Bemorealic {ata
Bellefonte, Pa., August 18, 1916.
To CORRBSPONDENTS.—No communication
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Robert Morris has taken the
agency for the Scripps-Booth anto-
mobile, and expects a demonstrating
car in the near future.
Only a little over two weeks
until the opening of the public schools,
and less than a month until the open-
ing of State College for the ensuing
year.
The Dainty Maids in the laugh-
ing comedy success, “Too Many Hus-
bands,” will be the opening attraction
at Garman’s next Friday evening,
August 25th.
——600 pairs of shoes to be sold at
a bargain. Ladies fron $1.00 to $1.50.
Men’s $1.00 to $2.00; children and
girl’s, 50c. to $1.00. Black, tan and
white, at David Miller's store. 32-1t
——The Centre county teachers’ in-
stitute will this year be held in Beile-
fonte the week beginning November
13th. County superintendent David
O. Etters is now at work on the pro-
gram.
——A. C. Reed, a well known resi-
dent of Pittsburgh and an oid State
College man, and who is so well known
to many Bellefonte friends, died of
~pleuro-pneumonia yesterday morning
in a Pittsburgh hospital.
——DMrs. Katharine Dinges was op-
erated on at the Bellefonte hospital
Wednesday afternoon. She had an
involved case of appendicitis and yes-
terday her condition was reported as
being favorable, though she was very
weak.
——The strike of the firemen at the
various lime quarries near Bellefcnte
was amicably adjusted last week,
the companies granting the increase
demanded. The Whiterock quarries
also gave its employe2s an increase
in pay.
The adult bible class of the U.
B. church will hoid a lawn festival on
the green near Gamble & Co's mill
tomorrow evening. Our Boys band
of Milesburg will be present and fur-
nish some of their delightful music.
The public is invited.
The Pleasant View Sunday
school will hold a festival on the
green at the Pleasant View church
to-morrow (Saturday) evening. The
proceeds will be for the benefit of the
church, and as the cause is a good
one we bespeak for them a liberal
patronage.
——Capt. Theodore Davis Boa' is
daily expecting his mounted machine
gun troop to be sworn into the feler-
al service and sent togthe border.
A. Shoemaker entertained a party of
gentlemen at dinner, last Thursday
evening in honor of Capt. Boal and
his officers.
Another son was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Johnson, of Valentine
street, on Wednesday night, which
makes their thirteenth child, nine
boys and four girls, all living and en-
joying the best of health. With his
nine sons Harry will be able in a few
years {o organize and manage a base
ball nine of his own, without any out-
side help or interference.
——Residents ‘of Milesburg held
their annual picnic at Hecla park on
Wednesday and, as usual, it was large-
ly attended. The Titan Metal com-
pany furnished the transportation for
its sixty employees and gave them a
day off to attend the gathering. Our
Boys band was present to furnish
music for the occasion and everybody
had an enjoyable day of it.
——A broken rail out near Axe
Mann threw a freight car off the track
on the Lewisburg and Tyrone rail-
road on Monday morning and the re-
sult was the incoming passenger train
was held at Lemont until the car was
replaced and the track repaired which
was after twelve o’clock. In fact it
was just about one o’clock when the
train finally reached Bellefonte.
From ninety-six in the shade
to forty degrees above zero is quite a
change in temperature, but that is
just what happened between last week
and Monday morning of this week. In
fact it was quite chilly all day on Sun-
day and Monday morning the ther-
mometer dropped to forty above zero,
just two degrees above the frost line.
Tuesday morning was also rather cool,
but not as chilly as Monday morning.
——The customary large crowd at-
tended the old-fashioned barn raising
on the A. C. Kepler farm near Fine
Grove Mills on Wednesday. The
building is 40x50 feet in size and is
being erected to take the place of the
one destroyed by fire some time ago.
Everything went along like clock-work
though the rain just before dinner
retarded the work about an hour.
Those who were present enjoyed the
elaborate dinner served by Mrs. Kep-
ler, which probably had something to
do with the way the men worked.
T.
Bellefonte’s Cavalry Troop |
Busy on the Border.
An Interesting Account of How the
Members of Troop L are Putting
in the Time. Big Storms in
Texas But No Rain.
