Bellefonte, Pa., August 8, 1913.
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P. GRAY MEEK, yy wih
$1.00
Paid before expiration of year 1.50
Paid after expiration of year - 2.00
dates on which various Stop
in connection with the campaign will
are:
Filing petitions for nominations with Sec-
retary of Commonwealth, Tuesday,
EE Somwations with ewbiission
ers, 1 : nomi-
nation papers for judges with Secretary
of the a Tuesday, Septem-
ber 30; to be assessed for November
election, Wednesday, September 3; to be
registered for November election, in any
city, Saturday, September 13; to pay tax
to qualify for November election, Satur-
day, October 4; filing statement of ex-
a for he Paty: f f
to! : statement of expenses for
November ection, Thursday, Decem-
There will be on the official ballot at
the November election five
amendments to the State constitution for
adoption or rejection by the voters.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
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ANOTHER AUTO ACCIDENT.—Last Fri-
day night a party of joy-riders from Lock
Haven collided with the Bell brothers |
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taxi, of Hecla, about midway between |
Zion and Bellefonte, throwing the occu-
pants out and wrecking the machine. In
the taxi were Mrs. H. R. Bell, wife of
the steward of the Nittany Country club,
her two sons, Robert and Samuel, and
two girls who work at the club house,
Misses Ellen Zimmerman and Edna Rus-
sell. Mrs. Bell had the ligaments of her
right shoulder torn and was badly bruis-
ed in the right side. She also suffered
considerably from shock. Samuel Bell
had a cut on the left temple and had his
side wrenched while the other occupants
of the car escaped with a few slight
bruises.
The Lock Haven party was composed
of three colored men, Daniel Jones, Rob-
ert Butler and William Raymond with
three colored women and two white
women. They were driving a big Thom-
as car, the property of Calvin Arm.
strong, which they hired at a garage.
The Bell party were on their way home
from Bellefonte and claim that they got
off to the side of the road to allow the
big car to pass, as it was going at high
speed, but at that the hub of the rear
wheel caught the front wheel on the
taxi, cut the tire as clean as if done with
a knife and broke the wheel. The steer-
ing gear was wrecked, one door torn off
and the fender broken.
Instead of stopping and rendering as-
sistance the Lock Haven crowd turned
around and started for home. Dr. Brock-
erhoff happened along shortly after and
took Mrs. Bell home while Max Gamble
took the rest of the party home. Belle-
fonte officers were notified and a posse
in Gamble’s car started in pursuit of the
joy-riders. Between Mill Hali and Flem-
ington something went wrong with the
latter’s car and they abandoned it and
started to walk to Lock Haven and this
was where the Bellefonte officers were
in luck, as they overtook them on the
Flemington bridge and placed them un-
der arrest. They were taken to Lock
Haven where they gave bail for their ap.
pearance in Bellefonte Saturday after.
noon for a hearing.
All the colored people came to Belle-
fonte at noon on Saturday accompanied
by an attorney, C. B. McCormick, but
there was no sensational hearing as an-
ticipated. The driver plead guilty to un-
due and reckless driving and all that
could be done under the new law was to
impose a fine,
fined the man
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the lock factory,
Mr. Johnson is a practical steel manufac.
turer and he claims that the plant could
be started on a capital of five thousand
dollars or less, and that it would be a
sure money maker.
~—=For high class Job Work come to
the WATCHMAN Office.
How a Democratic Officer
Has Played into Penrose’s Hands.
The uptown organ of the political pigmy, who since he was ed into the
office of Surveyor of the Customs at the port of Philadelphia because of his will-
ingness to become the obsequious tool of the coterie of disgruntled
seeking the factional leadership of the Democracy of the State, and who, since
that appointment, imagines himself a statesman, devoted over four columns of its
| space last week in an attempt to demolish, politically, the editor of the Warca-
MAN, and to justify the betrayal of the Democracy, by its owner, in the appoint-
ment of two PENROSE workers to the principal positions in the office given him.
