EptTor
bringing in so much money that it might
| possibly be necessary to revise the Payne
+ Aldrich tariff law downward. On that day,
| according to the report of the United
| States treasurer, the expenses of the gov-
ernment exceeded the receipts from all
{ hie intimated that the new tariff law was
Tass or Susscurmion.~Unti further notice | Sources by $1,274,553.28.
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MILLER.—One of the oldest residents
and natives of east Bald Eagle valley
i passed away on Thursday night of last
| week in the death of Carpenter Miller,
, Pa., May 2nd, 1910. |
tori Be I . er, which occurred at the home of his
State Executive Committee, at a special meeting | daughter, Mrs. Shuman Holter, in How-
held at the rooms of the Democratic State
Democratic State Convention.
mittee in Harrisburg, on Thursday, April 7th,
1910, notice is hereby given that the Democratic
State Convention will meet in the Lyric Theatre,
at
Allentown, Wednesday, June 15th, 1910,
at 12 o'clock noon, to nominate:
Governor;
One candidate for Secretary of Internal Affairs:
One candidate for State Treasurer,
And to act upon and determine such other mat.
ers, pertaining to the work and welfare of the
party in this State, as may be brought before it.
ARTHUR G. DEWALT,
Attest; Chairman,
P. GRAY MEEK,
Secretary.
VITAL WASHINGTON NEWS.
Tavenner, ' ‘Writer and Thinker,’ Gives Us the
Facts as They Really Exist.
WASHINGTON, MAY 5, 1910.
Special correspondence for the WATCHMAN.
A deficit of four million dollars for the
first twenty-six days of April!
A deficit of more than nineteen million
dollars so far this fiscal year!
A deficit of $190,057,887.86 since June
30, 1907!
These are features of Taft “cut-to-the-
quick” economy, about which so muchis
heard everywhere save in Washington.
Here are more illustrations of a Repub-
lican “business” administration:
Marble baths for Senators!
Com- ard. He had been in as good health as
{ possible for a man of his remarkable
| age and Thursday morning was out walk
| ingin the garden. Suddenly he stopped
| and then slowly sank to the ground. His
| daughter hurried to his side and he told
! her he had been attacked witha speli of
| dizziness. He was helped into the house
: but gradually lapsed into unconscious-
‘mess and finally died about twelve
| hours later.
| He was born in Liberty township and
| was ninety years old on the 20th of last
| October. When a young man he learned
| the trade of a plasterer and this was his
! occupation throughout his entire life. He
' was an industrious gentleman and being
of a strong constitution he worked at his
| trade in Blanchard and vicinity up until
five or six years ago when advancing
age compelled his retirement and the
| aged couple have since made their home
| with their children in Howard.
i Surviving Mr. Miller are his wife and
| he following children : Mrs. Shuman
! Holter and Mrs. Nathaniel Pletcher, of
| Howard ; Mrs. Joseph Crispin, of Cali-
| fornia, Pa.; Mrs. William Pletcher, of
| English Centre ; Mrs. Charles Candy, of
| Tyrone : Lewis, of Beech Creek ; Oscar,
of Punxsutawney, and Herbert, of Can-
ton, Ohio. Brief funeral services were
{ held at the Holter home in Howard on
Sunday afternoon at one o'clock after
many friends in this place when they re-
ceived word on Tuesday of the death of
Mrs. Mary Ann Johnston, which occur-
red at the home of her son, George B., in
Beaver Falls, at three o'clock that morn-
ing. Mrs. Johnston had intended coming
home last Saturday but for some reason
did not do so and that night she was
stricken with paralysis. She was partially
paralyzed as the result and her condition
was quite serious, and on Monday even-
ing she had a second stroke and as a re-
sult died at three o'clock Tuesday morn-
ng.
Her maiden name was Mary Ann Kin-
ne and she was born and raised in the
vicinity of Boalsburg, though she came
to Bellefonte when quite a young wo-
man. She was united in marriage to
John T. Johnston, for years postmaster of
Bellefonte and who died about fifteen
years ago. During all her married life
she was a resident of this place and no
woman in Bellefonte was more univer-
sally kioown and esteemed than she.
