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Bellefonte, Pa., August 11, 1916.
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET
‘ For President,
WOODROW WILSON, of Virginia
For Vice President,
THOS. R. MARSHALL, of Indiana
Democratic “State Ticket
For United States Senator,
ELLIS L. ORVIS, of Bellefonte
For State Treasurer,
SAM’L B. PHILSON, Somerset Co.
For Auditor General,
JAS. B. MURRIN, Lackawanna Co.
For Congressmen-at-Large,
JOSEPH T. KINSLEY, Philadelphia
JOHN J. MOORE, Luzerne county
THOMAS ROSS, Bucks county
JACOB D. WAIDELECK, Lehigh Co.
District and County Ticket
: For Congress,
WM. E. TOBIAS, Clearfield county
For Assembly,
MITCHELL 1. GARDNER, Bellefonte
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
Nearly Electrocuted.
William Spease, a son of John
Spease, of Milesburg, came perilous-
ly near his end while at work at the
plant of the Titan Metal Co., on Tues-
day night. _
The electric crane that is used to
hoist the heavy ingots out of the pit
in the smelting department became
fastened and Spease undertook to re-
lease it. The current, was on and he
received the full charge through his
body with the result that he could not
let go. His plight was soon discover-
ed and John Brady and Wesley Em-
enhizer, fellow workmen, ran to his
rescue. Mr. Brady, who had gloves
on, grabbed him and after quite a
pull was able to drag him loose.
Spease was unconscious and it re-
quired the work of a physician for
nearly an hour to revive him, after
which he was taken to his home in
Milesburg. He was able to get
around a little on Wednesday after-
noon, but was quite sore all over and
it will be several days before he will
be able to go to work. :
WES RG ric)
While working at a lathe at
the Titan Metal company on Wednes-
day afternoon Lane Johnson, of
Milesburg, had the end of the next to
the little finger on his right hand cut
off. He was brought to Bellefonte
and the injured finger properly at-
tended to, but he will be off duty for |
some days.
Howard Gray, the eighteen
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Gray, of Milesburg, had the ends of
three fingers on his right hand sev-
ered in the cut-off machine at the
Centre Clay ard Brick company
plant, on Wednesday afternoon. He
was brought to the Bellefonte hospit-
al and the injured member properly
treated.
Bitten by a Copperhead.
Last Thursday afternoon while the
ten year old old sen of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred White, who live at the Burnside
place on Purdue mountain, was play-
ing in the yard he was bitten on the
foot by a copperhead snake. The
child’s screams attracted its parents
and several other gentlemen who were
there at the time and first aid reme-
dies were applied as quickly as possi-
ble, though the child’s foot soon swell-
ed to double its normal size. He was
later brought to Bellefonte where the
proper antidotes were administered by
a physician and ihe wound thoroughly
cauterized. The wound bled profusely
at first and this may have been bene-
ficial as the child has been getting
along all right since. The snake was’
killed.
Milesburg Open Air Meeting.
Last Friday evening the point in
Milesburg was filled with people, who
were brought together by the strange
open-air service which was conduct-
ed. Three preachers took part, Revs.
W. A. Lepley, the pastor of the Meth-
odist church; M. C. Piper, a retired
minister of the same church, and Dr.
H. L. Jacobs, a former pastor at Ty-
rone, where he is well known. Dr.
Jacobs preached vigorously and so
pointedly as to impress the people
that he knew all about Milesburg con-
ditions and moral needs. That ser-
mon had about everything in it that
would hold a mixed crowd. Folks are
talking about ‘it yet. Dr. Jacobs’
voice and form were recognized by
several auto parties, who stopped to
listen to this effective preacher and to
look on the odd scene.
——State College, Snow Shoe and
Bellefonte were represented at the big:
shoot held at Lock Haven last Thurs-
GREGG.—Gen. David McMurtrie
Gregg, the last of the federal officers
holding rank as a general at the bat-
tle of Gettysburg a little over fifty-
three years ago, died at his home in
Reading on Monday night, aged
eighty-three years. His illness dated
back to last spring when he caught a
severe cold which developed into the
grip.
Though born in Huntingdon county,
a son of Matthew and Ellen Gregg,
the boyhood life of General Gregg
was spent in Bellefonte. He was
appointed a cadet at West Point
when eighteen years of age,
graduating eighth in a class of
forty-four. In 1856 he was as-
signed to frontier duty where he re-
mained until the outbreak of the Civil
war, when he was made a first lieu-
tenant of the First Dragoons. He was
promoted to a colonel in January,
1862, and a brigadier general in No-
vember of the same year, when he
was not yet thirty years old.