With the tirade against the editor of this paper, which occupies four-fifths of
concern. One never kicks a
skunk without becoming polluted with the malodor of the varmint and so far as
envying this particular creature is concerned we would as soon think of snatch-
ing a wilted cabbage leaf from a blind cow.
What the Democratic people want to hear and what they have a right to
know is why, as a supposed Democratic official, he gave the two most important
and profitable positions in the office the
ly since one of these offices is the key
existing conditions could be secured in
Crats.
The Democratic people are not caring about - the “loyalty” or
to all the official patronage that under
the customs service for deserving Demo”
“disloyalty” of
the editor of this paper. They are not worrying about how much of a “traitor” |
he has been. Nor are they exorcised over how many kinds of a “liar” the new
Surveyor of the Customs imagines him to be. They are demanding, however, and
have a right to demand, a full explanation of the perfidy of the individual who
has been catapulted into one of the best offices under the Federal government in
this State.
It is a well known fact that whichever of these Deputies is assigned to the “out.
side work” of the Surveyor’s department will have, above all others in the cus-
toms service, the position that can secure the discharge from or continuance in
the service of all those now occupying places as inspectors, weighers, watchmen
and laborers. It is the duty of the “outside” Deputy to have oversight of al;
these employees. To know that they are on duty regularly, to see that there are
no shirkers, no loafing in resorts near their places of employment, nor failure to
properly perform the duties to which they have beer assigned. If he finds any
derelictions, however unimportant or inconsequential, it is his duty to report the
same, with substantiating evidence, to the Surveyor. A hearing is then given the
offending employee and he is either dismissed or retained as
politics belong to Dem"
ocrats. And it will be readily understood how useful the right man in that Depu-
tyship can be to Mr. PENROSE in retaining his henchmen in the places they secur
ed under a former administration and the club he would hold over Democrats who
feared being reported. But discouraging and demoralizing as such a condition
may be to the Democracy PENROSE has his man in the place and is probably
laughing up his sleeve at the ease with which he secured it.
That Senator PENROSE should have this grip on the patronage of the customs
service under a Democratic administration is as subversive of the best interests of
our party as it is disgusting to honest Democrats. That such is the case is at
tributable solely to the treachery of the pretended Democrat and late Keystoner
from this county who is drawing the salary of the Surveyor and at whose action
Democrats throughout the entire State have every reason to be disgusted and
ashamed. When it is understood, however, that charges that were filed in the
Senate against the charactor of the Surveyor, when his appointment was before
that body for confirmation, were withdrawn by Senator PEnrosk before its own
committee had had opportunity to consider their seriousness color is given to the
suspicion of a deal whereby the two Republican Deputies were appointed and the
office thereby left in PENROSE'S hands.
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In an attempt to explain such treachery the Surveyor now claims that he was
Deputies because they claimed to be pro;
tected by civil service. If that is so why did he proceed “as his first official act’
to appoint them to the places they now occupy? He is not so ignorant as not to
know that there are no vacancies in an office protected by civil service, unless
there has been a removal for cause or a resignation. And without a vacancy there
can be no appointment. Yet he went ahead and made these appointments and
tries to crawl out of it now by saying that a misinformed reporter of the Evening
Bulletin reported him as doing something he did not do. If the reporter was mis-
informed the Surveyor only discovered it when he found that the marked copies
of the very issue of that paper containing his own picture and his statements of
his “first official act,” which he sent to many in this county, were proving a boome"~
rang. If these Deputies were under civil service then there were no vacancies’
Srnne §
When the editor of this paper took charge of the Surveyors office in 1894 he
found two Republican Deputies on duty and fully four-fifths of the other employ-
ees of the customs house to be of the same political persuasion, In less than one
month thereafter a Democrat was installed as “outside” Deputy and in less than
three months both Deputies were Democrats. All these positions were then
claimed to be under civil service but the strenuous head of that Department of
the government at the time, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, failed to back up the claim,
Four years later, when the editor of this paper retired
party gave him to Republicans. Especial’ |
; Hess.—Mrs. Drucilla Hess, wi
the late Daniel Hess, died at
at Linden Hall about ten o'clock last Fri
day evening. The aged lady had
i rather feeble the past year or so and
| spring she had a fall in getting out of
bed. A month or so later she fell down
‘the cellar steps and had been laid up
from that time until her death.
