Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, November 19, 1915, Image 8

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Belletonte, Pa., November 19, 1915.
To CORRESPONDENTS.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Coats, suits and dresses reduced
at AIKEN’S. 46-1t
—— Mrs. Benjamin Haffley last week
sold her home near the fair grounds to
John H. Barnhart, for $1,500.
——W. Harrison Walker was confin-
ed to the house the fore part of the week
with a mild attack of tonsilitis.
——Charles Sheckler, of Milesburg,
was arrested at York on Monday and on
Tuesday brought to Bellefonte and lodg-
ed in jail on a charge of seduction.
——Joseph Carpeneto will open his |
ladies and gentleman’s shoe shining par-
lor in the corner room in the Crider
building tomorrow (Saturday.) Separate
room for the ladies.
——Motor parties. from Pittsburgh,
Johnstown, Altoona, Shamokin, Williams-
port, Lock Haven and Howard were in
Bellefonte Thursday night of last week
to hear Mr. Eaton in his lecture on
Christian Science.
——NMiss Blanche Bathurst, who sev-
eral weeks ago attempted to commit sui-
cide, was recently adjudged an incorri-
gible in juvenile court and on Wednes-
day was taken to the girls home "at Glen !
Mills, Chester county.
——The ladies of the Lutheran church
will hold a sale in the W. C. T. U. room,
Friday, December 17th. Bread, pies,
cakes, and a line of plain and fancy
aprons, and articles suitable for Christ-
mas gifts will be on sale.
—In addition to the mush for frying
that George Smith has been supplying to
the housekeepers of Bellefonte, he now
is making moulds of souse which he is
also seiling at ten cents. Mr. Smith has
the Commercial telephone, not the Bell,
as we stated last week.
——Considerable local talent has al-
ready been enlisted for the entertain-
ment in the opera house on the evening
of December 21st, as a benefit for the
Centre county Old Home Week - fund.
From the preliminary plans now being
made it will be an entertainment worth
seeing.
——Maynard Meeker, a former resi-
dent of Burnside township but who
recently has been living near Centre
Hall, has leased the Old Fort hotel to
take possession on or about April 1st,
1916. Edward Royer, the present pro-
prietor, expects to retire from the hotel
business.
——At a regular meeting of the board |
of County Commissioners on Tuesday
John R. Herd, of Philipsburg, was elected
mercantile appraiser for the year 1916.
Mr. Herd is one of the representative
Democrats of the town across the moun-
tain and his appointment meets with
universal approval."
——The Ladies Aid society of the M.
E. church of Pleasant Gap, will serve an
oyster supper Thanksgiving evening, for
the benefit of the church. In addition
to the supper there will be on sale ice
cream, cake, candies, etc.
cordially invited to help these good wom- |
en and to meet with them for a social
evening.
——At a special meeting of the Mill-
heim borough council on Tuesday even-
ing a contract was awarded to L. M.
Yoder, of Belleville, to erect and equip a
Everyone is |
| EVANGELIST STARKE STIRRING THINGS. :
| —Evangelist Lee Starke gives stirring
addresses at the Methodist Episcopal :
| church and has made a most favorable
' impression upon all who have heard him.
: The evangelist is preaching twice daily
with great earnestness and power to con-
‘ stantly increasing crowds.
i Mr. Starke is a Virginian by birth and
.a New Yorker by adoption. He is a
| warm-hearted, hot-headed Southerner,
,and the New Yorkers have nicknamed
him “Tobasco Starke,” because of his
pungent, powerful shots at his audience.
: We doubt if any man ever preached in
| Bellefonte who came to us so highly rec-
ommended as Mr. Starke. Heis a frank,
! fearless, eloquent preacher of the “Old
Time Religion.” To-night the Evan-
gelist is to take for his subject “The Dry
Bones of Bellefonte,” and on Saturday
night, “Who is Your Sweetheart?” Of this
: sermon-lecture, the Camden, N. J., Dai-
ly Courier” says: The evangelist’s talk to
' Sweethearts last night was one of the
most beautiful things ever heard in
Camden.” This lecture, as well as all
the services are free to all.
