Terus oF SupscrIPTION.—Until further notice Paid strictly in advance . $1.00 Paid before expiration of year - 1.50 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 —— ——— 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, P. GRAY MEEK, Chairman Secretary. Work for Young Men. The State Young Men's Christian As- eh gi a ira wi young men in towns and vi without Associations may be some of the advantages of the organization. The State commit- tee is appointing in these places a - sentative, known as a uk ee te wi any young man leaves home to settle elsewhere for any purpose whatever. The State com- mittee forwards this information to the Association or church of the place in which the young man is to locate. He is met cordially and helped in finding a congenial home, in employment, and is introduced to the helpful influenc- es and Christian fellowship of his new he Wo poniling ber will also mem arrange for meetings in the interest of the men of this community and furnish information regarding Associa- tion work. Almost every city in the country has its Young Men's Christian Association, which stands ready to serve to the extent of its ability any young man who may come to them. 0 its members the Association provides social parlors, evening educational classes, en- tertainments, lectures and practical talks, gymnasiums, employment bureaus, board- ing-house classes for Bible study, young men’s meetings, etc., etc. These privileges are offered at so small a jeu that any Young man. can alford them. There are now 1 towns, colleges and among railroad men in the State of Pennsylvania besides cor- responding members in many of the smaller places. In response to a very demand for the extension of the ation work into the smaller towns and villages and rural sections of the State, the State com- mittee is undertaking the inauguration of county work, which federates the vil- lages and rural communities of a county and secures a Sounty secretary to lead in Work for men a boys. ) Jes ponding member co-operates in ex- tension of the Association's activities in aid of local young men. The State committe has recently ap- pointed Mr. H. N. Koch as . ing member for Pennsylvania Furnace. He will gladly give any aid or informa- tion about for young men that may be in his power. ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. ——Frank Crissman, who has been with the Diamond Rubber company at Akron, Ohio, the past nine months, has received his second promotion, and is now checking clerk in one of the depart- ments. — GY rr. ——Bellefonte Lodge Order of the Moose will hold their second annual ban- quet in their new club rooms in the Mec- Clain block on May 14th. It is expected that from two to three hundred people will attend, as not only the members but their wives are also invited. «A ——— —0On Wednesday Lewis Grauer left the home of his brother-in-law Mr. Lich- ten, in Philadelphia, and journeyed west to Rochester, Minn., to enter the sani- torium of the famous specialists, the Mayo brothers, owing to the fact that he is not recovering as rapidly as was hoped for. amma so AAA oem ——In accordance with the custom es- tablished two years ago Bellefonte will have its third annual Clean-Up-Week in May, beginning with Monday, thirteenth. Having known from observation the im- provement it has made in our town, and RisHEL.—Martin Luther Rishel, one of | Hicks.—Mrs. Hannah Hicks, widow of the best known and most kighly esteem- | the late John Hicks, died at the home of ed residents of Gregg township, died at | her daughter, Mrs. John Hamer, at Hun- his home near Farmers Mills at two tingdon Furnace, last Thursday, and confined to bed only about three weeks. lived until next October she would have Deceased was a son of Col. John Rish- been one hundred years old. And re- el and was born on the old homestead markable as it may seem up until her near Farmers Mills on January 3rd, 1850, late illness of only a little over a week hence was 62 years, 3 months and 29 she had the appearance anc intellect of a days old. Like all boys on the farm his woman sixty years of age. schooling was confined to from two to Her maiden name was Miss Hannah three months a year, but his thirst for Stine and she was born in Buffalo Run knowledge was so great that he persisted valley, being a sister of Jonas, John and in his studies until he was twenty-one Samuel Stine, old and well known resi- years of age. At that age he went into dents of that valley. She was twice mar- the Rishel homestead and two years later Whippo. After his death she married he rented the same. When his father ' John Hicks who died a number of years died and the homestead had to be sold to ago. To him she had five children, settie up the estate Mr. Rishel bought namely, Mrs. Joseph Edmiston, of State 112 acres of it and has made that his College; Mrs. John Hamer, of Hunting- only a progressive and successful farmer ' Buffalo Run; John, who died several but a man who took an active interest in | years ago at Lewistown, and another son everything pertaining to the welfare of whose name and whereabouts could not the community in which he lived. He