— fii Aa | THREE HOTELS REFUSED LICENSE BY COURT. Bemovwaic Waldpwan Belletonte, Pa., March 20, 1914. Re —— m—— To CORRESPONDENTS.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name | of the writer. THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. | ——J. Mac Davis, landlord of the Gar- | man house, is recovering from a very se-. vere attack of erysipelas. ——J. M. Keichline bought the in- surance business of Earle C. Tuten, and he will renew all policies before their expirations. i 1 ——Go to the opera house tonight and | hear the Fisher Shipp Concert company’s | entertainment. It will be something worth while. For RENT.—House on east Linn St. 9 rooms and bath. Possession given when desired. Apply to 59-12-tf Mrs. EARLE C. TUTEN. | ——The Nicholson—Hemminger party closed their five weeks evangelistic cam paign in Lock Haven on Sunday and took | with them a free will offering of $1,800. ——A voung son arrived in the home ! of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Haag on Wednes- day, and a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller, at the Bellefonte hospital, on Monday. I The recent United Evangelical conference at Berwick transferred Rev. W. J. Dice from Millheim to Bloomsburg, and W. H. Brown, of Lewistown, will be his successor. ——E. T. Kellerman section foreman of the Bellefonte Central railroad, moved his family from Benore to Coleville, this week. Mr. Kellerman succeeds Thomas Rishel, now supervisor of the road. ——James I. Thompson had a total in- surance of $8,800 on his country home at Centre Furnace which was totally de- stroyed by fire last Thursday morning. This amount will cover the greater part of his loss. ——Blanchard Mattern, who for a num- ber of years past has farmed the Jacob Gray farm in Patton township, will re- tire this spring and with Mrs. Mattern will move. to Altoona, where most of their children are now located. ——Ng Poon Chew the learned China- man and journalist, who will lecture in Bellefonte Tuesday evening, March 24th, under. the auspices of the Y. M. C. A,, speaks English fluently and all persons desirous of hearing something real good should attend his lecture. ——All lovers of music should attend the entertainment to be given in the opera house this (Friday) evening by the Fisher Shipp Concert company. The en- tertainment will be under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and the company is said to be one ot the best on the road today. ——If you have an hour to spend at the movies, try the Scenic, if you are in doubt where to go. You will find the pictures there as good as anywhere else. A change of program every evening. The room is always comfortable and well ventilated and good order preserved at all times. : —1In our obituary of W. A. Tobias, last week, we were unable to give the cause of death, which proved to be paral- ysis. Mr. Tobias is survived by two sis- ters and one brother, namely: Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, of Altoona; Mrs Amelia Auman, of Millheim, and Lewis Tobias, of Rockford, III. ——The Undine fire company had their usual St. Patrick’s day banquet on Tues- day evening which was enjoyed by a large nnmber of the company as well as afew invited guests. Among the speech makers were burgess Edmund Blanchard, John J. Bower, Col. H. S. Taylor and W. Francis Speer. : ——Miss Grace Hendricks, W. C. T. U. State lecturer and organizer of Philadel- phia, will address a public meeting in the Disciple church at Blanchard, tomor- row, Saturday evening, at 7.30. The school children will sing and a general good time is expected. Everyone invit- ed. Beech Creek and Howard especially. —~—Following the death of his wife Rev. R. Crittenden broke up his home in Bethlehem, storing some of his furniture and selling the balance and has gone to Brooklyn, N. Y., to make his home with his daughter Charlotte, now Mrs. George Frost. His health is fairly good and he has become somewhat reconciled to the death of his wife. ——A very exciting game of basket bail will be the contest in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium next Wednesday evening, March 25, between the champion Sopho- more team of State College and the Acad- emy five which has lost but one game out of twelve this winter. The Academy has defeated the other three ‘class ' teams of State College and will play hard to keep their wonderful record of successive vic- tories uninterrupted. Don’t miss this game, you basket ball lovers. ——Rev. Dr. Edgar, who has been preaching for Dr. Hawes in the Presby- terian church this week, heard Ng Poon Chew lecture in Pittsburgh, and he states that he is one of the most brilliant and wittiest talkers he ever heard. Mr. Poon Chew is regarded as the Mark Twain of the Orient and his lectures combine log- ic and humor. His lecture next Tues- day evening, as one of the numbers in the Y. M. C. A. star course, will be in the opera house and the people of Belle- fonte will miss a rare tréat if they fail to hear him. - Tn. | Judge Orvis Hands Down Lengthy Opinion in Which He Lays Down