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Bellefonte, Pa., June 13, 1913. i
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P. GRAY MEEK,
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rates : with interest, at least by those who are
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Curious Expenses of Government.
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all, including the present postmasters.
examinations will be open to
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
WILKES. —Rev. James S. Wilkes, pastor
of the Milesburg Presbyterian church,
about thirteen weeks. ;
Deceased was born in Bath, N.Y,on
: October 20th, 1868, hence at his death
| burn Seminary and graduated from Ham-
ington, received on Monday, tells us that '
Mr. O. C. Beck, formerly of this county, |
and well known to many of the older
residents of Nittany and Halfmoon val- |
leys, passed away at the sanitorium at
that place a “few days ago.” It gives no |
particulars and as a consequence we are
unable to inform his many friends who '
read the WATCHMAN either as to the
cause or date of his death. Mr. Beck |
Ma- |
Mrs. Rebecca Dorsey, nee Gray, of Half- |
BECK.—A letter from Everett, Wash-: THAT SEWING Crass
ExsiBiT.—~The
exhibit of the work done by the sewing
class in the Bellefonte public schools, (a
brief description of which was given in
last week's WATCHMAN) was a revelation
to the crowd of visitors. The girls and
teachers justly deserve the words of
praise and expressions of amazement
given them by those who closely examin-
ed the many garments. The twenty
dresses designed, cut and made since
furnished their own material and used
| moon valley, and after a short residence | the sewing machine. The work of the
in Bellefonte, with a number of Centre ' other three grades was entirely hand
Some of the reports made by heads of
departments of government at Harris-
burg, made in response to a resolution
| It would not
| the Civil Service Commissioner's instruc-
| tions to applicants for the fourth-class
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postmaster
tions that the tests |
from the copy of | ilton College. During his ministerial ca- |
| reer he filled pastorates successively at |
Silver Lake, Susquehanna county, Nichol- |
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requiring detailed statements of how ap- | are very severe, and yet, experience | 500, Stevensville, Bradford county, and |
propriations are used, are both curious
and interesting. For example the De-
partment of Agriculture reports that of
$30,000 it asked for “feedstuffs,” $25,
885.75 will be used in the payment of
salaries; $1895 for “supplies, chemicals
and apparatus,” and $1,425 for postage
stamps. This leaves exactly $795 for
“feedstuffs.” The item of $7,000 “for.
paris green,” goes $6400 “for salaries
and expenses of agents,” which leaves
only $600 for paris green. Of the $57,
000 asked “for the enforcement of the
commercial fertilizer act,” $45,182 goes
for salaries and expenses.
The law creating the Department of
Agriculture designates the officials and
fixes the salaries and provision is made |
for the payment of them in the General
Appropriation bill. It is not easy to fig-
ure out, therefore, why so much other
money should be appropriated for sala-
i ste 30 nt 3 ow who =
to pass. subjects covered
examination and the credits given are:
Elementary arithmetic and ac-
|
)
(2) Penmanship (the legibility, neat-
ness, and general appearance of the com-
| tor's handwriting in the subject of
writing, ) 10 credits.
(3) Letter writing (a letter of not less
than 125
Shan, Sula on S56 of two subjests
urnished,
(4) Copying
credits.
manuscript addresses (a
simple test in copying accurately ad-
dresses jiven.) 10 credits.
(5) Facilities for transacting postal
business (based on the location of the
| postoffice site, the convenience of office
| Jrangemen ts, etc.) 30 credits; total 100
i ts.
i The examination in the first subject
| consists of five questions along the fol-
| lowing lines:
In question 1 the competitor is given
ries. There has been a good deal of talk | €ight whole numbers to add and from
about duplicating salaries and bunching; 1°/7_sum Be is. raquiled 10 subtract
offices during the present session of the | In question 2 the competitor is given
Legislature but even that doesn’t account | the value of the stamps canceled at a
for salaries under the head of “feed. | certain fice; the amount of money
stuffs,” “paris green” and “enforcing the | ved for ne
commercial fertilizer act.” Possibly this |
goes to recompensing lame duck politi- | lected. He is required to enter the fig- |
per and periodical |
postage, and from the sale of waste pa- |
per, twine, etc.; also the box rents col- | 1
j came to Milesburg last October. He was |
| a very successful worker in the Master's |
| cause and accomplished great good at all
{place was markedly felt. Just in the
prime of life his promise for the future |
| was very bright, and although God saw |
| fit to call him home at this time his good |
| Work will live for years, even after the
frail body has crumbled into dust.
| On June 16th, 1897, he was united in |
marriage to Miss Fannie Stratton, of |
Brackney, Susquehanna county, who sur- |
vives with four young children, namely:
Harriet, William, Robert and Thomas.
