paper will be furnished to subscribers at the Howin rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.00 Paid before expiration of year - 1.50 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 ——You can’t go amiss in buying your Christmas goods from those who invite you to do so through the WATCHMAN. day night, and thus passed away a man | who was a unique character as well as = one who for years had been a familiar ‘figure on his frequent visits to Belle- fonte. : i GENSIMORE.—George W. | greak-down in health William Witmer ' | died at his home in Buffalo Run on Tues- | ! WITMER.—As the result of a general: Gensimore, a native of Warriorsmark valley, died on Tuesday at the home of his daughter, | Mrs. H. F. Cogan, at Bald Eagle, after | being in failing health for months. He | was a son of John and Elizabeth Gensi- | more and was born, on May 11th, 1837, {hence was 75 years, 6 months and 29 He was born at Hartleton, Clinton | days old. When a young man he engag- | county, ninety-one years ago. The first | ed in farming and for many years lived | twenty years of his life were spent at the | on Eden Hill, Huntingdon county. His | home of his birth and then he decided to | strike out for himself. He came to Cen- tre county and hired out to different | farmers to do grubbing in clearing the forest land for farm purposes. He work- | ed in this way for several years, saving | wife died some years ago but surviving him are the following children: Harry | C.,, of Utica, N. Y.; Mrs. Mary M. Cogan, | of Bald Eagle; Mrs. Emma P. Loner, of | Tipton, and Mrs. Caroline W. Nearhoof, jof Warriorsmark. William C. Gensi- They are every one reputable, responsi- | his money until he accumulated sufficient | more, of Birmingham, and Mrs. Caroline ble dealers. They deserve your patron- | to buy a tract lof land where he started | Wallace, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, are his age; they believe they have what you MAN guarantees the honor and honesty of every advertisement it accepts. It wants its readers to have the very best that is going at prices that are fair and it knows that they will get these by dealing with those who, in a business way, ask them ina friendly and honest spirit, through its columns, to come and see them. The dealer who doesn’t ask you doesn’t want your trade. He has an idea that it is not worth asking for, and if you £0 to see him he won't care if he can ac- commodate you or not. The man who wants your patronage will do the best by you. Remember this and be sure, if you are a reader of the WATCHMAN, that it is you that those who advertise in it are wanting as patrons and will do the very best they can to please you. ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. TELEPHONE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. — The installation of the modern system by the Bell Telephone company of Penn- sylvania is progressing steadily but the work will hardly be completed to put in use by the first of the year, as expected. The installation of such a system, in an exchange the size of the one in Belle- fonte,j entails an enormous amount of work,fnot only in the operative depart- ment, but in the cable and wire system on thejstreets. In the latter work chang- es arefbeing made to get rid of the poles on High street, from the railroad to Spring street, something that the busi- nessfmenfand property owners of that thoroughfare have fought for for years, and finally got the co-operation of coun- cil. But in getting rid of the poles on High street council, the Street committee, borough engineer or whoever evercises the authority, has not been very particu. lar as to the location of poles on other streets. On west High street, south Water, Spring. Lamb and one or two other throughfares the poles have apparently been planted to suit the convenience of the telephone company and not with re- spect to the wishes of adjoining proper- ty owners or the appearance of the street. Just why one protion of the town should be regarded with more favor than anoth- er is beyond our conception, but council appears to be running the thing to suit some people without regard to others, or the marring of the appearance of some very much traveled streets by a lot of unsightly poles. SHIVERY — RICE.