Sunday morning the subject is to be
“The Second Birth,” at 2.30 p. m., “Our
Children,” and at 7.30, “The Old Ship
Zion.”
Great crowds are expected to hear Mr.
i Starke during the remainder of his Belle-
fonte campaign. All christians within
touching distance of our town should at-
tend these notable meetings, and hear
the plain, pointed and poweiful sermons
of this, “Man of God.”
Mr. Starke has consented to remain in
| Bellefonte until and including Sunday
night November 28th and will preach
twice daily and three times on Sundays.
STATE COLLEGE STUDENT KILLED —John
C. Merion, a Junior at State College, fell
from the fourth story of a hotel at Allen-
town at an early hour last Thursday
morning, landing on a concrete pave-
ment, crushing his skull and fracturing a
leg. He died in the Allentown hospital
several hours later |
Merion was one of a party of twenty- ;
seven students in charge of Dr. J. B.
Churchill who went to Allentown on a
trip of inspection of the various indus-
tries in the Lehigh valley. The party
arrived in Allentown at ten o'clock on |
Wednesday evening and went direct to
the hotel. So far as known the entire
party were in bed by midnight. About
four o'clock in the morning employees
of the hotel heard a noise in the rear of
the building and upon investigation
found Merion lying on the concrete
pavement. He was rushed to the hos"
pital but died shortly afterwards.
Merion was twenty years old and a
son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Merion, of
Ward, Chester county. He was a mem-
ber of the track team and one of the
most popular students at Penn State.
COLORED CHAUFFEUR CHUCKED IN JAIL.
—Cecil Overton, a young colored man of
| Bellefonte, who has been working as
chauffeur for various Lock Haven gentle- |
men, enjoyed a joyride to Bellefonte on !
| Sunday and because he overstayed his |
{ allotted time and put the machine out of
commission he was arrested and taken
back to Lock Haven and locked up in |
the Clinton county jail. i
On Sunday morning Overton hired W. |
i back to its owner by three o'clock in the |
afternoon. He failed to do so and when
evening came and the car had not yet |
been returned Mr. Johnson sought the |
aid of the police department. Chief of
‘train home.
——Coats, suits and dresses reduced
at AIKEN’S. 46-1t
——The Bellefonte Academy football
team will play the State College scrubs
on Hughes field to-morrow afternoon at
2.30 o'clock. This will be the Acade-
my’s last game of the season and a big
crowd should go out to see it. The
Academy boys are playing a better game
now than they did when they played the
State Freshmen and expect to give the
scrubs a hard tussle. Price of admis-'
sion, 25 cents. Ladies free.
——A fair and food sale, which will in-
clude fancy work of all kinds, plain
clothes for children, articles for use in
. the kitchen and food stuffs of every vari-
“ety, will be held by the women of the
Methodist church, in Petrikin hall, all
day and during the evening of Friday,
December 3rd. Furtherinformation con-
cerning contributions for this fair can be
gotten from Mrs. John Olewine, presi-
dent of the Aid society of the church.
——The final session of the teachers’
' institute in Philipsburg was held last Fri-
day morning, adjournment being made
in time to allow the teachers on this side
of the mountain to take the morning
The institute was pro-
nounced a decided success by all the
teachers, who for une ‘year at least en-
joyed the change from Bellefonte to
Philipsburg. It is quite likely, however,
that next year’s institute will be held in
Bellefonte.
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owe .
——Thursday of next week will be
Thanksgiving day and residents of Belie-
fonte are requested not to overlook the
donation to the Bellefonte hospital. Pa-
per bags will be distributed in due time
and everybody is asked to give according
to their means. Whatever you feel in-
: clined to give will be acceptable and
' gratefully received, whether it be provis-
ions, linen or room furnishings. The
hospital is doing a good work and is en-
titled to a liberal donation.
