town's characters dropped out on Wed- | J. Fearon Mann, of Lewistown, but for ed that will bring a harvest later. Ce ——————————————————————————_——————.———————————" = | Tl Poor OLD JiM 15 GONE.—Another of the | MANN.—Ralph Mann, son of the late: Our Correspondent’s Opinions. small number of votes, but be seeds plant-| With the Churches of the ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. CASPERSON—GEHRET. — The home of was performed by Rev. E. H. Yocum, of the Methodist church. The bride was attended by Miss Mary Wian, as brides- maid while Joseph L. Gehret acted as best man. The flower girls were Dorothy and Elizabeth Gehret. Following the ceremony and shower of congratulations a wedding dinner was served and later the bride and groom were given a jolly ride through the town on their way to the depot to take the train for a brief honeymoon trip before settling down at Titusville where Mr. Casperson holds a good position as a machinist. PowNELL—HALL.—Elmer Pownell, a fireman on the P.and E. railroad, and stationed at Renovo, and Miss Bess Hall, of Milesburg, were married at the home of the bride's brother, Roy Hall, of Logan avenue, Tyrone, on Wednesday afternoon, at four o'clock, by the Rev. Harteman, of the Tyrone Methodist church. Bruce Robb and Malcolm Hall officiated as best men; Miss Almeda Pownell, sister of the bridegroom and Miss Nellie M. Hall, sis- ter of the bride, acted asbridesmaids while Miss Mary and Thelma Hall were the flower girls. The brideis a very pleasant and charming young lady and has a host of friends who wish her a happy voyage through life. Mr. and Mrs. Pownell left the same evening for a trip to Williams- port, Sodas Point, N.Y. and Watkins Glen, after which they will settledown in their own furnished home in Renovo. ee GRAUER—HIRSH—~The wedding on Tuesday of Norman C. Grauer, of Bell- wood, and Miss Hannah Hirsh, of Al- toona, was quite a brilliant affair. The ceremony, which took place at 11.30 o'clock in the morning at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hirsh, was performed by Rev. Gabriel Schulman, of the Hebrew Reformed church. Miss Rosie Grauer, a sister of the bridegroom, was maid of honor and Edward E. Engle best man. The bride- groom is a son of Mrs. William Grauer and was born and spent his boyhood days in Bellefonte. He is now proprietor of a drug store at Bellwood where the young couple will make their home after their return from an extended wedding trip. Among the guests at the wedding was Mr. Lewis Grauer, of Bellefonte. ooo SAXE—HARPER.—About fifteen persons witnessed the marriage last Saturday morning of Archibald Saxe, of Scranton, and Miss Jennie Harper, of this place, which took place in the Reformed church at eleven o'clock. Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt performed the ceremony and the young couple were attended by the bride’s brother and sister, Jerome and Miss Louise Harper. Immediately after the ceremony the newly wedded couple and guests, fifteen in number, were driven to the Bush house where a wedding breakfast was served in a private dining room, which had been beautifully decora- ted in pink. They left Belle fonte on the 1.07 p. m. train for a wedding trip to Chicago and upon their return will go to housekeeping in Scranton. LEONARD—SMITH.—A pretty home wed- ding took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, in State College, on Wednesday of last week, when their daughter, Miss Hattie Smith, was united in marriage to Frank E. Leonard, of New Kingstown, Cumberland county. The ceremony was performed at noon by Rev- L S. Sassaman, of the Lutheran church. Miss Minerva Smith, a sister of the bride, was bridesmaid and Raymond Dumm, of Carlisle, best man. Mr. Leonard is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State Col- lege in the agricultural course and is now a successful horticulturist in Cumberland county where the young couple will make | their home after a short wedding trip. EP —— FINK—OsSMER.—Last Saturday evening | Telford N. Fink, son of county treasurer and Mrs. George G. Fink, of Martha, and Miss Jean Osmer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osmer, of this place, went tothe Episcopal parsonage where they were quietly married by Rev. John Hew- itt. They managed to keep the affair a secret and on Sunday morning went up to the home of the bridegroom's parents | where they have been spending the week- Mr. Fink is employed by the Potter---Hoy Hardware company. YARNELL—MEISS.