He also leaves his mother, three broth-
ers and four sisters, all living in Bath, N.
| Y., except one sister in Oregon.
| Funeral services were held at the Pres. |
byterian manse in Milesburg at three |
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Rev. W.
H. Schuyler, of Centre Hall, officiated '
and was assisted by Rev. George E.!
Hawes, of Bellefonte. On Wednesday |
the remains were taken to his old home |
at Bath where final services were held |
and burial made yesterday morning.
| ly located at Miles City,
county people formed a small colony and | sewing.
went to Dakota purposing to make that | The course in sewing is four years, be-
State their future home. After a short ‘ginning with the fifth grade. About
stay in that State, a number of them re- | thirty-five girls in the fifth grade made
turned to Pennsylvania but he determin- . sewing aprons which are to be worn
ed to go farther west and with his fami- | during the four years. They also made
Montana, where ' doll kimonos, doll dresses and doll un-
About eight or ten derwear. The twenty-five girls in the
| sixth grade have stitched flannel petti-
the Pacific coast, | coats scme for the use of the Civic club
locating at Everett, Washington, and has ' and some for themselves. They made
since made that his residence. , white aprons and night dresses. Twen-
| | ty girls in the seventh grade made waists
RICHARDS. -Mrs. Elmira Richards, of for baby skirts, also darned and patched.
Julian, died at the home of her daughter, Two prizes each were given to every
Mrs. Mills Alexander, at State College, class, the judges finding it difficult to de-
last Thursday of a complication of dis- ' cide upon a prize winner as the work
eases. She was 76 years,5 months and Was all so excellent.
15 days old and was a daughter of Thom- , PusLiciTY COMMITTEE,
as and Ruth Harrison. She was married _ Bellefonte Woman's Club.
to Reuben Richards who died a number BURNED TO DEATH.—Frances Hale, the
of years ago, but surviving her are the . year old daughter of Mrs. Norah
following children: Mrs. Mills Alexan- Hale, of Port Matilda, was burned so
der, of State College; Mrs. Nettie Rod-
: , badly in the fire which destroyed the
key, of McKeesport; Mrs. Julia Parsons, home of Joseph Hanley, at Monument,on
of Unionville; Roland R., Morgan and
. Sunday night that she died on Mon-
.day afternoon. Mrs. Hanley and
children were away from home at the
time and her sister, Mrs. Norah Hale, a
widow with two children, was keeping
house for her. One of the latter's chil-
dren is a boy four years old who was the
first one awakened by the smoke. He
aroused his mother and she awoke her
Milton Bing Richards, of Jersey Shore.
She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Frances
Sheffler, of Bellefonte. The remains
were taken to Jersey Shore on Saturday
for burial, .
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BEDELL.—Mrs Emiline Bedell, for
over fifty years a resident of Bellefonte,
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CHINAMEN PLAY Goop BALL.—Flushed
with their victory over State College on
Tuesday the Chinese baseball team came
to Bellefonte and on Wednesday after-
noon defeated the Bellefonte Academy
team 4 to 1, the same score made at
Penn State. Fully one thousand people,
the largest crowd ever seen on Hughes
field, went out to see the game, just for
the novelty of seeing Chinamen play
ball, and they saw a very fast team, so
far as fielding and base running was con-
cerned, though they were not very strong
at the bat. Symes, who pitched for the
Academy, was a little unsteady in the
beginning of the game, walking four
men and forcing in a run, otherwise the
score would have been a little different.
Many people went to the game expect
to see Chinamen with pigtails and wood-
en-soled shoes appear upon the Diamond
but instead they saw a team of good ball
players, not unlike any ordinary team
except their swarthy complexions. And
so far as being Chinese is concerned they
are that in race only, as every one of
them is a natural born citizen on the
Island of Hawaii, and avowed loyal sub-
jects of the United States. In fact they
admit that all they know about China is
what they learn from history and the
newspapers.
Every man on the team is a bonafide
student of the Chinese University of Ha-
waii, located at Honollulu. They were
away ahead in their studies and in order
to learn more about the United States
conceived the idea of a baseball trip.
The matter was taken up with a sport-
ing writer on the New York World and
he became their booking agent. They
have been in the States over two months
and their trip so far has been a success
in every way. From Bellefonte they
go east and play semi-professional ball
until September, when they have twenty-
one games booked to play in Michigan.
