The Fulton Democrat from McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania • 1

ULTON DEMOCRAT. V'o. McCONNELLSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1929. ESTABLISHED DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS AND JUST IN ALL THINGS. VOLUME 77, NO.

16. PERSONAL POINTS ABOUT TOWN OUR WEEKLY HARRISBURG LETTER RECORD OF DEATHS Fulton Boy Re-elected H. S. Teacher Last week the Duquesne The Grim Reaper's Work In The Times published a list of teach Winners of Scholastic and Athletic E-vents in Ayr 1. Arithmetic, Milfred Brady, Laurel Ridge, Geo.

Clouser, teacher. 2. Spelling, Dorothy Wood-all, The Road, Jeannette Peck, teacher. 3. 100 yd.

dash, Paul ers re-elected for the coming Interesting Bits Of News Telling Events Of The Week Of The Town And Vicinity. Our Community And Elsewhere. school term. Among the list Last Week of Session. Firearms Registration Bill Again Killed.

Barbers License Bill Also Killed. HARRISBURG, April 18, The 128th. session of the Legislature is slipping into history this week. Virtually every controversial issue which legislators have Mason been wrangling about since the session started was left for final Anna Mason, widow of Mason, of McConnells- Mrs. Frank we find the name of Fred D.

Lamberson Fulton county boy who has again been elected as a teacher in the Duquesne High School. Besides being a successful and popular teacher Mr. Lamberson has made good as an assistant foot-ball and base-ball coach. Being near the University of Pittsburgh he improved his time during the year attend Souders, Jugtown, Ethel Glenn, teacher. action in the last week.

Matters in which Vr administration is Mr. John F. Smith of Emma-ville was a business visitors in McConnellsburg, last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.

George Ileef- ner spent Sunday visiting friends at Three Springs. 4. B. running bd. jump, Mar shall Mellott, Cito, H.

C. Peck, teacher. Congressman E. M. Beers introduced a private pension bill for Mrs.

Mary C. Connelly of McConnellsburg on the first day of the Special Session of Congress. The four cent gas tax was passed on Tuesday, finally and now goes to the Governor for his signature. The extra cent goes on July 1, next and lasts for one year, only. burg, died Tuesday evening, April 9, 1929, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.

W. H. Merchantville, N. J. Death came quite suddenly which added much of sorrow and shock to the surviving 5.

running high jump, The Chevrolet Motor Co. paid out in freight alone during the year 1928, more than $46,000,000. keenly interested are being passed, matters in which the administration is lukewarm are being treated with in difference, and bills which the administration opposes being defeated. The voting machine bill, the it gasoline tax, road extension, the revised motor code, separate bills for gradual and for immediate repeal of the anthracite tax, aviation bills, control of coal and iron police, registration of firearms, life imprisonment for fourth offenders, and the charter for the Pittsburgh metropolitan district, all are receiving their final action this week. Excepting the bill creating the Department of Revenue, and the revised administrative code, little of major importance had been given final approval before the last week.

Progress was made to permit adjournment shortly after mg that Institution and received sufficient credits for a College Permanent Certficate. members of the family, and her Dr. J. W. Mosser who has many friends.

Mrs. Mason was born in Bel This Certificate is granted by the State to college graduates who take up extra work and receive additional credits. Sutton, Chief of the Bu- fast township, Fulton County August 2, 1860, on the old Marshall Mellott, Cito, II C. Peck, teacher. 6.

B. base ball accuracy throw, Herman Seiders, Cito, H. C. Peck, teacher. 7.

G. 50 yd. dash, Mildred Sowers, Cito, H. C. Peck, teacher.

8. G. base ball acc. throw, Thelma Bivens, Laurel Ridge, Geo. Clouser, teacher.

9. Under 90 B. 50 yd. dash, Hollis Mellott, Cito, H. C.

Peck, teacher. 10. 50 yd. dash, Dorothy Woodall, The Road, Jeannette Truax homestead near Sipes -o- the fiftv cliff of a and reau ot lnlormation Game Department, fell feet last week from a while observing the nest Raven in Clinton countv Pa. She was a daugh been ill at his home in this place is again able to be about the house.

The fire tower on top of Side ling Hill is 2360 feet above sea level and Rock Hill is 2320 feet above sea level. Miss Blanche Mellott, a nurse in the Harrisburg Hospital, Hustontown Charge sustained injuries from which Gets New Minister Word was received this week that Rev. Park H. Heller of he is slowly recovering. Mr.

and Mrs. George Early of McConnellsburg are the Skinners Eddy, Wyoming Coun spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B.