Rules and De- mands of Applicants an Agreement to Comply Therewith Before Granting License. Must Not Sell to Students and Close at Ten O’clock. In a lengthy opinion and decree handed down late Wednesday afternoon Judge Ellis L Orvis refused a license to the Milesburg hotel, Henry Kohlbecker, propri- etor; the Sandy Ridge hotel, J. B. Degan, proprietor, and the Ramsdale house, Phil- ipsburg, Parado & Guschak, proprietors. He also stipulated a number of requirements .among which are that liquor . must not be sold to students of any institution in the county, even if they are of age, and that all bars must be closed at ten o'clock. Applicants for license must sign an agreement to comply with all requirements before final action upon their petition is taken by the court. OPINION AND DECREE OF COURT. The policy of the Commonwealth with reference to the liquor traffic presents a much more complicated situation than it might appear upon the threshold to the casual inquirer, but it is this situation that meets every conscientious Judge who feels compelled, by an intelligent knowledge of the laws of the State and his conscientious duty under his oath of office, to enforce the laws both in their letter and spirit. That the present legislation of the State favors or intends to favor the sale of intoxicants under a certain judicial | control and restraint is obvious to every candid mind. It is equally obvious that the laws of Pennsylvania, as they now appear upon our statute books, do not favor in the least local option, much less prohibition. Candor requires us to state that our present system of license laws is not log- ical or consistent or philosophically de- veloped. The so-called Brooks Law con- fides to the courts the duty of granting or refusing licenses, principally to hotels, and many suppose that this embraces practically all the operative legislation upon the subject. Unfortunately, it does not. Only a portion of the liquor traffic is under judicial restraint or even super- vision, at least that of the local courts. By our laws, clubs, organizations, and other associations of men, fraternal or otherwise, may legally maintain side- boards and grill rooms, and in the aggre- gate distribute vast quantities of alco; holic liquors without application to our courts. So can agents of city grocers, outside brewers, distillers, wholesalers canvass the homes and offices of our citizens without being amenable to judi- cial process; so can brewers and distil- lers without license sell ‘their own pro- duct in every portion of Pennsylvania. Other legislation has extended the same | privilege to the growers of grapes and other fruits. Men can by legislation make wines, ciders, bottle ale, beer and other alcoholic liquors and sell them in quantities without judicial permission. Permanent agencies can be lawfully maintained in each locality for the solic- itation of orders and the distribution of such products. When we further con- sider with what ease the same articles can be marketed through the agencies of our railroad and express companies, as well as the Federal postal service, any thoughtful person can readily see that our courts have a very limited jurisdic- tion, and that the good that might flow from such judicial control and supervis- ion js largely nullified by these other legai methods and channels of distribu- tion which though legal are under no | restraint or supervision. But the Act of 1887 imposes upon the local courts the unpleasant task of hear- ing applications for hotel license and re- ' fusing or granting them according to the merits of each individual case. The said legislation directs the court to pass upon three questions of fact: First. The fitness of the applicant. Second. The character of his house, and Third. The necessity upon the part of the public for a hotel at the place applied for. The policy of this legislation is exclu- sively for the Legislature itself or for the citizens of the Commonwelath who make Legislators. There is nothing left to the court but to in good faith administer the law according to its spirit as defined by our appellate courts. This same legislation gives a limited right of remonstrance but confines the right of remonstrance in each case to the inhabitants of the district in which is lo- cated the proposed hotel. Strictly speak- ing, therefore, general remonstrances signed promiscuously by the inhabitants of the county, have no legal status, and we might under a narrow construction direct that such remonstrances be not even filed, but in our personal opinion while such remonstrances may have no controlling influence, they are of value. We believe in the alienable right of peti- tion, and we further believe that the agi- tation of any question, such as the one now under discussion, if conducted tem- perately and within legal limits, is bound to lead to good results. If nothing more it will be notice to our landlords that the public eye'is upon them and that the public will not tolerate a house maintain- ed contrary to the laws, or in any way to