When their tour of that State is complet-
ed they will back-track to the Pacific
coast and sail for Honollulu where they
cians for party service performed or ex- Uresin a given form, and to compute CLEAVER.—Rev. Nelson E. C. Cleaver, died on Monday at the home of her son, daughter Frances. They ran into the | due at college some time in October.
pected as most of the patronage of ail She lary of the postmaster fo he quar
the departments is used for that pur-
| given in the form.
pose.
The Attorney General wants $50,000 and division of decimals, and also the re- |
“for special attorneys’ fees,” because he |
has bills for $850 for such services ]
and expects others which will aggregate | postoffice boxes of a given size can be |
$500. But what reason is there for so |Put in a certain space, or how many
ial ? Only af | yards of linoleum of a given width are |
many{special attorneys? Only a few years | required to cover a floor of a given size,
ago the Attorney General's office was |
etc.
manned by the Attorney General, one |
Question 4 is a practical application of |
| In question 5 the competitor is given |
deputy and a clerk. Now in addition to Jo amount and fee of sach ey ryt
the Attorney General there are three | order paid at a given postoffice for a cer- |
deputies and an army of clerks. Under 'tain month. From this data he is to |
the old regime the office took care of the make a Janeen of the postmaster’s |
legal work of the State entirely and no | account with the government in a pre-
special attorneys were employed or re. | Scribed form and to balance the state- |
' ment.
quired. Now the Attorney General es-| Aj persons securing an average of 70
timates that it will be necessary to em- will fet theie Jbimes oa the Sheil list,
ploy $50,000 worth of them within the | and from the three highest ostmas-
next two years and that ought to geta Jor Genergl wil Jeet he Doormasty
good many. charged from the military or naval serv-
| ice by reason of disability from wounds
——The Progressive National co nmit- | received or sickness incurred in the line
teeman of Kansas—WiLLIAM Avrren | Of duty, an average of 65 will be sufficient
WHITE—has endorsed President WiLson's | 27d such applicant will be given prefer-
_- ; ence over all others in appointment.
policies, and ‘hereafter expects to act| Where the office pays more than $500
with, and work to strengthen, the Demo-
| persons over 65 years are made nag |
cratic party. A matter proving that at | ble. y
Whore Women gre declared by
least one man claiming to be a “progress. | Statute of ly age for 3 Jurboses at
ive” has the good of the country at heart, | they axe Ge to examination 2 a
nd is not snortin’ around about a new { case will be held at the most convenient
party simply to be recognized as one of | point and will be conducted when possi-
i local examining boards. Mark-
its leaders and be sure of an office if it | 0'®
ever has any to give. ing of the papers will be done by the |
| It will be necessary for every appli-
cant to fil! out an application blank
i which may be obtai from the post-
: , master, and notice of time of the exam-
Senator OLIVER, of Pennsylvania, Was | ination will be served a few days before
the first to balk under the lobby quiz. | it is held. In every case the character
He freely told the committee how many ' and record of the applicant must be good
shares of Steel trust stock he owns and 40d the applicant be vouched for by at
as cheerfully confessed that he owns a |, - gn |
considerable block of stock in a coal |
corporation. He admitted the ownership | for Themselves.
of Pittsburgh newspaper property to an | ——
aggregate value of a million and a half | Centre county's recognized representa.
dollars. But when he was asked to tell | tive of its new kind of Democracy—the
about his investments in copper mines | kind that takes a pride in boasting that
“to give an inventory of all his property.” to his $5,000 office on Monday last. Im-
In this he was supported by the Repub. | mediately after getting his own name
lican members of the committee and the | UPON the government pay roll, his first
subject was dropped for the time. The Official act was to appoint two Republi-
committee may call him again and in. can deputiesat salaries of $2,500 each,
sist and it may not. |and to announce, through the Evening
The UNDERWOOD tariff bill changes the | Bulletin, that HE HAD IN CONTEMPLATION
tariff schedule on iron and steel and | NO FURTHER CHANGES IN THE STAFF.
affects the rates on coal. Senator OLivgg | This first official act as well as his an-
on iron and steel is a matter of little or | his staff were “not contemplated” may
no importance and the only point upon | Suit the new Surveyor, considerin’ the
which it touches his newspaper invest. | Salary that the party has secured for
ments is in the schedule on white paper. | him, but what in the world will our
But his refusal to tell about his copper | friends, Mr. ARTHUR KiMPORT, Mr.
interests opens up a wide field for cons | MiLEs WALKER, Col. JoHN A. Woop-
which he has pecuniary interests and the | Whom expected a fat place in the cus-
natural inference is that Mr. OvLiver ' tom's service, think of the first official
wants to vote on the copper schedule ; ct and announcement that comes from
Senator Oliver Balks at the Quiz.
