Bown Yada, Bellefonte, Pa., August 9, 190l. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Epitor Terms oF Susscriprion.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance.........ceeeeeeee.. $1.00 Paid before expiration of year. 1.50 Paid after expiration of year............ 2.00 EE SRR SE Democratic County Ticket. For Prothonotary—M. I. GARDNER. For District Attorney—N. B. SPANGLER. em mon Steamship Subsidy Again. We bave information from the summer capital of the country, Canton, Ohio, that the «hip subsidy bill will be introduced into the next Congress soon after it as- sembles and that it will be passed during the first session. Senators HANNA, of Ohio, and CurLoM, of Illinois, visited the President the other day and this bit of news was issued from the court chamber immediately afterward. Such changes will be made in the measure, Senator CULLOM observed after his talk with his colleagues in the conference, as will satisfy Republi- can Senators who opposed it before and that is all that is necessary. As we have frequently stated and prov- ed there is no necessity for a ship subsidy bill except to put money into the poeckete of the favorite politicians who compose the steamship trust. All the material of which ships are built are cheaper in this country than in any other country in the world. Labor, though better paid here than else- where, is nevertheless infinitely cheaper for the reason that superior skill and intelli- gence among the workingmen and better machinery enables American artisans to turn out more work in a given time than any others. There is no difference in the operating expenses of American and other ships, for the labor is drawn from precisely the same market. ; But MARK HANNA wants the $270,000,- 000 which the ship subsidy bill proposes to draw from the treasury in thirty years and distribute among the shareholders of the steamship trust. Everyone of these men is already a millionaire. They are all ship owners at present and ocean freights were never so liberally compensated as now. The vast proportion of the money paid for such service no longer goes ahroad, as form- erly, for the reason that within the last year J. PIERPONT MORGAN and others have purchased a large number of ships and the profits of their operation come here instead of going there. But MARK HANNA wants a larger share of the money and has prom- ised the rest to friends and the treasury must he looted accordingly. Sek a i GBA 5 Morgan Understands. If there was any doubt as to the reason why every supporter of trusts favored an increase of the regular army during the last Congress it is revealed in the declaration of Mr. J. PIERPOINT MORGAN during the conference between the officers of the Am- algamated Association and himself at the office of the million dollar a year president of the billion dollar trust last Saturday. ‘“We have stated our position,’’ he said. ‘‘“There can be no change. Those terms must be accepted or the strike must con- tinne.” There iz no alternative. ‘‘Our position’’ is cruel and unjust. It means idleness or dishonor to the men and desti- tution to their families. But what does that matter to Mr. MoRGAN? He is on easy street. The increase of the regular army simpli- fies things for Mr. MORGAN. If the men employed by the trust which pays its president a million dollars a year and dis- tributes nearly a hundred millions annu- ally in dividends on stock, which repre- sents nothing, go hungry, that is nothing to Mr. MORGAN. That will bring them into subjection the sooner or into despera- tion. If it is subjection well and good. They can go to work again for the trust or for somebody else and pay out of their meagre earnings the debt incurred during the season of idleness. If it is desperation they fall into it, all the same to MORGAN. Then they will commit some act of Tawless- ‘ness-and the increased standing army will enable the government to suppress them at the point of the bayonet in short order. In a government like this there is no need for a large standing army other than to keep the discontentment of the people in restraint. In a government like this ns- ing the army to keep the discontentment of the people in restraint is a usurpation of authority which is as dangerous as it is criminal. The power of force may be in- voked to prevent lawlessness or suppress insurrection. But Mr. MORGAN has no intention of limiting his power to constitu- tional lines, He intends to force the strikers into subjection in the shortest pos- sible period of time and if it ie necessary he will provoke disorder. The million dollar salaries must be paid and the divi- dends on watered stocks distributed with- out serious intermission and the adminis- tration will lend all its available force to the achievement of the