By Corp. Harry J. Cohen.
Camp Thomas J. Stewart,
El Paso, Texas, August 12.
Just as I am about to start this let-
ter I notice in the distance that the
dust has commenced to fly and I can
hear the far off rumblings of some-
thing that sounds like thunder. The
air has become somewhat cooler and
if it should rain now it would indeed
be a God-send.
The past week, as well as today ap-
pears, and no doubt is, hotter thar it
has been for several weeks past. We
have lately had several attempts at
rain but none of them have material-
ized.
The wind storm is now upon us and
it is almost impossible to write anoth-
er word, owing to the high gale and
the dust that fills the air, and is
therefore blinding. It is just this
that is the reason for all the com-
plaints that are heard around the!
camp, and I will admit that it is very
unpleasant, and spoils what would
otherwise be a perfect condition.
Now that I have gotten some of
Texas out of my eyes, I will proceed
to relate the doings of the week. We
are now advanced to such a degree
that we are doing most of our drilling
in squad and regimental formations
urder the eyes of Col. Wood, Major
Fetzer and their assistants, and our
drill periods have been changed to
such times that now we are on the
field at 7 2. rm. and continue to hop
around until! 10 a. m. without much
time to think things over. Also on
Monday and Tuesday we had to cook
our own dinner out in the field. Of
course it was very relishing and ap-
petizing, but I krow the bovs would
rather have had chocolate cornstarch
puddirg in the mess tent as prepared
by cook Whiteman than bacon fried
in the sand by themselves. As this
all comes under the heading of pre-
paredness we take it ss part of the
training, and we sure are getting
plenty of it.
Captain Huff is now on the job and
a good part of his time is taken up in
learning what to do in case some fel-
low gets a compound fracture of the
left arm, or a bullet wound on the
right side of his head, or such other
trifling matters.
What with learning the thousand
or so different commands on the field,
the name of every part of his rifle,
| pistol, saber, bridle, saddle and horse,
i and the names of every. officer in the
| regiment, is it any wonder that when
Howard Casper was asked “where is
the heel of a rifle?” he answered
that “it was under the fetlock or pas-
tern joint.” Whén we get back we all
expect to hire out as Encyclopedia
Brittanicas, and we believe the pcsi-
tion will be well filled.
On Wednesday evening the artil-
lery band serenaded Troop H, of our
regiment, which hails from Pitts-
burgh, which is also the home ~ of the
band. They gave quite an elaborate
program’ and scored the biggest hits
when they played and sang the “Rat-
tlesnake” and “Pay-day” songs,
which deal with conditicns down here.
We all turned out and helped H
Troop welcome the visitors with our
applause. !
That reminds me, we were to have
been paid according to schedule last
Saturday, and here it is Saturday
again and still no money. All the
conversation now appears along these
lines, and every once in a while the
remark, “if I only had the price” ca
be heard above a whisper. (Accord-
ing to press dispatches the boys got
their pay yesterday.—Ed)
The boys are arranging a ball team
and are getting into shape fast.
Challenges for games will soon be in
order with any team in the division,
and a successful season is looked for.
Regarding Sherman Lowry, of
Coleville, charged with neglect of
government property, his attorney
put in a plea of temporary insanity.
A coramission composed of Charles
‘Tierney, Lingle Gummo and Corp.
Wilbur Decker was appointed by the
‘court, and they upheld the prisoner,
stating that according to the evidence
at hand Sherman was truly “Bugs.”
He was then turned over to the sher-
iff, who is his custodian, and who sees
to it that he takes 2 bath every day
for a week.
Otherwise all is serene along the
Rio Grande. The boys are all enjoy-
ing good health and the exercise,
though they enjoy the good health
the most. Corporal George Wise has
a little tonsil trouble, but it’s nothing
to worry about, znd Jimmie Davis
still continues to go to town. We
wonder why and how he can do it at
so much per.
The wind is down, the sun again as
bright as ever, and still no rain.
. The best wishes of the entire Troop
1s extended through your correspond-
ent to the folks at home.
(P. S.—The Troop is now being
supplied with horses, twenty having
been distributed on Tuesday and
twenty more to be given today, and
so on until the entire Troop is sup-
plied, and learning to ride right will
keep the members pretty well occu-
pied from now on.—Ed.)