Is Fixed Himself, Others Can Lookout :
quar- |
Question 3 consists of multiplication
| duction of a fraction to a decimal. |
, resident at Pennsylvania Furnace, died
a member of the Central Pennsylvania
M. E. conference, died at the Methodist |
hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., on Thursday of |
last week. He was born at Catawissa on |
April 15th, 1864. He attended school at |
State College, Dickinson College and |
OW measurements, such as finding how many | Drew Theoligical Seminary, having earn- |
ed thedegrees of B. S, B. A., A. M., and
B. D., later being awarded the degree of
Ph.D. He entered the Methodist minis- |
try at York in 1892 and filled various ap- |
pointments very successfully. At the
Altoona conference in March he was as- |
signed to Curwensville but became ill!
shortly afterwards and had since been !
unable to do any ministerial work. His |
wife, who before her marriage was Miss
Minnie Roop, of this county, died over a
year ago but surviving him are two chil-
dren. The remains were buried at Lew-
isburg, beside thuse of his wife. :
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LAIRD.—William C. Laird, a former |
at his home at Port Royal, Juniata coun-
ty, on Monday morning, aged eighty-one
years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Jane McCullough Laird, and four chil
dren, William IL Laird, of Tyrone; Mrs.
Margaret McCulloch and Miss Anna, of
Montgomery, Ala., and Mrs. E. K. An-
derson, of High Springs, Florida. Deceas-
ed was a devout member and hard work-
er in the Presbyterian church and funer-
al services were held in the Presbyterian
church at McCullough’s Mills, Juniata
county, on Wednesday noon, by Rev. J.
M. Campbell, of Pennsylvania Furnace,
his former pastor, after which burial was
made in that place. .
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JoHNSON.—Having reached the great
age of 99 years, 6 months and 19 days
Mrs. Emeline Johnson, Lock Haven's
oldest woman, died last Friday as the re-
sult of a general breakdown following a
severe cold. She was born in Coopers-
town, N. Y., on November 17th, 1813,
and located in Lock Haven in 1858. In
1863 the family moved to Corning, N. Y.,
but returned to Lock Haven in 1873.
Four of Mrs. Johnson's sons fought all
through the Civil war and returned home
in good health and all are still living. In
fact every one of her twelve children are
living, the oldest being 83 years of age
and the youngest 52. Mr. Johnson pre-
ceded his wife to the grave many years
ago. I
Musser.—David J. Musser,a well known
resident of Penn township, died at his
home at Penn Hall on Sunday night of
generai debility, aged 84 years, 2 months
and 20 days. He is survived by the fol-
lowing children: W. H. Musser, of Penn
township; Cornelius, of State College;
Malancthon, of Zion; George, of Beuna
Vista, Va.; Calvin and Mrs. John Swarm,
of Williamsport; Frank, Luther and Miss
Lucy at home. Rev. M. D. Geesey con-
and is afraid that he will be challenged. {te Javigent whom they al. 2 couple
Conditions have changed . | of inter-meddling State bosses have made
ry he pre ied Woy NaoHi"G: | aud constituted the setowat oh Go |
cratic President and the reversal of the : '¥¢ county Democracy? |
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——It looks very much as if the tariff
mongers in and out of Wall Street are
trying to organize a panic. They im-
agine that an industrial and commercial
disturbance would check the progress of
tariff legislation for a time and restore
sorts of measures regardless of his pecu-
ducted the funeral services which were
held in the Lutheran church at Penn
Hall yesterday morning, burial be-
ing made in the Heckman cemetery.
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HANAWALT.—Elder George Hanawalt,
who for a number of years was a well
known minister throughout central Penn.
sylvania, died at Lordsburg, Cal, on
Tuesday of last week aged eighty-two
years. He officiated as a local preacher
for many years and in 1889 was regular.
ly ordained in the church of the Brethren,
going to California in 1902. He was mar.
ried three times, his first wife being Miss
Caroline McKee, of Nittany, this county,
He was the father of eighteen children,
fifteen of whom survive. He also leaves
thirty grand-children.