——There is no gainsaying the fact
that Bellefonte people appreciate high
class motion pictures, and the verv fact
that they so liberally patronize the Scen-
icis evidence that they appreciate the
kind of pictures Manager T. Clayton
Brown is now giving as a regular even-
ing program. Included in his list are the
famous Paramount pictures, staged by
experts and played by some of the best
talent it is possible to secure. There-
fore the Scenic is the place to go. I
——The Bellwood High school football |
team will be the Bellefonte High’s oppo- |
nents on the old Hughes field tomorrow
(Saturday) afternoon. Bellwood’s kick- |
ers are a strong aggregation and the!
local boys will have to play a fast game
to win, but they are détermined to put
up the best fight possible. The price of
admission will be but twenty-five cents |
and lovers of the sport are urged to go
out and witness the contest, and by their
, presence encourage the Bellefonte boys
to victory.
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——Announcements have been receiv-
ed in Bellefonte of the establishment of |
a new consulting engineering firm in
Pittsburgh between William E. Moore,
former vice president of the West Penn
Traction and lighting properties, and Mr.
mission. Mr. Wallis, who is quite well |
known in Bellefonte from having mar- |
ried Miss Nelle Conley, was selected as a
partner by Mr. Moore out of a large list
of eligibles. The new firm has opened
' gusting order.
' paid all the way from $1,100 to $3,700.
‘part of February,
I will
police Harry Dukeman was communicat- | offices in the Union bank building, Pitts-
ed with and at ten o’clock that evening | burgh, and is prepared to make any and
REPUBLICANS TO BE QUSTED FOR DEM- °
ocaTs.—The following special dispatch
appeared in last Friday's Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.— Postmaster
General Burleson today made public the
unfilled presidential postoffices of the
country, to which deserving Democrats
will be named soon after the convening
of Congress. Of course the choice plums
in Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West
Virginia have been distributed, but still
there are a number worth having.
Information to be had about the White
House and the Postoffice Department is
to the effect that factional lines are not
to be drawn so tightly in future. Inthe
past “original Wilson men,” especially in
Pennsylvania, have received the prefer-
ence in appointments. With a presiden-
tial campaign approaching and with solid
Wilson delegations needed for next
year’s convention, the olive branch is to
be extended to those Democrats who
heretofore have not been classed as
riendly to the President.
National Committeeman A. Mitchell
Palmer is to continue as the official dis-
penser of patronage in Pennsylvania and
he is expected to parcel out the few re-
maining jobs in the State.
According to the latest information
there are 104 presidential postoffices in
Pennsylvania still being held by Republi-
cans who will come under the above
They range in salaries
One of the number, and the only one
that is of particular interest to Centre
countians, is the Bellefonte office. It
pays a salary at present of $2,500. Post-
master Harry Valentine’s full term of
four years will not expire until the latter
1916, about three
months hence. Whether he will be per-
mitted to serve out his term remains to
be seen.
In the meantime the above order has
created sotae stir among the various can-
didates for the Bellefonte office and it is
quite likely that all of the aspirants will
immediately get busy. The one thing in
the above dispatch which is interesting
is that the strings are not to be so tight-
ly drawn around the “original Wilson
men,” though A. Mitchell Palmer will
dole out the plums, as of yore.
While it is impossible to tell any-
ways near how many wild turkeys have
been killed in Centre county since the
opening of the season on November first,
it is estimated that the number is be-
tween one hundred and fifty and two
hundred. There is hardly a day that
one or ore turkeys are not bag-
ged, and some days the number runs
into two figures. Just six wild turkeys,
it is claimed, were brought into State
Ccllege on Saturday.
roe
——The ladies of the Reformed church '
Thanksgiving |
market on Tuesday and Wednesday of
Thanksgiving week, in the W. C. T. U.'
hold their annual
room, Petrikin hall. Home-made bread,
cakes, pies, candy as well as aprons and
' farm products will be on sale.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Margaret Stewart is at Wilkes Barre,
visiting with her brother, Dr. Walter Stewart.
—Mrs. William Doll went down to Williamsport
on Wednesday to spend several weeks with
friends.
—Mr. and Mrs. Trood D. Parker, of Clearfield,
spent Saturday night and Sunday at the Parker
home on east Bishop street.