result. ho! Babeock’s Backsliding. Representative BABCOCK, of Wisconsin, ap- pears to be hedging on his tariff bill. That is to say in a letter written from some safe retreat in Austria toa paper published in his Wisconsin congressional district he de- clares that henever intended to be assevere on the trusts as was at first supposed. Heis in favor of doing something that will release the industrial life of the country from the stifling influences of the trust. “But on second thought he didn’t do anything that hurt the trusts either. He is too good a Republican for that, he declares. He would just like to spank them a little, so to speak. He would just turn them over bis knee like a fond mother does with her baby and apply the slipper. As a matter of fact BABCOCK came to the short session of Congress fresh from the wholesonie atmosphere of his district thor- oughly alarmed about the trusts. They were menacing every form of industrial and commercial life and there was no safe. ty except in throttling them. Filled with that idea he turned his attention to the best method of achieving the result. After weighing various schemes he finally determined, and he was wise in it, that the surest course was to put trust products on the free list. The notion took like wildfire, because it was sensible,but he has now relented, it appears. Probably MARK HANNA has been calling him down. The only cure for the trusts is the appli- cation of Mr. BABCOCK’S remedy. That is to say there is no other possibly way of restricting their power to control prices and regulate the quantities of output. As long as they exercise that power they will be able to oppress labor and rob consumers. In the wholesome environment of his Wis- consin home Mr. BABCOCK realized this, but in the perverted air of monarchical Austria he has fallen from grace and shows a readiness to back and fill to accommodate political exigencies. That is cowardly and God hates a coward. A reactionist never won his way iu this land of courage and conscience. Mr. BABCOCK is on the down- ward course. Great Strike Order Out. It Was Issued by President Shaffer Tuesday night.—In Effect Saturday.—The Battle Prom- ises to Be Not Only Fast But Furious—Both Sides tDetermined—Call Practically Includes All the Amalgamated Association Men in Employ of United States Steel Corporation. PITTSBURG. August 6.—The die is cast. The battle of the giants is on in earn- est, whether ignominous defeat of one side or the other, or compromise, remains to he seen. Up to this evening it has been merely a skirmish, each side trying to find a vulnerable spot in the other’s armor. Now it is definite, brought about by the actual issuance by President Shaffer of the long talked of general strike order. This order was promulgat- ed this evening to take effect after the Jast turn of the mills on August 10th. What the result will be ne man can foretell; but judged by the expressed de- termination of both parties to the ocon- troversy the battle will be waged fast and furiously. Much money will be lost, thousands upon thousands of men will be idle, great suffering is looked for,even bloodshed and. death are possible and ‘feared. The strike call includes practically all Amalgamated men in the United States Steel corporation’s employ not now on strike. It was issued from the Amgoiation'’s ‘headquarters ~Amalga expected to call their men into strike. The order given above is expected to swell the number of idle men to over 100,000 at the end of the week. Pres- ident Shaffer was asked if the call was not intended to go to the union men in the Carnegie Steel company. He said he could answer no questions on that score. The Amalgamated Association has offices in the upper and lower union mills of the Carnegie Steel company and a foothold in the Homestead, Duquense and Brad- dock mills, the great bulwark. of pon- unioni m. In conformity to statements that bave been made by President Shaf- fer before, these men will be expected to join the strike, as well as all Amalga- mated men and sympathizers in all plants of the United States Steel corpor- ation. The other companies of the steel corporation not mentioned by the Amal- gamated president, and whose operations the association will seek to hamper, are the American Steel and Wire company and the American Bridge company. In the Wire company the Amalgamated As- sociation has only lodges in the Cleve- laud rolling mills plant and the Joliet rolling plant of the company. The former is now idle. In the plants of the American Bridge company there is no organization of the men. The outside men handling and erecting the work of the American Bridge company are organized as the Internation- al Associatian of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. They are not affiliated with