Kind hearted and loyal she was always
quick to respond to any call for help and
always took pleasure in relieving those in
distress. Almost two years ago she fell
while coming out of the Presbyterian
church and broke her hip and ever since
she had been practically an invalid. She
wae = meamher of the Presbyterian church
and a faithful communicant.
Surviving her are four children, name-
ly : Finley, in Michigan ; Harry, of
Pittsburg ; George B. and Mrs. Roland
Kelley, of Beaver Falls. The remains
were brought to this place on the 1.23
train yesterday afternoon and taken
direct to the Presbyterian church where
J. Allison Platts, after which interment
was made in the Union cemetery.
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EVEY.—In the death of Christ H. Evey
State College has lost one of its best
of the grip since which time he had more
or less stomach trouble. About three
Autos to carry them 100 rods between i which the remains were taken to Blanch- | weeks ago he grew so bad that he was
their offices and the capitol!
Touring cars for the President, Vice-
President and “Uncle Joe.”
White House receptions which “rival
the glory of Napoleon's court,” at one of
| ard where final services were held in the
| Disciple church. Revs. Blair and Pat-
| terson officiated and burial was made in
| the Disciple cemetery.
|
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compelled to take his bed and ten days
ago pleurisy developed and from that
| time he grew rapidly worse until the end. |
He was a son of Henry and Margaret
| Evey and was born on the Branch Janu-
which, according to the Washington Post, CHAPMAN.—Elizabeth Phiosbe Chapman, {927 6th, 1852, hence was 58 years, 3
“a dazzling ravine of gold blazed before
the vision.”
Another group of “cut-to-the-quick"
economies includes:
More than $2,500 for appolinaris water
for the Senators.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars to
keep the Senators in vaseline, castor oil,
olive oil, bromo quinine, hair tonic, cost-
ly perfumes, glycerine, bergamot, nail
brushes, clothes brushes, traveling ex-
penses in attending funerals, etc., etc.
Then we come to this item which
stands by itself:
The addition in the last eight years of
99,225 federal officeholders to the pay-
rolls of the Republic, at an increase of ex-
pense to the people of more than seventy
million dollars. This item helps to ex-
plain why it is costing the Taft adminis-
tration more than twice as much to run
the government as it did Cleveland.
How does this riotous extravagance ef-
fect the treasury is asked? These fig-
ures tell us.
Since June 30, 1907, the total balance
in the general fund has dropped from
$272,061,445.47 to $82.003,557.61. With
an average daily deficit eating its way
into this remaining eighty-two million
dollars, but a short time can elapse be-
fore the government will have to sell more
bonds to secure more money to meet
more extravagances. Outstanding bond
issues are national debts.
How does all this concern the average
citizen? Thisis how.
The per capita appropriation by Con-
gress jumped from $6 in 1890 to $12.40 in
1900. Since the government raises the
bulk of its revenue at the custom houses
and internal revenue offices, you, Mr.
Reader, are paying for Republican extrav-
agance in increased prices.
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There is no use of your correspondent
reporting further on the proposed inves-
tigation of the sugar underweighing
frauds, or the alleged illegal sale of rich
Philippine sugar lands to the sugar trust.
The trust has shown itself powerful
enough to prevent a probe by Congress.
Just how it was able to protect itself
from an investigation the writer does not
pretend to know. All that is known is
that nine resolutions providing for a
probe of this thieving trust have been in-
troduced in this Congress, and every one
of them has been chiloroformesd The
brother of President Taft was the attor-
ney for the sugar trust, and Attorney
General Wickersham was a former law
partner of this brother. The Attorney
General says the sugar trust should not
be investigated, and the President sus-
tains this view.
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“Aldrich is not a candidate for re-elec-
tion and therefore is no longer an issue,”
is what the Republicans are preparing to
say from the stump in the approaching
congressional elections. But such pro-
gressive Republicans as Senator LaFol-
lette expect to see Aldrich in the next
Congress, ready and eager to serve the
big interests, as usual. There is nothing
to prevent the Rhode Island boss from
changing his mind after the fall elections
are over.
