Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, December 17, 1909, Image 4

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    Bellefonte, Pa., December 17, 1909.
P. GRAY MEEK. - . - Eviror
Teaxs or Susscrirriox.—Until further notice
this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the
following rates :
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Carnegle's Approgr: ate Ben: flecence
Mr. CARNEGIE could hardly pas bis sar-
plus wealth to a more appropriate ase than
that expressed in bis recently announced
purpose to endow a hospital for the treat-
ment of tuberculosis. He has contributed
as moch as any other man toward she
spread of that dread malady throughout
the country. His fortune is variously esti-
mated at from a half so three-quarters of a
billion dollars. Assuming the larger figure
to be the more accurate estimate, it is safe
to say that in its acquisition shere has been
sacrificed to the demon of greed a human
life for every hundred dollars he bas accum-
ulated. It was a high price for the conn-
try to pay for Mr. CARNEGIE'S vast for-
taoe bos there is some recompense in the
thoogkt that is will be pus to good use.
Mr. CARKEGIE'S vast fortune is the care-
fully conserved froit of long continued
special privileges. Is ie the prodaesct of
tariff taxation of the people for Mr. Car-
NEGIE'S benefits during a loug period of
time. Tariff taxation is imposed by legis-
lative log-rolling. Some gentlemen who
reside in Wyoming or Utab own flocks of
sheep on the fleeces of which they want
‘‘protection.’”” Another group of gentle-
men who live in Pennsylvania own iron
and steel plants upon the products of which
they want the same special privilege. The
Wyoming man doesn's care how high the
tariff rate is fixed on iron if he gets what
be wants on wool and she Pennsylvania
man doesn’t care moch what tariff tax is put
upon wool if be gets what be wants cb iron.
So they ‘‘pool their issues,” each gets what
be wants and the people pay the piper.
And the result is misery, suffering and
death to the victims of this unholy com-
pact. There is not wool enough raised in
she country to properly clothe the children
of the wage earners and the tariff tax en-
hanoes the price of what there is to such
an extent that only the rich can wear wool-
ens and the children of the poor are expos-
ed to the ravages of tuberculosis and other
pulmonary diseases. The climate of this
country is severe hut in the early period of
our history pulmonary maladies were not
prevalent in the ratio of today for the rea-
son that then proper clothing protected
men, women and children. Now only the
opulent can afford woolen clothing while
others shiver and suffer in tabercolosis-
breeding shoddy or cotton made of rags
from Continental Europe.
The Sinte Constabulary.
The State Federation of Labor which held
its annual session in Harrisburg last week
strongly coodemped she so-called state
constabulary both in the speeches of those
in attendance and the resolutions adopted
by the body. These constables, the federa
tionists declared, are used by industrial
corporations to intimidate workingmen and
suppress strikes. Because of thas, they
add, the constables work a subversion of
the personal liberty of the citizen and are
inimical to the interests of the public.
From the view point of organized labor
that is probably a valid objection. It is
certainly so if they interfere with the legal
rights of workingmen as the president of
the organization alleges.
There is, however, a graver objection to
the state constabulary than any that was
expressed in the convention of the Federa-
tion of Labor at Harrisburg last week. It
is that such a force in a free State is ob-
noxious to the fundamental principles of
local sell government. The constables can
do no more to restrain strikers or intim-
idate workingmen than the state militia
which is always available to prevent the
destruction of property or assaults upon the
persons of ewployers. To our mind it
makes little or no difference to the strikers
whether constables or guardsmen are sum-
moned to suppress strikes. Bat the orea-
tion of a loroe of the character of the state
constabulary with power to exercise police
authority in communitiesin which they are
aliens, is a serious matter.
The original purpose of the state con-
stabulary was to supply comfortable births
for men who might be used as political
agents throoghout the State. The plans
were not fulfilled for the reason that about
the time the force was created the political
revolution of 1905 made the bosses afraid
and the force was converted into a rather
decent hody of constables. Their existence
is a mevace, bowever, their presence in a
community an insult and all citizens should
join in the demand for the repeal of the
law. This can be achieved if the working-
men of the State will withdraw their sup-
port from the political machine but thas
far they bave shown no inclination in that
direction.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——Scouts of the two big leagues will
endeavor to induce Larry Vorbis, ‘‘Heff”
Hirsbman and “Ball” McCleary, three
State College athletio stars, to make their
debut into professional baseball after the
College commencement in June. All the
above are not only loctball stars, but their
plaring on the diamond is almost equally
brilliant and managers of several of the big
league clubs have an eye on them.