—Mrs. William Witmer spent last week in Al
toona, having been called there by the illness of
her daughter, Mrs. Hunsinger.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bennett and their two
sons, went to Lancaster Monday to visit for the
week with the children’s grandparents.
—Isaac Miller Jr., of Philadelphia, left Belle-
fonte Monday, after spending the week-end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Miller, at the
toll gate.
—F. H. Thomas was in Harrisburg this week
attending the Engineer's Welfare and Efficiency
conference in session Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
—Miss Hanna Newman, of Altoona, came to
Bellefonte yesterday, for a short visit with
friends and to look after some business interests
in this locality.
—Mr. and Mrs. G. F.Musser and Mr. and
Mrs. J. Will Conley spent the fore part of last
week in Pittsburgh, having made the tripin Mr.
Musser’s motor car.
—Mrs. R. S. Brouse, Miss Mary McQuistion
and Miss Adaline Olewine, have all spent several
days in Williamsport this week, visiting, shop-
ping and under the care of Dr. Haskins.
—Miss Edith Payne returned to Bellefonte the
after part of last week from a visit of a month
or more with friends at Roanoke, Va. Miss
Payne lived during her childhood in Roanoke.
—Mrs. Frank McCumpsey, of Renovo, will
come to Bellefonte Wednesday of next week.
|
—Mrs. Harvey Miller and Mrs. M. C. Levi
spent last Thursday with friends in Lock Haven.
—The Misses Anne and Caroline*Valentine left
Bellefonte Monday, to spend a week or ten days
shopping in Philadelphia.
—-ndrew M. Kachik. one of the leading mer-
chants of Clarence, was in Bellefonte Monday,
looking after some business relative to his big
department store.
—DMiss Jennie Irwin is in Williamsport, having
gone down yesterday, to consult Dr. Haskins
concerning her eyes. Miss Irwin will return to
Bellefonte tomorrow.
—Miss Evelyn Malin, of Baltimore, spent Sun-
day in Bellefonte with her uncle, W. L. Malin
and his two daughters. Miss Sara Malin and
Mrs. Shugert, leaving Monday at noon.
—Mrs. H. M. Bidwell spent Sunday in Jersey
Shore with her mother, Mrs. Parker, whose
health has not been very good of late; which is
hardly to be wondered at considering the fact
that she is past ninety-seven years of age.
—John P. Harris, Miss McGill and Mrs. Frank
Warfield were among those from Bellefonte who
went to Bellwood Saturday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. William E. Hughes, who died at her
home in that place the fore part of the week.
—Miss Margaret McFarlane, a graduate nurse
of the Bellefonte hospital, and located in Lock
Haven, was called hereon a case three weeks
ago. Her professional work having been finish-
ed, Miss McFarlane returned to Lock Haven
Monday. :
—Harold Gardner was in Bellefonte between
trains Monday, on his way from Chicago to
Baltimore. Mr. Gardner, who is an inspector of
rails at the Altoona shops of the P. R. R., will
spend a month in Baltimore in the interest of
his work.
expecting to spend a week or ten days with her |
-sisters, Mrs. W. I Fleming and Mrs. Curt
Johnson.
—MTrs. Anna Nissley and her daughter, Miss
Mary Nissley, will come here from their home at
Middletown today, to spend a week or ten days
with Mrs. Nissley’s son and his wife, Dr. and
Mrs. S. M. Nissley.
—George R. Meek with Mrs. Meek and their
son Peter Gray Meek 2nd, will goto Pittsburgh
for the Thanksgiving game, and for a short visit
with Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Morris at their home on
Westminster Place.
—Miss Agnes McGowan, who has been nursing
in the Mayo brothers sanitorium at Rochester,
Minn., arrived home on Tuesday for a much
needed rest. As soon as she recuperates she will
return to Rochester.