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On April 25, 1910, Vice President Sher-
man made a speech at St. Louis in which
SIRT
| better known as "Grandmother Chap-
| man,” died at her home in Munson on
Tuesday of last week, after a prolonged
illness and much suffering. Her maiden
name was Elizabeth Phebe Miller and
she was born in York January 8th, 1830,
| thus being 80 years, 3 months and 16
| days old.
In 1847 she was united in marriage to
George Thomas Chapman, of Williams-
port, and the family was well known
throughout Lycoming, Centre and Clear-
field counties, they having lived at one
time and another in all three. Mrs Chap-
man was the mother of ecleven children,
eight of whom with her aged husband
survive, namely: Mrs. John Flack, of
Milesburg: Henry and Alexander, of Pat-
ton; Mrs. Hugh Shultz, of Milesburg;
Mrs. Harry Hockenberry, of Bellefonte;
Mrs. Richard Snedden, of Munson; Wil-
liam, of Heilwood, and Mrs. Frank Mar-
vin, of Alta Vista, Iowa. In addition she
is survived by ninety-five grand-children,
one hundred and ninety-two great grand-
childred and three great, great grand-
children, a total of two hundred and
ninety-eight descendants.
When but twelve years of age she be-
came a member of the Methodist Episco-
pal church of Pleasant Gap, this county,
and for over three score years was a
faithful communicant and follower in the
footsteps of her Master. The funeral
was held from her late home in Munson
last Thursday. Rev. C. H. Campbell offi-
ciated at the services and interment was
made in the Philipsburg cemetery.
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Bower.—John Bower, one of Aarons-
burg's oldest and best known citizens,
died last Friday after a two week's ill-
ness with diseases incident to his advanc-
ed age. He was born in Haines town-
ship and was ninety-two years old on the
twenty-first of last November. He fol-
lowed farming most of his life but in 1871
he retired and located in Aaronsburg
where he lived ever since. He was a
member of the Lutheran church since
early manhood and was a man who had
the esteem of all who knew him.
His wife, who prior to her marriage
was Miss Sarah Homan, died a number
children, namely: Aaron H., of Renovo:
Charles, Mrs. James Holloway and Miss
Emma, of Aaronsburg. The funeral was
held on Tuesday morning, burial being
made in the Lutheran cemetery at
Aaronsburg.
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YEARICK.—Harry Yearick died at the
home of his brother, John Yearick, at
Hecla, on Wednesday evening at 7.30
o'clock, and his illness and death were of
such a character as to create a suspicion
of his having been poisoned. For some
time past he and a man named Walker
have occupied a small house at Salona
where they worked in the limestone quar-
ries. Last Friday they both became ill
after eating their dinner but Walker's
condition was not as bad as Yearick’s.
of arsenical poisoning. Yearick was
brought to his brother's home at Hecla
where he lingered until Wednesday night
when he died. He was aged about thir-
ty-three years. The funeral will be held
today.
{ months and 26 days old. When a young
| man he learned the carpenter trade and
all his life he has followed that vocation, |
| for a number of years being one of the
| foremost contractors at the college. He
{ was a genial, kind-hearted man and al-
| ways had a hearty hand-clasp, a smile
i and a good word for everybody. He was
one of the charter members of State Col-
lege Lodge No. 1032, I. 0. O. F.,, and was
always most enthusiastic in his efforts to
promote the welfare of the Lodge. He
| was also a member of the Encampment
and of Gen. Beaver Camp, Sons of Vet-
erans.
He is survived by his wife and five
JouNsTON.—It was quite a shock to her
Joxes.—]. C. P. Jones, an old resident | DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT AT BLANCH- in the chapel at Pleasant View, which
of Milesburg, and father of Wesley Jones, |
of this place, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. M. R. Lucas, in Clearfield, |
on Sunday, aged eighty years. He was a |
soldier in the Civil war and for wny |
years had been a prominent citizen of |
ARD.—Thornton C. Williams, of Blanch-
ard, met a deplorable death on Saturday
night, and the unfortunate part of the
whole affair is that so far as known no
human being knows how it occurred.
About 7 o'clock on Saturday evening Mr.
Milesburg. The remains were brought | Williams hired a horse and buggy from
to his old home where the tuneral was liveryman E. P. Bechtel and accompani- |
held on Wednesday afternoon. ! ed by Christ Bechtel and Harry Gunsal-
will be addressed by Mr. Bohner and at
the afternoon meeting in the Y. M. C. A.
the Lutheran church choir will sing and
a full orchestra will play the accompani-
ments.