offend the general standard to be ob- served in an ordinary hotel. Instead of therefore, resenting the recent agitation in our own county in favor of prohibition and of the strict enforcement of our laws, we welcome the same, and believe that nothing but good will come from it, and that our hotels for the coming year will be better and their bars more carefully regulated because of the same. Outside of the remonstrances against four of the hotels in Bellefonte and the one at Central City there have been no remonstrances that raise any question of fact or represent a tenable position under the present high license system. Invar- iably the remonstrance is based upon general, moral or sentimental reasons. They can, therefore, be of little assistance to the court in determining the facts which our present laws require to be negatived before existing licenses can be logically refused. The attitude of our temperance friends in the borough of Philipsburg serves to illustrate the situation. No difference is made between the best and poorest ho- tels. No attempt is made to inform the Court as to the relative merits of any of the applicants. All are treated impar- tially as of equal merit or equally desti- tute of merit. The thought is, grant all or none. While this might be a good campaign slogan, it fails to enlighten the Judge as to his duty in the several cases awaiting his judgment. In Bellefonte, for a lony time, we have had five hotels. This is the county-seat, not only is it the principal place of busi- ness in the county, drawing a large trav- eling public thereto from beyond the con- fines of the county, but a very consider- Following is the opinion and decree in full: able proportion of our county population is regularly brought to the county-seat as jurors, witnesses, litigants, or for the transaction of their personal or county i business. We are not, therefore, sur- i prised to find upon examination that each of these five hotels entertains an unusually large number of guests, and that frequently the five combined are not by the traveling public. It is not, there- that there is need for at least five public houses for the entertainment of the trav- eling public. Remonstrances were filed against four but not against the Brant house. A refusal of the four remonstrat- | ed against would create a monopoly of | the drink traffic that would be generally distasteful, but if sufficient evidence upon other ground than the necessity | were forth-coming it would be our un- | doubted duty to refuse any or all for suf- ficient cause. Undoubtedly, some evi- | dence has been presented against three of the houses, namely: The Bush, the Brockerhoff, and the Haag, but after a careful examination of the quality of this testimony we fail to be convinced that it is sufficient to justify a refusal of the license. These houses have been maintained for many years under the management of the present landlords, and it has indeed been many years since a remonstrance has been filed or a charge made against any of them. The princi- pal evidence before us has been made by men who clearly show their chagrin at having been refused drinks at the re- spective bars and a desire on the part of witness to punish the landlord for an ob- servance rather than an infraction of the laws. The applicants are entitled to a trial by jury or what is equivalent thereto. In each instance itis our firm belief and judgment that these particular landlords would have been acquitted by a jury upon the testimony and evidence now before us. The case is different with regard to Mr. Bowser of Philipsburg, who had his trial by jury, resulting in a verdict of not guilty. The trial was a fair one, and w= do not hesitate to say that the verdict was justified by the character of the evidence. The applicant at Central City also has had his trial by jury and was found guilty. In this case we unhesitatingly say that the verdict of the jury was justified by the character of the evidence. While the evidence submitted does not justify a refusal in granting the license in most instances, it does convince us that hereafter the landlord should main- tain a stricter regulation of the traffic, and should cause their bar-keepers to be still more careful as to the observance of all legislation with reference to the sale of liquor as well as the rules and requests of the Court. It is the desire of the Court that each hotel refuse to sell liquor to any student attending Pennsylvania State College, the Bellefonte Academy, or any other school in the county, even though he be past twenty-one years of age. The Legislature in its wisdom tried to protect the students at State College from the temptation by establish- ing a localized prohibition around it. With the growth of that Institution and the new means of ‘rapid transit, such statutory provisions are no longer ade- quate. Centre county is becoming rec- ognized as a great educational center. As such, much traffic is brought to our local hotels and it is good business poli- cy as well as common humanity that