SPRING MILLS. Dr. Schuyler delivered a very able Memorial sermon to a large congregation in the [I'resby terian church on last Sunday afternoon. The apple crop is very promising. All the trees are full of little apples. Some folks predict that the crop will be so plentiful that apples will grow on fence posts. ’ Miss Anna M. Cummings and her assistant, Miss Emma Zones, left on Monday last on a sewing trip to State College. They will be absent a week or ten days. Our farmers are unable te finish planting corn” About the time the soil isin a proper condition’ and they are ready to start in, along comes a rain storm causing more delay and postponement. We had several very severe showers here on Monday afternoon last, accompanied with vivid lightning and startling peals of thunder. It rain. ed in torrents, but no damage has been reported. Spring Mills Lodge No. 587, 1. O. O. F., have appointed W. O. Gramley, ;. A. Wagner, Dr. H. S. Braucht, T. M. Gramley and S. L. Condo, a committee to get upa program for the celebra- tion of their anniversary and a huge picnic on the Fourth of July, to make all necessary arrange- ments so that the holiday will be a carnival of fun, pleasure aud enjoyment. To have really a sane and sensible Fourth of July, with no dam. aged limbs nor burns from powder or explosions. The only ache that may be will be in the region of the stomach, caused by excessive eating and over indulgence in lemonade and iced tea. There will be speaking, music and amusements all day with a parade in the moming. The anniversary and picnic no doubt will bea grand success and a delightful occasion, as the 1. O. O. F. never do anything by halves. Memorial day was more generally observed here than usual. All places of business were closed from 11a. m. until 8p. m. Flags and the national colors were displayed from the windows and house tops of nearly every dwelling in town; some of the decorations were evidently the work of skillful hands. The post office was particular- ly handsomely decorated with a profusion of flags and colors, artistically arranged and pre senting a very beautiful appearance. At 2:30 the parade started, B. F. Kennelley as marshal, pre- ceded by a drum corps, and consisting of the few old veterans we still have with us, and a large number of children, all bearing flags and bou- ly to the cemetery and after the decoration cere. monies Rev. B. H. Snook delivered a very able and highly interesting address, followed with ap- propriate recitations by several of the young folks, all remarkably well executed, evidently the result of careful training. The quartet and cho- rus singing was of unusual excellence. In fact the entire exercises were of a very pleasing and interesting character. Our old veterans had quite a task to perform during the day. They decorated the graves of their deceased comrades at Green Grove, Farmers Mille, Georges valley, Al Grove visited in town on Sunday. George Williams went to Philipsburg Saturday: where he will visit his son William. John Hite is here for his yearly visit at the home of his son, Darius Hite, John Mitchell's right hand man. Mrs. Julia Dinges came home, Thursday, from Fultonville, N. Y., where she spent the winter at the home of David Williams. John Wion and family, of Pittsburg, spent a few days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Johnstonbaugh, this last week. This last week has been quite hot and on Mon- day the thermometer stood at 88 degrees for a few hours before the heavy thunder storm. Rev. C. C. Shuey, of Bellefonte, delivered a very interesting discourse to a large and attentive con- gregation, Sunday, in the Lemont United Evan- gelical church. The Memorial services, held in the Houserville United Brethren church, were well attended by old soldiers, there being twenty present, and many others who were much interested in the ser mon delivered by Rev. Smith. The supervisors of College township put in a three foot metal pipe across the mountain road east of town, at the Methodist church, to take the place of the stone culvert that was torn out dur ing the heavy rain two weeks ago. Murdered and Robbed. In a little fringe of woods on the edge of Paradise creek, near Nor- folk, Va., a murder was revealed when a party Of searchers out scouring the country in quest of J. L. Benton, a merchant, who had been missing from his home on Deep Creek shell road since last Friday, found him with a gaping wound in his face. Robbery was undoubtedly the ruling motive of the crime and a shotgun was the weapon. Industrious and possessed of a large famil yto care for, Mr. Benton had ac- cumulated considerable money, which he carried about with him wherever he went. He had in his pockets when he left his home on Friday morning nearly $900. When his pockets were searched the money was gone. Mrs. Emerson Wins Divorce. A decree of divorce has been sign- ed for Mrs. Isaac E. Emerson in her action against Captain Emerson, the millior aire drug manufacturer in Bal timore. Captain Emerson first insti- tuted action against his wife, making statutory charges, and this was fol- lowed by a cross bill. A second bill was later filed by Mrs. Emerson ask- ing for a divorce on the ground of de- sertion, and the decree was signed on this action. Mrs. Emerson was award- ed alimony to the amount of $28,800 annually and the family home in Eu- taw Place. Gore Out For Wilson. Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, came out in t letter strongly indorsing Gov- ernor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jer- sey, for the Democratic nomination for president. Wilson’s friends look on the Gore letter as added evidence that the progressive Democrats of the south and west are rapidly turning to the governor. Gore is recognized as one of the progressive wing of the senate Democrats. Farmer Kills Wife and Himself. 0. P. Fairchild, a farmer, fifty years old, killed his wife by shooting Ler in the head, and then shot himself in the head, both dying instantly, at the Fairchild home, ten miies we-t of Har risonburg, Va. Domestic trouble: caus ed the tragedy. bouse committee o nexpenditures the department of justice. Mr. Wickersham was asked why government thus far had failed lodge any “trust magnates” in prison. “We have done the best we could,” he said, “but there has been an willingness on the part juries courts to sentence men der the anti-trust law. of to ways been open to question, and has been construed in different ways by different courts. “Juries are becoming more willing now, however, to convict, ané judges who have been reluctant to impose prison penalties now have the supreme court decisions to sustain them.” Mr. Wickersham said he believed | trial. prison sentences would be the most effective means of enforcing respect for the anti-trust law. Criminal prose- cutions against the meat packers, milk dealers, grocers, the naval stores and window glass combinations and other alleged violators of the anti- trust law, he said, would be augment- ed by other prosecutions. On this subject the government had definite plans. Chairman Beall asked why there had been no criminal pro- ceedings against the heads of the Standard Oil and tobacco corpora- tions. “In view of the fact that we have secured decisions in these cases only within the last two weeks it seems to me that question answers itself,” said Mr. Wickersham. “Now, however, we have an interpretation of the anti: trust act upon which we can proceed.” The attorney general was closely questioned byy Mr. Beall as to the cot- ton cases in New York, but he refused to disclose the government's futurc action, Asked why actions were brought | against those seeking to elevate the | price of raw cotton, rather than against the spinners and the “bears, ’ | who were trying to depress it, Mr. Wickersham said the government had believed it much easier to reach the seven men controlling the raw cotton pool, against whom it had exact infor mation. i Mr. Wickersham testified that he had “advised” the United States Steel corporation on several occasions from 1905 te 1907, during his connection with the firm of Strong & Cadwalader. He also said that he had received his share of the fee turned into the firm for services to the American Su- gar Refining company, personally at- tended to by Henry W. Taft, brother of the president. Mr. Wickersham said his share was about $26,000. Mr. Wickersham was questioned | chiefly by Representative Beall, of Texas, chairman of the committee, concerning the sale by the government of friar lands in the Philippines to the American Sugar Refining company. He said Henry W. Taft had at one time appeared as a special attorney for the government against the “licorice trust,” a part of the American Tobacco company. Mr. Wickersham declared that after he became attorney general John Henry Hammond represented Strong & Cadwalader as counsel for the so- called “sugar trust” in the purchase of the friar lands. He added that at the time he gave his opinion permit. ting the sale of these lands he did not know that Hammond represented the president of the American Sugar Re- fining company, Mr. Havemeyer. When asked about the connection of the firm with steel affairs, Mr. Wickersham said: “I personally have advised the United States Steel cor- poration in one or two matters.” “Did Strong & Cadwalader ever rep- resent the New York Cotton Ex- change?” asked Chairman Beall. “Yes, Henry W. Taft was counsel for the