the Rcltcr
from whom he descended.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-23
VIRGINIA NEWS

Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows BY the League Ct
Virginia municipalities at Richmond
yesterday afternoon: Frank Ta!o's,
Danville, president; Chas. N. Brown,
Roanoke, first vice president; Georg
H. Cottre,l, Stanton, second vice
president; Edward f. Fuller, Rich
mond, third vice president; Royston
Jester, Lynchburg; fourth vice rrrsi.
dent l.. C. Brinson, Portsmouth, sec
rotary; R. E. steed, Norfolk, assis" n.
secretary: George 0. Greene Clifton
Forge, publicity representative. Jan
vile was chosen as the place &or ncld-
ing the 1919 convention of the league.
Approximately 29CO plumbers en-
ployed on government work a. tie
variaus operations n the Hampton
Roads district, have gone on Strike
for an increase in pay from Is cel IS
an j..ur 10 81 - cents IN hour. thus
tyin" up work at score OF pi.ic1s.
L. H. Wood, leading attorney. OF
Charlottesville, AMI chairman of the
County Board of Supervisors, re-
ceivcd cablegram Wednesday night
announcing The death, in . flying ACCT
dent, of his son, Lieut.. Robert HaE-
cock Wood, Jr. The message was
signed BY John Alexander Steward, OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, college mate,
who stated that the accident occurred
in "advance training
Yorktown is about to become BUST
ling community, very modern, per-
haps, and adding again to the history
of tie nation. The government has
bought the land near Yorktown AID 1t
is contemplating establishing some
kind Of base there-mi!l.ary or ma
val, the matter is not yet clear, but
there will be something going on there
before very long. Yorktown, because
of its good waterfront and because
the railroad runs within five miles OF
the village (the base will probably be
nearer the 2ilroad) is located well
for any naval OF military operation,
the latter, as battleshifs
can come up to the town. The govern
ment acquired the option on the land
sevcra! weeks ago an there may he a
base os sore kind for var purposes
there.
Transfer Of E.'isherman's Island, near
Cape Charles, from the Treasury 70
the War Department. for f7rt!iicHl!"n
purposes, and transfer Of Cranc;'s Is
land, near Norfolk, FROM the Wa" to
the Treasury Department for quaEan-
tine purposes, has been proposed IN
legislation urged On Congress b. the
War DEPARTMENT. Both islands are
being used already by the government.
Island contains 80
acres.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-23
PSYCHOLOGY OF GERMANS
intoxicated With Belief That lie Is 6t
Superior Race Chosen by The Ola
Cad to Rule World 9th Eisor.

JACQUES D'urville, OF the Universal
News Bureau, says:
If o?a seeks 70 analyzc lhe feeling
wlnch compcs the Hun to acgulc$cc IN
tie pnnamablc horrors which the
whole universe has put down to his ac-
count, one sees from the very first
that his acts of harbarlsn, so contrary
TO the honorable sentiments OF GIVE
lizcd nations, do not come solely from
thc nature Of tic "brutc." They are
worked out, | should almost say, II 1t
were not an insult to science, scicn-
tilically.
"Gcrmar barbari3m' is the outcome
Of 4 mcthodical plan which consists
Of stopping at nothing to te"roriz"
and annihilatc anything III Us path.
Unclcan animal as he Is. the liun )
loric is severe.
He burns, kills, robs Or Ei1Ioatc.5 u
achieve his perfectly settled schemes.
Little he cares for the worlds scoIr
and the horror he inspires.
His sole object is to t~rorizc.
In carrying off into slavery psacc-
full populations, in piIing up ruins and
dead bodies, he thinkS-judging others
by himself, and this in where. he
makes q big mistakc-to unman the
spirit. to break the strength, to injurc
the morale of his adversary, and thus
hasten the end Of the war.
The war, moreover, in his opinion
permits all his acts Of be#tiality and
criminalty. 1t justitics his hypocrls-
les, lies and pcrjurics. It demands
pity being hut a source Of 'Tc;kncSs-
the determination of human lives ard
the systematic destruction Of Ill mon
uments and wonderful works IF ari
likely to recall fallen nation.
Until the coming of a German
peace. it is the rush, not IF rorqucring
armies, destroying foT military ncces
sites. only, BUT Of horC'rs Of assass
ms, thicve. and unclaimed br0tcs, pol
luting the hearts,. killing Cor killing
sake, destroying just Cor the pleasure
Of destroying, having the appearance
Of men when oniy :hcy are defied
dead or dead drunk.
Hos is it posslp',; 10 explain thg
; human creatures endowed with th
; same feelings as tn"i- fellows, wit
;: ito outward ror.ns Of a refine
riyi,.zaticn are CO ten: + transfer,
: themselves without the slightest he.
itation into ruthless butchers? 1t
mere that two factors iHtervenc-ats
yism and education.
The Hun has not changed SINCE h
) prototype Of the t::as Ct Tacltu2. II