—Andrew J. Shivery and Miss Mary Rice, two well known young people of Bellefonte, slipped quiet- ly away to Williamsport last Friday and at 7.30 o'clock that evening were united in thegholy bonds of matrimony. From there they took a short wedding trip to DuBois and other towns in Clearfield county. The bride is a daughter of Mr Harry Rice and is a very pleasant young lady. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Shivery and is an in- dustrious and energetic young man. May they have many years of happiness and prosperity together is the wish of all their friends. ————— A] > so—— WiSER—WOODRING.—Thurman C. Wis- er and Miss Sarah E. Woodring, both of Port Matilda, were quietly married at the parsonage of the Broad Avenue Meth- odist church in Altoona, last Thursday evening, by the pastor, Rev. Gordon A. Williams. The only attendant was Mrs. Edith Johnson, of Tyrone, a close friend of the bride. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Woodring, of Port Matilda, while her husband has been in business there a number of years. They expect, however, to locate in Chi- cago, where they will go at the expira- tion of their wedding trip. Gp —License court will be held tomor- row when the applications of thirty-four hotel men will be presented to the court for the granting of a license to sell liquor during the year beginning April 1st, 1913, Three hundred residents of Philipsburg —men, women and minors—have filed a general remonstrance against the grant. ing of any licenses in that town and an individual remonstrance against each ap- plicant, but they are all based on the op- position to licenses in general and con- tain no specific charges. So far as known no particular fight will be made against any applicant, as no new licenses have been applied for. ——Capt. Jacob W. Meese, abrother of the late John Meese, of this place, died at his home in New York Monday. t in he yor be waa's leuten: an! » Zt in Company 2 Fore in farming and where he made his home | ever since. Of frugal taste and inclina- | Would buy another farm until he finally | was the possessor of seven farms and had considerable money out on mortgag- {es. In fact his wealth is estimated at | from $100,000 to $150,000. On account | of failing health he retired from active | work several years ago. Mr. Witmer was twice married, but had been a widower for a number of years. His surviving children are James, | at home; Mrs. John Felding, of Linden Hall; Mrs. Aaron Thomas,of Centre Hall, and Mrs. John Kline, of near State Col- lege. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs Eli Baney and Mrs. Daniel Eberhart, of Bellefonte. The funeral will be held at nine o'clock this (Friday) morning, bur- ial to be made in the cemetery at Shiloh. | 1 SHAFFER.—The very sudden death of Ellis S. Shaffer, at his home in Madison- burg last Friday night, was a shock to his many friends all over the county. For several months past he had been clerking at the Ward house in Tyrone and on November 27th he went to his home in Madisonburg for Thanksgiving. He caught a heavy cold and typhoid pneu- monia developing caused his death. Deceased was a son of Adam and Mary Shaffer and was born on the old Shaffer homestead near Madisonburg on Septem- ber 2nd, 1856. His early life was spent on the farm and after the death of his father he moved to Madisonburg. Several years ago he accepted a position as clerk at the Ward house, Tyrone,and was there for quite a while. This summer he clerked at the Garman house in this place, but about two months ago resign- ed to accept a similar position at the Ward house. Mr. Shaffer was a lifelong Democrat and in 1905 he was nominated for sheriff on the Democratic ticket but was defeated. He was a member of the Lutheran church and of the Odd Fellows. He was twice married, his first wife be- ing Miss Jennie L. Frank, of Rebersburg, who died eleven years ago. He later married Miss Alice Nestlerode who sur- vives with no children. He also leaves one brother, Uriah S. Shaffer, of Madison- burg, and a sister, Mrs. J. W. Hazel, of Spring Mills. The funeral was held on Tuesday morning, burial being made in the Lutheran cemetery at Madisonburg. I 1 SwaBB.