ere are
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MussgR.—Another of Ferguson town | DoWiina. James A. Dowling, s astive THe STATE GRANGE MEgTING NEXT
ship's prominent and well known citizens Bellefonter, died in the Emergency bos- | WEEK. —The annanal meeting of the Penn-
departed this life on Sanday io the person | pital, Renovo, on Wednesday night of last | sylvania State Grange wil! be held at State
of the venerable John Musser. For a num- | week after a brief illness with a pervons College next week, beginning its session on
ber of months past he bad heen suffering
with stomach trouble though he wae able |
weeks before his death when be took his |
bed and from that time on his decline was |
rapid.
break down.
It was only ahout a month Tuesday, the 21«¢ at 10 a. m. The meet-
ago that Mr. Dowling was in Bellefonte and | ings will be held in the college anditorinm.
to be uopand around antl about thiee it was natarally quite a shock to his friends | These annual meetings are ususlly attend-
here to learn of his death.
ed by weveral thousand people. Many
Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mis. E. | rooms are already evgaged for the accom-
'P. Dowling ana was horn in Bellefonte | modation of delegates hus the great rash
Deceased was a member of one of the January Teh, 1866 thus heing 43 years, 11 for ronm« nsually comes in a} she opening,
| pioneer families of Ferguson township. | months and 1 day old. When a youth he | 80 that the indications are for an unusually |
His parents, William and Catharine Mus- went with his parents to Renovo and learn: | large attendance.
ser, located on the Branch when the plac | ed she trade of a machinist in the Pennayl- |
was all a wilderness and were among the !
firss to clear a farm and build a home in
that locality. The subjects of this notice
was born on December 13th, 1831, thus
being but one day less than seveunty-eight
years old. Like all farwer’s gons he at-
tended school in the winter time and
worked on the farm during the summer,
aod opon the death of his father he took
charge of affairs on the farm and later
bought the homestead. By close applica-
tion to his work and good husiness manage-
ment he was anusnally successful and fif-
teen years ago be lefs she farm and moved
to Pine Grove Mills where he bad siuce
lived a retired life. He was a charter
member of Centre Grange, No. 254, and
always took an active part in the work of
that organization. Early in life be joined
the Lutheran church and ever since he was
a faithful adherent to its oreed.
On she 224d of November, 1860, he was
united in marriage to Miss Catbarive M.
Dale, of Oak Hall, who, with their four
children, survive ae follows: Alfred, of |
Clearfield ; I.. D. and Mrs. Krebs, of Pine
Grove Mills, aud Elmer C., on the old
homestead. He also leaves one sister, Mrs.
Frank B. Stover, of Altoona,and one broth-
er W. H Musser, of Bellefonte.
The funeral was held from the Lutheran
chareh in Pine Grove Mills at 10 30 o'clock
on Tuesday worning. The services were
conducted by Rev. J. 8. Shaltz, assisted
by Rev. C. T. Aiken, of Selinsgrove.
Burial was made in the new cemetery.
SECURMAN— Another quite sudden death
in Philipsburg was that on Sanday afeer-
noon of Mis. Sarab Williams Securman,
widow of she late T. L. Seourman. She
bad been indisposed for a week bus her ill-
ness did not assume a serious nature until
a few bourse before she died.
Deceased was born in Monroe county and
was 77 years, 3 months and 13 days old.
She was married to Mr. Secarman in 1866
and ove year later they moved to Philips.
burg and that was ber home ever since. In
ber early girlbood she became a member of
the Latheran church but after moving to
Philipsburg both she and her husband
united with the Methodist church. She is
survived by three ohildren, vamely :
Jacob, of Grampian; Mrs. Samuel K. War.
ing, of East Liberty, and Mrs. Edward D.
Vandling, of Philipsburg. One brother
and a sister also survive. The funeral wae
held on Wednesday afternoon, burial being
made in the Bailipsoprg cemetery.
FuLrz —James H. Fultz, a lamber in-
spector for the Pennsylvania railroad, died
in St. Luke's hospital, Jacksonville, Florida,
on Monday morning. He had been ill less
than two weeks and was in the hospital
only a week uutil his death followed.
