Calls John D* to Tell of Ore Deal. Merritt Sent Word to Oil King Thal “When | Steal For a Living | Wil Steal For Myself"—Then Lost His | Property.” The house committee investigating the steel trust will invite John D Rockefeller to tell how he got hold of A Light About to Dawn. : From the Milwaukee Journal. : The tariff board has been conferring | with Mr. Tait at the White House. It won't be long befoge he will know if he! | knew what he was talking about when he ! said that the woolen schedule was in-| defensible. Knowledge is power. ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. New Advertisement, i i New Advertisements. EGAL NOTICE.— Notice is hereby given that the following Account will be presented to the Court for confirmation on Wednes- day Dec. 6th, 1911, And unless exceptions be filed thereto, on or before the 2nd day of the Term, the same will be confirmed. Oct. 20th 1811 A. B. KIMPORT 56.43.5¢ Prothonotary. HARTER NOTICE.—~Notice 1s hereby given that an application will be made to the Governor of the State of December 6, 1911, by John P. Kelley Kelley and Logan } Jvania on | Kelley under the Act of | Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania tar the incorporation | ore and railroad property valued af! UBLIC SALE. | entitled “An Act to provide for : and $700,000,000 and now owned by the | P a | Apri 2 184 and the sHpplements thereto or the | steel corporation. charter an int i. patio to be called This declaration was made by Rep | BROWN SWISS CATTLE, | li a coaxany, | reesntative Staniey, chairman of the | HEAD OF HORSES ing a I store and mercantile business, to probers, after the committee had ‘heard Leonidas Merritt, with a bitter ! ness that lent emphasis to his utter ances, and at times fairly besiage him self with pent-up rage, tell a personal narrative of his dealings with Rocke | feller and how (he latter had forced | him out of business in Minnesota. | With the expressed determination | of the chairman to have Mr. Rocke feller appear, the committee adjourn ed not to met again until after com gress convenes, The lands and railroad properties involved were controlled and largely owned a few years ago by Alfred and Leonidas Merritt, The former declar ed and the latter reiterated that the “oil king” got the properties by call ing a loan of less than $1,000,000 in the panic days of 1833, although the Merritts =aid that they had heen as- sured by Rev. Gates, chief almoner now for Rockefeller, that they would not be pushéd for the loans. Alfred Merritt also declared his be- | lief that Rockefeller had closed the financial world to him so that he could | { not redeem his properties within the year allowed by Rockefeller. It also was declared that the Rev. Gates, who figured in the witness’ ac count as the intermediary of the “oil king,” who brought about the crushing of Merritt and his brother, Alfred Merritt, would be summoned as a. witness. Mr. Merritt declared that it was af- ter he had turned down a proposition from Mr. Rockefeller, which he char acterized as “stealing,” that Rockefel- ler called npon him to pay z million dollar loan and brought about his downfall. The proposition, Mr. Merritt said, came through Rev. Gates, Mr. Rocketeller's almoner. The witness said that Gates outs lined to him how Mr. Rockefeller and his interest: could throw him and his’ brother out of the company to protect other interests, but as they had borne | the “burden and heat” of the day, he | believed that they shonld reap the _ benefits. “Gates sald Mr. Rockefeller would | rather deal with us,” Merritt contin- | ued, “and if we would deal with him we could remain in the company and | be taken care of. In order to do that | he said we would have to do the will | of Rockefeller. 1 listened in amaze- ment when he said that if Rockefeller protected us thé stocks of others ! would be thrown down, and he men- tioned the names of several men. My | brother, who was present, turned to: Mr. Gates and =aid: Called Deal “Stealing.” “ ‘Mr. Gates, we've got laws in our | country. To do what you want to do | would land us in jail. Mr. Rockefeller with his $70,000,000 can't make us do that.’ : “I turned to Gates and said: ‘Mr. Gates, you came from John D. Rocke- | feller. Go back to John D. Rocke- | feller and tell him that when I steal for a living [ will steal for myself. | “It was soon after this interview , that I was notified that we would have twenty-four hours to take up our | Rockefeller loan. There | was with | all my stocks up—stecks that 1 have | never scen since. 