the American Federation of La- . bor. i ’ : The attitude of the federation remains uncertain and the president of the Amal- amated association is unwilling to dis- ‘cuss it, althodgh support has héén proffer-. ed by officials of the federation. . This has been without the concerted action of the federation executive board. Many affiliated bodies of the federation ‘have annual or long term contracts with their employers, and beyond finaucial and moral support it is hard to tell how the federation may go. Amalgamated and mailed fo’ the urday night President Shaffer said. ‘‘At noon to-day I called out all the men employed in the New Castle mills of the Natianal Steel company. They will stop work at.12 o'clock tonight. My pur- pose in doing this was that I learned that the trust bas been piling up union made bars in the old housing of the dismantled Jennings sheet mill for the purpose of sup- plying the trade to the non-union mills when the plants were shut down. If was a clever trick, but it did not work. The trast will need what bars they have stored now bad enough before they are through the strike. After sending this telegram to New Castle I received reply which read as follows: : “Mill will close; men are all firm.” *This will bring about 1,600 men out in that plant. You see, we have to be on the watch for just such moves by the trust as this was. We know what is going on just as well as they do, and are fully pre- pared to meet every move they make.’’ ‘Honors so Far are Easy in the Big Steel ‘ Strike. PITTSBURG, Aug. 7.—In the big steel strike honors are .easy .in this section to- night. The Amalgamated association suc- ceeded in closing down the big steel plant at New Castle, and the manufacturers par- tially Boke the strike at the Clark mill in this city. Neither side is exulting, nor “Alter issuing the official call for next Sat- |" “BiLLy Howe’ 2:32. John M. Shugert’s staunch little sorrel gelding that will start the season’s cam- paign at Bradford next week. EE Ras. Victory or defeat of either at this early stage of the warfare can have but little ef- 4, 1.00 Republi Worried by. His. Re-ap- fect beyond indicating the probable line of pearance State Convention at Baltimore sap battle to be pursued by each. Up to this hour not the slightest tronble of the strikers may be one of the surprises hinted at by the national officers. From one or two points the strikers are reported as restless and eager for action. but so far have kept faith with their leaders and re- frained from committing any breach of the peace. Plans for starting the closed tin plate mills bave not been completed. In this branch the situation is different. The tin plate company have only six of their 232 roll trains going, while the sheet company have a few less than half. The officials of the Amalgamated associ- ation say that this move will in a measure play into their bands. At McKeesport President Shaffer said that he himself would lead men from Vandergrift into the Wood mill. The officials feel that if they can get the Vandergrift men away from their environments there little trouble will be found.in bringing them into the asso- ciation. ‘ees The sales department of the American Steel Sheet company has given notice to jobbers that it cannot take any orders for some time, as the capacity of the operating sheet mills has been contracted for. NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—The Commercial Advertiser says : : . As far as can be learned no communica- tion has been received by J. P."Morgan & Co., or by any of the steel companies heie from the labor leaders since the conference of Saturday last: not be far away after all. It is learned that independent influences are at work which may surprise everybody within the next few days. Mr. Morgan. will not. say | a word, but it is believed in some quatfers that he has received important 6dmmunica- tions from persons strong enough and inde- pendent enough to bring abouta settle- ment before Shaffer's order to strike takes effect. Those who know Mr. Mor- gan say he will welcome any move that will hasten the end of the controversy, providing the fundamental objections as argued on Saturday last are respected. That something is being done in the direc- tion of amity is apparent from the manner of the steel men here and the course of the steel stocks on the exchange. YOUNGSTOWN, O., Aug. 7.—The follow- ing statement of the position of the Amer- ican Steel Hoop company was authorized to-day by Milton Coombs, superintendent of the company’s mills in this district. “The American Hoop company is ready to sign the scale with the Amalgamated association on the terms which we agreed upon and accepted long before the Repub- lic Steel and Iron company did. How long this proposition will remain open I cannot say. The company has no further propo- sition to make. I have no instructions from the company in regard to starting the mills. If the Amalgamated men sign the Seale the plants will be lighted without de- ay.’ No strike is anticipated at the Ohio plant of the National Steel company, where 3,000 wen are employed, or at the Youngstown works of the National Tube company. The men at these plants have no organization. so far as is known. Clinton County Democrats Select Candi- ; dates. R, B. McCormick fer District Attorney, Jefferson Eckel for County Surveyor—@. W. A. MacDonald, A. E. @Grugan and Ira English for State Delegates @. A. Brown Re-Elected County Chairman—S8trong Resolutions Adopted. The Clinton Democratic county conven- tion was called to order in the court house at Lock Haven Tuesday afternoon by county chairman G. A. Brown. : ‘Mr. Kane nominated Chief Burgess James A. Smyth, of Renovo, for president, tion. On motion of A. F. Ryona committee. on resolutions was appointed F. ‘Ryon, Lock Haven; John U. Staffer, Re. NOVO, 88d J. R. Conley, Lamar, were ap- inted. For district attorney, Mr. MacDonald nominated R.°B. ‘McCormick, of Lock Haven. He was nominated by acclama- tion. For delegates to the state convention, Ira English named G. W. A. MacDonald, of Lock Haven; R. H. Smith named A. E. Grugan, of Renovo, J. W. Smith named Charles Spotts, of Renovo, and J. Q. Dice named Ira English, of Chapman. The ballot resulted : MAcDODAIA........oe0sivseiinsinisscinsernsssprsnssssnsrsanasss ssl 55 Grugan... Spotts............. 3 nglish veenrdB Messrs. MacDonald, Grugan and English | were declared elected. Mr. Ryan for the committee read the re- solutions which were unanimously adopted. Mr. MacDonald presented the following : Resolved, That we denounce the Donnelly- Ryan traders delegation to the state convention and request the state delegates, this day elected, to oppose the seating of said delegation. Mr. Shaffer moved that the resolution be adopted. on. J. W. Smith amended that the re- solution be laid on the table. After a spirited debate, the vote was taken, which resulted in it being laid on the table by a vote of 38 to 22. For county chairman George A. Brown was elected by acclamation. is there any expression of discouragement. The convention then adjourned. - Peace, however, may | and the gentleman was elected by acclama- : { Gorman in Their Way. | | © BALTIMORE, Aug. 5—Republican lead- bas occurred at any point in this immedi- ers from all parts of the State are in Balti- ate territory, and amalgamated men are | more to-night getting ready for their State correspondingly happy, because this con- | convention, which will be held here to- dition would seem to be the carrying out | morrow. The work before them is the of the association’s new departure in the nomination of candidates for State comp- bandling of strikers. The quiet waiting | troller and clerk of the court of appeals and the formulation of a platform. But little time will be taken up in carrying out the program already mapped out. Either Dr. Isaac city, will be selected to head the ticket, for it. probability go to Colonel Thomas 8. Par- ren, of Calvert. considerable thought upon the part of the head men in the party. United States Senator McComas and State Chairman Philip Lee Goldsborough to-day put the finishing touches on the principal planks to be submitted, and everything is in readiness for its reception by the proper committee to-morrow. Its provisions which are understood to include strong pledges on behalf of the Republicans to re- peal the present election law, to enact laws to prevent corrupt practice in connection with elections and to pass laws to govern the holding of primary elections. forgiier Senator Gorman. paign to as great an extent as possible. prominently mentioned thus far men Pearre and Mudd. from the opposite sections of the State. the best chance. cans. they make their fight this fall. Thousands Drowned. in China. roofs. foreign settlements. destruction of property. the drowning of hundreds of thousands. To Wed Senator Blackburn. the War Department. i : ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Mrs. Mary E. Department, has resigned her position in order to become the bride of Joseph C. 8S. Blackburn, from Kentucky. She is now at Cape May, N. J., as the guest of the Senator and his assembling of Congress, next December, ton to live. Judge H. H. Blackburn, of Martinsburg, Kentucky ex-Senator and Senator-elect. ADDITIONAL LOCALS of the Millheim schools. rp A tit, teresting feature of the big Logan picnic a Hecla next Wednesday. \ year, has schools there. the College on September 10th and 11th. The fall term will open on the 12h. e wn ARSENE pearance— State Convention at Baltimore To-Day. Barber. of Talbot county, or