de- structive agencies tending to contami- nate the youths who come to our colleg- es and academies should be minimized as far as possible. We turther require that the bars be closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, Decoration day and Good Fri- day. That all bars in the county be closedat 10 p. m. and that no liquor shall be furnished to card parties or guests playing games of chance either in public or private rooms, and that the sale by bottles shall be limited to the lowest possible minimum. Before any licenses will be granted we will require the appli- cants to file in the Prothonotary’s office an agreement to comply with these re- quests. While many of the best citizens both of Boggs township and the borough of Milesburg testified very strongly in favor of Mr. Kohlbecker, we feel that we must be controlled by the verdict of the jury, and that there is no alternative but that we should refuse his license. We have long entertained the thought that the number of hotels in Philipsburg should be reduced, but, as we have more than once stated, we have received no aid or assistance by remonstrants or other citizens to aid us in properly handling the local situation as to said borough, but under the information as we now have it we believe that the tavern known as the Ramsdale house is the least needed for the entertainment of the traveling public and we have determined to close its bar. Furthermore, we are not at all satisfied with the conduct of the landlord and the policy of his management in the Hotel at Sandy Ridge, and for that reason will refuse his application. The other applicants we will hold under considera- tion until we have a chance to examine and consider the character of the written pledges which they may hereafter file in accordance with the requirements above set forth. fy ; However, a mere perfunctory pledge in writing will not be sufficient, we must be convinced that it is made in good faith, We will require of the applicant at Coburn some assurance that meals will be furnished to guests and travelers at less limited hours and more suitable to the convenience of such guests and travelers than as heretofore prevailed at said House. The situation at the Gar- man House is a more complicated one and will be considered by itself, ,j.,% By the court, - ELuis L. Orvis, P, J. ——State College graduates in Altoona organized an association at an enthu- siastic meeting held at the Schmitt house, equal to the demands made upon them | fore, our opinion but an undoubted fact | TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS ORGANIZE.~In | accordance with the requirements of an t Act of the Legislature of 1913 the town- * ship supervisors in Centre county met in j the court house yesterday morning and i organized into a permanent organization. : Judge Ellis L. Orvis presided and on mo- ' tion appointed the following committee on nomination of permanent officers: Benjamin Rover, of Miles township; Geo. F. Stevenson, of Patton; William M. Swabb, of Harris; John F. Grove, of : Marion, and D. Perry Rees, of Worth. While the committee were consulting in : the jury room W. A. Wynn, a member of ‘ the State Highway Department, address- : ed the supervisors. | He explained to them the provisions of the township supervisors law and also the rules that had been sent out by the State Highway Department for their guidance. While supervisors in some townships seem to resent some of the rules he explained that they were sent ‘out in good faith and because the Depart- ment wants to be a help to the super- visors instead of a hindrance. {At the conclusion of his talk the nomi- nating committee reported as follows: For president, Judge Ellis L. Orvis; for vice presidents, Nicodemus Luse, of Penn township, and Newton I. Wilson, of Half- moon township; secretary, Harry F. Chaney, of Worth township, and treas- urer, B. F. Vonada, of Marion township. Judge Orvis said that he thought it would be better if one of | the supervisors were elected president and at his suggestion the names of Samuel Kling, of Marion township; Andrew Lytle, of College, and James Turner, of Huston, were also put in nomination. A ballot was taken and Judge Orvis was elected, he receiving 39 votes. Kling got 10, Lytle5 and Turner 1. A question box was conducted at a meeting held at one o'clock and at 3.30 W. B. Shaw, representing the Universal Portland Cement company, gave an illus- trated talk at the Scenic on concrete roads and pavements. STATE HEALTH OFFICERS IN BELLE- FONTE.