Orlando Fredericks, at Point Lookout, as
the result of a stroke of paralysis, aged
sixty-five years. She was twice married,
her first husband being a Mr. Fredericks
and her second Jacob Bedell, both of |
whom are dead. Mrs. Bedell lived in
Bellefonte until three years ago. Surviv-
ing her are two sons, Orlando Fredericks
and Late Bedell. She also leaves one
brother, David Hampton, of Bellefonte,
and a sister, Miss Elmira Bixler, of
Hawk Run. Burial was made at Philips-
burg yesterday afternoon.
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HUBLER.—Miss Margaret Regina Hub-
ler, who with her sister Maria has con.
ducted the hotel at Hublersburg for a
number of years past, died on Sunday of 4
dialation of the heart after an extended '
illness. She was born at Hublersburg on
September 8th, 1861, hence was 51 years
and 9 months old. She has been a resi-
dent of Hublersburg all her life and with
her sister had attained quite a reputation
for conducting an up-to-date temperance
hotel. The funeral was held yesterday,
burial being made in the Hublersburg
cemetery.
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BOWMASTER.—Mrs. Elmira Tressler
Bowmaster, wife of Samuel Bowmaster, i
of Buffalo Run, died at the Bellefonte |
hospital on Monday, after undergoing
treatment in that institution the past!
month. She was a daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth Resides Tressler and was |
born on February 27th, 1827, hence at |
her death was 86 years, 3 months and '
twelve days old. She is survived by her |
husband and four children. The funeral |
was held on Wednesday afternoon, burial |
being made in the Meyers cemetery:
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HUGHES,—Mrs. Mary J. Hughes, an
aged resident of Axe Mann, died at the |
Bellefonte hospital on June 6th, of acute
bronchitis, after an illness of some days. |
She was a daughter of George and Re- |
becca Benn Rhoades and was born on |
November 8th, 1834, at her death being |
78 years, 6 months and 28 daysold. The
funeral was held on Sunday
burial being made at Pleasant Gap.
—It is the wish of Col. Greenfield
and many members of the 22nd Penna.
Vol. Cav. that the survivors of the reg-
iment shall camp together at Gettysburg
at the reunion in July. Each 22nd man
who expects to be there please send his
name and address to Dr. A. R.
Carthy, Mount Union, Pa.,who will
a headquarters tent onthe ground and
who is arranging to have tents reserved
for all who notify him that they are com-
ing. Don’t look for a reply. Just send
him your name—and look for headquar- |
ters flag when you get to camp. A re-
union of the regiment is called for Wed- |
nesday, July 2, at 9:00 a. m., in the big
tent.
field last Friday afternoon to see the ball |
game between the Bellefonte Academy
and University of Pittsburgh got full val. |
ue for their ticket of admission. It took |
thirteen innings to decide the game and the
Academy came out of the fray victors by
the score of 7to 6. The game through-
out was full of thrills and although a lit-
tle loose at times was quite interesting
for the large crowd of spectators. The
University of Pittsburgh was defeated on
Saturday by State College by the score of
5to4. On Saturday the Academy went
to Bloomsburg and in a six inning game
defeated the Normal team 6 to 1, the
Academy having two home runs.
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next room and found Mr. Hanley almost
suffocated by the smoke, so that it was
with difficulty they succeeded in arousing
him. When they did so he rushed for
the window and in trying to get it open
Prof. James R. Hughes wishes through
the columns of the WATCHMAN to thank
the business men of Bellefonte for clos-
ing for the above game, and the people
of Bellefonte generally for their liberal
fell against it and tumbled through tak. | Patronage, which made the last game on
ing sash and all. Mrs. Hale succeeded in Hughes field such a big success.
getting her little boy through safely but
the daughter stumbled and fell into the
flames. She was dragged out by the
agonized mother but not before she was
terribly burned, the mother herself being
painfully scorched. The girl lingered in
agony until three o'clock Monday after-
noon when she expired. The remains
were taken to Port Matilda where they
were buried yesterday.
JoserH J. RHOADS PROMOTED.—Nine
promotions were announced by the Penn-
sylvania railroad company on Wednesday
and among the number was that of Jo.
seph J. Rhoads,of Altoona, from division
engineer of the Middle division to super-
intendent of the central division with
headquarters at Media. Mr. Rhoads is a
native of Bellefonte, a son of the late
Judge Daniel Rhoads, and his many
friends here will hear with pleasure of
his promotion. He entered the employ
of the Pennsylvania railroad company in
March, 1889, as a rodman at Harrisburg.