—Quite a sudden death at Pine Grove Mills on Sunday was that of Mrs. Emma Swabb, wife of Frank Swabb, who died after a brief illness with bronchial trouble. She was a daughter of Thomas and Mary Leach Black and was born in the east end of Stone valley sixty-one years ago. On September 17th, 1878, she was married to Frank H. Swabb, and for a number of years they lived in Harris township, later moving to near Pine Grove Mills. She was a member of the Lutheran church and an earnest christian woman. Surviving her are her husband and eight children, namely: Mrs. Blanche Erb, of Maryland; Mrs. Margaret Gearhart, in Minnesota; George M. and Mrs. Fred Williams, of Pine Grove Mills; Mary H., Grace L., Bertha L., Helen IL and Claude L. at home. Mrs. Effie Au- man, of Altoona, is her only surviving sister. The funeral was held from the Luth- eran church in Pine Grove Mills at 1.30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. L. S. Spangler had charge of the services and burial was made in the new ceme- = I [ LONGsHORE.—Melville Longshore, for many years a resident of Beech Creek, died at his home in Kane on Monday, of pneumonia. He had been afflicted with asthma for many years and moved to Kane from Beech Creek in the hope that the higher altitude would prove benefi- cial. He is survived by his wife, who Smith, of Beech Creek,and eight children. He was a bookkeeper by occupation and an honest, trustworthy citizen. The re- mains were buried at Kane on Wednes- Sy 1 1 PARKER.—Webster B. Parker, a brother of G. Ross Parker, of this place, died at prior to her marriage was Miss Susan | surviving brother and sister. Rev. John | A. Woodcock officiated at the funeral which was held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, burial being made in Birming- ham. | BODLE.—Mrs. Mary Bodle, widow of the late James Bodle, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Shuey, near State College, on Saturday after- noon, aged 77 years and 5 months. She is survived by one son, William, of State College, thirteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Two brothers and one sister also survive. Burial was made in the Houserville cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. ! | BiLLETS.—Wiliam T. Billets, father of Mrs. Robb, of east Lamb street, died at his home near Nittany on Tuesday, of apoplexy, after a brief illness. He was 75 years, 5 months and 25 days old and is survived by his wife and a number of children. The funeral was held yester] day, burial being made at Cedar Springs ———— PARCELS PosT.—The new parcels post law will go into effect on January 1st, 1913, and as it will no doubt prove a great convenience to many people, es- pecially those living in rural communi- ties miles away from a railroad station or express office and yet within reach of the rural free delivery, a few facts rela- tive thereto may be of interest. All fourth class matter sent by parcels post must bear a distinctive stamp which will be issued for that purpose. These stamps will be red in color, 1x1} inches in size and of all necessary denominations. The rates are reasonable enough to make the system one of pecuniary saving as well as an accommodation. Any matter that is indestructable can be sent by parcels post up to eleven pounds in weight. This is the maximum. The postal rate will depend entirely upon the distance car- ried. While the maximum weight of one package is eleven pounds the size ismuch greater in proportion. In fact the maxi- mum size of a package is three feet each way. Under the international parcels post system, which has been in operation for some time, a package was sent from the Bellefonte postoffice this week to England which was put up in a crate about two feet long by twenty inches wide and deep. Imagine a rural mail carrier starting out with a dozen or more packages of that size, or even larger. Not long ago a package weighing eleven pounds was sent from the Bellefonte of- fice to China at a cost of $1.32; and the same amount of postage would have car- ried it around the world under the inter- national parcels post system. The Unit- ed States parcels post system is rated according to distance, full information regarding schedule of rates, etc., being obtainable from any postmaster. *oe KEELER CONVICTED.