——A stranger in Bellefonte last
Saturday evening was amazed at the
big crowds on the strests, and couldn’t
understand where they all came from
or why. Had he gone to the Scenic
motion picture theatre he would have
found the big attraction for many of
them. In fact it was crowded all
evening and that was 'ittle more than
the normal attendance. Of course it
is the high-class, up-to-date pictures
that always draws the crowd.
On Suncay Milton R. Johnson
took a party of ten Bellefonte gentle-
men over to the Seven mountains to
visit Walter Gherrity. As evidence
that ‘they found that gentleman en-
joying the best of health as well as
their visit he treated them to a spring
chicken dinner which included mashed
potatoes, fresh peas, roasting ears,
tomatoes, apple sauce and custard pie.
All of which goes to show that not-
withstanding the fact that Walter
lives deep in the mountains his culi-
nary department is always well
stocked.
——The advance car for the Cook
and Wilson trained wiid animal show
arrived in Bellefonte last Friday
morning to bill the town and country
for an appearance here on Tuesday,
August 22nd, but before they had got-
ten a half a dozen bills ur they were
notified on orders from Harrisburg
that they would not be allowed to
show on account of the infantile par-
alysis scare. The show is billed for
| Lock Haven, but the manager of the
bill car said that when they arrived
there on August 21st, they might not
be allowed to show.
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—The first game in the third
bridge tournament between the wom-
en of Lock Haven and Bellefonte was
played at the Lock Haven Country
club, Saturday afternoon. Mrs. John
P. Lyon, Mrs. David Dale, Mrs.
George R. Meek, Mrs. Robert Beach,
Mrs. J. M. Curtin, Mrs. John Curtin,
Mrs. John VanPelt and Miss Mary
Blanchard represented Bellefonte,
with the success that Miss Blanchard
and Mrs. VanPelt were the prize win-
ners. For the second of the series,
the Bellefonte women will be hostess-
es at the Country club at Hecla, Fri-
day, August 25th.
——At a luncheon given at the
Clinten Country club last Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. William Hall Miller, of
Lock Haven, announced the engage-
ment of their daughter, Miss Hazel
Marie Miller, to John Thomas Bud-
inger, of Pittsburgh. The bride is one
of the most popular of the younger
set in Lock Haven while the prospec-
tive bridegroom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Buddinger, of Snow Shoe.
He graduated in highway engineering
at The Pennsylvania State College
class of 1913, and now holds a good
position with the State Highway De-
partment. No date for the wedding
has been named.
——Between seven and eight hun-
dred people attended the annual re-
union of the Lutherans of Centre and
Clinton counties at Hecla park last
Thursday, and the weather being fine,
it was one of the most delightful out-
ings held at the park this season.
One of the enjoyable features was the
music by the Boys’ band of Loysville
orphans’ home in Perry county. This
band consists of thirty-two boys
ranging in age from nine to fourteen
years, and was on a trip through this
section of the State in two big auto
busses. A collecticn was taken up and
seventy dollars contributed for their
expenses. The same night the band
gave a concert at Centre Hall.
— Pw
——1In another column of this issue
we have taken the liberty of publish-
ing a trade letter which this office has
received from the D. L. Ward compa-
ny, manufacturers and distributers
of paper, with offices at 28 South
Sixth St., Philadelphia. It states so
clearly the causes that are responsi-
ble for the present abnormal price of
all grades of paper that we are sure
“Watchman” readers will be interest-
ed. You will recall that early in the
spring we predicted that the then
rapidly advancing cost of paper
would make itself felt to everyone;
not only te publishers but to mer-
chants using wrapping papers and to
the individual consumer of stationery.
You, the consumer are already begin-
ning to pay the price in curtailed edi-
tions of your metropolitan papers, in
the proportion of increase that the
advanced price of wrapping paper
and boxes bears to the increased price
vou pay for the commodities you buy
and in the stationery you write your
letters on. Just why this should be
the Ward company letter makes
very plain and we want you to read
it because some of the conditions con-
fronting the manufacturers of paper,
especially that of the cost of labor,
confronts the manufacturers of near-
ly every other commodity today and
for that reason things cannot be pro-
duced as cheaply as they were several
years ago and your own advancing
wages and advancing prices should
satisfactorily explain to you why you
have to pay more for what the other
fellow produces.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL,
—Perry Cole went up to Renovo on Wed-
nesday to attend 2 portion of the Old Home
week exercises.