| Deceased’s maiden name was Drucilla
‘ Catharine Weiland and she was born at
| the old Weiland homestead at Linden
| Hall over eighty-three years ago. Her
entire life was spent in that place, though
‘she had an acquaintanceship that ex-
tended throughout Pennsvalley and other
parts of the county. She was a mem-
| ber of the Lutheran church since girl-
i hood and was a good, christian woman.
| Her husband died a number of years ago
| but surviving her is one daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Heims, of Osceola Mills. She
' also leaves one sister, Mrs. Annie Wind-
sor, of Knoxville, Tenn.
Funeral services were held at her late
home at Linden Hall at 10 o'clock on
Monday morning by Rev. J. I Stone-
cypher, of Boalsburg, after which the re-
mains were taken to Boalsburg for inter-
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| BrowN.—Following a lingering illness
! as the result of a stroke of paralysis Mrs.
‘Austin Brown died at her home on
Willowbank street last Friday morning,
aged 59 years, 10 months and 7 days.
‘She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Meese and was born at Hunter's
| park. She was married to Mr. Brown in
; 1896, and their only child died several
| years ago. Surviving her, however, are
her husband and the following brothers
1 and sisters: Winfield S. Meese, of State
| College; Mrs. Neal Martin, Mrs. Elmer
| Sager, Femme, John and George, all of
| Bellefonte. Deceased was a member of
the United Brethren church and in the
absence of Rev. Winey Rev. Shuey con-
* ! ducted the funeral service, which was
| held on Sunday afternoon, burial being
made in the Union cemetery.
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| SMITH.—Mrs. Rebecca Smith, wife of
{ W. H. Smith, of Millheim, died August
Ist, 1913, at the ageof 71 years, 6 months
{and 18 days. She was a sufferer for
some time of internal cancer which
' eventually caused her death. She bore
her suffering with patient resignation
‘and trust. For many years she was a
faithful member of the United Evan-
! gelical church and a very regular at-
‘ tendant upon its services. The funeral
services on Tuesday were held from the
{ Evangelical church and were in charge
| of the pastor, Rev. W. J. Dice, and in-
| terment was made in the Union cem-
| etery. The immediate family surviving
| is the husband, W. H. Smith, one daugh-
| ter, Mrs. David Stoner, of Tusseyville,
andtwo sons, W.E. and M. H. Smith,
both of Millheim.
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| REYNOLDS.— Mrs. Anna E. Reynolds,
wife of George W. Reynolds, died at the
Altoona hospital on Tuesday, after a pro-
tracted illness with tuberculosis. She
was fifty-five years old and was born in
Centre county. Six years ago the family
moved to Altoona where they since re-
sided. In addition to her husband she
is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bessie
| Cunningham, of Altoona; one brother,
|H. C. Miller, of Altoona, and one sister,
Mrs. Catharine Bathurst, of Graysville.
| The remains were taken to Graysville
yesterday morning for burial.
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IDDINGS.—Margaret Iddings, daughter
| of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Iddings, of Phil-
| ipsburg, died at the home of her uncle,
Jesse Irwin, in Bald Eagle valley, on Sat.
urday morning, after a brief illness. She
was aged 14 years, 8 months and 2 days
and in addition to her parents is sur-
vived by one brother. The funeral was
held on Wednesday morning.