—John O. Keeler, who an September 14th, shot and killed Joseph W. Roessner, owner of the Clear- field brewery, and also shot three other men, was convicted of murder in the first degree in the Clearfield county court last week. The trial began on Wednes. day and the case was given to the jury Thursday evening. They were out until nine o'clock Friday morning. Keeler was put on the stand and his only defense was that he was intoxicated at the time and did not know what he was doing. The convicted man was born and raised in the neighborhood of Curtin, this coun- ty, and lived quite a number of years in Bellefonte, moving to Clearfield about eight years ago. He had been employed as an extra driver at the Clearfield brew- ery for two years but had been discharg- ed for drunkenness, and the shooting was undoubtedly done in a spirit of revenge. It is hardly likely that an application will be made for a new trial. ——About all the yearling trout avail- able for distribution have béen shipped from the Bellefonte hatchery and planted in various trout streams throughout the State. The total number distributed was less than one hundred thousand. But when the fact is taken into consideration that the trout were from three to six inches in length, and that ninety per cent. of them will survive after being trans- ferred to the stream, the number will bear comparison with the two million trout fry distributed in the spring of which vast number probably not over two per cent. survived and grew to fish- able size. Spawning and hatching season is now next in order at the Bellefonte hatchery. ~——During the past week or ten days several Bellefonte women while ANNUAL MEETING oF FRUIT GROWERS. —The second annual convention of the fruit growers association of Centre coun- ty, Pa., will take place at Millheim Friday and Saturday, 13th and 14th of December, 1912. First session Friday 9:30 a. m., at which time the reading of minutes of tion of officers for the year 1913, will be put in order. Send your apples to A. Bartges, Millheim, Pa, or bring them yourself and let there be a large display of fruit. We have good speakers to talk on the following: PROGRAM. Friday, A. M., Fertilization of Apple Orchard. Dr. J. P. Steward. Friday, P. M., The Making and Use of Lime Sulphur. Dr. J. P. Steward. Friday, P. M., Educating Young Orchard. Dr. Murray. Friday, P. M., The Influence of Cultural Methods alone and with fertilization upon yield and quality in Apples. Dr. J. P. Steward. Friday Evening, Business Methods in Marketing Apples. Dr. Murray. Saturday, A. M., The Spraving of Orchards. Dr. J. P. Steward. Saturday, A. M., Fillage U. S. Sod Mulch. Dr, Murray. CYRUS BRUNGART, President. ae YEAGER SWING FACTORY A THING OF THE PAST.—The Yeager Swing factory which has been operated in Bellefonte for a number of years past, either has or will be dissolved in the near future. They have not been in operation for some time past and about a month ago Frank E. Naginey purchased their entire stock of manufactured products, consisting of over two thousand pieces of taborets and swings. He has disposed of the entire stock in various towns and cities with the exception of a limited number that be kept himself. The passing out of ex- istence of this company means the end of another Bellefonte enterprise which flour ished for a brief time, then went under because of close competition and other causes. ————— A —— —Don’t read an out-of-date paper. Get all the news in the WATCHMAN. PINE GROVE MENTION. Had zero weather Monday morning. Mrs. Mary Glenn is housed up, suffering witha healed jaw. Miss Vida Corl is ill with an attack of acute indigestion. W. E. Stover, of Pitcairn, visited Centre county friends last week. A good deal of fall plowing has been done throughout the valley, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kimport were Sunday visitors at State College. Mrs. Maude Fry is under the doctor's care, in the clutches of la grippe. Our genial friend, Andy Lytle, is housed up with an attack of tonsilitis, J. Frank Weiland, of Linden Hall, was here on Tuesday buying up hay and feed. Mrs. Mary J. Stewart and Mrs. Olie Bowersox, of Altoona, are visitors at the G. W. McWilliams home, Frank Crawford, of the Potter Hoy firm, was here Wednesday supplying our merchants in the hardware line. Miss Mary Lytle is arranging for a trip to Staten Island, N. Y., to spend the holiday season with her two sisters, Mrs. Cora Wagner, of Altoona, is spending a week with her many friends down Pennsvalley, the home of her youth. Mrs. W. D. Port is in Altoona visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mary Smith, who is suffering from the effects of a fall. Harry N. Koch left on Saturday for New York where