The Ladies Auxiliary have made ex-
| tensive improvements in the Y. M. C. A.
building and a great many will take ad-
vantage of Sunday afternoon to inspect
funeral services were conducted by Dr. !
known and universally respected citizens.
Early last winter he suffered a bad attack |
~——J. H. Turnbach’s store in Philips-
burg, was almost completely destroyed
by fire on Tuesday night.
——On Surfday morning Dr. J. Allison
Plaits will preach a sermon to the mem-
bers of the Bellefonte lodge of Moose.
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—-The Bellefonte Lodge of Elks con-
template a formal dedication of their new
home during the latter part of this
month.
——Mrs. Frank McFarlane will enter- |
tain the members of the Bellefonte Chap-
ter, D. A. R., at her home near Boalsburg
tomorrow.
ad -——
——Tne All-Stars base ball team, an
aggregation of quite young Americans,
defeated the Linn Streeters on Wednes-
day by the score of 8 to 0.
——Reuben and Ralph Etters, of Burn-
side township, were recently arrested on
the charge of starting a forest fire which
burned over one thousand acres of land
in that section.
—On Monday Henry Brown was
sworn in as a justice of the peace in the
South and West wards to succeed John
M. Keichline. 'Squire W. H. Musser also
took the oath of office.
Landlord H. S. Ray has had two
handsome illuminated signs put up at the
“entrance to the Brockerhofi house so that
patrons will now be able to distinguish
| the name and place at night as easily as
| during the day.
———Louis Hill has resigned his position
with Will Keichline and gone to Du-
| Bois where he has accepted a similar
. position in a large garage ; intending to
| move his family there in the future if he
| likes the place.
——Young America will be represent-
led to-morrow afternoon in a game of
, baseball between the Axe Mann team and
a team from the Bellefonte High school
to be played on at 1.30 o'clock in the
afternoon at Age Mann.
——Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Fox, of Lock
Haven, are now the happy parents of a
little son. The stranger arrived on Sun-
| day and has been christened George Hen-
| Ty. Mrs. Fox before her marriage was
: Miss Josephine Haupt, of this place.
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———Next Thursday will be show day
and you had better take advantage
of it to come to Bellefonte and
see the elephant as it may be the only
opportunity you will have this summer,
Jones Bros. Buffalo Ranch wild west is
the only one so far booked for Bellefonte.
lus drove to the home of Mrs. Joseph Mc- | the work. The new board of directors
Closkey, two and a half miles up Beech
creek, where they spent the evening with
a party of friends. The men took some
intoxicants along with them and had
been drinking during the evening, but
whether Mr. Williams was badly intoxicat-
ed or not has not been divulged.
and trustees will meet at the building
this (Friday) evening, to take a look at
what has been done.
! ——The old-fashioned singing schoo]
| conducted in the Presbyterian chapel will
come to a close this (Friday) evening
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The last seen of him alive was when he | and no concert will be held on May 12th
left the McCloskey home about eleven | 3% Was originally intended. The attend-
o'cloek at night. Bechtel and Gunsallus | 3nc¢ at the class on Monday evening was
had preceded him and Williams started SMall and the indifference shown at that
home alone in the buggy. It was 2.10 | time is the cause for abandoning the idea
o'clock Sunday morning when liveryman | of ‘concent.
Bechtel! heard the horse and buggy come |
slowly down the road and stop at his' :
stable. Taking a lantern he went out to | Melvin J. Snyder, Watsontown, and
put up the animal and when he got close | Minnie M. Osman, Lemont.
to the buggy he was horrified to see Wil-| John B. Grubb, Nittany, and Hannah
liams' body hanging out of the side of the | Mayer Curtin, Curtin.
rig. His face was upturned and his head i Bruce Culver and Clementina Cramer,
was wedged tightly between the shaft | Moshannon.
and wheel. The right hand was dragging _ Wilbur S. Bowes and Eva Toner Wolf,
on the ground and one foot remained in | Coburn.
the buggy. i Thomas B. Cowher, Bellefonte, and Ger-
The body was removed and Dr. Huff,of | trude Brown, Axemann.