—Miss Mary Warfield went out to Snow
Shoe on Monday to spend 2 week with Dr.
and Mrs. Edward Harris.
—Mr. and Mrs. John F. Martin, of Clear-
field, with several friends, were in Bellefonte
on a motoring trip orn Monday.
—The Misses Anna and Madaline Buker, of
Chester, Pa., have been spending the week at
State College, guests of Miss Helen Bower-
SOX...
—Mr. and Mrs. Gamill Rice and son Ches-
ter returned home last Saturday from a visit
of two weeks among relatives in Huntin~don
county.
—Miss Myra Humes, with Miss McGill and
Miss Katherine Hoover as guests will go to
Atlantic City tomorrcw, expecting to spend
two weeks at the Shore.
—Miss Helen Galbraith, who had beer. a
guest oi her aunt, Mrs. E. P. Irwin, while in
Bellefonte for three weeks, returned to her
home at Washington, D. C., Tuesday.
—Dr. Bickle, of Jersey Shore, with Mrs.
Bickle and their son Burke, drove to Belle-
fonte Tuesday, spending the time while here
with Mr. and Mrs. T. Clayton Brown.
—Mr. and Mrs. Albert Stewart left Tuesday
night for Virginia, expecting to visit for an
indefinite time with relatives and on the |
plantation where they were raised as slaves.
—Miss Cora Peters, who is visiting with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Peters, at Rock
View, returned recently from Philadelphia
and Lancaster, where she had beer spending
some time.
—Mrs. Charles Hughes, of New York rity,
who has been a guest of ber cousin, Mrs.
Theodore Kelly, for a week, will leave tomor-
tow to join Mr. Hughes in Chicago, for a
trip through the north-western part of the
State.
—Miss Anna Mary Hunter, who has been
with her sister, Mrs. Smith, at Blairsville,
since leaving Stormstown several months ago,
has been visiting here for the past ten days,
a guest of her cousins, Robert F. and J. D.
Hunter.
—@G. Ross Parker with his daughter and
son, Emily and George Ross Jr., were at Mr.
Parker’s home at Somerset for the week cnd.
Emily remaining for a visit, will return with
her aunt, Miss Emily Parker, about the first
of September.
—Mr. E. R. Lingle, of Pitcairn, was a
pleasant caller at the “Watchman” office on
Monday. He came to Centre county to accom-
pany Mrs. Lingle and their little family back
home, they having spent several weeks among
friends in Lemont and College township.
—C. D. Houtz, one of the best known far-
mers of College township, spent last Saturday
in Bellefonte, looking after business neglect-
ed on account of harvest. Mr. Houtz in veri-
fying the many reports from the farmers of
this section of the county, is much pleased
with his grain crop. :
—Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sherry came in from
Pittsburgh on the 8.3C train Saturday evening
and an hour later left on the special excur-
sion train to Atlantic City. Returning with
the excursionists they will spend Mr. Sherry’s
two week’s vacation with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Sherry.
—Miss Grace Mitchell, who has been spend-
ing the summer vacation with her father,
Isaac Mitchell, will not go to Middlebury,
Conn., to resume her work at Westover until
the first of October. The quarantine of New
York city has necessitated the postponement
of the opening of the school.
—Miss Katherine Dale, one of the active
suffragists and club women of Boalsburg,
was in Bellefonte Saturday, spending the day
with friends and shopping. Boalsburg is now
recognized as one of the most progressive
towns in this section of the State, owing to
the work of these club women.
—Elmer Campbell and his daughter, Miss
Mary Love Campbell, who had been spending
her two weeks’ vacation with her parents, on
their farm at Oak Hall, were shopping Satur-
day in Bellefonte.* Miss Campbell left Sun-
day to resume her work in Philadelphia,
where she is a nurse in training at the Mu-
nicipal hospital.