—Miss Winifred M. Gates and Charles E. Gates !
went over to DuBois on Monday morning to '
accompany the remains of their uncle, the late :
Earle C. Tuten, and the bereaved family, to
Bellefonte on Tuesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Sinie Hoy and their son, and
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Royer, left Tuesday in
Mr Hoy’s motor car, for adrive to Harrisburg,
expecting to spend the week visiting in Lebanon’
Lancaster and through Dauphin county. i
—Mr. and Mrs. George Beezer and their son
Herbert, with Miss Alice and Benton Tate as
motor guests, drove to Nippeno valley Sunday
to make their annual visit with cousins, and
during their stay, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Tate.
—Mrs. W. I. Fleming and her grandson John,
spent last week in Harrisburg with Mr. Flem-
ing, returning with him Friday to Tyrone, where
Mrs. Donaldson met the child taking him to his
. home in Philipsburg, while Mr. and Mrs. Fleming
came directly to Bellefonte.
—Miss Molly Eckert was in Bellefonte Friday
on her way to State College from Unionville,
where she had been looking after Miss Carrie
Neiman’s home, while ‘Miss Neiman was at
Martha with her brother. Mr. Neiman, who has
| been ill with typhoid fever, is rapidly regaining
{ his normal health. :
—MTrs. Grant Pifer, of Wilkinsburg, came to
Bellefonte yesterday, to visit for a few days with
| her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Hoy, before
* going on to Philadelphia. Mrs. Pifer’s son and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Pifer, also of
—Mrs. Nannie Walker Bell, of Altoona, is in
| Bellefonte, having come here to stay during the
| winter with Mr. and Mrs, Irvin Gettig. Mrs.
Bell was at one time a resident of Bellefonte and
since then has spent much time in the county,
consequently is well known in this locality.
—W. S. Mallalieu, local manager of the Bell
Telephone, L. N. Walzer, wire chief of this dis-
trict for the Bell Telephone, with Benton Tate
and Paul Wagner, _went to Harrisburg Mon-
day for the annual banquet given in that city
by the Bell Telephone Company, for their
employees. :
—Judge-elect Henry C. Quigley spent from
Friday of last week until Tuesday on a trip to
Williams College, Mass., to see his son Hugh,
i who is a first year student at that institution. He
has also planned to be one of the Bellefonte
crowd who will cheer for State at the State-Pitt
game next Thursday.
—Dr. J. M. Brockerhoff and John Blanchard
Esq.. went to Harrisburg on Tuesday morning
‘ where they interviewed Dr. Samuel G. Dixon,
State Health Commissioner, relative to his de-
mands for an improved sanitary condition in
| Bellefonte. From Harrisburg Dr. Brockerhoff
went to West Virginia on a business trip.
—Miss Lois Kirk, at school at the Indiana Nor-
mal, will come to Bellefonte Wednesday of next
week to spend the Thanksgiving vacation with
her parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Kirk. Miss
Eleanor Weston will come Wednesday also, being
, accompanied by Miss Mary Warfield, who will
{ leave here tomorrow to visit in Indiana with Miss
| Weston. Miss Mary Rankin will go to Pitts-
burgh, where during the vacation, she willbe a
| guest of her cousin, Miss Elmore.
{ —Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Van Norman, of Davis,
| California, were in Bellefonte Friday, for a short
time, on their way to Pittsburgh, Mr. Van-
Norman, who is dean of the school of Agricul-
ture at the University of California, was called to
Langhorne, Pa., two weeks ago on important
business and after taking advantage of the op-
; portunity while east of having Mrs. Van Norman,
| Tho is a native Californian, visit for a few
| days with his friends in Washington, State Col-
| lege, Bellefonte and Pittsburgh, they left Satur-
| day to return directly to the Pacific coast.
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WANTED.—500 men and women to at-
| tend the Great Revival at the Methodist
—Harry L. Hutchinson was an over Sunday Wilkinsburg, who at present are guests of Mr, | church, Bellefonte, to assist in the ser-
, visitor with Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson and fam-
ily, in Kane.
—Mrs. George L. Potter went to Atlantic City
: last week, expecting to go from there to Orlando,
Fla., for the winter.