be learned. All her married life was one of the leaders in Gregg township. As ‘the back road up Buffalo Run valley, evidence of the confidence the people of | until the death of her husband when she Gregg township had in him is the fact | went to live with her daughter. that he filled the office of justice of the! During her long life she was a mem- seven years, and was always regarded | pal church in Half Moon valley, and be- one of the fairest men in the county. He | sides being the oldest woman in the coun- his long term of membership filled every | ter, Blair and Huntingdon counties. She church office. He was the type of a man ' retained her faculties unimpaired until a and he will be greatly missed by the | church and the public at large. “history with the detail of a person half On January 12th, 1871, he was united | her years. Friends of the aged lady de- in marriage to Miss Catharine A. Houtz, | lighted in hearing her tell of the daring a daughter of Edward and Catharine | rescues of southern slaves during the Houtz, who survives with five children, early “thirties.” Still more vivid yet did namely: John E., of Centre Hall; Wil- she rehearse tales of the Mexican con- liam F., at home; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Brad- | flict and the excitement that attended ford, of Centre Hall; Mrs. Carrie E.|the Lincoln-Douglas debates prior to the Sinkabine, of Penn Hall, and Miss Rosa | Civil war. Irena, at home. He also leaves one sis-| Funeral services were held at the home ter, Mrs. E. F. Smith, of Dakota, Ill, | of her daughter on Saturday afternoon who came east three weeks ago andwas | and on Sunday the remains were con- with her brother during his last illness. | veyed to Gray's church in Half moon vai- Funeral services will be held at his late | ley where final services were held by Rev. home near Farmers Mills at 9.30 o'clock | M. J. Runyan. Burial was made in next Monday morning by his pastor, Rev. | Gray's cemetery. Fred W. Barry, of Centre Hall, after | | which burial will be made in the Union | Davis.—Suffering a stroke of paralysis cemetery at Farmers Mills. about two months ago Mrs. Emma Davis, | 2 wife of Frank P. Davis, died at her home KIMPORT.—After an illness of over at Culpepper, Virginia, on Monday morn. three years Miss Elizabeth Kimport, bet- | 5 aged fifty-eight years. Her maiden ter known as "Aunt Lizzie,” died at her | Das N.Y a Sle wae = - at — o'clock yesterday morning. He had been thereby passed away the cldest native of ailing all winter with stomach trouble Centre county and it is claimed the third | - land other complications but had been oldest person in the State, for had she partnership with his father in farming ried, her first husband being a Mr. home ever since. Mr. Rishel was not | don Furnace; Mrs. Jeremiah Roan, of | was a Democrat in politics and for years | spent on the: farm on what is known as | peace for the past consecutive twenty- ber of the Half Moon Methodist Episco- | was a member of the Evangelical Luth- ty she was, also, the oldest communicant i eran church of Farmers Mills and during of the Methodist Episcopal faith in Cen- . that any community can ill afford to lose | few days before her death and could re- | | call the stirring events of early American MILLER. —On Thursday night of last | | week Mrs. Lydia Miller died at the home | of her daughter, Mrs. William Nyman, at Fairview, and it is claimed that she was probably the oldest woman in the State, The exact date of her birth is not known but from 1 1e records in possession of the family itis said, she was between 109 and 112 years old. Notwithstanding this unusual longevity she was in good health up until quite recently and dur- ing her entire life required the services of a physician only three times. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Nyman, and a son, John, of Summit Hill. The | funeral was held last Saturday afternoon | County. Notes of Interest to Church People of all Denominations in all Parts of the County. DISTRICT QUARTERLY MEETING. The Jeneral district quarterly meeting, of the Free Methodist church will be held at G ville, two miles west of Phil- ipsburg, May 2nd to 5th, inclusive. This together with their wives, of the Tyrone district, also all the entire laiety. The church, for this coming meeting, has been thoroughly cleaned and neatly papered, which should add much to the , burial being made in the Advent ceme- tery. | ! | . CATHERMAN.— Frederick Catherman, one of the oldest residents of Millheim, died on Tuesday evening of paralysis! ; with which he was stricken the previous | evening. He was 89 years, 8 months and ! 10 days old and had beena resident of | Millheim for many years. Surviving him : are his wife and one son, William P., ot ! Penn township; also three grand-chil- | brothers and four sisters. He was a life- | long member of the Lutheran church. Rev. M. D. Geesey will have charge of ! the funeral services which will be held ! ‘this (Friday) morning at 9.30 o'clock, | burial to be made in the Fairview ceme- | . tery at Millheim. : | | i McCLELLAN.