—Dr. B. Franklin Royer, associate chief medical inspector of the State Health Department, and Dr. J. J. Mul- lowney, a division inspector, were in Bellefonte this week looking over the health conditions here. Dr. Royer ad- dressed a meeting of all the health offi- cers in the county, in the grand jury room in the court house on Tuesday morning, his special theme being a more strict regard for quarantine regulations in cases of contagious disease. He not only explained what the law requires in such cases, but told what the State Board exacted. Following the meeting Dr. Royer entertained the health officers at luncheon at the Brockerhoff house. Dr. Mullowney was here for the pur- pose of inspecting the condition of the public schools, and in doing this he made an examination of all the students as to their eyesight, hearing, lung trouble, throat trouble and even for vermin. Six students were taken at one time into the office of the supervising principal and were examined one at a time. About five minutes were spent on each student and while figures cannot be given at this writing the general health conditions are good. von. SociAL DoiNGs.—The engagement of Miss Lillian Williams, of Bellefonte, and Freas A. Harvey, of Mount Carmel, was announced Friday evening of last week, at a party given by Miss Williams at her home on Bishop street, at which twenty of her most intimate girl friends were the guests. No definite time has been set for the wedding, but it is expected to take place some time during the fall. Mrs. A. G. Morris Jr., entertained with two tables of five hundred, Monday even- ing, in compliment to Fred Seidel, a former Academy student visiting in Belle- fonte over Sunday. Miss Helen E Overton was hostess at a dinner party, given at the Bush house Tuesday evening at six o'clock, for which eight covers had been laid. Dr. Edgar, of Wilkinsburg, in Bellefonte assisting Dr. Hawes with his series of meetings, was the honor guest. Mrs. John I. Olewine had an “at home” Friday for the nurses and graduate nurses of the hospital, who are in Bellefonte at present. Eighteen, including James Krape, were entertained by Mrs. Olewine at her home on Spring street. ——The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Huntingdon Presbytery will meet in the First Presbyterian church of Altoona Wednesday and Thursday, March 25th and 26th. The program committee has secured an unusual num- ber of strong speakers. Dr. Robert E. Speer, Miss Bonine, from Mexico, Miss London, from Japan, and Miss Rachel Lowrie, of the Woman’s Board. NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Miss Sara P. Malin left Tuesday for Balti- more, where. she will visit for two weeks with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel O. Malin. : —Mrs. Howard Gearhart, of Coatesville, is spending some time in Bellefonte with her moth- er and sisters, Mrs. Joseph Fox, the Misses Fox and Mrs. Parrish. { —Mr. and Mrs. John C. Larimer, of Philadel: phia, came to Bellefonte Friday of last week, being guests while here of Mr. Larimer’s mother, Mrs. J. F. Larimer, of Curtin street. —MTrs. George Ingram was at Tyrone Tuesday, for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. C. Mc- Closkey. Mrs. Ingram has recently been enter- taining her sister, Mrs. Haines, of Rossiter. —Mrs, Harris and Mrs. Waterman, of Provi- dence, sisters of Col. W. F. Reynolds, came to Bellefonte Wednesday and are guests of their Altoona, last Friday evening. brother, and Mrs. Reynolds, at their home on Linn street. # —Robert Hood, of Cherrytree, spent Sunday with his family in Bellefonte. —T. B. Budinger, of Snow Shoe, was a busi- ness visitor in Bellefonte on Monday. —William H. Garman spent last week in the western part of the State on a business trip. —Ralph Moerschbacher left Saturday for Freeland, where he will visit for a short time with friends. —Mrs. William Prince, of Crafton, is in Belle- fonte visiting with her daughters, Mrs. Thomas Beaver and Mrs. Donald Potter. —Fred W. Chambers, of Philadelphia, was in Bellefonte in the beginning of the week on his regular round as a trdveling salesman. —Mrs. Thomas E. Mayes returned to Belle- fonte the beginning of the week, after spending Sunday with her parents, at Johnstown. —Mrs. Frank McCoy and her daughter Anna left Bellefonte Monday for Atlantic City, ex- pecting to spend several weeks at the shore. —Mrs. Boyd Musser and small son Harold, of Altoona, were over Sunday guests at the William J. Musser home, on east Lamb street. ~—Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Klinger, of Lemont, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Klinger, of east Lamb street, while spending Sunday in Belle- fonte. —Mrs. John Powers returned to her home on Spring street, Tuesday evening, after spending several months with friends and relatives in Johnstown. —Mrs. H. S. Ray spent from Friday of last week until Sunday evening in Tyrone visiting her sisters, Mrs. Claude Jones and Mrs. Thomas F. Connery. —W. Fred Rees, who holds a good position with the Pennsylvania railroad company at Renovo, was an over Sunday visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Wash Rees. —Mrs. Andrew Engle, of Altoona, and her small son, Andrew Engle Jr., have been spend. ing this week in Bellefonte with Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Caldwell. Mrs. Engle will return to Altoona Sunday. —Henry Fox, who has spent the greater part of the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Brachbill, left Wednesday for Bellville, Mifflin county, for an indefinite stay with another