Herman Splatt, of Baltimore with the chances in favor of the latter, al- though it is understood that Barber, who has served his party in Congress, could have made it if he wanted to make a fight The court of appeals clerkship will in all The platform has been the subject of ——Charles Wagner’s home on Marsh Creek, a mileand a half west of Eagleville, was burned to the ground on Saturday morning. Only the things on the first floor were saved. ->or———— ——Homer Harry, the Rebersburg man who bad his spine fractured in the lumber woods of Potter county several months ago, has recovered sufficiently to be able to take a drive on Sunday. Ait ——Just fifty minutes before the Rev. Morris E. Swartz was to begin his sermon in the Methodist Episcopal church here on Sunday morning he received a telegram stat- ing that the church of which he is pastor, in Shippensburg, had been entirely destroy- ed by fire. Now Morris always was one of the cheerful kind and daunted not by such calamitous news he briefly stated the fact, as though it did not involve a great big sacrifice on his part for a year or more to come, and promptly proceeded to give his audience a pleasing and practical demon- stration of what he bad chosen for the theme of his discourse, ‘‘The happiness of a personal relationship to Christ.”” And we were not the only ones of his audience who were impressed by his force of charac- ter and forgetfulness of self, for on Monday morning, on his way to the train, he was handed a check for twenty-five dollars, the first toward rebuilding his church. I I § MARRIAGE LiIcENsSES.—Following is the list of marriage licenses granted by or- phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, during the past week : rh H. L. Sayers, of Clarence, and Katie Croft, of Yarnell, Pa. J. D. Hunter and Agnes B. Rarick, both of Bellefonte. M. A. Witherite, of Runville, and Cora Shawley, of Roland. J. H. Moore and Coatie Reese, both. of Worth township. Franklin Beck, of Axe Mann, and Han- nab Lucas, of Roland. a Sirs To START RACING NEXT WEEK.—On Monday seven of the moet promising horses that have been in training at the fair grounds bere will start on their sea- son’s campaign. of the Palace barns, will manage the string and trainer John Cocoman will look after their handling. The horses to be taken are the Pittston W. V. Larimer, manager ‘‘Strathblue,’’ 2:17}; ‘‘Slacher Boy," 2:23, and ‘‘Avoca Girl ;’ ‘“McChes- One of the planks, it is understood, will .contain'a severe.arraignment of the Demo- | crats, for‘their stand on the currency ques- tion which is designed as a criticism of The ‘administration of Governor Smith will be denounced, as will also the course of the Democrats in attempting to dis- franchise the illiterate voters. But little heed will be paid, however, to the Dem- ocratic slogan of negro domination, it be- ing the purpose of. the Republican leaders to eliminate this question from the cam- As little is said as yet concerning the probable successor to Senator Wellington in the event of Republican success in car- rying the legislative ticket. Those most are Phillips Lee Goldshorough and Congress- In the natural order of things the office shounld go to the Eastern shore, both the incumbents being If any consideration is give to this point, Goldsborough is looked upon as having No favorites are being played at this time, however, it being any- thing to heat Gorman with the Republi- Upon this issue, and this alone, will Great Floods in China Caused by Overflowing River. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 7.—Great floods, caused by the overflowing of the Yang Tse, have caused the death of many thousands The river has risen forty feet and for hundreds of miles the country is a great lake with only tops of trees and an occasional roof showing. At Anking the town is flooded, some of the houses to their At Kiu Kiang, the native town is flooded and two feet of water stands in the Lower down the river towards Swu Hue, the destruction was greater and boat- men estimate that 20,000 were drowned in the district. Chong-Teh was wiped away ‘by floods and ten thousand drowned there and many other points have been inundat- ed involving awful loss of life and great It was feared an embankment built by Chong-Chesh Tung near Wu Chang would break and cause Mrs. Mary E. Blackburn Resigns trom a Clerkship in Blackburn, for several years a clerk in the quartermaster general’s. office of ‘the. War United States Senator-elect daughter, Mrs. Hall, wife of Col. William P. Hall, of the army. The date of the wedding is not announced, but it is ex- pected to take place some time before the when Mr. Blackburn, as the successor of William Lindsay, will come to Washing- Mrs. Blackburn is the widow of the late ‘West Virginia, a distant relative