Bellefonte, Pa., March 8, 1912. —— _P- GRAY MEEK, TERMS oF SusscrIPTION,~Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance £1.00 Paid before expiration of year - 1.50 Paid after expiration of year 2.90 — Democratic State Convention. Democratic State Headquarters, Harrisburg, Pa., February 6th, 1912. To the Democrats of Pennsylvania: In pursuance of the rules governing the Demo- cratic party of Pennsylvania and agreeable to the action of the Democratic State Executive Com- mittee at a special meeting held in the Demo- Cratic State Headquarters, Harrisburg, on the last day of February, 1912, notice is hereby given that the Democratic State Convention will as- semble in the Majestic Theatre, at Harrisburg, on Tuesday, May 7th, 1912, at 12 o'clock, noon. The business to be transacted at said con- vention will be: The nomination of one candidate for Auditor General. The nomination of one candidate for State Treasurer. ‘The nomination of six candidates for Electors at large, and to elect in the manner provid- ed by the rules of the party, Twelve delegates and twelve alternates at large to the National Democratic Conven- tion, and to consider such other matters, pertaining to the interests and success of the party in Pennsyl" vania, as may be brought before it. WALTER E. RITTER, Chairman P. GRAY MEEK. Secretary. Mr. Palmer Talks War. Mr. A. MITCHELL PALMER continues to breathe the atmosphere of war. In a speech in Philadelphia last week he de- clared that there will be no compromise until the Democratic organization has been completely annihilated. What he expects to gain by this course has not been revealed. And those of us who have done our best to help bear the bur- den of party endeavor for the past quar- ter of a century are not able to derive much encouragement from such declara- tions. To our minds they augur disas- ter. But such signs fail to deter Mr. PALMER. He has had about all that he can hope for and is now willing to de- stroy the temple. For many years Mr. PALMER was a pa- tient and obedient follower of the organi- zation. Born with an extraordinary am- bition, he was checked in his aspirations by an unfriendly local public sentiment. ! IKE.—Mrs. I. E. Ike died quite sudden- : ly at her home in Tyrone last Thursday morning. She had been ailing for some time with kidney trouble but her condi- tion was not considered serious until the day before her death when complications set in and she sank rapidly until the end. Deceased’s maiden name was Miss Ma- reb Mary Sharpless, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sharpless, and she was i born at Sandy Ridge on September 4th, 1893. She was united in marriage to I. E. Ike on June 26th, 1911. The latter is employed as a brakeman on the Tyrone division and they lived at Sandy Ridge until last October when they moved to i Tyrone. Funeral services were held at her late home in Tyrone on Thursday evening and immediately afterwards the remains were taken to the home of her father at Sandy Ridge where final ser- vices were held on Saturday afternoon, and burial made in the cemetery at Osce- ola Mills. In addition to her husband she is survived by her father and two brothers, William and Lorenzo, all of Sandy Ridge. | | | BAER.—James Baer, of Tyrone, a well known flagman on the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, died at 8.45 o'clock on Saturday morning in the cabin of the freight train | applied all the restoratives at their com- | mand and did everything possible but the ' stricken man sank rapidly and death en- | sued before the train reached Port Ma- tilda. The remains were taken on the same train to Tyrone and later conveyed to the Baer home. Deceased was aged about forty-seven years and leaves a wife and ten children. | | PETTY.—Mrs. Mary Jane Petty, grand- mother of landlord H. S. Ray, of the Brockerhoff house, died at her home in Auburn, N. Y., yesterday morning, aged ninety-four years. Her death was the result of ageneral wearing out of the system. COURT CuULLINGS.