He was boru at Pennsylvania Furnace
and was about fifty-two years old. After
be bad grown to manhood he went to Al-
toona and entered the employ of the Penn.
sylvania railroad company and a few years
ago he was made a lumber inspector. Dur-
ing the past three or four years he made his
home io the south. He never married but
is eurvived by the following brothers and
sisters : George, John, Mis. G. A. Me.
Clellan and Mies Ida, all of Altoona, and
W. A. Fultz, of Milwaukee, Wis. The re.
maine were taken to Aodtutie interment.
FAHRINGER.—Aboat two months ago
Charles Fabringer, of Williamsburg, Blair
county, was bit on the head with a stone
while working at tbe Josephine quarries
near that town and injured eo badly thas
be was laid up over a month. He bad
practically recovered and was planning to
return to work when he was seized with
another illness from which be died last
Friday morning, being found dead in bed.
He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fah.
ringer and was born in Centre county in
1863. He went to Williamsburg ahount
filteen years ago and had lived there since.
He is survived by bis wile, three sons and
one sister. The funeral was held on Sas-
urday afternoon, burial being made in the
Williamsbarg Jemesery. |
PECK.—D. Scott Peck, a scaler and lum-
ber connter. died quite suddenly as the
camp of the Glen Harris Lumber company,
near Ranville, on Monday morning. Peck,
who was a resident of Look Haven, had not
been in good health for two years or more,
owing vo an affection of the heart, but he
was able to be around and for some months
past bad been employed as a scaler by the
above company. Sanday night he was
taken serioussy ill and died early Monday
morning. He was born at York and was
sixty-two years old. He was an old soldier
and an estimable citizen. His wile, three
children and three brothers survive. The
body was taken to Lovk Haven on the late
Monday evening train and the funeral held
on Wehuedny, |
CARTWRIGHT.—Mrs. Sarab Cartwright
died at the home of John Stonebraker, near
Philipsburg, on Monday of last week of
general debility. She was born in Beffalo
Ran valley and was eighty-four years of
age. Most of her life since her
was spent in Rush township. She is sur.
vived by a number of up children,
The I held on Frida Friday, burial be-
ing made Io the Philipsburg cuseleny.
Worthy master W. T. Creasy will de-
vania railroad shops. He afterward be- | liver his annual address at 11 a. m. Tues-
| came a telegraph operator and for a year or | day with open doors,
The afternoon will
#0 worked as a reporter on a Williamspmt he given over to reports of officers and
newspaper. A year or 80 ago he was in the | standing committees, On Tuesday even-
moving pictore business hut of late be had ing a public meeting will he held in the
been representing au insoravce company in |
this section. He was possessed of a very
congeuial natare and had maoy friends who |
deplore his death.
His father died a nomber of years ago
bat surviving him are his mother, who is
past eighty-six years of age, and the fol.
lowing bait brothers and sisters : Edward
T. Gallagher, of Philadelphia ; Daniel
Gallagher, of Rahway, N. J. ; Lewis A.
of Roanoke, Va. ; Mrs. Anna Gatley, of
New York ; Mm. A. J. Malone, of Chicago,
and Mrs. E. P. Dowling, of Renovo.
The funeral was held from the Catholic
chuioh, Renovo,at 9:30 o'clock last Friday
morning. Rev. Father Ludden officiated
and interment was made in St. Joseph's
cemetery at Drury’s Ran.
| | I
CaxaAN —William Thomas Canan,a well
known citizen of Tyrone, died in Shope's
private hospital at Harrisburg at 8 o'clock
on Saturday morning of blood poisoning.
He was born in Stormstown, this connty,
over sixsy-three years ago and while a
youth came to Bellefonte and learned the
trade of a painter. In 1872 he went to Ty-
rove and entered the employ of the Penn-
sylvania railrcad company and in 1884 he
was made foreman of the painting depars-
ment to succeed Zave B. Gray, deceased, a
position be held until his death. He was
also one of the progressive citizens of that
town. He was secretary of the Citizen's
Building and Loan association No. 3, was a
member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias,
I. 0. 0. F., Knights of Malta and president
of the board of directors of the P. R. R.
Y. M.C. A. He was also one of the most
prominent and sotive members of she First
Presbyterian church.
In 1680 he was masried to Miss Mary C.