—Mrs.E. C. Merriman, of Yonkers, N. Y., is
in Bellefonte for an indefinite stay with her
daughter, Mrs. John Blanchard. Mrs. Merriman
J. Johnson's Cadillac taxi car for a trip Wm.B.Wallis,electrical engineer previous- | €3m¢ here.a wesk aw
to Bellefonte, promising to have the car ly affiliated with the Public Service Com. | Miss Rachael Shuey isvisiting in Kingston,
and at Hazleton with her sisters, Mrs. C. A.
Donachy and Miss Anna Shuey, having left
Bellefonte Wednesday.
—Miss Clara Condo, of Millheim and Miss
Bertha Miller, of Mifflinburg, were guests for
the week-end of Mr. and Mrs. Harry N. Meyer,
at their home on High street.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Gephart Munson, of
| Poughkeepsie, N. Y., with their two children will
he located Overton and placed him under !
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municipal electric light plant at a cost of
$3,425. The plant will have a capacity
of 1500 lights of twenty-five kilowatt
power. Work on the plant is to be start-
ed in the near future.
——Henry Weaver, of Howard, who
several months ago was committed to
the Danville asylum, escaped from that
institution last Saturday evening and so
far as known has not been retaken.
Weaver was given considerable liberty,
being allowed to work around the farm
as he saw fit, and he took advantage of
his privilege and ran away.
——Tle condition of the venerable
John Wetzel has not improved during
the past week. He is confined to bed at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jared
Harper, aad is slowly growing weaker,
due mostly to a general wearing out of
the system. Mr. Wetzel, if he lives, will
be eighty-nine years old in January, be-
ing one of Bellefonte’s oldest citizens.
——More than four thousand applica-
tions for the 1916 automobile license tags
have already been received by the auto-
mobile division of the State Highway
Department. The sending out of the
licenses ana plates will begin December
1st, and as there is sure to be a rush of
applications between now and January
first Centre county automobilists will
profit by sending in their applications at
once.
——Walter Fulton, of Pittsburgh, who
has been a visitor at the home of his
wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Da-
ley, during the past week or ten days,
while hunting in the mountains, has
made a record on wild turkeys. Last
week he shot a hen which weighed
twelve pounds and on Wednesday he got
another turkey which weighed fifteen
pounds. As this is his limit for the year
he will devote the rest of his hunting
vacation to smaller game.
arrest, notifying the Lock Haven officers |
About midnight two officers from the
latter place came to Bellefonte and took
Overton back with them, landing him in
jail. Mr. Johnson came to Bellefonte on
Monday to have his car repaired so he
could take it home.
CELEBRATED GOLDEN WEDDING.—Fifty
years ago on Tuesday, or on November
16th, 1865, Ira Lyle and Miss Mary Werts
were united in marriage at Boalsburg by
Rev. Sechrist, and in commemoration of
that €vent they celebrated their golden
wedding on their fiftieth anniversary at
their home at Houserville. About fifty
of their friends and neighbors gathered
at their home to extend congratulations,
but none of the wedding guests of fifty
years.ago were included in the gather-
ing. A sumptuous wedding dinner was
served and the occasion proved a most
enjoyable one for all present.
Mr. Lyle is a battle scarred veteran of
the Civil war, having fought in many bat-
tles as a member of the Thirteenth Penn-
sylvania regiment. He was seriously
wounded in battle but still survives and
is hale and hearty, weighing 210 pounds.
Mrs. Lyle is in fair health, but not as
rugged as she was a number of years
ago. Their many friends hope they may
be spared to celebrate many more such
anniversaries.
FANNING COMING.—Hear him in the
court house Sunday, November 21st, at
3 p. m. A witty Irishman, an honest
politician, a polished orator. He has
delivered over eighteen thousand ad-
dresses and been listened to by citizens
of every State in the Union. He is logic-
al, forcible, witty, eloquent, and is con-
sidered by many to be the most pleasing
and powerful of platform orators today.
“Always holds his audiences, never a
tiresome moment,” is the verdict of those
who have heard him. Everybod invited. !
all kinds of investigations.
SoCIAL GATHERINGS.—Forty of Mrs. !