Milesburg, coroner of Centre county, George Tribicke and Mary Bodendk,
was notified, who went to Blanchard on Moshannon.
Sunday morning and held an inquest Wm. R. Homan, Lewistown, and Mag-
His examination showed that the man's | gie Detweiler, Spring Mills.
neck was broken but whether it had been | James Malone and Eva May Holt, Sco.
broken when he fell out of the buggy or | tia.
was broken while fast between the wheel | David Paul Fortney and Alice Mae
and shaft is not known. But that the Ishler, Bellefonte.
latter is possible is shown by the fact | John S. Caldwell and Mrs. Lucy Lyon,
that the head was wedged so tightly Bellefonte.
that the skin was scraped off and it was Raymond Gardner and Helen Gault,
necessary to remove the wheel before he | Howard.
could be removed. The tire had torn the |
clothing on his left side and lacerated the § Shartle, of Philadelphia, field secre.
flesh. tary of Pennsylvania C. E. Union, wil
It is not known definitely at what point Visit our county during May and address
the accident occurred, though the man $OMe meetings. His itinerary is as fol-
must have been dead one hour when May 13—Center Line, 7.30 p. m.
found, showing that the horse either May 14—Port Matilda, 7.30 p. m.
traveled very slowly or else stopped along Wi =< Howary 2.00 p. m.; Miles-
the way, : | y 16—Lemont 7.30 p. m.
The one question, and the unfortunate May 17—Centre Hall 7.30 p.m.
one, that perhaps never will be settled, is | May 18—Millheim 7.30 p. m., and if
that of whether Williaths fell from the | Possible at Rebersburg on 18th p. m. Mr.
buggy while under the influence of liquor, | Share sedans a a atk in Moi
or whether he had an attack of some | is a fine speaker and will interest all who
kind rendering him physically incapable. | will listen to him.
He was a man about fifty years of age All C. E. workers are requested to be
‘ | present at cne or more of the meeti
and for some time had been employed on | 3,4 a)) others are invited to attend: it will
the clay train of the Pennsylvania fire | pay you.
brick works at Beech Creek. He leaves :
a wife and one daughter, who are entitled | P Io
to the sympathy of all. The funeral was | I soning Xo he St ia >
held on Tuesday. ! College during the present year enrolled
—r- 1417 students, of whom 1380 are men and
RAILROAD OFFICIALS VISITED STATE 37 are women. The attendance has al-
COLLEGE.—On Tuesday M. C. Kennedy, ' most doubled during the past five years.
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Marriage Licenses.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR WORK.—Mr. A.
COMMITTEE.
of Chambersburg, vice president and gen- School of Engineerin
eral manager of the Cumberland Valley
has the -
| est registration, with the je
children, namely: Howard, Arthur, Fred, | ree soy .
Wagner and Miss Alice; also the follow- | mT last of the series of lectures in
ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Adie | the University course will be delivered by
Houseman and John F. Evey, of Altoona; | Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt. in the parish
Mrs. H. W. Love, of Wilkinsburg; W. H., | house of St. John's Episcopal church,
hool of -
8 3 culture second and the School of Mi
railroad, with ten other officials of the third. Every county in the State
: except
company, came to Bellefonte in a special | Pike is Allegheny
| ented. | county
train on their way to State College for | leads, with Philadelphia a close
: A r and Luze tic {or third place.
the purpose of arranging with the college ' From other States oy ry A
faculty for the running of special agricul- come 76 students.
tural instrnction trains over their road. In addition to the students on the cam-
of vears ago but surviving him are four
The symptoms were identical with those |
of Pittsburg, and Al C. of Lewistown, | next Monday evening, May 9th. The
subject will be “Nature Studies.” All
members are urged to attend this last
lecture of the course.
~The service in the local United
Evangelical church next Sunday morning
will be of unusual interest. Mr. J. B.