—This has been a busy week in court and it may be some time tomorrow before the list is cleared up. Most of Monday morning's session was taken up in hearing motions and pe- titions and going over the list of cases called for trial. Two were continued, those of J. I. Wagner vs. A. R. Moon et. al, and W. H. Bradford vs. the Quaker from the fact that a total of $6,900 were Mr. HOWARD MUTCHLER, who was the City Coal company. i $ ' i This oli is at jhe sersice of those of ote u who re i €ipiess heir views on any subject of general or local interest. The ** Watchman will in no be responsible for . ments. real name of the author must accom- pany all communications, bul wiil be withheld Jrom: publication when the request is made | To Save Life and Reduce Cost of Living. | Editor Democratic Watchman. The various physical conditions of hu- man life are as numerous as mid-winter changes of climate, and to avoid the shivering high humidity have heen rie and course of Lake winds, that make Our Correspondents’ Opinions. | their ideas or state | : clouded belts that are dangerous to weak lungs of my affliction, forced me to , anchor in the central Pennsylvania moun- , tain range of wind moderation, and the | pines that perfume the air, to cure bron- : chitis in the accompanying knowledge , and means to obtain high grade food in | touch, to prevent and cure tuberculosis | and indigestion. | To obtain the liquid bread of digesting | solid food with least alcohol! possible, I ST. PAUL'S MET HODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, STATE COLLEGE. NEW METHODIST CHURCH AT STATE COLLEGE DEDICATED.—Sunday was a big day for the Methodists of State College, ! on which he was employed. The train : as on that day they formally dedicated seating capacity of 475. was on its way from Lock Haven to Ty- | their new church, St. Paul's Methodist , has been fitted out rone and when in the neighborhood of | Episcopal, with very impressive services. | contains an Unionville Baer was stricken with heart - The handsome new edifice was crowced ! casacity of 350. This will be the so- failure. His fellow workmen on the train to the doors on Sunday morning to hear cial room of the church and will also the dedicatory sermon, which was preach. | ed by Bishop William McDowell. of Chi- cago. Following the sermon Dr. B. C. Conner, of Altoona, district superinten- dent,made an address in which he told of | the struggle to build the church and the amount of money yet needed to clear it of debt. He urged those present to give | liberally and that they did so is evident pledged. This leaves a balance of $2,500 | to raise to clear the church of debt, but it is hoped to secure this amount at an early date. Services have been held in the church every night this week and will be continued until Sunday. The new church is 66x101 feet in size, built of native blue limestone, and trim- med with Hummelstown brown stone, and its total cost was $45,000. Of this amount $21,000 has been paid and pledged by the congregation; $10,000 was donated by the Board of Home Missions and Church extension, and over $11,000 were secured throughout the State by the persistent efforts of the pastor, Rev. J. McK. Reiley, Dr. B. C. Conner and Dr. C. M. Boswell. | place and the frescoing done by the C. ‘ made October brew of sixteen pounds of barley, roasted in cooking stove oven and : . . ground in lap coffee grinder, and with its two galleries, has a seating capacity twenty-five gallons pure rain water, boil of 425, while the Sunday school room, agh boiler and crocks for one hour with gallery and three class rooms, has a ith one and three-fourths pounds of our The basement ..iie hops (that should have been sun- complete and 4ried before using) the mash squeezed with a Guice therefrom allowed to settle and | placed in half barrel with eight pounds of brown sugar, fermentation forty-eight 3. . : , hours, allowing gaseous vent by bent addition there are a primary Sunday | 0 from bung hole to water in jar: school room, kindergarten, Brotherhood: | closed barrel for four months and on choir, boiler, store, toilet and wash rooms opening found liquid brown and rather and a kitchen. Forty pews in the audi- flat, bottled and corked the same with torium have been donated for the use of three pounds of hrown sugar, and have SraNgess avd ig health beverage that will not intoxicate 2 utiful new Eestey pipe organ, | : one-half the price of which was paid by | fu” © Sool digestive yower on ote Andrew Carnegic, is a memorial to Dr., poo oo beer of open brew that per- a % | Benjamin Gill. The pulpit furniture was | mits: alcoholic’ steam to esta presented by the preachers of Central | J ’ pe, within the ernment taxable revenue Pennsylvania M. E. conference, and the | officers TG Sova of beer? 1 it carpet by the Ladies Aid Society. Most the formula of my grandfather's brew of the windows are memorial and ex- | and their reply was, "if it contains one- ceedingly beautiful. They were put in| 016 of one per cent. in alcoholic per vol- | ume it is taxable by them.” Sent sam- Day Rudy company. N ' ple of brew to Bureau of Chemistry De- The ministers who were present on | partment of Agriculture and received the Sunday or during the week were Bishop | following reply: McDowell, of Chicago; Dr. B. C. Conner, | Mr. JAMES