—Mrs. J. B. Niel, of Columbus, Ohio, came
to Bellefonte Wednesday and will visit with
Mrs. E. B. Callaway during her stay. Miss
Wade, who has been with Miss Brockerhoff
for two weeks, was Mrs. Callaway’s guest for
the week-end, but owing to the sudden death
of her father, Judge Wade, left unexpectedly
Monday, for Lancaster.
—Frederick Klepfer, a son of Emanuel
Klepfer, has been in Centre county since the
latter part of June, visiting with his aunts,
Mrs. G. F. Musser, of Bellefonte, and Mrs,
Philip Foster, of State College. Frederick,
who will return to Philadelphia before the
cpening of school, has arranged to accompa-
ny his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M. R.
Sample, back to the city.
—Mrs. Harvey Yarrington arrived in Belle-
fonte Monday from Baltimore, where she had
been for a short visit with her son and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Yarrington.
Coming to join her daughter, Miss Louise
Yarrington, who has been at State College for
the summer course, they will visit here
together for a week or more, before returning
to their home at Richmond, Va.
—Vincent Nicholas Taylor, a cadet at West
Point and who has been spending his summer
vacation in Bellefonte with his father, has
been ordered to return to the Military Acade-
my and left yesterday for Maine where he
will be a member of a house party for ten
days or two weeks before going to West
Point. His instructions further stated that
upon arrival at West Point he must
immediately go into quarantine and
remain until further ordered, owing to the
infantile paralysis epidemic that is sweeping
over New York and adjoining States.
—Mr, J. H, Eskridge, who went from Phil-
ipsburg to California three years ago is back
in his old home town and likes it so much he
is going to stay there. Mr. Eskridge accom-
panied Asbury Lee and several other gentle-
men of Clearfield on a trip to Bellefonte last
Saturday and while here was a pleasant call-
er at the ‘“Watchman’ office. While here he
told us that he came east on a business trip
and the longing to once again be among his
old-time friends wa3 so great that he tele-
graphed his wife to sell off everything as
quickly as possible and come back home.
—Mr. John Black with his mother and
sister accompanied by Mr. Dell Confer, Miss
Sleicher and Miss Annie Haines, all of Clear-
field, motored to Bellefonte on Sunday morn-
ing and were guests of Mrs. M. H. Haines,
of east Curtin street. In the afternoon they
motored to Penn's Cave and took in the
beauties of that famous resort. This was
their first trip to Centre county and they
were perfectly astounded at the beautiful
scenery and the wonderful view of Pennsvalley
from the top of Nittany mountain, as they
had no idea there was such a valley in Penn-
sylvania. }
—Edward Woods spent Sunday with friends
in .Tyrone.
—Park Weaver, of the firm of Weaver Bros., |
left on Wednesday evening on a trip to Lan-
caster.
—DMiss ‘Newman returned Wednesday from
Altoona, where she had been since Sunday,
with her sister, Mrs. Grauer.
—DMiss Agnes Gherrity and Miss Helen
Beezer have been in Erie fer a week visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lajeal.
~—Mrs. James Beck, of Mill Hall, was in
Bellefonte Tuesday on her return home from
a visit with friends at State College.
—Basil Mott, of Philadelphia, who came to
Bellefonte Sunday, is spending his vacation
here with his mother, Mrs. Andrew Mott.
—Mrs. C. D. Tanner has been spending the
week with friends at Renovo, having gone
over for the Old Home week celebration this
week.
—Mail carrier John Garthoff, with Mrs.
Garthoff, spent a portion of his vacation this
week visiting his brother, David Garthoff, in
Lock Haven.
—DMrs. Robert Cole has as guests Dr. and
Mrs. E. O. Sommerville, of 'Rimersburg, Pa.
Dr. and Mrs. Sommerville motored to Belle-
fonte Tuesday.
—Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Ward are entertaining
the Misses Julia and Margaret Morgan,
daughters of Dr. J. D. Morgan, president of
Dickinson college,
—Wilbur B. Wilson, of Johnstown, was here
over Sunday to see his wife, who is for the
present at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Knisely,
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clevenstine, with the
five children who are inmates of the orphan-
age, left Sunday for a week’s visit with
friends at Hanover, Pa.