Gen. Gregg probably saved the bat-
tle of Gettysburg in July, 1863. The
Union forces were strung out from
Little Round Top over to Culp’s Hill,
the latter position being the right of
the lire. Beyond this, to the extreme
right of the engagement, Gen. Gregg
was stationed in command of 10,000
cavalrymén. The Unior: wagon train
lay to the rear of the centre of the
line, which was exactly back of the
famed “high water mark.” This train
had been from the beginning the ob-
jective point of the rebels. With its
capture victory for the northern sol-
diers would have been doubtful.
Thereupon Gen. Stuart, commanding
the confederate cavalry, made an ef-
fort to get to the rear of the Union
line to destroy the train. He made
his charge around the right wing but
was met by Gen. Gregg and after one
of the fiercest fights of the three days
combat was defeated and forced to
retreat to save capture. In 1864 Gen.
Gregg was in command of all of the
cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
and was brevetted Major General. He
resigned from the service February
3rd, 1865.
Gen. Gregg spent six months at
Prague, Bohemia, as United States
consul and in 1891 was elected Aud-
itor General of Pennsylvania on the
Republican ticket. Deceased is sur-
vived by two sons, George S. and Da-
vid McM. Gregg, beth of Reading.
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MAITLAND.—William B. Mait-
land, a one time resident of Belle-
fonte, died at his home in Williams-
port at four o’clock on Monday after-.
noon after an illness of eight weeks
with erysipelas. He was a native of
Chester county where he was born on
February 6th, 1830, making his age 86
years, 6 months and 1 day. He located
in Williamsport in 1864 and was one
of the founders of the E. Keeler com-
pany plant in that city. With his
family he came to Bellefonte in 1885
and bought the foundry of Hogarth
& Landis, located where the Potter—
Hoy Hardware company’s No. 2 ware-
house now stands. He remained in
Bellefonte four years then returned
to Williamsport and has ever since
been identified with the E. Keeler
company, being actively engaged in
its management up until his late ill-
ness. >
Mr. Maitland was a member of
Gregg Post No. 95 G. A. R., of Belle-
fonte, and was the oldest Knight
Templar in Williamsport, having been
connected with the order for fifty
years, holding membership in Cal-
vary Commandery, of Danville. Mrs.
Maitland died a number of years ago
but surviving him are five daughters,
namely: Miss Lee Maitland, and Mrs.
Harry Lukens, of Williamsport; Mrs.
Lewis Ullmer and Mrs. David Ullmer,
of Jersey Shore, and Mrs. Robert
Hogarth, of Syracuse, N. Y. He also
leaves two daughters-in-law, Mrs.
Areen Maitland and Mrs. Minnie Gar-
man Maitland, both of Williamsport,
as well as twenty grand-children and
seven “ great grand-children. The
funeral was held at 2.30 o'clock yes-
{| terday afternoon.
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WETZLER.—Mrs. Leah S. Wetzler,
widow of Lewis F. Wetzler, died at
her home in Milesburg at three o‘clock
on Monday morning. She had a fall
last Thursday afternoon in which she
sustained a broken hip, and the shock
to her system is evidently what caus-
ed her death, as she became worse on
Saturday evening and gradually de-
clined until the end.
Deceased was a daughter of John
and Barbara Pletcher and-was born
at Howard on August 6th, 1841, hence
was seventy-five years old the day be-
fore she died. She was married to
Mr. Wetzler in 1863 and he died five
years ago in May. Surviving her,
however, are four children: Mrs.
Alice Meyer, of Milesburg; Anna, at
home; John; of College township, and
L. Frank, of Milesburg. She also
leaves one brother, Joseph Pletcher,
of Blanchard, who is also quite ill.
She was a member of the Baptist
church and Rev. S.S. Clark had
charge of the funeral services which
were held at her late home at two
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, after
which burial was made in the Curtin
day and Friday.
cemetery.
HECKMAN.—After lingering for
over four years in an almost helpless
condition as a result of a stroke of
! paralysis ex-County Commissioner
| Daniel Heckman passed away at his
‘home on east Lamb street at 7.10
| o’clock on Wednesday morning.
| Deceased was a son of Frank and
| Elizabeth Miller Heckman and was
‘born on the old homestead in Gregg
township on January 29th, 1843,
hence was 73 years, 6 months and 11
days old. When a young man he en-
gaged in farming and for a long term
of years farmed in Buffalo Run
valley. In 1896 he won the nom-
ination for Ccunty Commission-
er on the Democratic ticket and
was elected, being re-elected in
1899. During his six years in
office he was a painstaking and
accommodating officiai and served
the people of the county faithfully
and well. Retiring from office he had
farms a year or two and was always
stricken with paralysis on May 8th,
1912, since which time he was unable
to get around.
member of the Reformed church all
his life.