Thomas Hamilton's friends were her
guests at the card luncheons she gave
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week,
at her home on Allegheny street. a
Mrs. Edmund Blanchard will be hostess |
at a supper dance given at the Country |
club tonight. :
Mrs. James B. Lane gave a dinner fol-
lowed by bridge, Thursday evening of
last week. Eight covers were laid for |
the dinner.
A miscellaneous shower was given by
Miss Mary Hicklen and Miss Alice
Lowery, at Miss Hicklen’s home Tuesday
evening, in compliment to Miss, Lillian
Williams, who will be a December bride. |
Miss Williams will be married Wédnes- |
day, December 1st, to Lewis Brown, of
York. :
Invitations have been issued for a
flinch party to-night, by Mrs. F. H. Thom-
as, of Linn street.
NATURALIZATION COURT.—Nine for-
eigners were made citizens of the United
States on Tuesday at a regular session
of naturalization court held by Judge
Orvis. All told there were a dozen or
more aplicants but only nine were able
to answer the necessary questions to the
court’s satisfaction. Even at that, ob-
jections were made to the granting of
papers to several of the men by F. S.
Becker, of Philadelphia, special examiner
for the United States government, but
the objections were ovef-ruled by the
court. One or two of the applicants who
had been examined by Mr. Becker some
weeks ago and at that time answered
very satisfactorily most of the questions
asked, became so confused when they
were brought into open court that they |
answered only a few questions correct-
ly, but by being vouched for by their
witnesses were granted papers. The ap- |
plications of four men were continued,
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| come to Bellefonte this week, expecting to spend
Thanksgiving with Mr. Munson’s mother, Mrs.
L. T. Munson.
—Mrs. Martin Cooney, of this place, and Mrs.
Robert Gilmour, of Philadelphia, who had been
visiting in Bellefonte, left on Monday for Youngs-
town, Ohio, to spend a week or ten days with
Mrs. Jacob Runkle. s
—Miss Ellen Hayes went to Washington, Sat-
urday, where she spent Sundav, going to Sweet
| Briar early in the week. Miss Hayes will be there
for Thanksgiving and will visit for several weeks
at the College with her schoolmates.
—Mrs. Wells L. Daggett has been spending the
week in New York State, leaving here Saturday,
she went to Wellsboro, going from there to
Elmiraand New York city. Mr. Daggett was
with her at Wellsboro for the week-end.
—Samuel Rice, of Ellwood City, Lawrence
county, came to Bellefonte last Friday to see his
father, Mr. Gamill Rice, who has been quite ill
but isnow improving. He returned home on
Sunday and took with him his brother Chester.
—Miss Florence Peters, of Lancaster, has been
in Bellefonte for a week, having come here from
State College, where she was visiting with her
sister. Miss Peters will spend several weeks
here and at State College, before returning to
Lancaster.
—Mrs. S. Cameron Burnside was in Bellefonte,
Wednesday and Thursday, and during her stay
was a guest of Miss Mary Brockerhoff. Mrs.
Burnside came here from Howard, where she
has been for a short time with her sister, Mrs.
Comerford.
—Miss Katherine Allison and her room mate,
with Miss Nancy Hunter and Miss Helen Cham-
bers, all at school in Philadelphia, will go to
Atlantic City, to join a house party entertained
by Mrs. Thomas R. Hayes, during the Thanks-
giving vacation.
—Mr. and Mrs. James A. McClain, of Spang-
ler, were in Bellefonte over Sunday, Mrs. Mec-
Clain leaving here Monday for a visit with her
sister, Mrs. Blackburn, in Philadelphia. During
Mrs. McClain’s absence her small daughter,
Emily Eliza, has been with her grandmother,
Mrs. J. L. Spangler.
—Alfred Bowersox, of Pennsylvania Furnace,
was in Bellefonte Thursday, looking after some
business relative to his big farm in the Glades.
Mr. Bowersox has always been one of the most
successful farmers of that section of the county,
but on account of ill health is now arranging to
retire, and will move with his family to Pine
Grove in the spring, where he will do nothing
save look after his farm and other properties,
" until completely recovering his health.