WoLFENDEN, Altoona; Dr. W. P. Eveland, Williams-| Lamar,Clinton County,Pa. port; Rev. E. R. Heckman, Bloomsburg; | Dee Sir: Rev. J. W. Glover, Freeland; Rev. G. M. ip HH sceuawledged ots Jour gt the Glenn, Philipsburg; Dr. A. S. Fasick, | your inquiry, I will state that the Bureau of Carlisle; Dr. B. H. Mosser, Huntingdon; | Chemistry analyzes only Interstate samples, and assembly room be used for the junior Sunday school. In recognized party leader in the Congress- ional district in which Mr. PALMER lived took an accurate measure of his charac- ter, and promptly turned him down. Then he attached himself to what was called the State machine and with the liberal financial help of Col. GUFFEY and Senator HALL, he finally “got” MuTcH- LER and secured a nomination and elec- tion to Congress. This triumph, not of PALMER'S merit, but of outside money, turned his head. He saw visions of greater political achievement and begged the Democratic State organization to further favor him. As a result he was made temporary chair- man of the State convention of 1909 and renominated and re-elected to Congress. This incident completely upset him. He came to imagine that he was greater than the influences which elevated him and he turned to abusing the organiza- tion. But he will dwell briefly in his im- aginary world of power. At the April primaries he will be retired finally and forever, a victim of an absurd and an un. grateful heart. ——TEDDY is finding out that the call for his re-election was a sound without significance. He may get delegates enough to entitle him to a place among those who “also ran,” however. ——Meantime we are able to discern no evidences that Mr. SCHWAB is arrang- ing to sell his steel property at a sacri- fice. ee — ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. ——Arthur Roderick, a Bellefonte Academy student, was taken to the Belle- fonte hospital last Friday suffering with quinsy. ——The county commissioners this week decided it would be necessary to in- crease the county tax rate from five to seven mills, in order to secure revenue sufficient to meet current expenses and provide the sinking fund for the payment of the county debt incurred by former boards of commissioners and in remodel- ing the court house. ————— ———Donald Lucas, a promising and dear boy of nine years of age, son of Mrs. Will- iam Bolten, of Pottsville, and grand nephew of Miss Overton, of this place, died in St. Luke's hospital Philadelphia, Tuesday evening, of Cerebro hemorrhage. He was one of the choir boys in the Epis- copal church at Pottsville and a general favorite with all who knew him. ——The overseers of the poor of Rush township closed negotiations on Monday for the purchase from the Catherine Holt heirs of the old John Bishop property on Cold Stream, which they will convert into a home for the poor of that township, The dwelling will be remodeled and en- larged and the ground, of which there are twelve acres, will be put under a good state of cultivation, and it is hoped that in this way the poor department will be able to reduce expenses. ns i Dr. R. H. Gilbert, Berwick, and Rev. E. The main auditorium of the church, with The first case called was that of Enoch | Tea : M. Stevens, Williamsport. Hugg vs. Nancy Schreckler, a retrial of | : an action of ejectment. After a jury had | LONG Drawn Our CASE DECIDED. — been called and sworn an amicable set. Among the decisions handed down by tlement was made. | the Superior court in Williamsport last The case of Mary Kauffman, formerly | Friday was that of Minerva B. Snyder Mendleman, vs. Celia and Henry Mir. VS The Pennsylvania Railroad company, » bach, took up a portion of Monday after- in an action to recover five hundred dol- noon and most of Tuesday. The action was brought to recovera loan of one thousand dollars. Verdict in favor of lars relief fund coming to her on account | of the death of her husband, the late i David W. Snyder, of Tyrone, in which the ACADEMY BASKET BALL.