Mr. Heckman was twice married,
his first wife being Jemima Bloom,
by whom he had two children yet liv-
ing, Mrs. Joseph Beezer, of Belle-
fonte, and Miss Della, at home. His
second wife, who survives, was Miss
Susan Reeser, and they had one child,
Mrs. Calvin G. Spicher, of Wilkins-
burg. Mr. Heckman also leaves an
adopted son, Clayton H. Heckman, of
was also raised and made her home in
the family until her marriage.
Mr. Heckman and his brother Elias,
who died four years ago, were twins
and the youngest of a family of thir-
teen children, the only survivor of
whom is Mrs. Henry Mark, of Penn
Hall. The funeral will be held at ten
o’clock this (Friday) morning, at his
late home. Rev. Dr. Schmidt will
officiate and burial will be made in the
Union cemetery.
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WILLIAMS.—James B. Williams,
a well known resident of Worth town-
ship, died at his home near Port Ma-
tilda on August first, after an illness
of some weeks with kidney trouble.
He was a son of Philip and Susan-
nah Williams and was born in Worth
township on May 20th, 1841, hence at
his death was 75 years, 2 months and
11 days old. He was a farmer by
occupation and a life-long Democrat.
these children:, Mrs. Olive Williams,
Mrs. Margaret E. Spotts, of Port
Matilda; W. L., of Grampian; E. R,,
of Tyrone; Charles T., of Altoona, and
Mrs. Marshall, of Port Matilda. Six
children preceded him to the grave.
He also leaves two brothers and two
sisters, Mrs. Nancy FEberts, W. H.
Williams, Mrs. Margaret E. Spotts
and A. S. Williams, all of Port Ma-
tilda.
He was a life-long member of the
Baptist church and Rev. T. E. Boord,
of Tyrone, had charge of the funeral
services which were held on Thursday
of last week at his late home, after
which burial was made in the Port
Matilda cemetery.
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HOY.—Mrs. Tillie B. Hoy, of Jack-
sonville, died at the Bellefonte hos-
pital last Saturday evening, following
an illness of some days. She was a
daughter of Henry and Susan Gross
and was born in Spring township on
September 25th, 1860, making her age
55 years, 10 months and 10 days. She
was married to Mr. Hoy on February
22nd, 1881, and most of their life
since was spent on a farm in Marion
township. She had no children but
she and her husband raised Albert
Thompson, of this place.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by two sisters and one broth-
er, namely: Mrs. Lydia Fulmer, of
Winburne; Mrs. Robert F. Cooke, of
Howard, and Lot Gross, living in
Ohio. Funeral services were held in
the Reformed church at Jacksonville
on Tuesday afternoon by Revs. Gass
and Crow, after which burial was
made in the Jacksonville cemetery.
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SMITH.—Miss Lavina Smith, an
aged maiden lady, died at her home
at Clintondale on Monday morning.
She was a daughter of the late Dr.
and Mrs. Charles Smith and was sev-
enty-six years old. Surviving her are
two brothers, John, of Harrisburg,
and Charles W., of Howard. Funeral
services were held at her late home at
nine o'clock yesterday morning by
Rev. W. B. Cook, after which the re-
mains were taken to Penn Hall for
burial.
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MOORE.—James Moore, a former
resident of Beech Creek, died on Sat-
urday morning at the home of his son,
William S. Moore, at Jersey Shore,
following a stroke of paralysis. He
was almost eighty years old and is
survived by one son and a daughter.