Meyers, of Tyrone, who survives with three
children, namely: Mrs. H. Walter Estucher,
of Harrisharg; William Dean Cavan, a sta-
dent at State College, and Miss Nancy E.,
at home. The funeral was held on Mon-
Hay afteraoon, interment being made in the
Grandview cemetery, Tyrone.
| |
BWARTZ —Audrew J. Swartz, coe of the
weil known farmers of Centre county, died
at his home near Pleasant Gap last Friday
alteruoon, after several week’s illness with
heart trouble. He was horn in Pennsvalley
aod was seventy-two years of age. He
followed farming all his life, first in Penne.
valley, then in other parts of the county
and about eleven years ago be moved to
Pleasant Gap where he had since lived.
He was a member of the Luthe:ao church
and av upright, honest citizen. Surviving
him are his wife and the following ohil*
dren : Elmer, of Pleasant Gap; Mrs.
Johnson and Mrs. Musser, of Altoona, and
Mrs. Robert Kline, of Bellefonte. The
faneral wae held at ten o'clock on Monday
morning. Rev. J. I. Stoneoypher offi.
ciated at the services and burial was made
in the Pleasant Gap cemetery.
——— ne mms e—
—— Ladies’ fur trimmed slippers $1 25,a¢
Yeager's.
rea t iriatems
~The school marms will be all the
rage next week.
~The winter weather of last week
havge with ue and the indications are for a
white Christmas.
—— A wm
~The storm doors at the Bush house
were pus up last Friday to keep out the
obilly biasts of winter.
—
——Chbarles Moersohbaoher is baving his
pool and billiard room in the McClain blook
freshly painted and papered.
—————
——The Pennsylvania railroad company
bas the boilers and equipment here for its
new beating plant and a foroe of men have
begun work on the installation of the
same.
>
—— Ladies’ warm shoes for cold feet $1.48
at Yeager’s.
*>ee
—— George Beeser, the truck farmer of
near Roopsbaurg, recently bought the Roth-
rock farm up Buffalo Ran and hereafter
will not only go more extensively into truck
farming but will also engage in general
farming on his new possession.
.o-
——Wilson M. Gast, who for years was
manager of the Western Union telegraph
office in Lock Haven, later going into the
brokerage business in Williamspors, and
who was quite well known in Bellefonte,
died in the Lumber city last Saturday.
—————
——The First National bank building at
State College is now completed, furnished
and ready for oconpancy. It is one of the
best bank buildings in the county, and is
equipped with handsome furnishings. The
room throughout is finished ia quartered
oak. Le Sree
~The first basket ball game of the sea-
son at State College was played last Friday
evening in the college armory between the
State team and the All -Collegians, of Har-
risburg, the former winning by the score
of 44 to 13. The visitors were entirely on.
classed,
i
anditmium. Addresses will he delivered
by Hon. Leonmid Rhone, worthy master
W. T. Cieasy, Hon. J. T. Ailman, Dr.
Edwin Ele Sparks, Mr. Jobn A. McSpar-
tan, Mise Lovejoy, Miss Williams and
others, After the public meeting in the
evening. the Centre county Pomona
Grauge will entertain the delegates in the
armory.
Wednesday alternoon will be devoted to
visiting the farme, college, buildings and
exhibita. Wednesday evening will he
given over to conferring degrees, when the
degree of Flora will be conferred in fall
form, which is one of the most important
ceremonial events of the State Grange—
Floia presiding over the ceremonies of the
degree. -
The important legislative and husiness
matters of the order will be considered at
the hudiness sessions on Tuesday, Wed.
nexday, Thosday and Friday. :
PouLTRY Snow DURING FARMER'S
WEEK. — The poultry department of The
Pennsylvania State College and the Centre
county Poultry association are do operating
in the organization of a poultry show to be
held in connection with Farmer's Week at
State College, December 27th to January
Ist. The association will award ribbon
prizes on all deserving classes represented
and the awaids will be placed by Judge
Wyle, of Telford, Pa. The Centre county
association, the Buffalo Valley Poultry
association and a number of individoal
breeders have pledged their support sad it
promises to be a very successful show.
Breeders who wish to make entries should
write for particulars as once to J. L. Ron-
kle, secretary of the Centre county Poultry
association, Bellefonte, or Homer W.
Jackson, Department of Poultry Has-
bandry, State College.