Mellott. Peck, teacher. ty, Pa. had been transfered noon xnursaay Anotner aeiay legisiauve pniHiuB, sumiai to the one which tied up both houses last week, and possibility of filibustering tacties in invoking seldom-used legislative rules against the anthracite tax bills, formed the only threat of a slight extension of the session. The voting machine bill passed the House finally Monday night.

Despite opposition last week, the Senate Tuesday voted to concur in amendments strengthening the assistance-to-voters clause. The bill permits use of the machines at option of voters of any district. The anthracite tax repeal furnished one of the highlights of the closing sessions. The Senate passed the Jones bill for immediate repeal, it having already passed the House. Senate committee last week, however, killed the Heaton bill for induction of the tax until repealed in 1931, and in a fight in which aid of the Governor, Grundy and Mellon was needed, another Heaton bill was forced from a different committee and amended to incorporate the gradual repeal feature.

This bill passed the from the Wyoming Conference ter of Margaret Hart and Thomas Truax, deceased. Thomas Truax answered the call to arms during the Civil War and died in the service, leaving Mrs. Truax with a family of five children of which the subject of this obituary was next to youngest, being but four years of age. At the age of eighteen in December 1878 she was united in marriage with Frank Mason and began home-making at Pleasant Ridge, Fulton County. From there they moved to Buck Valley, Fulton county, and en proud parents of a fine big boy which arrived at their home on last Sunday morning.

This being the first born, naturally George was stepping pretty high. Jerre D. Laidig, one of our subscribers, who is working in the Goodyear Tire Factory at Akron, Ohio, in advising us to change his address, says, "I think you are putting out a dandy paper and I enjoy read Mrs. Georgia V. Hess of Needmore RD was in town Saturday attending to business er-tands and doing some shopping.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rupert were called home Sunday on account of the death of the lat-ter's grand mother, Mrs. Eliza Scholastic and Athletic Meet The first annual scholastic and athletic meet of Fulton County will be held in McConnellsburg, April 20th, 1929. If the weather of this day is unsuitable, it will be on of the M.

E. Church to the Harrisburg Conference and will be assigned to the Hustontown charge. Rev. Heller comes highly recommended and no doubt the people of the Hustontown charge will be pleased to have an M. E.

Minister occupy their parsonage at Hustontown once more. The new minister will arrive on Thursday of this week. See church gaged in the mercantile business, Mrs. Mason not only attending to home duties, but tak beth Barnett. the 27th.

The scholastic e- ing an active part in the work; Mrs. Mary Miller, of Phillips burg, mother of Rev. M. fc vents will begin promptly at 10:45 a. in Fulton Theatre and the athletic events at 1:00 on the play ground.

Miller of this place, is visiting and management of the business in which they were engaged. In 1893 her husband having Senate Monday and was hurried to the House for the required action on three days there before passage. Governor Fisher asked both bills be passed to permit him to take his choice of immediate or deferred repeal. The gasoline bill, increasing the tax from 3 to 4 cents for one year starting July 1, was acted upon in the Senate this week after the road program had passed. The gasoline tax and the revised motor code's increased fees, are expected to furnish the $13,000,000 estimated cost of the new road program.

Amendments to the motor code in the Senate increase the driver's license from $1 to $2, the learner's permit from $2.50 to $3, make 40 miles the maximum legal speed, and place higher registration fees on solid-tired than on pneumatic-tired trucks, buses and taxicabs. The code also passed the Senate this week, but was her son at the Lutheran parson age. Leadership School been elected sheriff of Fulton Mr. Jacob.Miller and Mar 14th county, they came to McCon- text from Revelations, chapter and 13th verse. shall C.

Layton, both of Am nellsburg in which place they spent the remaining years of their lives. Mrs. Mason needs no elabora tion of her fine qualities. She Wink ing it every week. Thanks.

ft Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Palmer of Sipes Mills on Sunday evening were: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mellott and children, Maynard and Paul; Mr.

and Mrs. Riley Deshong and children, Dan, jimmie and Walter; Earl Mellott; Emil Mel lott and Estaline Sipe. Those who visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Deshong of near Sipes Mills, Sunday, were Mr.

and Mrs. Jeff Mellott; Mr. arid Mrs. Ray Decker and children, Namona and Ralph Mrs. R.