daugh- ter, Mrs. Kennedy. —Mrs. Austin O. Furst and Mrs. James C. Furst went to Philadelphia Monday. At Wil- liamsport they were joined by Mrs. James Furst’s mother, Mrs. Harrar, who will be with them dur- ing their stay in the city. —Mrs. Edward Franks and child, of Pitcairn, with her sister, Miss Florence Hamilton, of Pitts- burgh, arrived in Bellefonte last Saturday on a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton, of Ridge street. —Mrs. J. F. Alexander came to Bellefonte on Saturday and will spend the ensuing few weeks with her sister, Mrs. Frank McCoy, and her brother, Archibald Allison, until she is ready to open her own home in Centre Hall. : —Miss Ellen Hayes has been in Bellefonte this week, spending the spring vacation with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes. Miss Hayes is a senior at Sweet Briar College, to which place she will return Sunday. —Mrs. John Cramer with her four children, of Pittsburgh, arrived in Bellefonte the latter part of last week and are now occupying their house on east Lamb street. Mr. Cramer has been working in this place for some time. —Mrs. Lewis Harvey with her two children are with Judge and Mrs. Ellis L. Orvis. Mrs, Harvey and the children came from Snow Shoe the latter part of last week, intendingto remain in Bellefonte for a visit while Mr. Harvey made a business trip to Milton. —John Dubbs Jr., of Harrisburg, route agent for the Adams Express company, was in Belle. fonte a few hours last Friday looking after a little business and visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dubbs. He expects to move to Phil- adelphia on or about April first. —E. Norris Bogle was the guest of his mother over last Sunday. at their home at the Forge House. Mr. Bogle came from New York, on account of the illness of his aunt, Miss Norris, whose condition, while considered serious two weeks ago, is very much improved. —MTr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Morris came from Pittsburgh Saturday, to see their son, Thomas King Morris Jr., who has been in Bellefonte for a month. Mr. Morris went east Monday and from there will return to Pittsburgh, while Mrs. Morris will remain with King for two weeks. —Mrs. Frank Warfield left yesterday for Geran. ton, where she will join Mrs. Woodcock for sev- eral days, in order to attend the evangelistic meetings Mr. Sunday is conducting in that city. From Scranton Mrs. Warfield will goto Trenton, N. J., for a visit with her niece, Mrs. Girard W. Childs. —Mrs, George N. Brandon and her son, Robert Patterson, both of Scranton, came to Bellefonte death of Mrs. Brandon’s father, John Shank. While in Bellefonte Mrs. Brandon and Mr: Patterson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Naginey. —MTrs. Thomas Ross came to Bellefonte Tues- day, for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles Morris. Mrs. Ross has been in Pittsburgh with her husband, who having ended a three weeks engagement there, left immediately for New York, where Mrs. Ross will join him upon leav- ing Bellefonte. 3 —William Larimer, superintendent of the Palace livery stables, went to Johnstown Friday on a business trip. Mr. Larimer had with him his grand-daughter Elizabeth, who spent the time while in Johnstown with her father, Charles Larimer. Mr. Larimer and Elizabeth returned to Bellefonte Saturday. —Rev. Ezra H. Yocum lefton Monday to at- tend the annual Central Pennsylvania M. E. con- ference which convened in Harrisburg on Tues- day evening with Bishop Earl Cranston presid- ing. Rev. Yocum'’s past year as pastor of the Bellefonte church was quite successful, financially and in the number of accessions to the church. —Harry W. Potter, who lives in the State of Washington, arrived in Bellefonte on Monday evening and was met here by his father, Joshua T. Potter, of Centre Hall, and the two drove home the same night. The young man came home in response to a telegram that his mother was very ill as the result of a stroke of paralysis. —~Mrs. R. Harold Smith, nee Miss Harrie* Ray, came to Bellefonte unexpectedly on Mon- day evening expecting to spend a month with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Ray, but she had not been in Bellefonte more than a few hours: when she received a telegram from her husband telling her that he had been successful in landing a con- tract at Salt Lake City, Utah, which he had been after for some time and they would leave for that place on Thursday. Consequently her visit was cut short'to a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Smith expect to be in the west the next two years. —Dr. Thomas C. Van Tries and County Com- missioner Jacob Woodring returned last Thurs- day from a two week's trip south as far as Tampa, Florida. They had a number of inter- esting experiences one of which occurred at Jacksonville, Fla. They were ona through train which was about three hours behind time and when Jacksonville was reached the passengers were all ordered out. Dr. VanTries inquired what was wrong as he supposed they would go through to Tampa without change, and