—George A. McClellan, a retired coal dealer, died at his home in ' Altoona on Monday evening of a compli- ' cation of diseases. He was born at Miles- ' burg, this county, on May 18th, 1842, | hence was almost seventy years of age. | He served throughout the Civil war as a | member of the Forty-ninth regiment, | Pennsylvania volunteers. In 1866 he was | married to Miss Caroline Fultz, of this | county, and in 1873 the family moved to Altoona where they have resided ever since. Surviving the deceased are his | wife and four children. The funeral was | held yesterday afternoon, burial being | made in Fairview cemetery. ' | SHAFER.— John L. Shafer, a retired farmer living at Jacksonville, died on Sunday morning after an illness of some weeks. A son of Jacob Shafer he was born in Spring township and was 57 years, 7 months and 4 days old. For many years he lived on the old Vonada farm near Mann's schoot house. He was united in marriage to Miss Emma Vonada, who survives with one brother, S. H. Shafer, of Zion, and a sister, Miss Emma Shafer, of Pleasant Gap. Funeral serv- ices were held at his late home at ten | spirit of the meeting. As to invitations, whosoever will may come. REv. L. L. Apams, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Service Sunday 10:45 a. m. Wednes- day 8 p. m,, 9} E. High street. —Justice of the peace Henry D. Brown moved into his new office under the’ Lyric theatre yesterday. PINE GROVE MENTION. Struble. Geo. Swabb is confined to the house with a billious attack. Lloyd Frank, of Graysville, transacted business in town Friday. J. A. Decker is shy a good cow which died Sunday morning. Richard Markle left today to resume his job in the hospital at Warren. L. D. Fye is breaking ground for a new house on west College avenue. Miss Phoebe Potter is confined to her bed, suf- fering a general break down. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Reed were Sunday visitors at the Benjamin Everhart home. Thursday the brick works at Struble resumed operations with a full crew of men. Farmer Charles Kuhn was obliged to kill one of his horses Monday, because of tetanus. A. W. Oliver has been under the doctor's care the past ten days, suffering a billious attack. Miss Sadie Dannley was a Bellefonte visitor Thursday, taking a peep at the spring fashions, Will Wagner, wife and daughter Helen, of Altoona, attended the Kimport funeral Tuesday. Chas. Colobine and wife Levi Bathurst spent Sunday at the William Briggs Wilson Henry has been confined to the house all winter but is now slowly and we hope surely recovering. Samuel Wagner is building an addition to his residence, which when completed will be very convenient, Joe Meyers, of Axe Mann, is visiting friends and relatives at Boalsburg, awaiting fine weather for farming, Monday Ira Brown moved to the Harry Musser home at Struble and Mrs. Tressler now lives in the house he vacated. "Squire Keller is having his residence on Main street decorated with a fresh coat of steel gray paint with pea greentrimmings. With the Churches of the T. R. Renoufices meeting will comprise all the ministers, | and Mr. and Mrs. | home in Harris township on Sunday morning at four o'clock, death being | caused by a hardening of the arteries. Bellefonte a number of years, Mr. Davis being employed here as a moulder. Five o'clock on Wednesday morning by Rev. Rev. Shultz is now in the Bellefonte hospital E. F. Faust, burial being made in the | Undergoing treatment for throat trouble. His ————— ~~ Mass. Delegates. Delegates-at-Large Won by Roosevelt , Through intricacy of Ballot Ordered | to Vote For Taft. 3 i Refusal of three of the Massachu- | setts delegates-at-large to abide by the ! decision of Colonel Roosevelt to re- | Bounce his claim in favor of President ; Taft to the delegation-at-large of eight | members has added to the complica- | tions in the first presidential prefer- | ence primary held in Massachusetts. The returns showed that eighteen | delegates had been instructed to vote for the renomination of President ' Taft, while an equal number were chosen on the Roosevelt ticket. All the Taft delegates were district | delegates, while those of Colonel | Roosevelt were ten from the districts | and the eight delegates-at-large. De- ; spite the fact that the eight delegates- at-large were elected for Colonel Roosevelt, the state gave President ' Taft a plurality of 3605, and this, ac- dren, two great grand-children, three | Otis Hoy isbreaking ground for a new home ar | COrding to the Roosevelt statement, | prompted him to renounce his claim | to them. The Republican voters by | the plurality of 3605 plainly expressed | their preference for President Taft, | but through the intricacy of the ballot | failed to record this preference for him in the delegates-at-large. The statement of Colonel Roosevelt, | renouncing his claim to the delegates- ' at-large, as received by each of the ! eight, follows: “In Massachusetts the ballot con- | tained the names of eight candidates | for delegates-at-large, with printed un- | der each the words ‘pledged to vote | for Theodore Roosevelt,’ and also con- | tained a column in which the voter | was to express his preference as to | whether I or Mr. Taft should be nomi- | nated as president. | “It would seem unlikely that a ma- | jority of the voters would both vote | for the delegates pledged to me and at | the same time express a preference | for Mr. Taft, but apparently this is | what has happened. Such being the: case, and on the assumption that the | preferential vote is for Mr. Taft, | i hereby announce that I shall expect these delegates-at-large to disregard the pledge to support me, and support Mr. Taft; and if any one of them hesi- tates so to do I shall immediately write him and urge him with all the emphasis and insistence in my power lo take the course indicated and sup- | port Mr. Taft in the convention. | “In this fight | am standing for cer- | tain great principles, which I regard | as vital to the present and future wel- fare of this nation. My success is of value only as an incident to securing | the triumph of these principles. Fore i most amongst these principles is the | right of the people to rule and the years ago they moved to Belleville, Associations in cities, | beth Kimport and was born seventy-six She was a daughter of John and Eliza- years ago, in the old homestead in which she lived all her life and finally died She was one of a family of eight children and her parents were among the early settlers of that neighborhood. The Kim- port home by the way, was known far and wide for its wide open-door and general hospitality. She was a member of the Methodist church and had at all times implicit faith in the teachings of the gospel. This was exemplified by the fact that when she realized the end was near she calmly and unflinching- | ly requested that her favorite hymns "Lead Me to the Rock that is Higher Than I,” and "Nearer My God to Thee” be sung and that the 61st Psalm be selected as the theme for the funeral ser- mon. Rev J. Max Lantz had charge of the services which were held at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, burial being made in the Sprucetown cemetery. | | STERE.—On Saturday of last week Mrs. Harry Stere, of Unionville, gave birth to a little daughter and on Sunday she was seized with convulsions and died in a few hours. Her maiden name was Miss Bessie Miles and she was born in Huston township almost thirty years ago. In 1901 she was united in marriage to Harry M. Stere and the result of the union was six children, three of whom preceded their mother to the other land. The surviving children are Marion Ward, James Blair and Bessie, who mourn their loss with the grief stricken father. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. H. A. McKin- ney, of Port Matilda, and two brothers, Edward, of Portage, and Roy, of Traf- ford. In early life she became a mem- ber of the Methodist church but later af- filiated with the Presbyterian church and was always among the most willing and cheerful workers. Revs. Zeigler and Kelley had charge of the funeral services which were held on Tuesday, burial be- ing made in the upper cemetery at Un- | ionville. from experience the satisfaction given to | | | every resident who responded to the ap- | DAvis.—Frank Davis, a railroad brake- peal of the past two years, the committee man, died at the home of his parents at in charge are anticipating a general and Julian at 8.30 o'clock on Saturday even- thorough cleaning out of everything that ing, of convulsions. Several years ago is unpleasant to the eye or a menace to while working for the Baltimore and Ohio health. However small or large the ' railroad company he was badly injured properties may be, look to it that you in an accident at McKeesport and never burn or remove all rubbish and ashes recovered his health. He was a son of which is surely distasteful to you and Ira F. and Nancy J. Davis and was born most uhpleasant for your neighbor. Clean at Julian November 9th, 1876, hence was your gutters, clean your yards, clean out | in his thirty sixth year. He was unmar- your stables, clean up the allies, help | ried and a member of the Baltimore and clean behind the buildings, you havedone | Ohio railroad relief association. Surviv- your share in littering up, nail on the | ing him are his parents, living at Julian, loose pales of your fence, plant flowers, | and two brothers and two sisters, namely: clear your buildings of unsightly adver- | Ira, of Pitcairn; James, of Altoona: Eva tisements and help in every way possible and Nina at home. The funeral was held to make our beautiful Bellefoate more ' at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, burial beautiful. being made in the cemetery at Julian. \ » Mifflin ceunty and a year later to Cul- pepper, Va. Surviving the deceased are her husband and the following children: Mrs. J. C. Wian, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Claude Camper, of Culpepper, Va.; Wii- liam, of Washington, D. C, and Mrs. Welsh, of Lakeville, N. Y. Spencer Bar- low, of Bradford, is her only surviving brother. The body was brought to Belle- fonte yesterday and the funeral will be held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wian, on Logan street, this morning, burial to be made in the Union cemetery. | ! STINE.