—Mrs. Antrim, of Gloucester City, N. J.,
came to Bellefonte the fore part of the week
and will be a guest while here of Mr. and
Mrs. Edmund Blanchard.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. McCormick, who
have been guests of Mrs. A. Wilson Norris
since Tuesday, will leave today, for their
drive back to Harrisburg.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osmer have as
guests their daughter, Mrs. Telford Fink, of
Philipsburg, and her family. Mr Fink spent
the week-end in Bellefonte.
—William Winton, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Winton, will leave next Tuesday to
spend his summer vacation with his cousin,
Edward Saylor, at Scottdale.
—Eleanor and Margaret Bower, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bower, are spend-
ing two weeks in Williamsport, guests of Mr.
Bower’s aunt, Mrs. H. P. Shook.
—Mrs. John Krearcer and children return-
ed on Saturday evening from a lengthy visit
among friends in Pittsburgh and vicinity and
are again occupying their home on east Lamb
street.
—Mrs. Carl Lillydale and her son Rex,
went to Williamsport Saturday for a visit
with Mr. Lillydale’s aunt. Thelma, Mrs. Lil-
lydale’s daughter, had been there for several
weeks. 3
—Col. Emanuel Noll went down to Mil-
lersburg, Dauphin county, on Wednesday
morning to attend the annual reunion of the
Noll family held that day; returping home
yesterday.
—Mr. and Mrs. William Morris, of Pitts-
burgh, with T. K. Morris as their motor
guest, will drive to Bellefonte today, expect-
ing to visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Morris
unti! Tuesday.
—Dr. Ezra H. Yocum left Tuesday for Pau-
reck, Pike county, where he will join Mrs.
Yocum, to spend Dr. Yocum’s vacation with
their son, George Yocum and family at their
‘summer home.
—Mrs. W. C. Coxey and her daughter
Dorothy, went to Williamsport Wednesday for
the Edler reunion, which was held there this
week. Mrs. Coxey will remsin for a week or
ten days visiting with relatives.
—Thomas J. Lamb went to Baltimore yes-
terday to visit during his vacation with rela-
tives of his father, Michael Lamb. Mr.
Lamb's position at the baggage station will
be filled temporarily by J. M. Hanna.
—Miss Clara Cole, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Cole, of Chicago, arrived in Belle-
fonte on Monday and will spend some time
with her aunt, Mrs. Harold Kirk, out on the
farm in the hope of recuperating her shattered
health.
—Mrs. Clarence Gauchenauer, of West
Chester, has been in Bellefonte for a week
with her mother, Mrs. W. T. Twitmire, Mrs.
Gauchenauer’s small daughter is with her son
visiting with relatives in Lancaster, during
her absence.
—Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler are expect-
ed home from Mt. Clemens about the middle
of next waek, and her many friends will be
glad to know that Mrs. Spangler has Leen
much improved by the rest and treatment re-
ceived while there.
—Dr. and Mrs. George Kirk, of Tylersville,
with their two sons, George and Thomas,
made their annual motor trip to Bellefonte
on Wednesday and taking Dr. and Mrs. M. A.
Kirk went to State College where {Le most of
the day was spent.
—Horace J. Hartranft, who during the sum-
mer has been with the Riverside Western Oil
company, at Morris, Okla., will return home
about the first of September in order to take
up his work at State College at the opening
of the college term on September 13th.
—Mrs. Warren Else and ler daughter have
Leen guests this week of Mrs. Else’s mother,
Mrs. Taylor and her family. Mr. and Mrs.
Else came here last week from Atlantic City,
Mr. Else returning to their home in Pitts-
burgh after spending the week-end in Belle-
fonte. ?
—DMiss Alice Wilson, Miss Mary H. Linn
and her brother, Henry S. Linn, were guests
of Mrs. Hiller on a drive Tuesday, to Lewis-
burg, where they wert for the funeral of Miss
Elizabeth Wilson. Miss Alice Wilson remain-
ed in Lewisburg, frcm where she will go to
Milton for a visit.
—Frederick and Philip Reynolds, Hugh
Quigley, Francis Thomas and John Hayes, all
of whom have been in training during the
summer at the Plattsburg military school, are
home to get ready to return to college. Fred-
erick and Philip were met at Wilkes-Barre by
Col. and Mrs. Reynolds; John Hayes and
Hugh Quigley at Lewistown, all motoring
home last week. Francis Thomas returning
the early part of this week.