Addresses on poultry sabjeots will be
given by Judge Wyle, Jobn H. Robinson,
editor ol Farm Poultry, Boston, Mass., and
Homer W. Jackson.
ms. GAG
-——=The boilers for she new heating and
ventilating plant in the court house and
jail arrived in Bellefonte this week and will
be pas io position as soon as possible. The
system has heen installed in the old conrt
house and is well along toward completion
in the new part 50 that when she boilers
are pat io place it will not sake loug to
make the connections and pus the system
in operation. Work on the new building
is now being pushed quite rapidly. A
force of men are as work putting down the
conorete for the tile floors, those on the fires
floor being practically completed and ready
for the tiling. The carpenters are getting
things in shape for the plasterers and is
will only be a short time until they will
be able to go to work.
Amt
——Why do Bellefonters patronize the
Soenio so liberally ? is a question easily an-
swered. It is because they cannct get a
bait hour’s better entertainment anywhere
else for anyways near the price. Good piec-
tures, good music, good order and a good
place to go, is it any wonder the crowd
goes there every evening. You are always
sure of seeing an up-to-date program of
moving pictures and illustrated songs, and
very frequently an added attraction of some
specially interesting feature film. In any
evens, it is always the bess there is on the
market, regardless of cost. Aud five cents
pays for it all. ~~.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.— The following
marriage licenses were issued the past week
by Register Earl C. Tuten.
Raymond Williamson, of Moshannon,
and Isabel Beate, of Pine Grove.
Robert G. Bailey, of Boalsburg, and
Eleanor Houtz, of State College.
Boyd M. Stover and Emma E Haney,
both of Madisonburg.
Dennis M. White, of State College, and
Mary E. Weaver, of Lemons.
John T. Horton and Lillian M. Wil-
lougby, both Philipsbarg.
———— pm
—— Conductor Kelleher, who bas been
off duty nursing a crippled shoulder for
the past mooth is back at work. If Mr,
Kelleher had been housed up during his
affliotion, within hearing distance of the
incessant and unneossary noise his shifting
crews have gotten into the habit of keep-
ing up, we know he would have prayed
the good Lord oftener and earnestly to be
delivered from the nuisance. It isto be
hoped now that since he is back that there
will be at least a little less of it.
>
~— Israel Baom is now mn Coffeyville,
Kan., trying out a position offered him
with a large shoe dealer. If he likes she
place he will keep the job, otherwise he will
retarn to Bellefonte and go on the road as
a traveling salesman, ss he has an offer
from a very good house.
~The Bellefonte High school basket
ball team easily defeated the State College
High school team last Friday evening by
the score of 46 to 23. The visitors on thas
occasion were a purely High school team
and not made up in part of college stu-
dente.
—— Ladies’ Patent Colt
$2, at Yeager's.
ute -
——— Willis Giove, of Thomas street, will
move his Lamily to Altoona on Janoary
first, as be bas a good permanent position
there.
Battos Shoes
—— Regular license court will be beid
tomorrow when the various applications
for lignor licenses will be beard by Judge
Orvis
— rere
-—The music pupils of Miss Alice
| Henshey gave a musicale at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bhuey oo Friday even-
ing. lo addirion to the pupile their par.
ents and friends were there to the nomber
of thirty-five or thereabouts.
vo
~—— There are all kinds of thieves in the
world bat Mr. and Mrs. William MoClellan,
of east Lamb street, are inclined to the he.
lief that about the meanest oue was the
man who visited their celiar either on San-
day or Mooday night and stole about
seventy jars of canned Iroit and vegetables,
te
——L. H. Masser recently purchased a
five hundred acre tract of fimber land about
ove mile east of Julian and already bas a
saw mill in operation thereon. The Peno-
syleania Match company has given him av
order for one million feet of white pine to
be used in the manufacture of matches.
Mr. Masser calculates that it will take him
five years to clear the tract.
~The Lizzie Snyder home in Centre
Hall was recently sold at pablic sale by
the executors of the estate to J. H. and 8.
E. Weber for $027. The Charles W. Slack
home in the same town was purohased last
week by Perry W. Breon for $1150; from
which it can be seen that the price of real
estate in Centre Hall is correspondingly
greater than is ie in Bellefonte.