—A quiet wedding was performed at the Reformed parsonage at Boalsburyg, on Sunday, when Yarnell, of Linden Hall, and Miss Marian M. Meiss, of Tusseyville, were united in marriage by the pastor, Rev.S. C. Stover. Both the bride and bridegroom are well known young people of Pennsvalley and the WATCHMAN friends in extending felicitations. nesday evening when James Murray suc: cumed to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered cn Monday afternoon. He was | not conscious at all from the time he was | stricken until the end came. “Jim,” as most people knew him, was a | remnant of the old and rougher days in Bellefonte. In the seventies the mere mention of his name struck terror to the hearts of the most courageous, for he was a powerful fellow, fearless and ready to fight at the drop of the hat. He was easi- many years residents of Bellefonte, died at the home of his mother last Thursday afternoon. He was taken sick on the first day of September, 1909, and at first it was thought he had an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, but the disease later devel- oped into a hardening of the muscles and although the virtues of many institutions and sanitoriums were tried it was all in vain. The muscles of th . body swiftly wasted away and f. nths he had been totally helpless. To the Editor Democratic Watchman. While it is true that by the Constitu- tion of Pennsylvania women are eligible, as they ought to be, for any position in ly the “best man” in Bellefonte in he | days when fighting was regarded as al-| most as much of a pastime as tennis is today, and the triumph that he cherished most was the happy day when he licked “French Ike" Miller's bear. Tall, angular, grizzled and only a sem- blance of his former self he was a famil- He was born at Reedsville and was over forty years of age. He grew Lewistown sixteen or more years ago. He is survived by his mother, two sisters and one brother, namely: Misses Hattie and | numbers in the State. In this respect to manhood here and was well known by | everybody before the family moved to| | we do not find them selected in anygreat Pennsylvania differs from many States, especially the western States, in which women fil! many important school offices. In California one remarkable woman is serving upon the State Board of Educa- tion. the management of the public schools, | There is no more important work than the placing of women on the school boards, and we must impress upon voters the urgent need for women school di- rectors. The best interestsof our schools and our school children need women on the school board. Special emphasis must be placed on the work for the primaries, for if a candidate fails there, she has no further chance. HELEN .E. OVERTON. Soliloquy on Labor Day Celebration. To the Editor Democratic Watchman: There are no propositions to “go it! alone” talk or meditations relative to what are the patent featuresin the inaug- uration of this National holiday. The martial array of labor organizations are i Anna, at home, and Harrison Mann, also | The nominating committee presents the living in Lewistown. The funeral was | following report as the result of its held on Monday afternoon, burial being gejiberations. It first wishesto announce made at Lewistown. | the “School Board Platform.” Women on | { | the school boards to secure the best wel- Brooks.—James R. Brooks, a welll po family, State and town. known resident of Pleasant Gap, died at | the home of his son in Harris township Tre Present Ki demands members on Wednesday of last week, after a brief who will not drift into political control, illness with a complication of diseases. | who have leisure to visit the schools; who He was born in Spring hip and wis will 2ttend to the ventilation; who will 68 9 months and 3 days old. He see that the janitor does his work thor- years, oughly from basement to top floor; who was in active service for three years dur- | : A | will control the correct number of pupils ing the Civil war and was a member of | in a class room; who will see that right the G. A. R,, a laborer by occupation he | Lop caj1s upon the desks; who will be jar figure on our streets, and, occasion- ally, when “spruced up” he would cock | that hat of his on the side of his head and step up High street with his air of forty years ago, when no man ventured to ask him where he was going or why. Under the rough exterior was latent the sterling qualities of a good man had he ever have had the opportunities tode- velop them. Straight and loyal to his friends as he was fair to his enemies he | lived his life according to the light he lead. He knew there was a Master, for he read His book probably more than many of us and who can say that the was a hard working, industrious man and not in