he will take a four months course in em- balming and undertaking. Wednesday evening the members of Penns valley Lodge No 276, 1. O. O. F.,with their friends will hold their annual banquet in their hall. Mrs. Clarence McCormick and little son, who have been visiting in and about State Coliege, re- turned to their home near Danville last week. Wm. E. Stover, of Pitcairn, is taking a short vacation down Pennsvalley among his old cronies. Will is a fine Centre county lad and is making good, John Charles last week moved his saw mill out- fit to the J. H. Miller tract, to cut and saw 120,000 feet of oak, and a bill for a new barn onthe J. S. Miller farm. John Snaveley, one of Gregg township's up-to- date farmers, was around last week among our farmers and bought a bunch of prize cattle for his dairy at Spring Mills. On April first N. E. Hess will quit the and return to his splendid residence at State lege. George Swabb will till the was : 5 fertile acres next season. That famous bird, the stork, Lloyd Frank a chubby little boy, E. S. Tressler, who has been with the state road peopleover in Fulton county, is taking a few days rest before going to Altoona fora win- an early Sunday morning walk to spend the day with friends at Fairbrook. They returned home the same evening, none the worse for the sixteen miles hike. The Ed. Ishler sale on the Fred Musser farm take possession SPRING MILLS. J. B. Aurand, of Winfield, Pa, made us a flying visit last week. Teachers of our Sunday schools are making extensive preparations for the usual Christmas and New Year entertainments. Miss Anna M. Cummings left on Saturday last to visit at Mill Hall, Lock Haven and Renovo, on a three weeks sewing engagement. W. H. Smith, of John Smith & Bros., was on the sick list fora few days last week, but has aboutrecovered again and ableto attend to busi- ness. Miss Sarah, daughter of merchant Frank Fisher, of Penn Hall, a student of the West Chester Normal school, spent Thanksgiving day | with her parents, Some of our weather prophets, after consulting the goosebone and viewing the peculiar shade on a frost bitten corn cob, predict a very mild, open | winter, with little or no snow. Our merchants are very busy just now receiv- ing their Christmas stock and arranging a dis- play. Thestores will soon be dressed in their usual gay and lively holiday attire, The handsome residence recently erected by J. C. Lee, our railroad agent, presents a very at. tractive appearance, and is a fine home. Mr. Lee willloccupy it within a short time. Butchering, always a greasy job, is about over, From 250 to 400 pounds was about the average run of avoirdupois of the porkers. Of course sausage will continue to be king for some time. Soon the short days will end, and according to the adage, “as the days lengthens the cold | strengthens.” Of course we are not very anxious | about the latter part of the old saw, its entirely tao suggestive of replenishing the wood pile and coal bin. Some of our folks are apprehensive that the stone crossing from the foot bridge over Penns creek to the cement pavement opposite will not be put down "til spring, although the huge stones have been there since early last summer. At this crossing in rainy weather the mud is only about ankle deep. We were all shocked last week on learning of the death of Ellis Shaffer, of Madisonburg, a gentleman well known and highly esteemed in this community. Mr. Shaffer visited our town quite frequently, as the guest of his sister. Mrs, Jacob Hazel. The very sudden death of Joseph Carter, of Penn Hall, on Monday last, was also a shock. Mr. Carter had been an employe of I. B. Fisher's Sons for a number of years. He had gone to the barn to feed or curry the horse, and remaining longer than usual, was sent after and discovered dead in the stall. Heart failure was the cause. At a boarding house not many miles from the center of town, at breakfast one morning last week, a new boarder passed his cup for the fourth time. When the landlady sneeringly re- marked, “Why Mr. Blank, you are very fond of coffee, aren't you?” “Well,” he replied, “most any one would think so, to judge from the quan- tity of water Idrink to get a little coffee.” But | d this is not the same landlady who on being in- formed by the waitress that nearly all the board- ers were drinking hot water instead of tea or coffee replied; “Indeed: Well, go immediately and tell the cook to put another gallon of water in the soup, and also to take out the ox tail or the soup might get too rich for them.” LEMONT. Butchering is about finished for this year. Monday made all hunt for their warm wraps, as the wind felt and ‘sounded like winter. One of Elmer Ross’ beautiful black team of | ga horses has been quite sick, but Dr. Fry is pulling it through. The Pennsylvania Railroad company has a corps of surveyors working between Lemont and State College, and it looks as though that branch will be built, Elmer Evey purchased a six horse-power gaso- line engine, Monday, which he intends using to help lighten the farm work, by sawing wood, shredding fodder, etc. ~—For high dass Job Work come to the WATCHMAN Office. | With the Churches of the Notes of Interest to Church People of all Denominations in all Parts of the County. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Service Sunday 10:45 a. m. Wednes- day 8 p. m., 9} E. High street. Rev. Frank N. Bible will speak in the Presbyterian church on Sunday morning and the pastor, Rev. George E. Hawes, will preach the third sermon in the Ad- vent series—"The Birth of Jesusas Heav- en » | Rev. LS. Sasserman, of State College, i in jue J Lutheran church on unday morni ing, December 15th. The publicis Ra ——That splash board is still on the dam in Spring creek notwithstanding the | action of cvanel almost two weeks ago in- | structing the borough engineer to remove lit and see that it is kept off. | r— The Christmas Dinner. In spity of the fact that the word dys- pepsia means literally bad cook, it will not be fair for many to lay the blame on the cook if they begin the Christmas Dinner with little appetite and end it with dis- tress or nausea. It may not be fair for any to do that—let us hope so for the disease sake of the cook! The di dyspepsia indicates a bad stomach, that is a weak stomach, rather than a bad cook, and for a weak stomach there is nothing else equal to Hood's Sarsaparilla. It gives the stomach vigor a cures ys creates appetite, makes eal the pleasure it should be. iad New Advertisements. XECUTOR'S NOTICE.— In the , . Shiate of Letters testament- XECUTORS JIOTICE. J Letters es on estate ames illiland : deceased, late of Coll ing been granted to the re- Quests all persons knowing indebted 1 Td et 2 10 ke same to and a ms them uly authenticated for settlement.: Mgrs. NANNIE M. GILLILAND, 57.49.61 Oak Hall NX” ICE TO SATISFY MORTGAGE In R tion for satis Cou Com. Lae tion Inthe foun yu dated April 1st, recorded in Cent use satisfy a certai rtgage, dat, Hpi, Cot es dona . ] 0 H. Linn and John M McCoy upon a tract of land situated in Ferguson townshi ty, Pennsylvania, containing 1 Pn any af Tsaarpear at Uellefonte. Pa. anuary, . 1913,to answer tion of John ons oad Irving L. mortgage to show cause why said satisfie. of record. Ice Cream, Etc. : ARTHUR B. LEE Sheriff's Office, Bellefonte, Pa., 73 Dec. 11th, 1912, 57-4-94t How to Make Christmas Enjoyable. IT Nuts, Cakes, ete. This year we have all of WOULD NOT SEEM LIKE CHRISTMAS to you or oth- ers of this section without the Confections, the Fruits, the that you have always found at CEADER'S. the old kind you liked so well and much that is new which we know will please you that we want you to come early and get what you want of the very freshest. We have loads of Huyler’s, Appollo, Stacy’s and Imported Sweets...... in 4 pound to s-pound boxes or loose as desired. Favors, Salted Almonds, Pecans, Peanuts and Fruits, and will have for the table Fruit and Other Cakes, Large or Small, Ice Cream, Sherberts and Ices and every delicacy goi your orders early. Any remembrance that this is Supplies. to make a dinner complete. Let us have vor of Creams or Ices desired, and keep in Bellefonte's Headquarters for Christmas .....Ceader’s Bakery. Candiev, Etc. We Have It For You [t's down at our store waiting your call. A box of Samose Chocolates, Samosett Candies, A full line of Imported Nuts, any Imported or Native Fruit that is used ed or wanted, Malaga Grapes by the cart load, Domestic Grapes by the basket full, new brands of the Finest Imported Cigars. especially put up for Christmas—anything in this line that you may desire. WE ARE WAITING TO SERVE YOU and will do it to your entire satisfaction, SPP J. 57-49-2t S. KEICHLINE, Opposite the Station, Bellefonte, Pa.