—n-
~—At an early hour Sanday moruing a
lantern exploded in the barn of Foster Jo-
don, at Axe Mann, setting fire to the build-
ing, and there being no adequate means of
fighting the flames the barn aud a number
ol outbuildings were entirely destroyed.
The stock was gotten out safely, but all his
winter's feed, vehicles and harvess were
barned. The buildings were only partial.
ly insured.
~The wmembers of Constans Com.
mandery No. 33, Knights Templar, bad a
very delightful social time of is last Friday
evening when Rev. John Hewitt was wel-
comed back into the fold after a member
ship absence of twenty-four yeas. Alter
the business of the regnlar meeting was
completed the forty-five members present
adjourned to the bauqueting hall where a
delicious banquet was served. As an after-
math appropriate addresses were made by
W. I. Fleming and F. Potts Green, of this
place; John F. Ledden and R. Perry Black.
barn, of Williamsport, aud others. Rev.
Hewitt responded feelingly to the kindly
greetings of his fellow Knights,
——(George Grimm has resigned his posi.
tion as superintendent at the Bellefonte
farnace.
Spring sills
No scarcity of turkeys here; they are as
plentiful as sausages.
Mis. Kate Condo had another slight stroke
of paralysis on Tuesday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Groff, of Millheim, made a
visit to Mr. and Mre. E. Wiuteis on Sunday
last,
J. B. Elliot, of New Berlin, was beie last
week visiting relatives and friends in the
valley.
Carl Rossman, who has been absent for
over a year in Kansas and Texas, returned
home last week.
C. Heller and a friend, of Rebersburg,
were entertained by Misses Mary and Laura
Schlegel, on Saturday evening last.
Several parties here were all prepared to
put down concrete walks around their prem-
ises, but the sudden cold snap forced a sus-
pension,
On Sunday night last we had quite a snow
storm here, but towards morning it turned
to rain. Of course walking was anything
but agreeable for a day or two.
The Lutheran Sunday school will have
their usual Christmas entertainment on the
following Sunday. The M. E. Sunday
school will have theirs on Christmas eve,
(Friday evening.)
A chicken thief relieved Mrs. Maggie
Donachy of severzl fine chickens last week.
This is the second occurrence. On his next
visit the thief will discover himself in a trap
before he knows it, possibly requiring the
services of Dr. Braucht.
It is reported that a party in Philadelphia
is amusing himself by simply enclosing a
five dollar bill in an envelope and mailing it
to most any one, of conrse much to their
astonishment. It is to be hoped that this
party will soon be in Spring Mills.
Our stores are being very tastily draped in
their holiday attire. The post-office is par,
ticularly attractive. Mr. Krape, our genial
post master, has the interior very bundsome.
ly and artistically decorated. The windows
display a very attractive array of stylish
footwear and candies of a choice and most in
viting character.
; Lemont
G. W. Ralston spent Sunday with his
family.
Oliver Shuey came home from the west
last week.
Arthur Sunday moved from Centre Fur-
nace, last week, to Bellefonte.
The stork made a visit to the home of Levi
F. Roan, Friday, and left a son.
The United Evangelical protracted meets
ing is in progress at this writing.
John R. Williams had the misfortune to
loss a valuable horse last week with lock-
Jaw,
The butchering is about all done and the
farmers are ready for winter, and it is
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Zettle are rejoicing
over the big som that the stork brought
them.
Monday opened with soow and sleet and
was followed by heavy rains and high
winds.
During this last week parts of Spring
creek were frozen over from bank to bank
for three or four days.
C. D. Houtz aud wife returned home last
Wednesday, after enjoying a week's visit
among friends at Hannah,
By the appearances of the showcases and
show windows of the stores, Sania Claus will
soon make his yearly visit to see the boys
and giils, and leave them presents if they
bave been good during the year,
A ————
Pine Grove Mention.
Allen Burwell is a very sick man with
pneumonia,
A. J. Tate is still in bed, but his condition
is slightly improved.
Mrs. Geo. Behrer and Mrs. J. H. Strouse
are among the grip victims,
James A. Decker has been off duty nurs
ing a big carbunecle on his left arm,
M. L. Rishel is laid up at the Decker home
bere, suffering with stomach trouble.
J. C. Baumgaidner, of Cottage, bought a
bunch of cows in the valley last week.
Orin Parsons, of Port Matilda, is visiting
bis big brother Ellery, at Rock Springs.