P. Deshong, Miss Ethel Wink Strait and Lillie Clark. Service On Wednesday evening, a Union Service will be held in the M. E. Church of McConnellsburg at 7:30 P.

M. at which time the closing exercises for the Community Leadership Training School will be held. Certficates will be granted the members of the school. Beginning at 6:30 P. M.

an exhibit of the note books and work of the members of the school will be held in the Sunday School room of the church and all those interested in the advanced work of Christian Ed aranth, R. were numbered among our welcome visitors on Wednesday of last week. Mr. J. E.

Simpson of Harrisburg was numbered among our welcome callers while in town on Saturday. He was making a short visit with the home folks at Dickey's Mountain. According to the Highway Department oiling schedule, the roads from the Bedford county line to Saluvia and from Knobsville to Hustontown will be oiled this week. delayed in reaching the Governor until the House acted on a-mendments. The road extension program grants even greater State financial aid to localities than when passed by the House several weeks ago.

Township reward payments were liberalized to provide for State contribution of 75 of construction cost where the property valuation is $20,000 or less per mile, and 50 where is exceeds $20,000. The House bill had limited the 75 aid to less than $10,000 valuation and had reduced the State's shartto 25 where valuation exceeds $30,000. Other bills in the series provide $750,000 for Philadelphia and $2,000,000 for other cities to maintain streets which are parts of the State system; make the State responsible for all county bridges on State roads after June 1, 1930, but permits Thomas E. Wink, a well known citizen of Thompson township, died at his home near the Tonoloway Baptist Church, Sunday, March 31, 1929 of Brights disease. He was a son of William and Mary Wink and was born at Sideling Hill, Pa.

October 1, 1876, being aged 52 years, 5 months and 30 days. Mr. Wink was united in marriage to Miss Eva Barnhart at Covalt, Pa. on November 24, gave to the world a great deal more than she received. By her strong determination to do, and through her clear foresight into the requirements of the future, she made it possible for her family of five children to prepare themselves to go out into the professional and business world to make good.

They are her contribution, her monument. She is survived by one brother, Joseph Truax, Sipes Mills, Pa. The children are: Miss Zoie, teacher in schools of Ak 1758 dogs were licensed in Fulton county in 1928 and 60 ucation are invited to attend these meetings. prosecutions made. 489,614 canines were licensed in the state during 1928, being 10,000 less than in 1927.

$71,000 was paid loui during the year to owners of livestock and poultry for damages done by dogs. Mr. Scott Sharpe of Oxford, in sending in his renewal for another year says, I have taken the Democrat for so 1909 who, with the following children survive him: Floyd, Worth, Margaret and Maria. He is also survived by the following brothers and sister Edd and Ira, of Laurel Ridge, ron, Ohio Jessie, wife of W. D.

Hawk, Cleveland, Ohio; Gol- Montague-Lehman Daniel J. Montague of Mer-cersburg, district superintend die, wife of W. H. Barton, Mer chantville, N. J.

Lois, wife of many years it seems like an old friend." Mr. Samuel W. Truax, Brooks Smith, Alex Bradshaw and Scott Smith made up a load of good Warfordsburg R. D. ent of the Republic Service Corporation, and Miss Hazel A.

Le'iman, of Hagerstown, citizens who attended the Sup wre married in New York H. H. Bemis, Cleveland, Ohio; Witz the only son, Tacoma, Washington. Funeral services were conducted at the Mason home, Third street, McConnellsburg, Monday, April 15, 10 o'clock, Rev. H.

L. Jarrett of M. E. church, officiating. "Interment at the Union Cemetery, immediately following.

1 hompson township George, of Cameron, W. Ted, of Waynesboro, Pa. and Enza, wife of A. R. Williams of Dickey's Mountain, Pa.

Mr. Wink was a good citizen, kind and loving father and husband and leaves a host of sorrowing friends to mourn his untimely death. Funeral services were held at the Sideling Hill Baptist church, Wednesday, April, 3, 1929 in charge of Elder J. W. Smoot of Great Cacapon, W.

Va. City, Monday, 8th, 1929, in the St. Pauls church, Broadway and Fulton streets. Mr. Montague is a native of Christiansburg, and is well known in Fulton county, having charge of the light plant that furnishes light for many of our people in this county.

Mrs. Montague was born in Reid, Md. Our best wishes are extended to this happy couple. Strait Edwards Mrs. Ruth Horton Edwards, an aged and highly respected Cnnt-tit Enid, died Wednesday, April Theatre in 10, 1929.