—~The Belle- fonte Academy basket ball team will play two home games this week. The first will be at 8.30 o'clock this (Friday) even- ing with the Academy alumni, now students at State College, and the second game will be tomorrow (Saturday) even- | ing with the strong Bucknell Academy ' five. Both games will be played in the! not samples for private parties, . I would, therefore, suggest that you have your fermented product analyzed by some pri- vate concern before placing it on the market. Respectfully, March 2, 1912 H. W. WILEY, Chief I have not the means to pay for ana- lyzation to private concern, and therefor I am in the wildernes of doubt relative to the low percentage of alcoholic liquid bread of life saving power and last Sat- urday solicited aid from our State Col- lege by sample pint bottle that cost forty- | five cents express, for humanity's sake in- the plaintiff for $1,063.33 i verdict of the lower court in favor of the The case of Samuel Osman vs. Spring | plaintifi was sustained. Snyder was a township, an action in trespass to recov- | fireman on the Bald Eagle valley railroad er damages for the drowning of a horse | and was killed on October 21st, 1900, in an unprotected lake in the road near | When his engine was thrown from the the Gentzel farm, and illness of himself | track in a collision with a cow. The ac. as the result of undue exposure, went to cident happened in Centre county and trial on Tuesday afternoon and after be. | MTS Snyder brought an action in tres- ing out most yesterday afternoon the ju. | Pass in the Centre county court to recov- ry came in at half past four o'clock with | ¥ damages. The case was tried in 1902 a verdict of $1,000 for Osman. before the late Judge John G. Love. Ex- Another case of interest to be heard Judge A. O. Furst and Thomas J. Sexton next week is that of the Penn Chemical | TéPresented Mrs. Snyder and Blanchard company vs. the Misses Ammerman. and Blanchard defended the railroad com- om | pany. After the evidence of the plaintiff | ELOCUTIONIST ~APPRECIATED.—As a ; had been presented Judge Love ordered i a compulsory non-suit. The case was | means of self improvement and to give carried to the Supreme court which sus. | to Mrs. Harriet Thomas Te Pleasure to others, tained Judge Love's decision. | Kurtz has devoted much ti to - Te He Mrs. Snyder then brought an action in | study of elocution. Her many friends have enjoyed and been greatly pleased with the recitals which she has occasion- of the Murray Grove at we were fortunate to have with us Mrs. H. T. Kurtz, a niece of hee —On Friday of last week the Lock Haven Express entered upon the thirty- first year of its existence, and though no special effort was made to celebrate its | birthday the paper contained a lengthy editorial in which was reiterated the in- tention to adhere to the policies it has | maintained through the almost a third of a century of its existence. The Express is one of the newsiest and best dailies of its size that comes to the WATCHMAN of- fice and we very sincerely hope for it | many more years of success and useful- ness. ~ ——The school board of State College | have taken out a petition for holding a special election to vote upon the question of increasing the borough indebtedness thirty thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting a new school building. The town has entirely outgrown its present facilities and the sentiment is favorable for a new building. If the voters puss the question of a loan at the special elec- tion the building will be erected during ' the coming summer. the Blair county court to recover the five hundred dollars due her from the relief fund. In this case the company contend. ed that inasmuch as the plaintiff had brought suit for damages she was not entitled to the relief money. The case was tried in Blair county in November, 1904, and the jury returned a verdict of $533.75. On an application for a new trial the case was later argued before Judge Bell and on September 9th, 1909, judgment was entered for Mrs. Snyder for $696,13. A rule to open judgment entered by the railroad company, was ar- gued before Judge ‘Thomas J. Baldrige, May 9, 1910. Judge James Shull was called in February 6, 1911, and after sion until March 30th, 1911, when the judgment was stricken off. Following this action the plaintiff's attorney appeal- ed the case to the Superior court and that body has just sustained the decision and award of Judge Bell. During the nine years of litigation the case has been heard by eighteen judges, two of whom, Judges Love and Bell are dead, and both the plaintiff's first attor- neys, ex-Judge Furst and Thomas J. Sex- ton, have also passed to the Great Be- yond. On account of the long litigation the costs in the case have piled up to a sum considerably in excess of the amount awarded the plaintiff in the judg- ment of the lower court, and about the only consolation is that as it now stands it is a victory against the railroad com- pany. : ——Al S. Garman, of Tyrone, was so pleased with the Ford car he bought last year, and the pleasure of automobiling, that ke has purchased a new Ford, model 1912, for this season; and as soon as the roads get in proper shape he will try it out on a trip to Bellefonte. ——— hearing the argument, reserved his deci- | will be any