touch with unionist co-operative railroad building, and storing up flood waters in mountain basins for use of the next generation, or the capturing of American markets for the inhabitants thereof and currency bills redeemable in course tertain coin, silver and gold. Such equitable ad. ments ne, lor the in ge of Stain. vocacy of National and State economics | They have contracted with the Redpath- that would reduce farm labor, drudgery | y bureau for a course of four of bucket water-hauling brigade and) bers, Thefollowing dates are fixed; ee re kms fo oe utr 0, and supplies between consumer and pro- Everett Cathell, Lecturer. March 22, Ta- ducer and his plea for honest commercial Pay, Lecturer, count on cost of imported labor packages, prominent aon Sys isis of twisty whereby the people would have a part in to assure the financial success of the un- “Echoes of the International C. E. con- vention” recently held in Atlantic City, in* the Evangelical church at Fairview. The Citizens Entertainment associa- tion, of Howard, is now completing ar- crude prayers he sent up from that hum. | Was highly respected by all who knew | ble little home may not have been freight- | him. Rev. J. Max Lantz, of Spring Mills, | ed with a sincerity that has won for him | officiated at the funeral which was held a home incomparable and incomprehen- | last Friday afternoon, burial being madé& the sympathetic friend of the teacher at the same time that they give attention to the mental, physical, and moral develop- ment of the children. knowing what they aredoing by patroniz- ing foreign trade. He is turned down and refused publication of such subjects by Metropolitan and Republican news- They have secured the best ble talent and such as has never been ore a Howard audience. The object is to bring to the citizens of Howard and vicinity at a very reasonable cost that : i Members of a school board should have sible. | in the cemetery at Zion. . | intelligence, tact, common sense and a Deceased was probably seventy or more | i sides thardk q | knowledge of the school system. yearsold. He is survived by his widow | EARHART.—Hilda, t even year old | raving all of these requirements into 1 1 and a step daughter, Mrs. William Sum- | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Gear-| . 4eration we apply them to two wom- en whom we believe will not fail to make mers, of Snow Shoe Intersection. Funeral | hart, of State College, died in the Belle services were held yesterday afternoon | fonte hospital last Thursday. An Opera-| goog if elected to the public school board of Bellefonte. We, therefore, present to and interment was made in the Union tion was being performed for the remov- cemetery. {al of advoids and her tonsils and she the Woman's Club the names of Mrs: | | failed to recover from the effects of the po Ss. B f the West ward, and 2 Ae FO Ini ot PIE Yall Sun | ROE Se Brouse, of fie | wt wart WoLr.—Miss Ida Wolf, youngest daugh- | Sg ! Mrs. Charles Gilmour, of the North ward, ter offMr.and Mrs. William Wolf, of this | day afternoon. as the two candidates for the important place. a the Shadyside hospital, me Cis Revisions oe son of | Oficeof school director, each to serve two urg, at 12.30 o'clock Monday morn- | fr y | About | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kling, died at the | years. . They are vot 40 rem agit; oath . | other. Both should be elected. The Li of his Rarenis i» Viusiortoure = | nominations of the committee do no Tuesday, aged 7 years, 2 mon | debar other names. If the ladies of the i i days. Pneumonia was the cause of his | Club desire to nominate other women it | papers, and labor organizations don't which will be in instructive and want to know reali ! ng, helping broader educa- ties to obtain more oan broader vision, for this same capital to employ labor or to secure! greater choice of honorable trader. No flag hoisted. The trade outlook is dismay. | James WOLFENDEN. opfortunity would otherwise be inacces- bie to these people. PRE — Real Estate Transfers. Edward H. Frank to James E . Brecon, July 31, 1911, tract of land h ——While going through the cellar on Aatonsbure:, $60. 