"TMrs. S. W. Kerstetter, of Curwensville,
was in Bellefonte from Friday until Monday,
coming here for a visit with her sister, Mrs.
John Larimer, before she returned to her
home at Mt. Carmel. Mrs. Larimer, who, on
account of ill health has been with her moth-
er, Mrs. W. Morris Furey, for several months,
is so much better that she left Wednesday
with her two sons for Sunbury, where she
will be joined by her daughter, to go directly
to Mt. Carmel. The child has been with Mrs.
Joseph Twitmire during its mother’s stay in
Bellefonte.
i —Miss Esther Reefe, of Tiffin, Ohio, was a
| guest several days this week of Miss Lettie
Hartman, at her home on Thomas street.
i —George L. VanTiies, who had been in
| Bellefonte for two weeks visiting with his
{ sister, Mrs. Harris, returned to his home in
| Pittsburgh Wednesday.
—Miss Jennie Irwin is spending her vaca-
{ tion with friends in Altoonz and during her
absence Miss Sara Barnhart is acting as her
! substitute at the Bell Telephone office.
| —David K. Geiss, who makes his home with
his daughters in Phiiadelphia, came to Belle-
fonte Wednesday, expecting to spend the fal}
with his son, D. Wagrer Geiss, and his fam-
ily.
To Rebuild Gas Plant.
A meeting of the board of directors
of the Bellefonte Gas and Steam Heat-
ing company was held in Lock Haven
on Wednesday, the object of the meet-
ing there being tc make a thorough
inspection of the Lock Haven plant.
That plant was entirely rebuilt along
modern lines and during the “wo
months it has been in operation has
given the best of satisfaction. In fact
the Lock Haven plant is now regard-
ed as one of the most complete of any
outside the big cities.
After a thorough inspection of the
plant the directors of the Bellefonte
Gas and Steam Heating company de-
cided to rebuild the local plant along
the same lines. Work will be started
just as soon as the necessary material
and machinery can be secured and it is
expected to have the new plant com-
pleted by the first of December. The
remodeling of the plant will enable
the company to increase their output
of gas and also economize in the cost
thereof, which ay result in a slight
decrease in price to the consumers,
The compzay also has in view a
number of other improvements at
their plant on Lamb street, among
them being the installation of two ad-
ditional la:ge boilers for steam heat-
ing purposas, the boilers having been
purchased in Lock Haven on Wednes-
day.
Social Doings of the Week.
Wednesday of last week Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Caldwell entertained
with a lawn party. Forty of their
friends were their guests.
The bridge party given by Miss
Mary S. Thomas, Tuesday night, was
for Mrs. Blackburn, who with her
family will return to Philadelphia
this week.
At the dinner given by Miss Mary
Musser, Thursday evening, her house
guest, Miss Helen Good, of Lock Ha-
ven, was honor guest.
Mrs. John Walsh was hostess at
two parties this week, having enter-
tained both Monday and Toesday
evening.
Miss Claire Reynolds entertained
the six members of the “S .W. C.” at
her home on east Bishop street Wed-
nesday evening, in honor of Miss
Kathryn Buchannan, of Altoona, who
has been her guest since Thursday.
Mrs. William Lyons’ card party
Wednesday night was given in com-
pliment to her daughter, Mrs. C. B.
Williams, of Bayonne, N. J., who has
been visiting in Bellefonte for the
greater part of the summer.
——They are all good enough, but the
WATCHMAN is always the best,
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel................................ 1.00
Onions................... 65
Eggs, per dozen. 23
» per pound. 14
Butter Derpound.................o.oooomsmmmemrnrs 22
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up tosix o’clock
hursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat......................- ~~ $1.20
White Wheat.. 1.15
Rye, per bushel.. 70
Sg per bushel 70
» > T Dus! oe
Oats, old and new, per
Barley, per bushel..... %
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of th
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. .
Wheat—Red ..................... t1srescnnharmanss $ 1.39@1.42
Ni . 1.36@1.39
5.
10.00@21.
14.00@18.50
.. 8.50@14.50
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