. and Mrs. Jacob Hoy, are spending several weeks | vices. Will you enlist?
{ with relatives in this locality, Mrs. Pifer ex-
the eastern part of the State. |
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{ —Out-of-town guests who were in Bellefonte zel & Co's store.
i for the funeral of the late Earle C. Tuten in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cole, of Lewistown;
' Miss Esther P. Tuten, an aunt, of Dover, N. H.;
| Mrs. William Nichol and Rev. J. Vernon Bell, of .
DuBois. The latter was the officiating minister |
and while he is a stranger to many people in i
Bellefonte he has an affiliation with the town |
; from having spent at least part of his boyhood |
‘ days here. He is a brother of D. Bates Bell, who |
will be well remembered as the book-keeper for
the old Ardell Lumber company.
—Mrs. William H. Houser, of Grand Island.
middle of October, has been spending this week |
in Bellefonte with her niece, Mrs. John Strunk.
Mrs. Houser and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn are all
natives of Centre county and having a large
circle of friends in addition to their relatives,
have spent a busy month visiting. At present
Mrs. Houser has arranged to return to Nebraska
early in December and it is probable that she
will be accompanied by Mrs. Strunk as far as
Chicago, where they will be together for a week,
as guests of Mrs. Strunk’s brother.
—After an absence of seven years John L.-
Given, of New York, dropped into town last
Thursday and remained here until Sunday morn-
ing. When it is considered that he spends every
fifth week in Pittsburgh and in consequence’
passes as near as Tyrone so frequently the long
absence from the scenes and companions of his
boyhood days is rather unusual. However John.
is a busy man looking after the advertising of the
many Heinz products and inasmuch as he never
did play very hard on the chord of sentiment we
presume that Bellefonte doesn’t appeal to him
like she does to some others of her sons who
have grown prosperous and important in other
locations. |
—Rev. Geo. Israel Brown, once rector of St.
John's Episcopal church in this place, surprised
his friends here by dropping in on them for a
short call on Tuesday. He had been at State Col-
lege as a supply for Dr. Frear over Sunday and
had an engagement in Lock Haven for Tuesday
night, hence the stop off en route.
in Lancaster now and that he still has a hankerin’
for civic work as well as church duties was re
vealed through the knowledge he has of politica
conditions in Lancaster county. He didn’t ap.
pear a minute older than when he left Bellefonte,
consequently our momentary unbelief that his
son David is now a second year man at Annapolis
was entirely excusable.
—Calvin Stamm, busy and prosperous as a
farmer on a fine place a mile ea$t of Boalshurg:
was in town for a few hours on Wednesday, hav-
ing motored over in his own machine. We were
glad to note that he owns an automobile for a
man who works like he does needs something to
take him away from it occasionally. Competent
help with him is as serious a question as it is
with many other Centre county farmers and be-
cause of his inability to secure it he and his wife
get up every morning at 3 o'clock to milk sixteen
cows and get the milk off to the station for the
early Lewisburg train. The WATCHMAN has
! been in the Stamm household ever since the
| paper was started and it is just possible that its
| high character as a newspaper has helped a little
in making Mr. Stamm the wellinformed, genteel,
prosperous gentleman that he is.
|
pecting to join them here upon her return from !
i Neb., who with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Glenn and |]
their grand-daughter came to Centre county the |
He is located |
Evangelist LEE STARKE.
| Founp.—Class or fraternity pin in Ha-
The name “Helen
Weld” engraved on back. Loser can get
pin by calling at above store. 46-1t.
oe —
——~Coats, suits and dresses reduced
at AIKEN'S. 46-1t
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel....oe..........oooerurnnnnn.n, 65
Onions................. $ 65
Eggs, per dozen 28
Lard, per pound 12
Butter Derpounl................oooe tov, 30
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up to six o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat......... .. $1.06
White Wheat... .. 95
Rye, per bushel........... a 70
orn, sh , per bushel. 80
Corn, ears, per bushel............, . 80
Oats, old and new, per bushel... 35
Barley, perbushel................... 60
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
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