Carruthers, of Harrisburg, state secre
tary of the Young Men's Christian Asso-
ciation, will deliver an address on some
phase of Y. M. C. A. work. The service
will begin at 10.30 o'clock and all are cor-
dially invited. :
—— A on
——W. Leslie Jacobs, of Centre Hall,
was arrested on Wednesday evening on
the charge of the larceny of agold watch. |
The information was made by Miss Eliz- |
abeth Tate, of Philadelphia, but formerly
of Pleasant Gap, who charges that the
theft took place sometime in July, 1908,
and gives the value of the watch at sev-
enty-five dollars. He was held in two
hundred dollars bail for a hearing on
April 14th.
His funeral yesterday afternoon was one
| of the most largely attended held there
in years. It was in charge of the Odd
Fellows and Sons of Veterans while Rev.
| Samuel Lewis, of the Presbyterian church,
officiated. Interment was made in the
| Branch cemetery.
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DERSTINE.—At fifteen minutes after
eight o'clock on Tuesday morning Ed-
ward Derstine died at his home on east
Lamb street, after two years illness with
tubercular trouble and dropsy, although
he had been confined to his bed only a
little over a week.
He was a son of John Derstine and was
born in this place, being 32 years, 2
months and 14 days old. When a youth
he learned the cigar maker's trade at
which he worked for a number of years.
Later he went to McKeesport and secur-
ed employment and during his absence
from Bellefonte also worked in Pittsburg
and Altocna. About two years ago his
health became impaired and he moved
back to this place. He was an industri-
ous young man and worked as long as he
had strength to do so. He is survived by
his wife, who before her marriage was
Miss Annie Barger, of Curtin, and one
son LeRoy; also his father and the fol-
lowing}brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mag-
gie Beck, of Lock Haven; Mrs. Bruce
Wallace, of Milesburg; Miss Mary, of
Pittsburg; William, John and Catharine,
of Bellefonte.
! Rev. W.C. Winey, of the United Breth
ren church, officiated at the funeral which
was held from his late home at 4.00
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Burial was
made in the Union cemetery.
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HARKNESS.—Edmund W. Harkness, a
brother of Mrs. Robert H. Irwin, of this
place, died at his home in Philadelphia
on Saturday afternoon after a short ill-
ness with brain fever. He was born and
raised at Carlisle where he lived until his
marriage about five years ago, when he
moved to Philadelphia. His wife and one
son, three brothers and seven sisters sur-
vive. The remains were taken to Car-
lisle for burial.
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MEEK. —Mrs. S. E. Meek, wife of John
Breckenridge Meek, died quite suddenly
at her home in Washington on Wednes-
day afternoon, and will be buried this
(Friday) afternoon. Further particulars
are not obtainable at this writing.
——Mrs. Margaret Powell and Mrs.
Maria Green, two estimable colored wom-
en of this place, are both ill at the form-
er's home on St. Paul street. They are
probably the two oldest native colored
women in the county, one being eighty-
three and the other seventy-three years
old. They were both born in Bellefonte,
one in a house where the Episcopal church |
now stands and the other in a house
where the Hastings residence is located
and before the time of the Red Lyon ho- |
tel.
a.
——Between one and two o'clock on |
| 224 per year ; received 156 new mem-
- bers into the church, a net gain in the
Mr. Kennedy was a school mate and nat-
pus, there are 1750 persons in various
urally a warm personal friend of Col. W. | paste OF Te Sate tak ing anstsuction in
Fred Reynolds and the latter became host | The
of the party upon their arrival here and The Senior class will gra
by cor-
numbers 149,
uate about 165
facul
took them to the college in automobiles. Students in June.
At the latter place they were met by
Dr. Sparks and members of the faculty |
and skown through every department of |
the college. They were so well pleased |
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Corn planting is on.
The McWilliams home down town is being re-
with the institution that Mr. Kennedy ar- | painted.
ranged to send about forty of the Cum-!
Mrs. Henry Houtz and Miss Edith Klinger are
berland Valley road's station agents to | on the sick list.
the college about the first of June to
spend two days in receiving instructions
for advertising the agricultural trains
which will be run over the road later in
the season. Upon their return to Belle-
fonte Col. Reynolds entertained Mr. Kes-
nedy and Dr. Sparks at dinner at his!
home on Linn street.
