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fii Aa | THREE HOTELS REFUSED LICENSE BY COURT.
Bemovwaic Waldpwan
Belletonte, Pa., March 20, 1914.
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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.
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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.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up tosix o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat........................ 95
White Wheat... 90
Rye, per bushel.............. 70
Corn, shelled, per bushel 70
Corn, ears, per bushel........... 70
Oats, old and new, per bushel. 40
Barley, perbushel..............coesiesurercsireisinnss 60
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Siise fates rains Eraaiasa ar sti sia $ 96@96%
93@93Y
6912@70
6812 @69
44@44%s
3.85@4.10
5.00@5.25
Rye Flour per barrel 60
3.50@3.!
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1..... 10.00@19.00
he Mixed No. 1........ 15.00@18.00
9.50@16.50
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