1 didn’t have money | enough to get home with, Gates seem- | ed to be amazed to think that [ would | not do what he wanted me to do and | at one time told me I would have to | walk home on the ties.” Merritt said that he had never been fble to realize just how Rockefeller | took over his stock. i “I know I went to New York think- ing we were worth several millions. | After it was over | was left without a | cent. I hadn't even fare home, and when | got home my people wouldn't | have enough for car tickets. [ wag a | wreck physically and mentally for a | long time. My brother, Cassius, a stronger man than I, died from the : ° shock of the affair.” Representative Beall asked Merritt | whether he understood when he put | up his collateral with Rockefeller that | it was only for a short time, and he | said that he so understood. “1 was assured all the time,” said Merritt, “that the colalteral would be | up only a short time. Gates told me that. Cates was my Rockefeller.” “What was the value of your se-! curities put up to cover that Rocke- feller loan?” asked Mr. Beall. “About ten million,” Merritt answered, “Then vour negotiations with Rock- efeller lasied only a few months? | “Yen." | “At the end of that time did yon own the railroad?” “No.” ! “What did you have?’ “I had a | chance to walk from New York to! Duluth on the ties. That was all 1 | had in sight.” { Kill President of Santo Domingo. Ramon Caceres, president of Santo Domingo, was assassinated hy politi cal malcontents in San Domingo City, according to reports to the state de partment in Washington. No uprising has followed as vet, ; Ag tiie constitution of the Republic of Santo Domingo makes no provision for a vice president, it will be neces- sary for the cabinet to call an extra: ordinary session of congress to pro vide for a special election. i In the interim the cabinet will dis. charge the duties of the president, Lincluded amd goes with the farm. | Pungurvin station on Tyrone & Lewisburg R. R.. | [3 mm { TWO LARGE FARMS i head of Full Blood Brown Swiss cows, heif- | i , ers and bulls, will be sold to the highest bidder by | the undersigned at Huntingdon Furnace, Hun- tingdon County, Pa., 4 miles irom Warrior's Mark | on the Tyrone & Lewisburg R. R. and 4 niles | from Spruce Creek on the Main Line of I. R.R.. and 8 miles from Tyrone. Sale commences at 10 o'clock a. m } TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911 ! I'he cattle consist of 22 cows in milking, ages 3 | to 9 years, most of them with cali. 4 cows dry, will be fresh about day of sale, 11 heifers coming 2 years old, some bred. 12 heifers coming | year old. 13 bulls coming | year old. 1 bull coming § ! vears old. 1 bull coming 7 years old. i HORSES. — Pair Gray Mares 13 to 14 years old: | + one with foal. Pair Bay Driving Mares coming { jand 5 years old, full sisters, well bred and | broken single and double, fearless of steam or | automobiles. One Bay Gelding coming 3 years | old well bred and =» fine individual, will make a | fine roadster. One Brown Gelding, coming 2 years old, well bred and a fine individual. FARMS.—No. I. Known as the CANOE FARM, contains 316 acres more or less, 191 acres under cultivation and 125 acres young timber | about 30 years old, finest in the State, good bank | barn, frame house and out buildings, well water | at house and pond water for stock, good orchard. ! This farm is located one mile from Eyer station | on Tyrone & Lewisburg R. R., Z miles from Warrior's Mark, and 5 miles from Tyrone: school house 14 mile irom buildings. The iron ore right | No.2. Known asthe PRY HOLLOW FARM, contains 230 acres more or less, 210 acres under cultivation, 20 acres timber, wood bank barn and rame house, young orchard in bearing. two good wells. The iron ore right included and goes with the farm. The farm is located one mile from from Warrior's Mark. School house about 3; mile from buildings. : Winter grain on both of these farms reserved, and possession given April 1, 1912. Will show any prospective buyer of farms over these properties any time prior to day of sale. Cattlecan be seen any time at Huntingdon Fur nace, also the horse stock. TERMS. —For horses and cattle, i per cent. off ! for cash, orone veur's time with good and ap proved security. For farms, 10 per cent. of purchase price, when knoe down: 15 per cent. on delivery of deed, and the balance (7) percent.) in three equal an- nual payments “vith interest ut 6 per cent. and se cured hy hond and mortgage C. GRAZIER, P. 0. Address—Warrim’s Mark, Pu. | Gro. OC. WATE, Auctioneer W-46-2 | ITTLE PIGS.~—For sale seven (7) thoro-bied | Chester white and Berkshire pigs, six! weeks old, Apply at this office | OST. ~A bunch of keys lost somewhere on | the streets of Hellelonte during the week of Nov. 6th. Finder will kindly return same Lo this office. 5.45 HYSICIAN'S CHAIR.~A good leather up holstered physician's and surgeon's ex amining chair for sale cheap. Maden and in good condition. Apply to JOHN MM. SHUGERT. | 56-45 Bellefonte. Ia. | wit: purchase and sale of merchandise for personal, household or other use and omament, ' and generally such articles of merchandise as are ordinarily it in by rtment stores at | wholesale or retail, or both, and for these pur- poses to have and possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of the said Act of Assembly and ita supplements, 3H44.3 HARRY KELLER Solicitor. ALE OF REAL ESTATE.