exchange,” Mr. Wickersham replied, “and I think he still continues in that capacity.” The chairman sought particularly to learn from the attorney general why the department of justice and treas- ury department accepted $2,000,000 in settlement from the American Sugar Refining company as restitution for undervaluations at the port of New York, rather than enforce the severe penalties provided by law. Mr. Wickersham replied that the de- partment felt the evidence at hand |g was not sufficient to support a claim for penalties, though it was his belief that restitution was made because the corporation feared penalties would be | imposed. Five More Postal Banks For Penna. Postmaster General Hitchcock has | Potter designated seventy-four more second class postoffices, scattered in forty one states, as postal savings deposi tories, effective June 27. Those in Pennsylvania follow: Brownsville, Connellsville, Johnsonburg, Ridgeway and Shenandoah. Balloonist Falls 1000 Feet. His parachute failing to work prop erly, Frank Crawford, a balloonist, fell a distance of 1000 feet into a tree and then to the ground at Marion, Ind. Hundreds of persons who had assem: bled to witness the ascension stood aghast when Crawford fell. He prob | M. Grassmire, Bellefonte. | $375 | Heaton, April 9, 1910, tract of land in ably was fatally injured. The sale was T. DeWitt Cuyler, Paoli, Pa., who bought a bull for $6700 cows at $1750 each. : crpiiz } snadl Shields was placed on trial before Judge Pike on a charge of manslaugh- ; ter for the killing of “Christie” ney, a woodsman. § Won't Wed Butt, She Says. “Why, 1 hardly know Major Butt, and I have not seen him for a year,” said Mrs. Thomas Laughlin, President Taft's sister-in-law, when she arrived in New York from Europe on board the steamer Cleveland. Mrs. Laughlin denied that she was engaged to the president's aide, a ru- mor which Major Butt already had sald was without foundation. Elevator Falls; Man Killed. Nicholas Miller was killed and Frank Blakeslie fatally injured when the elevator at the Flatiron hotel, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., fell from the roof of the building to the pit. Blakeslie and Miller were repairing the elevator when the accident occurred. Marriage License. Charles F. Leitzel and Mabel M. Hoy, of Spring Mills. Walter J. Watson and Nannie M. Tate, Fleming. Henry F. Bitner and Agnes M. Murray, Centre Hall. John I. Way, Stormstown, and Anna R. P. Campbell, Spring Mills, and Edith M. Picken, Williamsport. Real Estate Transfers. John Hamilton et ux to W. 8. Mec- Dowell, April 4, 1911, tract of land in State College; $1. Wm. F. Ziegler et al to Aumon A. Stover, April 7, 1911, tract of land in Haines Twp.; $70. per acre. Dora E. Fisher to C. W. Bauder, May 4, 1911, tract of land in Unionville; James M. Moyer et ux to Geo. A. Vonada, March 28, 1911, tract of land in Miles Twp.; $1875. T. C. Harding to Catherine Harding, May 1. 1911, tract of land in Rush Twp.;: $1500. I. J. Dreese trustee to J. F. Meyer, May 16, 1911, tract of land in Fergu- son Twp.; $1475. Lucy M. Potter et al to Geo. A. Beezer, April 27, 1911, tract of land in Bellefonte; $1000. A. J. Shook et ux to D. H. Shook, April 1, 1811, tract of land in Gregg Twp.; $2500. Eveline J. Bell to Calvin H. Trout, April 14. 1911, tract of land in Belle- fonte; $3000. John C. Miller et al to Lucy M. Pot- ter et al, May 8, 1911, tract of land in Bellefonte; $1. David McMurray et al to Emanuel Eungard, March 4, 1911, tract of land in Gregg Twp.; $3350. Lillie G. Brill to Em Eungard et al, May , 2 tract of land in Gregg David McMurray et al to Samuel Rachau, March 4. 1911, tract of land in Gregg Twp.; $600. M. 1. Gardner atty. in fact to Abra- ham Weber, April 22, 1811, tract of land in Howard Boro; $150. Mary O. Foster et bar to M. S. Mc- Dowell, April 4, 1911, tract of land in State College; $2000. Geo. L. Holter et ux to M. 8S. Mc- Dowell, April 4. 1911, tract of land in State College; $1. A. M. Yearick et ux to BE. W. Fultz, April 1, a, tract of land in Haines J. B. Childs et ux to Kathrine D. Nuttall, May 18, 1911, tract of land in Philipsburg; $1500. H. C. Thompson et ux to J. 8. Wil- liam, May 3, 1911, tract of land in Worth Twp.; 00. Sarah M. Yarnell et al to Jacob M. Bogs: a ux to Lydia A. Meyer, May 6, lon, tract of land in Aarons- urg; - J. C. Mattern to John Haugh, July 1) 1910, tract of land in Patton Twp.; George Lorrah to Julia Sinclair, Oct. 1, 1901, (oact of land in Snow Wm. Rachau trustee to Minnie A. Sn Ei. 35, 1911, ‘tact 'of land in Gregg Twp.: $750. BOOKS, MAGAZINES, ETC. CELEBRATES ITs 125TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. ~Readers of the WATCHMAN will be interested in has been continuously published for a century and a quarter, and next to the Block House is the oldest work of man in Pittsburg today. The Gazette Times is planning a birthday cele journalism. During the wee t be bought and preserved by every reader’ of the WATCHMAN. These special issues will review the world's progress of the past 122 years, all of which took place under the eye of the paper and was recorded in it. ‘There is no doubt but that the birthday celebra- tion of The Piitsburg Gazetle Times will be a great achievement in newspaper circles and no one should miss securing all the special issues. 