The remains were taken to Blanchard
where funeral services were held in
the Disciple church at ten o’clock on
Tuesday morning and burial made in
the Disciple cemetery.
charge of one of the Brockerhoff
engaged at some work until he was
He was a faithful
Buffalo Run, while Mrs. Harold Kirk |
. McCORMICK.—Seth T. McCormick
one of the leading members of the
, Lycoming county bar and who was
well known by many Bellefonte peo-
ple, died quite suddenly at 10.5
o’clock on Sunday night. He was a
'son of Seth T. and Ellen M. McCor-
mick and was born in Williamsport on
August 28th, 1860. He was admitted
to the bar in 1881 and during his
‘thirty-five years as a practitioner won
‘considerable distinction as an able
interpreter of ‘he law. Politically he
was a Democrat though his brother,
the late Henry Clay McCormick, who
was Attorney General under Governor
D. H. Hastings, was an ardent Repub-
lican. He was a member and one of
the organizers of the Ross club, of
| Williamsport, and had various inter-
‘ests in the Lumber city.
| In 1886 he was married to Miss
Belle Herdic, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank L. Herdic, who died less
than a year ago. Surviving him, how-
‘ever, are three children, Mrs. Thomas
Linn, William C., a corporal in Bat-
‘tery D, First Pennsylvania artillery,
‘now at El Paso, Texas, and Seth T.
3rd.
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BLAIR.—Robert F. Blair, an old
veteran of the Civil war, died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. William
,Bottorf, of east Lamb street, at 1.30
‘o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Mr.
Blair made his home with another
‘daughter at Snow Shoe Intersection
and on Sunday came to Bellefonte on
la visit. On Tuesday he was seized
| with a violent attack of dysentery
‘and died on Wednesday.
He was a native of Centre county
‘and was born on March 6th, 1836,
| making his age at death 80 years, 5
months and 3 days. His wife, who
before her marriage was Miss Susan
, Laird, died eight years ago, but sur-
_viving’ him are the following chil-
| :dren: Mrs. Mary Harper, of State
| College; David Blair, of Pittsburgh;
| Mrs. William Bottorf of Bellefonte,
‘and Mrs. Mabel Estright, of Wingate.
The remains will be taken to Win-
| gate today and the funeral held at
‘ten o'clock tomorrow morning. The
| services at the house will be in charge
of Dr. E. H. Yocum and burial will
be made at Unionville.
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ACHESON.—A brief item in the
“Watchman” last week made mention
of the death of Raymond M. Acheson,
the second son of Dr. and Mrs. E.
'G. Acheson, of Niagara Falls, which
occurred in London, Eng., over a fort-
night ago. The young man in compa-
On July 5th, 1864, he was married. to ny with his brother Edward repre-
Miss Hannah Lewis who survives with rented their father in England, Mr.
Acheson being a large manufacturer
‘of graphite and acetylene. Owing to
{the extremely hot night Raymond
took his pillow and went out on the
| fire escape of the fourth floor of his
| lodging house and lay down to rest.
‘He evidently fzll asleep and moving
in his sleep tumbled off, falling the
four stories to the ground below, be-
ing instantly killed. The young man
was about thirty years old and both
he and his brother were well known
in Bellefonte from having attended
the Bellefonte Academy. The body
was brought home and laid to rest at
Niagara Falls last Saturday.
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ESTRIGHT.—Mrs. Grace Estright,
wife of George Estright, died at her
home at the Forge at 4.35 o’clock on
Monday afternoon after a lingering
illness with tuberculosis. She was a
daughter of Jas. H. and Annie Mil-
{ler and was borin in Spring township
cn November 5th, 1891, making her
age at death 24 years, 9 months and
2 days. She is survived by her hus-
band, her parents and the following
brothers and sisters: Charles,
James and Caleb, "all of Bellefonte;
John and Russell, of Lewistown, and
Mrs. W. A. Bathurst, of Altoona.
Funeral services were held in the
Union church at the Forge at two
o’clock on Wednesday afternoon by
Dr. E. H. Yocum, after which burial
was made in the Sunnyside cemetery.
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SHREFFLER.—G. W. H. Shreffler
died at his home in Lock Haven on
Saturday evening after two years ill-
ness with anemia. He was born at
Jacksonville, this county, and was
almost seventy-one years old. His
early life was spent at Salona and in
1891 he moved to Lock Haven where
he followed his vocation as a saddler.
He is survived by his wife, three
daughters, one brother and a sister.
Burial was made at Salona on Tues-
day morning.
English at it is Writ.
The following conspicuous sign has
been posted at the drinking fountain
at the Y. M. C. A. this week:
“Busted water inside. Come in.”
A notice posted in the Bellefonte
postoffice reads in part as follows:
“Lost.—Gold bar pin, set with
“perrils” and saphire on Main
street.”
——The Pennsylvania railroad
company is making arrangements to
replace the iron bridge just this side
of the Milesburg station with one of
heavier construction. The old bridge
was built about twenty years ago.
A Unique Character.