He filled several positions along the sys-
tem in a manner that met with the favor
of higher officials and won him promotion
until he was made division engineer at
Altoona on January 15, 1910. In this po-
sition he has had the opportunity to dis-
play his ability and now it has been rec-
| ognized by promotion to the superintend-
ency of the Central division.
ANOTHER BiG EXCURSION TO THE CoL-
LEGE.—The State Grange has arranged
| for a “Grange Day” at State College, for
the young people belonging to families
connected with that organization, and
has also secured special low rates over
the railroads for those who desire to at-
tend on the day fixed Wednesday, June
18. At that meeting we expect to see a
much larger crowd than attended the
“Farmers Day Meet" last Thursday, when
over two thousand people were shown
over the college farms, through its lab-
oratories, engineering department, class
rooms, etc.
———Have your Job Work done here.
—Last Thursday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Brennan, of Altoona, made
a motorcycle run from that city down
Bald Eagle valley and on to Williams-
port. They left Milesburg about 1:30
o'clock and had not proceeded far when
the flyer came along. They raced with
the train for some distance then came to
a bad piece of road which
them to slacken their speed and in at-
tempting to get around a bad hole in the
road their struck a stone,
swerved and collided with the fence.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Brennan were thrown
some distance but at the time neither
one seemed badly injured and they pluck-
ily continued to Lock Haven where they
consulted a physican. Mr. Brennan had
a bad contusion of the leg and a number
of bruises while Mrs. Brennan's worst
injury appeared to be a severe sprain of
the left ankle. The couple completed
the journey to Williamsport and just as
fainting in her husband's arms. A physi.
cian was summoned and a close exami-
nation showed that one of the bones in
her left leg was broken.
—For high class Job Work come to
the WATCEMAN Office.
MEADE—KEPLER. —Miss Florence Kep-
ler, of Pine Grove Mills, and Mr. De Voe
Meade, of Clyde, New York, were united
in marriage at Williamsport on June
11th, 1913. This was a culmination of a
romance which began while Mr. Meade
was a student at The Pennsylvania State
College, where he graduated in the course
of Agriculture. In his Sophomore year
in college he was awarded the Carnegie
Scholarship and in his Junior year the
John W. White Scholarship. He is a
member of the Alpha Geta Fraternity
and was elected to the Honorary Fraterni-
ty of Phi Kappa Phi of The Pennsylvania
State College. Immediately after gradu.
ation Prof. Meade accepted a position as
Agriculturist at Hector, Minnesota.
From this position he went to the New
York State School of Agriculture at Al-
fred University as head of the depart.
ments of Dairy and Animal Husbandry,
which position he holds at the present
time. After the wedding ceremony the
happy couple left for an extended trip
on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
river during which they will visit at Ni-
agara Falls, Canada, the Thousand Is-
lands and other points of interest along
the route. Mr. and Mrs. Meade will be
at home to their friends at Alfred, New
York, after August 1st, 1913.
HARPSTER—WAGNER.—On Wednesday
of last week Alfred Harpster and Miss
Viola Wagner, both of Ferguson town.
ship, went over to Huntingdon where
they were quietly married at the M. E.
church. The bridegroom isemployed on
the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad and
the young couple will take up their resi-
dence at Warriorsmark.
PACKER—HOUTZ.—Charles E. Packer
and Miss Hannah R. Houtz, two well
known young people of Waddle, were
married at the United Brethren par-
sonage on Wednesday morning by the
pastor, Rev. C. W. Winey.
DROWNED ON NIAGARA RIVER. —Miss
Violet Swift, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Swift, of Philipsburg, was drown.
ed on the Niagara river, near Niagara
Falls, on Tuesday evening. Miss Swift
was a teacher of mathematics in the High
school at Niagara Falls, and as enter-
tainment for her sister Bella, a teacher
in the Philipsburg
the Falls last Saturday on a visit, accept-
ed an invitation from a gentieman friend
to go rowing on the river. They had not
been on the water long when a motor
boat passed very close to them and the
swell upset their canoe. Miss Violet was
thrown into the water and never came
up. Miss Bella and the gentleman were
thrown into the river but were rescued
by those in the motor boat. Miss Violet's
body was recovered next morning.
—The young ladies’ bible class of the
U. B. church will hold a bake sale on
Saturday afternoon and evening, in the
room adjoining the church. Home-made
bread, pies, cakes, ice cream and candies
will be for sale. Your patronage is so-
licited.
—Now thzt Colonel WATTERSON of
the Louisville Courier—Journal, has in-
dicated his approval of President WiLsoN
we can’t see any good reason for delaying
the procession.