5; his way to the stairs, at his home on east eo. W. Fink et ux to Hiram Moor¢ Aug. 19, 1911, tract of d in . Logan street Wednesday evening, the burg; $258. hn Palins venerable John Curry fell and sustained! James B. Wagner et ux to E. Clay. 2 bol hip. | uch as he is past ton Wagner, March 3, 1911, tract of land in Potter Twp.; $1311.35. eighty-one years of age the injury is William H. Lous to Sarah Bohn, quite a serious one. Mr. Curry is a.re-' April hin, tract of land in Penn markable example of longevity. Appar- = To"'g 1 ng et ux to Aden A, ently hale and hearty he is in acute Garrett, Aug. 26, 1911, ey of or in possession of all his faculties and reads | Marion Twp.; $20. Lamar, Pa. — A) am— joins with their many be around so that her complete recovery | death. The remains were buried in the | was looked for. She made her home | with her sister, Mrs. F. E. Zeigler, in Al. | Mt. Bethel church cemetery yesterday. | toona, and about a month ago she was | GganGE PICNIC ProcRAM.—Everything again taken seriously ill. The only hope | 5 in readiness for the big picnic and ex was an operation and she was taken t0 | pinion at Crange Park, Centre Hall, next | y | the Shadyside hospital, Pittsburg. The | eek The gathering will be opened un- | operation revealed a bad cancerous | gia) | y tomorrow and will continue un- growthin the side and her death was the | i) Friday of next week. The full pro-| result of the shock of the operation. | gram for the week is as follows: : Deceased was born in Bellefonte and | = ga¢\rday—Opening of camp for recep- | was twenty years old. She was & mem | op of tents and business men. At 7:30 beret vie Bosco Sv 3 gl p. m., opening entertainment in the audi . , torium. | Joly in gn i untimely death. | gyn day—Harvest Home services in the | i os gh : Jaret, ue Ses | auditorium. Anniversary sermon by Rev. | rs. Zeigler, wife of , gler, o - 1S. A. Snyder. | toona, and three brothers: Charles, of | Wallaceton; Joseph and William, at, lacing of exhibits. 7:30 p. m., moving home. Is i The remains were brought to Bellefonte pleture anf ment. on Monday evening and taken to the by Dr. Edwin E. Sparks, president of State home of her parents from where the ~., : 4 | College, Dr. T. C. Van Tries and others, | funeral was held at two o'clock Wednes- 7:39 p. m., entertainment in the auditor- i day afternoon, burial being made in the um. \ Union[cemetery. | Wednesday—Addresses by Hon. E. B. Dorsett, lecturer of the State Grange | BECHDEL.—Mrs. Elizabeth Bechdel, ‘and others. 7:30 p. m., moving picture ' widow of the late John Bechdel, died at entertainment inthe auditorium. her home near Blanchard on Tuesday of : Thursday—Addresses by Hon. W.T.| last week, aged 60 years, 11 months and | Creasy, master of the State Grange; Hon. | 13 days. She had been an invalid for NB. Critchfield, Secretary of Agricul- years with chronic Bright's disease and | ture; Hon. James Foust, Dairy and Food her death was not unexpected. Almost | Commissioner; Hon. Robert Conklin, For- her entire life was spent in Liberty town- | estry Commissioner and possibly others. ship on a farm adjacent to Blanchard, 7:30 p. m., grand display of moving pic- and she was a good woman in every | tures, all new, change of program every way. Surviving her are two daughters | night. and two sons, namely: Mrs. Joseph Mc- | Friday—Grand sales day and closing of Closkey, of Jersey Shore; Miss Edith, ' the exhibition in the evening. Curtis and Harris at home. The funeral | A PRESENT WORTH RECEN RECEIVING. —Last was held on Thursday afternoon at two Th deliv: o'clock. Rev. W. H. Patterson, of the | ursday evening the expressman ce’ x | ered to the writer a box of fruit bearing Disciple church, of which she was al . | this card “Present by Mamie Cunning- member, had charge of the services and | ® - burial was made in the Disciple cemetery. | Na™ Linden Hall, Pa." Those of you | | who are unacquainted with the little lady ' can't understand how much MARTZ —Jacob Martz, a former Centre cas her gift. She ue itr pe! countian, died at his home at Patton on ' ng. and Mrs. E. J. Cunningham, former- Monday. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. | ly of this place, who have been fort. | Abram Martz and was born at Shingle: | jp. ensconced on a farm over there for | | town sixty years ago. He moved to Pat- | coveral years. We always made fun of | i Monday—Opening of exhibition and | { | liam, Samuel, Miss Nancy and Mis. E. S.* ooneributed to the latter by the dearlittle Moore, of Pine Grove Mills; George, of oe de. Lemont, and John, of Centre Hall. The | remains were buried in Philipsburg on { Thursday. | a i CHINA MISSIONARY TO BE Here.