—Mrs. Anna Evaline Stine died at her home in Wilkinsburg on April 11th after an illness of some weeks. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Beck and was born at Centre Line, this county, on November 1st, 1875. In 1904 she was united in marriage to G. C. Stine and the couple made their home in Wil- kinsburg. When seventeen years of age she joined the Centre Line Lutheran church but after her removal to Wilkins. burg had her membership transferred to the United Brethren church of that city. She leaves to mourn her death her hus- band, her father, Isaiah Beck, of Centre Line; one sister, Mrs. W. C. Dunlap, of Manchester, Ind, and four brothers, Harry, of DuBois; John, of Osceola Mills; Mahlon, of Tyrone, and Clyde at home. The remains were taken to Cen- tre Line where burial was made on April Beh. | | Kunes.—Mrs. Helen Kunes, wife of Cletis Kunes, died at her home at Jersey Shore on Saturday of last week, following a three weeks illness with typhoid fever and other complications. Her maiden name wae Miss Helen Poorman and she was born near Beech Creek twenty-seven years ago. When six years of age she was taken to raise by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan J. Bitner and lived with them until her marriage four years ago to Cletis D. Kunes, of Blanchard. They re- sided in the latter place until a month ago when they moved to Jersey Shore. In addition to her husband she is survived by a little three year old daughter, her mother, one brother and three sisters. Burial was made in the Disciple cemetery at Blanchard on Monday afternoon. ’ | ! SWEETWOOD.—Mrs. J. W. Sweetwood died at her home in Georges valley last Saturday after an illness of several months. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kennelley and was born at Spring Mills, being at her death 65 years and 10 days old, All her married life was spent in Georges valley where she was well and favorably known. In addition to her husband she is survived by nine children all of whom are residents of Centre county except two. Funeral was held from her late home on Tuesday. Rev. Fre] W. Barty officiated and butial was made in the rges valley cemetery. quite suddenly of heart failure while { walking through the hall of her home in | | Philipsburg on Monday morning. She was born in New Jersey and was 64 years, 4 months and 4 days old. She was united in marriage to George Swisher about fifty children, seven of whom survive, as fol- ! lows: Mrs. John Shunkweiler, Frederick and Mrs. James McNeir, of Patton; Mrs. James McCliment and Morgan, of Morris- dale; Harry and Margaret, of Philips- burg. The funeral was held yesterday, burial being made in the Philipsburg cemetery. ; : PARSONS.—Mrs. Jemima Parsons died at her home in Milesburg last Friday morning after an illness of three months with a complication of diseases due to her advanced age, which was 77 years and 5 months. She was a member of the Methodist church and a good christian woman. Surviving her are two daugh- ters, Mrs. C. A. Magnuson, of St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. Frank Wallace, of Miles- died on Sunday at her home on Thomas street after a brief illness with asthma, aged 37 years, 5 months and 13days. She is survived by her husband,two daughters, Margaret, Marie and an infant son ten days old. Funeral services were held in the United Brethren church at two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. C. W. Winey officiating, after which burial was made in the Union cemetery. The family desires through the WATCHMAN to extend thanks to their neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during their bereavement. mi es AY REMOVE THE LOOSE STONES.—The Leg- islature of 1901, passed a law making it compulsory on the part of supervisors to enter into a contract with one or more tax payers to remove the loose stones from well traveled highways at least once a month during the months of April to October inclusive. Neglect or refusal to carry out the provisions of the Act entails a penalty of ten dollars for each and every offense. Centre county supervisors should see that the above law is obeyed and run no risk of prose- cution. PO —— —Something entirely new to Belle- fonte theatre goers coming Monday, May 6th, Mr. Ewing with his talking pictures, at the opera house. Children 5 cents, adults 10 cents. An evening of rare | duty of their representatives really to Jacksonville cemetery. | Wife is there also, but somewhat improved , Joe Thompson, of Port Matilda, on Monday M. C. Rossman's thoroughbred stal- | purchased SWISHER. —Mrs. George Swisher died | lion. Heisa good judge of that type of horses. "Squire Isaac Woomer made a business trip through Clearfield and Jefferson counties last week, looking atter his large grain and milling Miss Margaret Glenn, who was in the Belle- fonte hospital, returned home Monday morning, well and happy and has only the kindest words of years ago and to them were born eight | praise for the nurses and medical staff. Health officer Port came near giving the under- taker a job. On Tuesday, while fumigating the Smith residence he was overcome with the fumes of formaldehyde and it took some work to bring him around. The last will and testament of the late J. Cal. Sunday bequeaths all of his personal effects to his widow, the farm to be sold and proceeds divided share and share alike between his four children. His brother Elmer and W. S. Ward are the executors. LEMONT. This has been a cold, wet week. Mrs. John Fishel, who has been quite ill for some time, is not improving much. Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong is confined to her home and reported quite ill at present. The whippoorwills have put in an appearance, 80 itis presumed there will be no more snow. Jacob Herman took a load of pigs to the Phil ipsburg market last week, to sell to old custom- ers. George Herkimer is reported quite ill at his home at Houserville, with a complication of dis’ eases, The gardening season i$ here, but the weather has been unfavorable to do much work in the ground, The fruit trees are coming into leaf very slowly and many of the blossoms were frozen before coming out into bloom. Norris Martz, one of the hustling farmers of this community, has sown some oats but this wet, cold weather will not help it to grow. Last week two who claimed to hail from Jefferson county, to buy several farms near Dale's Summit from S. C. Bathgate and D. A. Some of our fishermen ordered a lot of trout from the Bellefonte hatchery, and put them into Spring creek west of Oak Hall, last Saturday evening. SPRING MILLS. Fishing is a little off just now. Very few of our fishermen are trying their luck. Wim. Pealer is still confined to his bed, and Mrs. Lucinda Runkle does not improve very rapidly. Both have been on the sick list for the last ten Our popular magistrate, T. B, Jamison, was quite illa week or ten daysago, but is up again right and that “Richard's himself again.” Our folks are beginning to think that the con. densary plant, so much talked about and to be located here, is only a fancy sketch. It was re ported, said to be reliable, that operations would be commenced on the buildings a month ago, but evidently there was nothing in it but talk. Considerable plowing and garden making was done last week, but as usual the rains interfered very materially with the job. Of course much of the work must be done in May. Plenty of time for the garden as it would be almost useless to pleasure for little money. Wait for it. plant anything just now. Very little would grow, the weather is too raw and cold. attending to business and says he is feeling all | Fepresent them, in nominating con- ventions no less than in executive or legislative officers. If the majority of the rank and file of the Republican party do not wish me nominated, then | most certainly I do not wish to be | nominated. | “My aim has been to get the genu- | ine expression of their genuine desire | precisely as, if nominated, I should ! desire to get at the polls the genuine | expression of the majority of the whole people; because my only pur- pose in being elected president would be to put into effect certain princi- pdes and policies in which I ardently believe, and which I could not possi bly put into effect unless I had be- hind me the hearty support of the ma- jority of our citizens.” On the Democratic ticket, although ten of the fifteen candidates for delc gates-at-large to Baltimore either werc pledged to or indicated to be “for” Governor Foss, there was no Fos name in the presidential preference column. Speaker Clark, whose name appeared in the preference and who defeated Governor Wilson by a vote of two to one, did not have a single pledged delegates on the list. Many of the Democratic district delegates were also elected pledged to Foss. Lost Legs Boarding Train. Sherwood Eberhardt, a youth of twenty years, giving Easton, Pa. as his home, lost both legs while trying to board a fast Lake Shore freight at Erie, Pa. He was picked up in a seri- ous condition from loss of blood. Waits 104 Years to Vote For Taft. Mrs. H. Lawson Hill, 104 years of age, of San Francisco, Cal, the oldest living Daughter of the American Rev- olution, will cast her first vote in No- vember, and she says it will be for Taft. Pensioned by Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie has pensioned at $40 a month for life sixty-year-old John Piper, of Altoona, Pa., an infirm son of Colonel, Piper, long associated | with the Carnegie Iron company at | Braddon: | “Dry” Law Hits Lunches. | Free lunches are barred by law in Allegheny county, Pa. saloons. As a first result it was reported that cheese has dropped 3% cents a pound. Electric Co. Official Killed by Auto. Hinsdill Parsons, vice president and general counsel of the General Elec- ! tris company, of Schenectady, N. Y., was killed in an automobile accident on the Pittsfield road a few miles 'eost of Albany. The chauffeur was badly injured. i Quadruplets Born. | Four children, two sons and two aughters, were born to Mrs. John Peters, of Waverly, near Springfield, 'IlIl. The children average five and 2 half pounds, and all four, as well a3 the mother, are ¢»ing well. —
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