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A Goop PASTORAL WORK.—It was just |
four years last Sunday since Dr. J. Alli-
son Platts became pastor of the Presby-
terian church in this place and for the |
information of his congregation he read i
the following recapitulation of the work |
done during that time :
Organized one church, laid cornerstone
of another and dedicated two, raising the
money to pay all debts ; ordained five
deacons and six elders ; baptised 23 ad
ults and 71 children ; performed 66 mar-
riage ceremonies and officiated at 53
funerals ; made 1528 pastoral visits, an
average of 382 per year ; delivered 899
sermons and addresses, an average of
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four years of 80. The contributions dur-
Sunday morning the small frame house ing the four years were for the temper-
occupied by Samuel Haupt, a short dis- ance committee, $306 ; Sabbath school
tance this side of Roopsburg, caught fire | work, $387 ; church erection, $390 ;
and was burned to the ground, together | freedmen, $512 ; ministerial relief, $586 ;
with all its contents. The only person in | 5; for colleges, $629 ; home missions:
the house at the time was Mr. Haupt | 9945 ; foreign missions, $5,896 ; mis-
who was lying on the bed asleep, with | cellaneous, $4,558, a total of $16,123;
his clothes on, and he did not know his | congregational expenses, $17,916, making
home was on fire until awakened by! the grand total of all contributions, $34,-
neighbors. By that time the entire low- | ggg,
er story was in flames and in attempting
to escape by the stairs his hair was sing-| Y. M. C. A. Dav.—Sunday will be ob-
ed and his hands and face burned, and {served as Y. M. C. A. day in all the
he was compelled to save himself by churches of Bellefonte. Mr. Bohner, of :
jumping from the second story window. Harrisburg, will speak in the morning in |
Everything they had was burned except the Methodist church and in the evening
the clothing he had on his back and that | in the Presbyterian. Mr. Carruthers,
his wife wore, who spent the night with | state secretary, will speak in the Evan-
her sister-in-law and was not at home | gelical church in the morning and in the
when the fire occurred. How it originat- | Reformed in the evening. At two o'clock
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ed is not known. + in the afternoon 2 meeting will be held
James Ewing is now snugly fixed up in his new
home on Gummo avenue.
Newton E. Hess is breaking ground for a new
house on west College avenue.
Robert Shants has quit the farm and gone to
Huntingdon to hold down a fat job.
Wm. Harpster, forest warden on old Tussey,
transacted business in town Saturday.
Mrs. Bessie Tussey, of Spruce Creek, is visiting
atthe N. C. Neidigh home at White Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Elder and baby girl spent
Sunday at the Samuel Elder home on Tadpole.
Andy Lytle was called to Bellwood Friday to
sec his brother John, who is ill with rheumatism.
J. H. and Ed Decker with their sister Maude,
all of Bellefonte, were within our gates on Sun-
day.
Mrs. Samuel Moore, of State College, visited
her mother, Mrs.'G. D. Dannley, on Main street,
over Sunday.
Reed Bros. are making some needed improve.
ments to their farm just east of town and build*
ing a new kitchen,
Perry Adams last week sold his home to Mr.
Earon, of Unionville. He will build a new house
on Beaver avenue.
D. C. Krebs and wife came over from State Col-
lege to spend Sunday at the Mrs. Sallie Fortney
home on Main street.
The Misses Weiland, of Linden Hall, passed
through town Tuesday handling the ribbons over
a beautiful Shetland pony.
‘Ross and Richard Gregory spent last week in
and about the Iron city where they are interested
in a big land speculation.
Charley Goss, a brakeman on the Pennsy’s Mid-
dle division, with headquarters at Harrisburg, is
greeting old chums in and out of town.
Postmaster David Barr and sister Sallie were
passengers west Wednesday morning and expect
to visit friends in Kansas the next six weeks.
G. W. Keichline and daughter, Mrs. John Drei-
blebis, went to New York Saturday to see Mrs.
Sadie Felding, whose condition is unchanged.
George Ralston tarried awhile in town Friday
greeting old friends. He was on his way to Neff's
Mills, where he is putting the creamery in shape
for running order.
Mr. and Mrs, Edom Housman, of Altoona, are
visiting relatives and friends in this section, It
is more than thirty years since they left here for
their present home.
—(eorge Washington was the first
breeder of high-priced mules in this coun-
try.