Spruce Creek valley, that is the up-
per end of it, has a unique character
in the person of the venerable George
Archey and J. Edgar Probyn, circula-
tion manager and the man who writes
the “Observer” column in the Altoona '
comments upon the.
“Tribune” thus
above named gentleman:
There may be a few people in the
State who have never ridden on a
railroad train. There are many who
have never ridden in an automobile
and yet the darn things are getting
so numerous that it almost seems in-
credible to hear a person say they
have never been in one.
While we were with the Men’s Bi-
ble class of the Broad Avenue Presby-
terian church at Graysville last week,
we witnessed an aged man getting
into a car for the first time.
It was George Archey, a well known
figure in the Spruce Creek valiey,
whose patriarchal appearance is most
striking,
Mr. Archey is 85 years of age and
for several years has been unable to
talk but carries on a most interesting
conversation by means of a pencil and
pad and is wonderfully well-informed
on current events. :
While the men were engaged in
sports and other activities, Mr.
Archey moved among them and his
venerable appearance excited much
attention. There is a Rip Van Winkle
air about him, with his stooping
gaunt frame, his flowing white beard
and plain attire.
Dr. Hillis, the well known Juniata
physician, was very much interested
in Mr. Archey and had a long conver-
sation with him. The dcrtor =aid it
was astonishing what a fund »f infor-
mation the aged man possessed.
In the course of the talk, Dr. Hillis
learned that Mr. Archey had never
been in an automobile and he soon
arranged with S. T. Knox, of this city,
to give Mr. Archey a ride before re-
turning home.
We saw him entering the car—a
fine new Jeffrey—and we know he
had a delightful ride, but we were not
there when the party returned, so we
cannot give his impressions.
Mr. Archey has lived in the Spruce
Creek valley for many years and re-
lates with pride that he helped to
haul the massive grey stone when the
fine old Presbyterian church was built
at Graysville about the middle of the
last century. He seems to belong to
another age and one could not help
but feel that contact with Mr. Archey
linked one to the past—the far dis-
tant Past which was so different from
modern life that it seems centuries
ago. For in the period of Mr. Archey’s
life some of the world’s greatest
events have transpired. Most of the
great achievements in the scientific
realm have happened in Mr. Archey’s
lifetime—the telephone, the tele-
graph, wireless telegraphy, the talk-
ing machine. motion pictures, the sub-
marine, the automobile, and many
other wonderful developments. He
has lived through two great crises
with Mexico, he has heard the roll of
the drum on at least four martial oc-
casions and he has been privileged to
see the world’s greatest conflict of
arms. His health appears to be ex-
cellent and “The Observer” hopes that
he will be permitted tc round out the
century mark. 4
Mr. Archey, by the way, is the pa-
triarch of that valley, but he is just as
much interested in everything going
on as men of the younger genera-
tions. He attends all the gatherings
and was one of the interesting figures
at the recent reunion of the Pine
Grove Mills Academy.
Mr. Archey came to this country
from Ireland over sixty years ago at
the solicitation of his boyhood friend
| William McFarlane, who had come to
this country years before and was
then in charge of the old pike that
ran through that valley. When Me-
Farlane first landed in this country
he stopped in New York a few months
to take boxing lessons in order to pro-
tect himself when he got out in this
section of the country, which he be-
lieved was only half civilized. Of
course he found things different but in
the meantime he had acquired some
skill in the art of self-defense.
Consequently when George Archey
arrived at Graysville and went to
work on the pike for Mr. McFarlane
the latter spent the evenings in teach-
ing him to box. Archey “proved an
apt pupil and all went well until one
day when the two got into an alterca-
tion while working on the pike and
Archey proceeded to demonstrate his
aptness by giving McFarlane a real
good, old-fashioned beating. That
ended the boxing lessons. Years after-
ward when Mr. McFarlane died
Archey had charge of the pike until it
was abandoned as a toll road, after
which he worked at day’s labor and
always gave an honest return. to his
employer. !
——The tenth annual reunion of
the Dale family was held at Oak Hall
last Saturday and was attended by a
large number of relatives as well as
many friends. Clement Dale, Esq.,
made the address of welcome and the
response was made by Rev. Courtney,
of Boalsburg. The association decid-
ed to erect a monument in the Boals-
burg cemetery in honor of Solomon
Dale, who was killed at the battle of
Spottsylvania during the Civil war.
It was also decided to clean up and
put in repair the old Dale cemetery
at the end of Nittany mountain.
——The students in Miss Sallie
Fitzgerald’s music class gave a de-
lightful recital to a select audience
in Petrikin hall last Saturday after-
noon.
—Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN.
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: Hurt in Aute Accident.
On Wednesday morning Miss Eva
and Albert Grove, children of County
Commissioner D. A. Grove, and Miss
! Anna Cole, of State College, left the
Grove home in Mr. Grove’s Metz run-
about to drive to Pleasant Gap. Miss
Grove was at the wheel and they
were spinning along at a fair rate of
speed until opposite the penitentiary
‘lands when something went wrong
with the steering aparatus, the car
swerved into the ditch and turned a
complete somersault, landing right
side up. All the occupants were
thrown out and Miss Cole sustained
a fractured collar bone while Miss
Grove and her brother Albert were
considerably bruised but not serious-
ly hurt. The car was almost totally
wrecked.
——On Sunday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. McCargar went for a run
out the old pike in Mr. McCargar’s
new Franklin car and at the curve of
the road near the Bellefonte fish
hatchery they were side-swiped by a
big car coming toward Bellefonte. Mr.
McCargar was hugging the right side
of the road as far as possible, the big
car coming around the curve on the
wrong side of the road forty miles an
hour. Although he could not.help but
know that he had damaged Mr. Mec.-
Cargar’s car the driver never stopped
to see if either of the occupants were
hurt or not, and Mr. McCargar was
unable to get the number of the stran-
ger’s car. Both the front and rear
fender on the lef: side of Mr. McCar-
gar’s car were torn off, but fortunate-
ly neither he nor Mrs. McCargar in-
jured nor the mechanism of the car
damaged. The curve where the acci-
dent took place is a dangerous one
and has been the scene of a number of
collisions.
Husband Sues Jitney Driver for
Wife’s Death.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Aug. 7.—Dam-
ages to the amount of $15,000 are de-
manded in a suit started here today
by John Besheda, of Hanover town-
ship, against George C. Wilson, of
Bellefonte, who owns and operates a
jitney service between Nanticoke and
this city.
Besheda sues to recover for the
death of his wife Mary, who was run
down by a jitney driven by William
Laux and owned by Wilson on May 1.
The plaintiff alleges the jitney was
operated in a careless manner.
The man Wilson referred to in the
above was one of the first drivers for
W. J. Emerick when he started his
motor bus line in Bellefonte. Later he
went to Wilkes-Barre for Mr. Emer-
ick and after driving a few months
bought the bus ‘and has been ‘operat-
ing for himself since. The accident
referred to in the above dispatch hap-
pened on rather a narrow roadway.
Mr. and Mrs. Besheda were walking
along the side of the road when the
motor bus came along and just as it
was close to them the woman stag-
gered out into the road right in front
of the big machine, and it was inpos-
sible for the driver to stop or avoid
hitting her. Though the woman was
badly injured the doctors at the time
gave as the cause of her death acute
alcoholism, as both the man and
woman were under the influence of
liquor at the time, it is alleged, and
that was the cause of her staggering
in front of the machine.
Harvest Home Picnic.
There will be a farmer’s Harvest
Home picnic in Grazier’s grove, War-
riorsmark, on Saturday, August 12th.
This picnic is known as the Granger’s
picnic of Warriorsmark valley. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
farmers and their friends to join in
making it a great success.
Prof. Franklin Menges, of York.
There will be a number of addresses
by local speakers. There will also be
a number of contests under the au-
spices of the committee of sports;
‘exhibits of horses, both draft and
driving, colts of different ages, and
other live stock. These will be in
charge of the committee of which
James B. Irvin is chairman. Mr.
Charles W. Waple, of Tyrone, will
have on exhibition some of his choic-
est Berkshire swine. :
Refreshments wiil be for sale on
the grounds.
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——They are all good enough, but the
WATCHMAN is always the best.
A Few More Contributors.
Last week the Centre county Sol-
diers’ Relief association through the
colums of the “Watchman” made an
urgent appeal for contributions gen-
erally from the citizens of Centre
county and a few responses were re-
ceived. But the number is not as
great as it should be and again they
appeal for more. Contributions were
received from the following during
the week:
William P. Humes and Mrs. Frank
McCoy, Bellefonte; W. H. Fry, Pine
Grove Mills; W. H. Farber, Scotia;
Rev. R. R. Jones, Centre Hall; Order
of Red Men, Milesburg; St. John’s
Reformed church, Boalsburg; Knights
of the Golden Eagle, Port Matilda;
Lutheran Sunday school, Rebersburg.
—It will pay you to read the
“Watchman.”
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