FELL From HOUSE ROOF AND BADLY
INJURED.—~Mr. W. T. Twitmire. Belle.
fonte’s well known tinner and stove deal-
er, fell from the roof of the rear portion
of one of his houses during the storm
Wednesday afternoon and fractured his
left arm between the elbow and shoulder,
broke three ribs and sustained numerous
body bruises. Workmen were engaged
in putting a new roof on his house and
had a large portion of the rear uncovered
when the storm came up. To keep the
rain from going through and damaging
the interior of the house Mr. Twitmire
climbed up to cover the hole with tar
paper. The carpenters had strips on the
roof as supports and one against which
Mr. Twitmire was standing gave way and
with nothing to grab hold of he slipped
from the roof, fell on the porch roof and
from there to the concrete pavement in
the yard. The height of his fall was over
twenty-five feet and had it not been for
falling on the porch roof first, thus break-
ing the force of the fall, his injuries would
have been very much more serious. As
it is they are bad enough to keep him
housed up for some time and he has the
sympathy of his many friends over his
misfortune.
——Charles Taylor, who for several
years has been driver of the Adams Ex
press company wagon in this place, has
been appointed express messenger on the
Bald Eagle Valley railroad, running from
Tyrone to Lock Haven. The young man
is to be congratulated upon his deserved
promotion.
Dr. George L. Loe is Iying critical.
ly ill at his home in Centre Hall and very
few hopes
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are entertained of his recov- | Lock
A CHICKEN STORY. —On Wednesday
morning two men came to Bellefonte
with a scraggly looking horse hitched to
an old spring wagon hauling a crate of
young chickens, and represented them-
selves as farmers from Bald Eagle valley.
A certain well known business man of
Bellefonte has gone ints the chicken bus-
iness as a side line and when he saw the
above men and the chickens he figured
on a deal. The farmers stated that there
were seventy-one chickens in the crate,
and that they were six weeks old. A
bargain was finally made that the men
were to deliver the chickens into the | J
business man’s coop and he was to pay
them fifteen dollars for the bunch. The
chickens were delivered but when the
men went for their pay they admitted
that three of the chickens had smother-
ed to death. As dead chickens were no
good to the business man he demurred
on paying fifteen dollars and finally com-
promised on $14.50.
But what was his amazement when he
went home at noon and counted his
chickens to find instead of sixty-eight
only fifty-two of them. To say that he
became angry is putting it too mild. He
was mad all over and without waiting to
get dinner he hunted up the men and
had them arrested. Before the ‘Squire
one of the men blamed the swindling
job all on the other and said, “I told you i
not to do it, that he'd find it out and
make trouble.” And trouble it did make
as the farmers were compelled to return
$3.36 to the business man and pay $2.75
costs, which left them $8.39, or about
sixteen cents apiece for their chickens.
All of which proves that it pays to be
honest, even in a chicken deal.
PoLITICAL ENROLLMENT.—The general
primary Act passed by the last Legisla-
ture has among other requirements one
compelling a political enrollment or reg-
istration. As the registration assessors
have already made their customary re-
turns it will be necessary for them to
make another registration. They must
call upon every voter in the county and
find out his political preference; that is
for what party offices he intends voting
at the coming primaries, whether “Dem-
ocrat,” “Republican,” “Washington,”
“Prohibition,” etc. And whatever party
he declares that is the one he will be
compelled to support at the primaries,
And if a man refuses to announce him-
self, or is missed by the assessor so that
his name is not on the assessor's books,
he cannot get a ballot to vote at the pri-
maries. So when the assessor comes
around and asks you what your politics
are, don’t tell him to mind his own busi-
ness, for if you do he'll mark “Refused”
opposite your name and then when you
attend the primaries you'll be refused a
ballot. And don’t think you can bluff
the election officers into giving you a bal-
lot if you aren't properly registered, as
the penalty is too severe. The law pro-
violating the Act is liable to a fine of
$1,000 and a year’s imprisonment, or
both; and any non-registered voter who
surreptitiously or otherwise casts a bal-
lot is also liable to a fine of $1,000 and a
year’s imprisonment. So the only thing
to do is declare your politics if you want
to vote at the primaries.