radical shake-up, though, of Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, will begin at 8.30 o'clock sharp, and the price of ad- mission will be 25 cents. | Friday of next week the Academy team will go to Pittsburg and that evening will | play the strong University of Pittsburg | team in the Westinghouse gymnasium at i Wilkinsburg. Saturday evening they ' will play the P. A. A. teamat the P. A.A. | club and after the game will be given | free access to the club swimming pool. Later they will be entertained at dinner | by A. R. Hamilton, of the University of Pittsburg. This will be the first time that an Academy team of athletes enter- ed into a contest in the Smoky city, and they naturally will try to make a good MINISTER'S ASSIGNMENTS ARRANGED IN SECRET CONFERENCE.— Behind closed doors at State College, on Monday and Tuesday of this week, Bishop McDowell, who will preside over the coming session of the Central Pennsylvania M. E. con- ference, and four of the five district superintendents, Dr. B. C. Conner, of Al- toona; Dr. R.H. Gilbert, of the Danville district; Dr. A. S.Fasick, of the Harris- burg district, aud Dr. B. H. Mosser, of the Juniata district, held a conference and discussed the various appointments for the ensuing year. Their report, however, will not be announced until the close of the sessions in Williamsport on March 29th. . There are over two hund- red and fifty appointments in the con- ference but it is not believed that there course, there will be some changes, as is imperative every year. COMPANY L ELECTS SECOND LIEUTEN- | ANT.—At a regular meeting of Company L, Twelfth regiment N. G. P., of this place, held last Friday evening the dead- lock which has existed the past six weeks over the selection of a second lieutenant to fill the vacancy caused by the election | of William H. Brown as captain of the company was broken, and Linn S. Black- ford was elected. The two candidates in the field were Mr. Blackford and Clyde Smith, of State College. The company now has a full complement of officers and men. i —=Congressman Charles E. Patton, of Curwensville, was an arrival in Bellefonte last Saturday noon and remained until Sunday looking after his interests for a re-nomination. Saturday evening he was tendered quite a reception at the Brock- erhoff house and later was entertained at the Elks and Bellefonte club. So far | the race for the Republican nomination | in this district is between Congressman Patton and W. F. DeHaas. vestigate the home product and interro- gation to wit: "What is the percentage of alcohol? What are the food nourish- ments? Can we commercially produce Bohemian hops?” all of which will be presented to you on receiving a reply. Yours faithfully, Lamar, Pa. JAMES WOLFENDEN, March 5, 1912, ~——ELKS ELECT OFFICERS.—On Mon- day evening the Beliefonte Lodge of Elks held their annual election and chose the following officers for the ensuing year: Exalted ruler, W. C. Cassidy; leading knight, Harry Eberhart; loyal knight, Homer Barnes; lecturing knight, W.D, Zerby; secretary, G. Gscar Gray; treas- urer, A. B. Kimport; tyler, R. S. Brouse Jr.; trustee Henry Lowry representative to Grand Lodge, D. Paul Fortney. Fol- lowing the election a luncheon was served. ~All the mail matter that came into the Bellefonte postoffice this week was not only weighed but counted and an ac- curate count kept of every piece of all classes of mail. In May a count and weight will be made of the outgoing mail matter. SPRING MILLS . S. L. Baum, of Camden, N. J., made a business trip here on Friday last. Samuel Wortz and family, of our town, moved to Tylersville last week. Mr, Wortz has a job in a saw mill, “Teddy” seems to have a vast majority of the straw votes, but when it comes to delegates he seems to be nowhere. Old folks say that instead of the backbone of winter having been broken, they think jt was only slightly fractured. B. A. Dondchy, who is employed at Renovo, was here a few days last week ona visit to his mother, Mrs. Maggie Donachy. . port traffic on the road as being very light. Dr. Braucht, who has been quite ill for several weeks, and recently had an operation performed at the Bellefonte hospital, is net improving very rapidly. All last week our walks were simply sheets of ice. Walking was almost out of the question, and the roads were very little better, so there was nc choice. Everybody was forced to play circus, | Suto serious mishaps have been reported. Flittings will soon be in order. Some of our folks are mow making preparations to change quarters. There will be quite a number of re- movals and changes in our town, on April 1st, but fortunately we are