Mrs. Sallie Bloom is having her home re-
paired. Ward & Bons bave the contract.
Luther D. Frye has been confined to his
room the past week with bronchial trouble.
W. H. Jones, a hustling farmerat Tadpole,
was a visitor at the Howard Goss home Frise
day.
Sherr Moore, the popular drover from
Mooresville, bought & bunch of sheep here
Inst week,
Geo. W. Keichline hus recovered from a
broken shin and will soon be able to kick a
football sky high.
James Hubler and mother visited friends
and relatives over in Kishacoquillas valley
most of last week.
Mrs. J. M. Watt, who has been ill many
weeks, is vot improving as fast as her many
friends had hoped for.
Butcher 8. E. Kimport passed through
town Monday with a herd of fine beef cattle
for his block at State College.
Mrs. G. W. McWilliams, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis some weeks ago, is able to
walk about with the use of a cane.
The many friends of Edna Baney will be
glad to learn that she is making rapid recov*
ery in the bospital and expects to be bome
soon,
Mrs. Ella Garduer and sister, Belle Gor.
heen, closed their quarters at Rock Springs
Inst week and will spend the winter at Ty.
rone.
Heberling & Rearick, of State College,
spent Saturday in our town taking a glance
over Mr. Randolph's large stock of furniture,
carpets, ete.
The three young men of our town who
went to Altoona last week in quest of work, re.
turned home Friday failing to find the kind
of jobs they were looking for.
The Ladies Missionary band will hold a
festival in the I. 0. O. F. hall this (Friday)
evening. Everybody is invited and as it is
for a good cause there ought tobe a large
attendance,
Lester Harper, who had his face and eye
badly injured last week by the explosion of a
shell while shooting porkers, is getting along
nicely and the sight of the eye is not im-
paired as was at first believed.
X mas exercises will be neld in the Re-
formed church at Pine Hall on Monday
evening, Dec. 20th. Exercises will be held
in the Lutheran chuich Sunday evening
when the Sunday school children will be
given a treat.
On account of not being able to rent a suit-
able house in town our miller, Harry M. Al-
lison, is quitting the millivg business and
going back to Spring Mills. We are sorry to
lose such estimable citizens, but our loss will
be their gain.
After next April George Swabb will farm
the Reed farm just east of town. The pres.
ent tenant, G. E. Harper, will take possese
sion of the farm he bought of J. A. B. Milley
and John H. Williams will flit to the H. M.
Spyder farm near Bloomsdorf.
Onlyrseven more days 'til X-mas and you
want to get your orders in early. Our stores
are beautifully decorated ard s good supply
of Christmas goods is on hand. Why go
elsewhere to make purchases when you ean
get them at home and just as good.
Frank Fishburn will quit farming in the
spring and make public sale of his stock and
implements on March 14th. Hon. J. We
Kepler will take charge of the farm in per-
son. Mr. Fishburn is as yet undecided as to
what he will do or where he will go.
The many friends of Mrs. Margareg
Henry, of Reedsville, but formerly of Fer-
guson township, regret the fact that she is
now seriously ill as the result of a stroke of
paralysis, sustained a few days ago when she
was on a fair way to recovery from another
serious illness.
Last Friday there was a home gathering of
the Hublers at the old home near Pine Hall
and many of the neighbors were there and
those from a distance were : Mrs. Amanda
Deitrick and daughter Mary, of Hecla; Mrs.
Ed. Weaver, Ms. Ada Hagerman and John
Hubler and wife, of State College.
Miss Lueetta Edminston, one of the typos
on the College Times, with her mother, are
plannivg for an all winter stay at Jackson=
ville, Florida. They expect to take their
leave next Monday. Their many friends
wish for them a safe journey and a pleasant
visit as well as a safe return next May.
A special train was run over the Bellefonte
Central railroad Tuesday for the funeral of
John Musser and those from out of town who
attended were : Mr. and Mrs, W, H. Mus
ser, Mrs. Emma Hess, A. A. and Clement
Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Musser, Ira Hess
and Samuel Stover, Mr, and Mrs. L. H,
Mussor, Mr. and Mrs. John Bullock, Miss
Ella Musser, Prof. 8. E. Musser, Mr, and
Mrs. Howard Musser, of Bellefonte, and Mr,
and Mrs. Frank B. Stover, of Altoona.
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