'S the Court of Com- NE BE firion a THE fe Gr on TT the court ap pm . June loth, Toil ac fo RIST MILL FOR SALE.~24 bbls. a day, prAna J 56-21-5¢ APE Jom te oe : SEE h Michael i Chamb an the above estate tomajte Thee aly Spbtied 5 he in his of. i Siete ey it Bud on o a.m, all will be heard. 56-21-3t E. R. CHAMBERS, Auditor ~—In the matter of the estate of Dan- Nhs Wolfe, late of Gregg Township, In the Orphan's Court of Cen: county, No 810. To the heirs, legatees and all BD Nitute, admin. i : i gf 8 i; J i Ho i iF I < | Z ange county :— perches in Cranberry town. 2 Situate in McKean county:— 15.2 acres more or less in Foster township; 5 acres in Foster t Pp: 127.2 acres more or less in Bradford township; 10 acres more or less in Foster township; acres more or less in Foster t tes more or less in Otto ; (oil OF DISSOLUTI that on the Notice is here- ¥ a th Hid com A. ict in she : . mon Fleas of Centre hs been xed by said court for Saearday June t 1911, at ten o'clock a. m. EY No i prayer of the 3 they 0 gee, 56-19-3t Sichor for Potanier XECUTORS N aa of hav- ing granted to the notice is given to all those to said estate to those having the same to present them 56-18-6¢ Pine Grove Mills, Pa. of July 24:29 it will Newberry, Pa. '|' ov bration that will be unique in the history of _ PIANO and PLAYER PIANOS Pianos containing the latest improved 1911 scale and action, High Grade, of the newest case design and veneers, in up- rights and grands, unexcelled in fone-guality and in price-qual- ity, under a ten-year guarantee from your HOME DEALER. Having been continuously represented in Bellefonte aud throughout Centre county, for twenty years and over, we have many hundreds of satisfied piano customers, of which the above is atestimony of the merits of the piano we sell you. We now are more fully prepared to meet the wants of any and all, at prices which defy competition, and we espe- cially pride ourselves in correct representatien, in giving you the greatest worth for the least; money in the piano of your choice. Before buying your piano consult us and see our line. Sheet Music and Musical Merchandise Special attention given to mail orders. Popular prices, 15 cents down to 3 cents. We have Special Bargains in Pianos returned from rent, but slightly used in uprights and grands. Call and see, or address, M. C. GEPHART, 19 North Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa. Announcement. ANNOUNCEMENT The free Demonstration to be given on May 25th, 26th and 27th, at MILLER'S Hardware Store, Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, Pa., showing to the public the New Perfection Oil Stoves and Parawax promises to be instructive and a great help to all housekeepers. Every one should attend this dem. onstration and learn how to keep cool and comfort able in warm weather. W. H. MILLER, Bellefonte, Pa. TOY YT IYTTYTTITYT TTY YY TY TY YY Vv 56-20 YY TTT YT YT YT YT YY YT YY YY Bol. BB BM. BM. BM OM BL Mr AB AN. AM AMAA. r————————————————————————————————— DE w = Pe " The First National Bank of Bellefonte was organized in 1856 as a private bank under the name of McAllister, Hale, Humes & Co., and obtained a national charter in 1863. For more than half a century it has been an important factor in the development of Centre County, holding the interests of its depositors as identical with its own. Age and experience’ should be considered in forming banking connections. This bank has not only passed the half century mark, but its officers have had long and varied experience in banking. We are confident that we can serve your interests, and invite you to do your banking with us. Bellefonte, Penna. The First National Bank, ly a ‘The Centre County Banking Company. ‘Strength and Conservatism are the banking qualities demanded by careful depositors. With forty years of banking ex- perience we invite you to become a depositor, assuring you of every courtesy and attention. We pay 3 per cent interest on savings and cheerfully give you any information at our % command concerning investments you may desire to make. The Centre County Banking Co. Bellefonte, Pa. wi
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