not short of dwellings. John Huss, the popular shoe maker of our town, son of the late Major Huss, “is a chip of the old block.” He has recently introduced several im- provements in hisshop, enabling him to get out work rapidly and well made. When Mr. Huss says that your work will be done on Friday, he does not mean on Friday a week, consequently there is never anv disappointment. ‘With the Churches of the County. { Notes of Interest to Church People of ! all Denominations in all Parts of the County. DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. A Sunday School Convention covering | the district included in Bellefonte, Spring | and Benner townships, will be held in j the Lutheran church at Pleasant Gap, | Thursday, March 14th, at 2.30 and 7.30 {p. m. Two addresses will be made at ! compelled to retreat from the open prai- | €ach session and a question box will be { opened in the afternoon. Every school { m the district is expected to send at least two delegates in addition to the | pastor and superintendent. Entertain- i ment will be provided for all delegates | who notify Mr. Wm. Bilger, R. F. D. No. | 2, Bellefonte, Pa., on or before Tuesday, March 12th, Miss Martha Robison, one | of the state workers, will be present. —— Rev. S. S. Clark will preach in the Baptist church at Milesburg on Sunday, March 10th, at eleven o'clock in the morn. ing and seven in the evening. A genera! jnvitation is extended the public to at- tend. Services next Sunday morning and evening in the Lutheran Church by 2 representative of the Susquehanna Univer- sity of Selinsgrove, Pa. em——. - Finds His New Home Both Pleasant apd 8 i g A F 5 REEE sits £533. 38 283% 3 8 j 58 i Z i g B i ! 1 li i i EF i © is g ? i HH : gis E 2 ; i § 3 ; Nora, Ind. ——Lewis Daggett on Monday pur- chased the pool room and cigar store outfit at State College from the John B. Meek company and took possession of the same on Tuesday morning. Robert Hood, who has been clerking for Daggett in his Bush house cigar store, has been placed in charge and in the future the room, as well as the cigar business, will be conducted in an up-to-date manner. Both Mr. Daggett and Mr. Hood are en- terprising, energetic gentlemen and all wish them success in their new underak- ing. A ————— ——————— PINE GROVE MENTION. Mrs. J. G. Bailey is housed up nursing a very heavy cold. Winter still hangs in the lap of spring and sleighing is gone. J. W. Waite, of Stormstuwn, was at the D. H. Krebs home Sunday. Waldo Homan, of Oak Hall, spent Sunday at the D. H. Krebs home at Fairbrook. Hon. J. W. Kepler is shy a- valuable cow that #ot its doom from the tusks of a big hog. Raymond Bridenbaugh, of Blair county, spent Jat weele with his cousin, Ross Louder. at Oak George Bell and wife, of Spruce Creek, spent several days with friends in and out of town last it? de Schruders, of Tyrone, spent several days with his cousin, Harry Sunday, in the early part of the week. Thursday evening a party of the younger set sledded to the Mc Fry home near town and en- joyed a dance. Mrs. Thos. Gramley, of Altoona, was a Centre Hugh McAfee, of Stormstown, was here Tuesday and bought a ton of pork of C. M. Dale at the 8%'cent mark. Elmer Ishler had a well put down 200 fee through solid rock and reports fifty feet of pure water. Mr. Sheffer did the job. The festival held by the ladies of the M. E. church in the I. 0. O.F. hall, Saturday evening, 35a; Wet stranded anid thet treasurer io tharicher Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers, of Alexandria, spent Saturday among old neighbors in town. Both are looking well and thoroughly enjoyed tl visit, W. D. Luding, who has charge of the Bear On the evening of the 29th of February a party of Tadpoler’s swooped down on the J. Cal Sunday home and took possession of it. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Sunday and her assistants and the evening spent in fun and music, Allie ported a rolicking good time. February 20th, 1912, is a date long to be remem- bered at the M. A. Dreiblebis home in East Fer- guson as it was his 50th anniversary and his wife sprung a real surprise on him by having fifty in evening. they almost forgot to report Mrs, Ed Irvin and two interesting little children came down from Altoona for a week's outing with friends at Baileyville. The final hop held by the younger set from Boalsburg, State College and Lemont and our town held in the town hall last Thursday evening was a delightful affair. The Deitrick orchestra, of Bellefonte, furnished the music. Refresh. ments were served at midnight and all present had a jovous good time. das
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