was politely informed that the railroad crew had been on duty fourteen hours, the men were tired and they were going to lay up there for the night and | Ret some rest, and the train layed there until morning. the afterpart of last week, on account of the | B —Mys. J. L. Young, of St. Louis, arrived in Bellefonte yesterday morning, expecting to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bidwell, until June. —Boyd A. Musser, of Scranton, was in Belle- fonte for a day the latter part of last week, look- ing after some business interests and visiting with his brother. —Mrs. John Noll and her daughter, Miss Noll, went to Williamsport Thursday, to spend sev- eral days, both being under the treatment of specialists of that city. —Ralph Mallory one of the leading photograph- ers of Bellefonte, went to Scranton Monday, to attend the State Photographers convention, in session there this week. —Mrs. John Nolan, of Osceola, was with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shaughensey, for the week-end. Mrs. Nolan's visit to Bellefonte at this time, was on account of the illness of her mother. —Roger Willard, a signal engineer of the U. S. government in Panama, is spending his six weeks vacation in the States, and at present visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Willard, of Thomas street. —Elliot Lyon Morris, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morris, of Linn street, is in Belle- fonte to spend his spring vacation. Elliot is taking his first year at St. Luke’s, a preparatory school at Wayne. —Mrs. Harry C. Burket and her little daughter Katherine, who visited for the greater part of last week in Bellefonte with Mrs. Burket’s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Tressler, returned to their home at Stormstown Sunday. —Miss Hattie Miller, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver C. Miller, of Scottdale, wilo has been in Bellefonte visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Jonathan Miller, of Reynolds avenue, returned to her home Friday. —Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Rishel went to Pitts- burgh Wednesday afternoon, to be with their daughter Sara, who was to have been operated upon by a Pittsburgh surgeon, after having been under treatment there during the winter. —Fred Seidel, of Muhlenburg; George Henry of Mercersburg; Peter Stoffer, of Hazelton, and Alfred Barnhart, of Greensburg, former Belle. fonte Academy students, spent Sunday in Belle- fonte with some of their school friends up at the Academy. —Mrs. Robert Morris left for Massachusetts very unexpectedly Saturday night of last week, on account of the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Titcome, who became ill while visiting in Boston. Mors. Titcome’s home is at Kennebunk Port, Maine. —Miss Caroline Harper came to Bellef. Wednesday from Philadelphia. Miss fone who has been in Williamsport since the first of November, going from there to Philadelphia two weeks ago, has returned to open her home on Thomas street for the summer. —W. T. Twitmire, C. C. Shuey and M. R. Johnson are among those from the Methodist church of Bellefonte; who expect to attend some of the sessions of the Central Pennsylvania con- ference in session at Harrisburg. Should these men succeed in making arrangements to go, they will join Dr. Yocum there today. —Miss McCalmont, Miss Kitty Potter and Mrs. Harry Yeager will go to Altoona next week, to attend the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Huntingdon Presbytery, in session there, Wednesday and Thursday. Miss Potter and Mrs. Yeager are the delegates sent to represent this society of the Presbyterian church in Bellefonte. —Rev. C, T. Aikens, of Selinsgrove, spent Wednesday in Bellefonte, as a guest of Mrs. J. A. Aiken. Mr. Aikens was on the way to State Col- lege on a business trip, but expected to spend a very short time in Centre county, owing to his interest in politics in the eastern part of the State. Mr. Aikens anticipates being one of the nominees for Congress, from his district. —After spending the greater part of the winter in Nebraska, with her sister, Mrs. Weatherly, Mrs. Mollie L. Valentine will leave Omaha Sun- day for the east, expecting to go directly to Atlantic City. For a part of the time Mrs. Valentine remains at the Shore, she will be the guest of Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Callaway, and upon leaving there in April, she will come to Belle- fonte to open her home for the summer. rr —eeteta——— Sale Register. APRIL 4TH.—At Jas. S. Carson’s, Willowb: Busivs Addition, Belieonte. “Two horses, tw €s, two setts harness, Etc. Sale at one o’clock rn usehald A90d5, Bellefonte Produce Markets. Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer. The prices quoted are those paid for produce. Potatoes per bushel, new.... L 75 onions...........c.coveerneiis Eggs, per dozen... 31.00 Lard, per pound... 12 Utter Der pound..........cccueeeereeeensenennnsesssnon 30 Bellefonte Grain Markets. 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