of the ——Jacob Alter has been elected janitor ——Moving pictures of scenes in real life in all parts of the world will be an in- apy in ‘——Ralph O. Hall, of Beech Creek, who taught the grammar school at Howard last n elected principal of the —— Examinations for admission to The Pennsylvania State College will be held at ney’’ the Altoona horse with a mark of 2:18; “Thomas W.,”” 2:26}, Larimer’s own ‘horse ; “‘Billy Howe,”’ '2:32, the Shugert horse ; and ‘‘Clark,”’ Lew Bullock’s pacer that has.stepped in 2:35, after only a little bit of training. : The string will be taken to Bradford for: the races there next week, thence to Hor- nellsville and Batavia, N. Y., and back to Williamsport - in- time for the Lycoming county fair. 2 y78 As the first well organized racing stable to go out of Bellefonte the WATCHMAN wishes this one unbounded luck. —— A eee Is THIS OUR SAMUEL ?—The Pittsburg Dispatch on Friday published. the following account of an action which one, Samuel Gault, has brought againt Sarah E. Brown in the courts of that city : Samuel Gault, yesterday, entered suit in Common Pleas Court No. 3, to recover $2,200 from Sarah E. Brown. The plaintiff says he is somewhat feeble in mind and body and as a result came under the in- fluence of the defendant. It is asserted that by promises and representations she persuaded the plaintiff to lend her money that he had in the bank for investment. It is stated that upon one occasion she got $1,000, another ‘time $800, and upon dif- ferent occasions he let her have various amounts aggregating $400. Gault says the defendant promised to retprn the money when requested, but although requested several times she refuses to make her prom- ise good.”’ It is very probable that the man referred to above is Samuel Gault, once a well- known contractor and builder in this place. He is known to have been working in Pitts- burg and the Brown woman is supposed to be the person he had been boarding with at Martha Furnace several years ago, when he bad a building contract there. At that' time there was considerable svandal arising from their relations. ET ee AN AUSPICIOUS MARRIAGE.—On Wed- nesday evening a wedding was celebrated at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Rarick, west of town, which was entirely devoid of ostentation or display but which was both pleasing and propitious. It was the celebration of the marriage of their daughter Agnes B. Rarick and James the Huntingdon High school. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. H. C. Holloway at 7 o'clock. Between fifty and sixty guests were pres- ent and the wedding march was played by Miss Annie Brooks, of Pleasant Gap. The bride’s sister, Migs Lilian Rarick, Miss May Taylor, Miss Struble, of Zion, and Miss Brooke, of Pleasant Gap, all’ wearing styl- ishly made gowns of white Paris muslin and pink ribbons preceded the bridal couple and formed an aigle with broad rib- bons through the reception room for them. The ushers were Guy Thompson and the bride’s two brothers, Harry and Lloyd. The bride, who is a young lady of fine ap- pearance and varied accomplishments, was fairly beautiful in a modish gown of white hatiste, trimmed with guipure lace. After congratulations a fine supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter left on the 8.30 train for a visit to eastern cities. After which they will spend two weeks at Cape May and then visit the Buffalo Expo- sition before going to their home in Hunt- ingdon. Mr. Hunter is a son of the late Hon. B. F. Hunter and is deserving of the good fortune that has continuously come his way. Dorsey Hunter, supervising principal of |. ——That the Buffalo exposition is booming needs no farther evidence than the number of passengers who are on the Bald Eagle trains, daily, going that way. On Wednesday there were just sixty-two travelers on the 1:20 train by the time it reached Howard who had tickets to Buf- falo. . Spring Mills. What has become of the bell that some knave removed from the cow belonging to H. C. Robison, one of our merchants. Wilbur Leathers and Miss Pearl Gates, hoth of Mt. Eagle, are here visiting'relatives and friends, guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Royer. W. R. Parachy, of Lewisburg, made us a flying visit on Saturday last. His wife is a daughter of our popular Squire, M. B. Her- ing. She and her son have been here for several weeks. Wm. Ruhl having left last week to accept a position offered him at Montgomery, finally declined accepting it and returned on Satur- day last. He is now discharging his old duties again at the hotel. Michael Shives and wife left Wednes- day last on a pleasure trip, and will visit New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Cape May and several other points. They expect to be absent about a