HEIM—FYE.—The home of Mrs. Eman-
uel C. Fye, at State College, was the
scene of a pretty wedding at high noon
on Tuesday when her daughter, Miss
Bess Alberta Fye, became the bride of
Raymond W. Heim, of Williamsport.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Walter H. Traub, pastor of Grace Luth-
eran church, the beautiful ring service
being used. The bride was attired in a
gown of crepe meteor and lace and car-
ried a bouquet of pink roses. She was
attended by Miss Virginia Holmes and
Miss Jean Sandstrom. Four little neices,
Heloise and Grace Fye, Adeline Holmes
With the Churches of the
0 unty.
in no way be responsible
ments. The real name of the
pany all communications,
Srom publication when the
accom-
but will be withheld
request is made.
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The Other Side of that Accident.
MR. P. Gray MEEK,
Bellefonte, Penna.,
My Dear My. Meek: —] observe in the
issue of the WATCHMAN of July 25th, a
statement from Mr. D. R. Thomas, con-
cerning the injury that befell Mr. George
S. Gray, of Halfmoon township, on the
28th of June, which I desire to contradict.
The article in your paper of July 11th
feet from the highway to the place, by
the fence, where Mr. Gray had gone for
safety.
I spent two weeks, approximately, at
his bedside, saw the crushed hip and the
other injuries he sustained. He told me
personally, and I heard him make the
same statement a number of times to
others, that the machine was going at
great speed, that it ran across the road
after striking the animal mentioned,
(and there was no occassion to strike it,
as there was ample room to pass), and
then struck him knocking him under the
car. Going rapidly, it's compact with the
hog, striking it on the side, caused the
driver to lose control of the driving
wheel.
Mr. Gray was greatly injured and suf-
fers terribly, all through the recklessness
of the driver. No man, even at his age,
could possibly be hurt as he was by
simply “falling down” Instead he was
knocked down by the auto, and it was
necessary to lift the machine off of him,
His fine physical condition, prior to his
injury; his heroic fight for life and the
excellent care of his physicians and
nurses, under the blessing of God, have
alone prolonged his life thus far. He is
in a serious condition.
I am surprised to see the recent state-
ment, making light of the act, and the
terrible injury that befell Mr. Gray, all
in the face of the true facts of the case,
that I have been constrained to send you
this correction which I will ask you to
kindly publish over my signature.
Very respectfully,
W. K. FosTER.
Phila., Pa., July 30th, 1913.
As OTHERS SEE Us.—A motor party
from Huntingdon paid a visit to Belle-
fonte last week, and among the number
was William Reed, a prominent merchant
of that place. Since his return home he
wrote a letter to his friend, G. R. Spigel-
myer, in which he spoke of Bellefonte as
follows:
I never saw Bellefomy 80 thor.
oughly as yesterday. our
Py wonders) in atown of
its size. Your town shows that the
citizens hive a great deal op sive
as
ih are Say pd
The public school building reflects
great credit on your town and citi-
Zenship 25 One of the finest I ever
saw. It is simply immense in every
. You are to be congratu-
ated in casting your lot in a town
that has so much to commend it.
Civic conditions of a town appea
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and Miriam McCormick acted as ribbon
bearers. Fred D. Heim a brother, of the
bridegroom, acted as best man and the
bride was given away by her brother, L.
D. Fye. J. Howard Heim, of Williams.
PATTERSON—JOHNSON.—The home of
the pastor, Rev. A.
SPRING MILLS.
Edward W. Brian spent a few days in Lemont
last week.
C. E. Snyder, of Sunbury, made a flying visit
here on Tuesday last.
Mrs. J. C. Condo, who was taken quite ill last
week, is convalescing.
Work on our state highway has been suspend.
ed until further orders. Why?
Miss Anna Cummings, after an absence of a
month, returned home on Saturday last.
Wm. Pealer, after a very severe spell of sick-
ness of a month's duration, is able to be up and
Fisher & Bro., as usual regale the visitors at
store with their laughable, babbling music. The
colony will pack up the last of the month for
their Southern trip, and then we'll see no more
of them until next May or June.
The typewriter is certainly a very excellent
and handy machine, but unfortunately is playing
the mischief with fine penmanship,