—Next | Monday evening, September 11th, Rev W. I Shambaugh, a missionary in the BoAL—Miss May Boal, only daughter = United Evangelical church, who is home | of Mire. Frank Boal, diedin the Bellefonte | 90 furlough, will speak in the Bellefonte | hospital about five o'clock last Saturday | United Evangelical church on his work afternoon. She was brought to the insti- | and experiences in China. Rev. Sham- tution on Wednesday and underwent an baugh is a young man deeply consecrated | operation for appendicitis. Complications to his work and makes good and lasting set in and her death followed. She was | impressions wherever he speaks. The | twenty years of age and in addition to pastor, Rev. J. F. Hower, extends a cordiaj her mother is survived by a young broth- invitation to members and friends of all ' er, Earle. The funeral was held on Mox- denominations to attend this service. day afternoon, burial being made in the | Miss Anna Mabel Heckman, Houserville cemetery. youngest daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Isaac | | Heckman and a sister of Rev. Edgar i i , value. is your privilege to do so. The campaign committee is the execu- tive board of the Woman's club. It ap- pointed chairmen and deputies for the three wards of the town, giving power to the WATCHMAN regularly without the aid of glasses. i i 1 1 Judged from the contents of the box: the Cunningham farm must grow most the chairmen to increase the size of the committee if they deem it necessary. The | executive board suggests that the ladies | who are not club members be asked to lend a helping hand on these committees every kind of plum and pear known for | it contained the most luscious Damsens, | green gauges, apricot and peach plums | together with several varieties of fine pears. Altogether it was a present any- and in that way enlist the interest of many influential people. The deputies are ex- | pected to reportresuits to their chairman who in turn will report to the executive board through the president. i To do effective work every woman must | do her duty. We cannot vote, but we are | and results; be convincing and deter- | mined to win. There need be no expense connected | i one one would have enjoyed and espe- cially one who knows what a dear child, the donor is. : I ————— | i i HospPiTAL Notes.—Operations at the | we have hed lots of rain to date but not too Bellefonte hospital the past week were Toner A. Hugg, of Milesburg; Miss Lillian Smith and Mrs. Theresa Davis, of influential and can poll a large number | Bellefonte. Mrs. Mary Thomas, of Wil- of votes if we follow the best methods | liamsport, was admitted for treatment Tuesday—Soldiers’ reunion. Addresses | usd by our men voters and candidates. | and Miss Minnie Cole, of Bellefonte; Miss Be familiar with the points favoring our | Lulu Zerby, of Tusseyville, and Miss’ ' cause; have confidence in your arguments | Bessie Shirk, of Runville, discharged. There are now seventeen patients in the institution. —State Senator MCNICHOL, of Phila- Irvin Neff et al to Emma White, July 2, 1908, tract of land in Walker Twp.; $1. Emma White et bar to Albina Pet- ers, Aug. 12, 1911, tract of land in Walker Twp.; $1560. W. E. Hurley sheriff to Ella L. Price, Aug. 23, 1911, tract of land in Worth Twp.; $96.85. Roland Shank et ux to Paul Rogers, Aug. 5 1911, tract of land in Snow Shoe Twp.: $100. Mary Shank to Paul Rogers, July 31, 1911, tract of land in Snow Shoe Twp.; $900 LEMONT. much. ‘The corn is about ripe enough to cut and by all appearances the crop will be from fair to good. Sunday night was almost cold enough for frost but the weather has been much warmer since. Mrs. D. L. Hite and her grand-daughter, Mary Evey, are visiting among friends in Pittsburg this E.C. Ross and men are busy putting down concrete walks around the property occupied | by Rev. W. K. Harnish. They have put the artesian well down sixty feet on the Roan property and thus far have with the campaign, neither need there be | 4e1,1a may be living in a glass house, 8 | found no good flow of water. offers to exchange votes. Mass meetings | are not advisable, since it is individual ' work that counts. The town must be | thoroughly canvassed; every house visit- ed; every man urged to give his vote to the women candidates. This method emphasizes to the voters their responsi- bility to the board of education. Among the foreigners these visits are of great | Since the election is borough, and not ward, our prospects appear to be some: what brighter. Mrs. Brouse is a Demo- crat with a Republican husband; Mrs. Gilmour is a whole Republican; but as merit and ability are included in our plat- form, we call attention to the fact that it | is possible to work for their nomination and election without endorsing any party. Their petitions were each signed by both | Democrats and Republicans in good stand- | ing. The publicity committee's oportunities | are manifestly powerful. As “the pen is | mightier than the sword,” the executive | committee is Mrs. Elmer E. Davis. The | campaign chairmen are North ward, Mrs. | John