She was a daughter David Strait of near Harrison ville, Licking Creek township, died in the Chambersburg hospital, Sunday, April 7th, 1929. He was taken to the hospital by Dr. H. C. McClain about three weeks before his death to have an x-ray taken of his hip, which he was supposed to have fractured by a fall on the ice, and had only been in the hospital a few days when erysipelas set in, causing his death.

Mr. Strait was a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Sharpe) Strait and was born in Licking Creek township, August 28th, 1855, Jience was aged 73 years, 7 immediate acceptance ot bridges in need ot repair; obligate the State to pay half the cost of maintaining township reward roads, with $100 a year as the State's maximum per mile, and make the State pay entire maintenance cost of State-aid and concrete townships reward roads; require the State to pay entire construction of State Roads thru boroughs, relieving the boroughs of the 10 they now contribute. Another bill appropriates $23,500,000 new State construction, allocated among counties in proportion to unimproved mileage, county shares varying from $200,000 to $600,000 the counties designate the sections to be improved but need not match the State money. Altho distinct from this program, the Senate this week also sent to the Governor appropriations of $8,000,000 for township reward payments an to build State-aid roads. All the road appropriations are from the motor fund, made up of license receipts and gasoline tax.

Two of the three administration bills forming the first traffic code for airplanes in Pennsylvania passed the Senate this week. The third was sidetracked because of opposition to permitting small municipalities to exercise eminent domain powers in obtaining landing fields. A bill also passed permittng coun-tes to appropriate to aid municipalities to establish airports. Final passage was given to the bill requiring corporation police to be residents of the State and citizens and restricting their police powers to corporation property. This bill had been pickled in the Senate last week and was revived by Senator Max Leslie.

The firearms registration bill last week was defeated by the House 96 to 93, but Monday night the House moved to reconsider the vote and it was again defeated 96 to 103. The bill permitting life sentence to be imposed on persons after their fourth major crime, also came to a final issue Monday, while the Senate actr.d on bills to outlaw bombs and machine guns. Reduced powers for the Game Commission featured a series of game bills passed by the Senate. One requires the commission to announce changes in seasons and bag limits by May 1 each year, permitting time for appeal before they becomeef-fective. Others legalize the bow and arrow as hunting weapons; authorize refund of special deer license where counties were closed by courts last fall impose licenses on fur farms and fur dealers; offer $5 bounty for goshawks, reduce the wildcat bounty from $15 to $10 and eliminate the $2 bounty for red foxes; impose $500 fine for killing bear, elk or deer attracted by artificial lights; open the season on muskrats from December 1 to end of February; remove wood ducks, eider ducks and loons from the list of game birds, and remove the great gray owl from the protected list.

Besides the voting machine bill, four election bills are struggling for life in the final week. One removes the poll tax as qualification for voting; another requires constitutional a-mendments or any other referendum to be on separate ballots from those containing candidates' names a third permits citizens to inspect election records. The fourth requires surplus primary ballots to be preserved for re-check, but a companion bill to preserve November election records was killed by committee. Other election bills defeated in committee would have provided for permanent registration, ended the "chain ballot" created a central depository for ballot boxes, required voters to sign the check list for identification, and would have amended the constitutio nto permit election overseers to be named from outside the district in which they serve. Other bills killed in committee include the barber's license bill, one permitting district attorneys and city solicitors to prosecute stream pollution, one defining the extent to which osteopathic schools can teach medicine, and a bill to legalize Sunday concerts where admission is charged and musicians are paid.

(Continued on page eight.) Mr. Witz Mason of Washington state; Miss Zoie Mason, a teacher in Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Hawk and two children of Akron, O. Mr.

and Mrs. Bemis of Akron, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Barton of Mer-chantsville, N. J.

attended the funeral of Mrs. Anna Mason last Monday. The Civic Club of town has rented the dining room of the former Woolett Hotel from Mrs. A. J.

Pittman and will hold their future meetings there. Their former room hav ing grown too small for the Club. The Club has donated 14 books to the public library in this place. Mrs. Gilbert Mellott of lower Union township, accompanied by her niece, Miss Rosa Mellott of Pleasant Ridge, were numbered among our early Monday morning callers.

Mrs. Mellott recently returned from a Philadelphia hospital, where she was very successfully treated, and is now enjoying much better health. Benj. Simpson and Mack Johnson of Dickey's Mountain were transacting business in the county seat last Monday. Mr.