month. On Thursday evening last Miss Mabel, the accomplished and handsome daugh- ter of Hon. W. M. Allison, entertained a large and brilliant party at her palatial resi- dence. Songs, music and mirth ruled the hour, the occasion proving a very charming and delightful one. Last week the Spring Mills planing mill company, in order to make repairs and al- terations, intended suspending operations for about two weeks but owing to a sudden press of business which could not be delayed, were obliged to resume on Monday last, the re- pairs however are continued during the night. The company have increased their force of workmen and are manufacturing some very elaborate and handsome work. On Tuesday evening last a party of nine, consisting of Miss Orpha Gramley and her guest Miss Cynthia Knecks, of Sunbury, Misses Alice Robison, Mabel Allison and Verna Rearick, Charles Allison, Ward and Win Gramley and Robert VanValzah, left here in two carriages to visit Miss Foster, at Aarons- burg. Of course their reception was a very cordial one, and all were handsomely enter- tained. At a seasonable hour they returned having had a delightful visit. Quite frequently young men ride through the village streets on bicycles without hold- ing the handle bars—a pernicious freak— thinking no doubt, that it is a wonderful performance. If they were aware how silly and ridiculous they appeared, and how awk- ward they were with their hands, possibly they would stop the folly. Of course if the bicycle meets with no obstructions it will run along well enough, if it does meet with any, naturally a tumble more or less severe is the result But what sense is there in rid- ing in that foolhardy manner? Is it to dis- play supposed skill ? Bosh, there is no skill about it, any fool can make a similar display, if he is anxious to risk damaging a limb or breaking his neck. Nittany. Geo. Gunsallus is carefully nursing a large carbuncle. Miss Helen Beck is visiting her sister, at Youngstown, Ohio. Miss Bertha Nixon, of Parvin, spent Sun- day among her acquaintances here. An automobile passed through our valley last week and caused some of our horses to become quite gay. Robt. Zerby, an employe of the round house, at Lock Haven, spent Sunday here with his cousin Howard. Mrs. 8. 8S. Pletcher and daughter Dorothy, of Washington, D. C., are visiting relatives in this valley at present. B.F.Schaeffer spent the week in Bellefonte with his son L. A., hoping the change and conversation with many persons would aid him in his lingering affliction. Snydertown Sunday school picnicked at Hecla last Saturday and enjoyed the event very much. Many persons joined from Lock Haven, Lamar and other points near by. Robt. Border and Boyd Emrick being dis- gusted with the half time here at the mills, left for Emporium, where they have secured constant employment at satisfactory wages. The Ladies’ Aid society, of Nittany, ex- pect to hold a festival Saturday, August 10th and are trying to arrange to entertain the people. What band they will have has not been decided at this date. Carner & Co., of Hublersburg, have in- vested in a new cyclone thresher and for rapidity, cleanliness, quietness and general satisfaction nothing has ever surpassed it in this valley. These people have worn out four machines prior to this investment but of different make. Robt. Holmes, of Lock Haven, called upon his old chum,B. F. Schaeffer last Thursday. Robt. at one time caused hitching posts to be erected in this village. Being an enterprising merchant, customers came from all parts of the valley and his store at certain days was surrounded by conveyances. The base ball nine from Montoursville ac- companied a large picnic crowd to Hecla park last Friday and telegraphed in advance for the Hecla managers to secure a first class nine to cross bats. The ‘“Hayseeders”’ of this valley proceeded at once to comb and wax their fingers, resin up the soles of their shoes and waded into the game in reality. The result was a complete ‘‘shut out” in favor of Hecla, which afforded an excellent: topic to roast the sports of Montoursville. The school board of Walker Twp. met in Hublersburg last Saturday at 2 p. m. to con- tract with teachers, adopt new school books and arrange for a township High school to be located at Hublersburg. This is certainly a step to the attammment of higher education. There should not be one dissenting vote against this progressive move. The follow- ing teachers contracted for their respective schools : Emory Dietrick, Crawford school ; A. A. Pletcher, Franklin; W. H. Markle, Snydertown ; Papf. Musser, High school; Miss Helen Beck, primary; rus Hoy, Wolfe's ; (no teacher for Hecla school) Wm. Minnick, Zion ; Miss Alma. Stine, Forest. rT sons mn,
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