S. Walker; West ward, Miss Mary | Gray Meek, and South ward, Miss Emma | Jane Aiken. i Fifteen names of qualified voters were secured for each designated party and forwarded to the county commissioners with the candidates petitions. The primaries will be held on Sep- tember 30th, from 2 o'clock p. m, to 8 o'clock p. m. If our candidates receive woman to work faithfully for their elec tion, and never cease until the polls close on election day, November 7th, 19il Urge the voters to look for the names of the nomination, then it behooves every | ; the gentlemen of the Vare faction inti- mate, but if he succeeds in getting hand- | cuffs on every fellow who would be in- clined to throw stones, his glass castle | will not only be safe but comfortable. ——The Bailey blacksmith shop at State College has changed hands and J. D. Hubler | is now the proprietor. Scott Bailey had | been in business there for thirty or more years but ill health has forced Ayling ment from active business. | ——Mrs. Wells L. Daggett will give an informal luncheon today, in honor of | Mrs. Mainard Murch Jr., of Cleveland, and Miss Jackson, of Waverly. | i i i Jury List for Special Court. The jury list for the special week of court, which will begin on Monday, Oc- | tober 30th, was drawn the past week and | is as follows: i TRAVERSE JURORS, PIFTH MONDAY OF OCTOBER. ton when that town was first laid OUt paw even thinking he could become a |poard u ou tor} our oblect be. | Charles Whitehill, ATMEL. .....c...c0nernrnnen CoOMIERE | and had lived there ever since. Survivitg | gyrmer because he had been raised a | fore the people through hi wim, Sayan. re Seate College | him are his wife and three children. He | ¢, ndryman, and a fine one at that, but | well-written, spicy, campaign articles, in | Paul Gearhart, carpenter. ............ Philipsburg | also leaves the following brothers | he has made good and, above all, made | circular letters and inserted in all of the |W. H. Huntsinger, laborer.................... Bellefonte | sisters: Isaac, of McAlevy's Fort; Wil- "himself a happy home. No small part is | town newspapers. The chairman of this j Homer M, Walker, farmer... ...Ferguson D. L. Welsh, blacksmith C.N. Meyer, lumberman J. T. Potter, gentleman. John C. Frank, farmer J. R. Runner, agent John Todd, operator Hayes Schenck, justice of PEACE. 12 111irecreen Howard i sane ....Bellefonte | Halfmoon the women candidates on the ballot and Heckman, a former pastor at State Col- lege, was married on Wednesday of last | week to John W. Hinebauch, of Sunbury. The bride’s father a number of years ago was pastor of the Pennsvalley charge of Mr. and ‘Nittany furnace, died on | week after months of illness with tubercu- losis. He was aged eighteen yearsand is to vote for them. We will meet with opposition, of course, tion now. A political worker said but be prepared to fight it and begin that |; the M. E. church and she is pleasantly remembered by many people in that val- | ley. survived by his parents and several broth- | ers and sisters. Burial was made on! Monday. Mrs. John Mitchell returned home, Saturday, from Saratoga Springs, and it is hoped that her health has improved. Henry F. Evey went to Watsontown, Wednes- day of last week, to get his goods ready to ship to Lemont, where he intends making his future James Longwell moved from the Mrs, Osman house to the house vacated by Paul A. Noll, and William Coble from the rooms over the Mitchell hardware to the house vacated by Longwell. RUNVILLE RIPPLINGS Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gross, of Bellefonte, spent Sunday at Ellen Friels. Mrs. C. C. Garbrick, of Valley View, isthe guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Lydia Witherite. Mrs. Catherine Gross and little grand-daughter Catherine, of Bellefonte, are visiting friends and relatives at this place. On account of the wet weather last week the U. B. Sunday school picnic at Runville was post- poned until next Saturday, September 9th. Edward Hancock and son and Mrs. Sallie Friel and two sons, Samuel and Edward, of Philips- burg, are the guests of Mr. E. Hancock and wife. Frank Shope, Dale Musser and Edith Walker, of Snow Shoe; Minnie Witherite, of Chestnut Grove: Edith Poorman, of Runville,and Stella Walker, of Gum Stump, Sundayed at the home of Harry Bottorff. Sees No Handwriting, Etc. From the Detroit Free Press. Premier Laurier announces that he will retire from politics if he is defeated in the present election, but he's not look- ing around for a job just yet. securing representation ticket for this end of the county. do the best I can for every tax-payer in the