Johnson, as administrator of the estate of his deceased father, W. S. Johnson, sold the home property last Saturday to his brother, James Johnson of Maryland, who will assume possession in the fall. Mr. and Mrs.

"clarence Mc-Gowan of 1111 Washington Huntingdon, announce the birth of a fine big daughter born Wednesday, April 10th. The little daughter has been named Precious Mae. Both mother and daughtsr are reported as doing nicely. The little one has been named after her nurse. Miss Precious Shoe- maker, well known to many of 1 our people, being the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Grant Shoe The declamation contest of the county meet will be held in the Fulton Theatre at 10:45 A. M. The public is cordially invited to attend this contest as well as the athletic contests on the playground in the afternoon. The silver trophies are on dis play in the window of Little's Millinery.

ervisors Convention last Saturday. F. D. McClain of Waterfall, one of the Taylor township supervisors attending the Supervisors Qonvention in town last Saturday, was among our good friends who called and had his subscription advanced. Mrs.

Rev. Erb, widow of a Reformed minister in McConnellsburg, but now of Baltimore, together with her son McLeod and wife, were Sabbath visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. V.

Stouteagle. Dr. Clarence Trout of Red Lion spent the week end visiting relatives in this place. He was accompanied home by his sister, Miss Mary Trout, who will spend a few days in the Trout home. The many friends of Harry Van Cleve, Trapping Instructor who fell into the Buffalo Pen at the Cambria County Fair last August, will be glad to learn that he has fully recovered from his injuries.

Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Keebaugh and two sons, Wayne and Robert, and daughter Helen, of Hustontown, and Mr.

and Mrs. W. H. Paylor of near Knobsville, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs.

C. E. Mock of Altoona, Pa. Recent new subscribers are: Geo. W.

Sipes, Hustontown; D. B. Hewitt, Big Cove Tannery; W. L. Berkstresser, Hustontown; Elwood Shives, Hancock Bert Hann, Willard, Miss Mary Perry, Phila.

Mrs. Ora Douglas, Hancock; Mrs. W. W. Gutchall, Orbisonia; J.

A. of William and Ann Horton and was born February 2, 1850, being aged 79 years, 2 months and 8 days. Mrs. Edwards was united in marriage to Allison Edwards a-bout 1870. She is survived by one brother, Alfred Horton, aged 81, of Everett, Pa, She was a good christian woman, a member of the M.

E. Church. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 13th. at the Valley M. E.

Church, in charge of her pastor, Rev. Pennebaker. months and 9 days. On Febru Hotpoint Electric Cooking School The Fulton Light, Heat Power will hold an Electric Cooking school in the Fulton Theatre, Friday, afternoon, May 17th. This demonstration will be given by Mrs.

Marshall, Home Economist, of The Edison Electric Appliance Co. ary 8, 1877, he was united in marriage to Cora A. Sipe, who preceded him in death a few months ago. He is survived by five sons and one daughter as follows: Nevin S. Strait; Alvin Strait; Charles Strait; G.

C. Strait; J. T. Strait and Gertrude, wife of Paul Houck, all of near Harrisonville. He is also survived by one brother, Phillip Strait of Saluvia and one sister, Jane Sipe of Iowa.

Three brothers and three sisters having preceded him to the grave. Mr. Strait was a quiet unassuming citizen, industrious, well respected and a member of the M. E. church.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 9th, at 2 P. at Siloam M. E. church, in charge of Rev. J.

H. Gilbert. Interment was made in the adjoining ceme tery. Rev. Gilbert chose his Peck Army Peck, a well known cit izen of Belfast township, died at his home near Franklin Mills, Bethel township, where he had recently moved from Belfast township, April 9, 1929.

He was "aged 54. While he had been ill for some time, his death came as a shock to his many friends as he was apparantly improving in health when the Death Angel made his appearance. Mr. Peck is survived by his wife and two children. Funeral services were held at the Sideling Hill Baptist Church, Thursday, April 11th.

Interment was made nearby. Dr. Farquhar Leaves Town Dr. Farquhar, who has been a practicing physician in this place since the first of last September, left Tuesday for Logan-ton, Clinton county, where he expects to resume practice. Lauver, Ft.

Loudon Ralph C. Mellott, Webster Mills; Marshall C. Layton, Amaranth and Mrs. Gard Anderson, maker. Miss Shoemaker is assisting the stork in Huntingdon and vicinity.

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