—Notice is hereby given that on Ocwber 11th, 1911, the Or- hans’ Court of Centre county made an or- der authorizing and direction D. M. Kline, guar- ! | dian of Malcoln Pomroy, Brooks and Eu, i ren of Samuel T. 3 , to sell certain real estate be- longing to said minor children to Oscar A. Gill, which said real estate is located in Spring town- ship, Centre county, Pa, and is hou and de- | scribed as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stone, thence along the lands of Charles Eckenroth | North forty-six degrees East cighty-four and three- | tenth perches to stone; thence by lands of John | Hoy, Jr., South forty-four degrees East forty-t i and four-tenth perches to stones; thence by land of Jacob Gill, Susan Knoffsinger, Isaac Gill's es- | tate and John Mover, South forty-six degrees West cighty-nine and nine-tenth perches to a stone; thence North forty West forty- two and nine-tenih perches to stone: containing TWENTY TWO ACRES and FIFTY PERCHES Ralston Brooks, minor ¢ rooks, | more or Jess. Reserving out of the above tract of | land a lot which was by Richard Brooks to | asper N. Brooks, bounded and described as fol- | we: On the North-east by land of Jacob Gill's | estate: on the North-west by lands of John Hoy: | on the South-east by lands of Susan KnodSinger and on the South-west by lands of Richard B y said lot being forty-three and four-tenth perches long and ten perches wides, containing two and ! one-half acres, If no exceptions be filed to said sale as aforesaid ordered to be made, the same will be confirmed absolutely on the fourth day of December, 1911. EARLE C, TUTEN. CLEMENT DALE, Clerk of Orphans’ Court. Attorney. 36-44.3¢, Produce. WANTED Chickens, Eggs, Ducks, Geese, Turkevs, Pigeons, Apples and Potatoes, Chestnuts, Shellbarks and Walnuts. Highest mark- et prices paid. We ac- cept small or car lots. Ad- dress P. K. KISECKER, 344 N. Water St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa. | 6-43.41. The Centre County Strength and Banking Company. Conservatism are the banking qualities demanded by careful depositors. perience we invite you With forty vears of banking ex- 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 desire to make. investments you may The Centre County Banking Co. Bellefonte, Pa. The First National Bank. or bad weather. 56-46-1y We want to remind you that a bank is a sim- ple, plain necessity to every business man. Very early he seesthow convenient itis to be able to pay his bills by check instead of by cash, and to borrow money,when his business demands it. No other friend is as valuable a help to him in good ES WER The First National Bank, Bellefonte, Penna. ——————————————_ 5. S———— — of Christmas Groceries. Coristmas Groceries. Slaiement 10 The Public. . HIS space has been re- . served by Sechler & Co., from this issue until issue of December 29th, inclusive. It is a goodly sized space, but it will take every inch of it every week of the time for which it has been secured to give the readers of the Watchman a reasonable idea of the kind, the variety and the amount of goods this firm has ordered to supply its Christmas trade. Messrs. Sechler & Co., have long been known and recognized as the leading Fine Grocers of Central Pennsyl- vania. And they are entitled to this homor. Other towns and cities may have establish- ments of the same kind as large and as extensive, but none that excel, in the quality of the goods handled. In fact while none excel there are but few that equal them in this matter; a matter of most vital importance to every man, woman and child, that eats. For many, many, years they have made it a rule to handle nothing that was not the BEST that could be pro- cured. There will be nodevia- tion from that rule now that Christmas goods in greater abundance and in greater variety. (if that is possible) than ever be- fore are being received. Next week this advertising campaign will be commenced. You should not fail to read what they have to say. Neither should you fail to re- member that there will he NOTHING —-ABSO- LUTELY NOTHING in the line of either Groceries. Confections. Fruits or other edibles, that will not be there waiting your wants or demands. To hunt. or send elsewhere for what you need will be sim- ply a waste of both time and effort. Sechler & Co. will have it. They are going to a big expense to tell you where you can get what you want—of much that you may not think of but need and we would advise your close reading of what they have to tell you. : And when you read what they have to say don’t forget that the word of that firm is as good as a bond. They won't mislead or deceive you. What they say they know you will find there. .
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