Bellefonte, Pa., September 15, 1916.
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To CORRESPONDENTS. —No ‘communications
published unless accompanied by the real name
of the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
—Fall millinery opening at the Hat
Shop Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22 and
23.—Miss CooNEY, Milliner. 36-1t
—All kinds of safety and common
Razors at THE PoTTER-Hoy HARD-
WARE, and at the right price. 36-1t
A delicious oyster supper will
be served on Friday evening of this
week, (tonight) by the ladies of the
United Brethren church.
Miss Ottilie Hughes will give
her last dance of the season at the
Academy hall this (Friday) evening.
Refreshments will be served.
——Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Fleming are
arranging to close their house for the
winter, Mrs. Fleming expecting to be
with Mr. Fleming at Harrisburg.
——VWilliam Stiver, of Port Matil-
da, and Miss Elda P. Hartsock, of
Julian, were married in Cumberland,
Md., on Tuesday of this week.
H. M. Meyers, who operates
the motor bus line between State Col-
lege and Tyrone, on Tuesday put into
service a big sixteen passenger Reo
bus.
———-John Gray Love was on Mon-
day registered as a law student in the
offices of Blanchard & Blanchard,
where he has been doing preliminary
work since June 16th.
A sixty-five foot flag pole was
raised at the corner of the armory on
‘Tuesday afternoon and the handsome
flag presented to Troop L by the D.
A. R. was flung to the breeze.
——Farmer Thomas Beaver suc-
cumbed on Tuesday and purchased a
second hand Overland runabout. Now
if the pony don’t succumb of a broken
heart Tcm will be all right.
Dr. and Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes
and their son Thomas will live at the
Bush house this winter, having ar-
ranged to close their house on Alle-
gheny street early in tke fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Israel Frieze, of
Milesburg, celebrated their <olden
wedding anniversary last Thursday
with a family reunion, all their ckil-
dren and grand-children being pres-
ent.
The new X-Ray building at the
hospital having been completed and
the equipment presented by Mrs.
George F. Harris, successfully install-
ed, the first picture was made Wed-
nesday. : £ | Eout
‘'==——Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Wetzel and
their family have moved from Toledo,
Ohio, to Windsor, Canada, where Mr.
Wetzel is in charge of the new manu-
facturing plant erected there by the
Toledo Scale Co.
District Attorney James C.
Furst has a good sized list of Com-
monwealth cases to be tried at the
September term of court which will
begin on the 25th. None of the cases,
however, are of a’ very grave char-
acter.
The semi-annual rummage sale
for the benefit of the Bellefonte hos-
pital, will be held Saturday and Mon-
day, October 14th and 16th. Every-
one is asked to be as liberal as possi-
ble with their contributions, that the
success of this benefit may continuvue.
——Hon. William M. Allison, of
Spring Mills, underwent a successful
operation for the removal of gall
stones, at the Lock Haven hospital on
Tuesday. In fact he recovered from
the anesthetic in such good shape that
the attending physicians assured him
he would be able to return home in
about ten days.
——On Sunday a party of twenty-
six Tyrone people in a big motor bus
autoed to Bellefonte and spent the
afternoon at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. William Hamilton. They brought
their own lunch which was eaten at
five o’clock, after which they left on
the return trip home, arriving in Ty-
rone about 9.30 o’clock.
“Doc” Yarnell, of Hecla, track
superintendent of the Central Rail-
road of Pennsylvania, prides himself
on being 2 grower of fancy fruit, and |
if the crab apples the writer saw on
Monday are a fair sample of his
varied crop he is entitled to consider-
able distinction. The crab apples re-
ferred to were almost as big as rambo
apples and as red as any apple can be.
——The war tax on telegrams, tel-
ephone messages, bills of lading,
mortgages, judgments, insurance pol-
icies, promissory notes and all kinds
of commercial paper, which has been
in force since December, 1914, was
lifted at midnight last Friday night
when the new revenue bill passed by
Congress went into effect. The stamp
tax was laid originally to take care of
the deficiencies in the government
revenue caused by the falling off of
importations from foreign countries
on account of the war, but such defi-
ciencies have been covered in another
way by the new revenue bill.
Ha
From Away Down
South in Texas.
An Exceptionally Newsy Letter from
The “Watchman” Correspond-
ent at the Front.
By Corp. Harry J. Cohen.
Camp Thomas J. Stewart,
El Paso, Texas, Sept. 9.
One more week at the border, added
to an already long list, finds us still
pounding the leather and doing about
everything-else we wouldn’t do at
home. ;
Abcut the first thing of interest
was the arrival last Sunday of several
regiments of militia from the States
of Ohio and Kentucky, going into
camp close to the city of El Paso, and
when they passed Camp Stewart on
their way to the site they let out a
good, husky yell. We wonder now,
since they know where they are at,
whether they don’t wish they had
whispered their greetings instead of
making so much noise about it.
Robert Cole, a former Bellefonte
boy but now connected with the White
Truck company, was a visitor in camp
on Sunday. He sure is a picture of
health and prosperity. Bob is assist-.
ant mechanic of Truck company No.
48, located at Camp Cotton, which is
composed entirely of White trucks,
and while he performs to a certain
degree the duties of a soldier, he
draws a regular salary.
Being on the subject of salary,
Glenn Weaver was asked the other
day what his pav was since he was
taken into the stable crew. Glenn
thought for a moment then seriously
answered: “Three and a half.” Later
the mystery was solved when we were
put wise to the fact that three meals
and fifty cents a day is the total of
his remuneration, but we all agree
that it sounded so much more like
real money the way he said it.
Labor day was in reality just what
the name implies, as I believe we
worked harder that day than any day
previous. It seems, so I was told,
that General Clement notified all of
the regimental commanders that all
drills would be called off on account
of the holiday. After the order had
been issued several captains asked
permission of the colonel to allow
them to take their troops out for a
little hike, so Colonel Wood decided
that as long as the men were willing
to go on a hike they would naturally
be willing to go through the manou-
vers of a drill.
ordered, and when anything is or-
dered when the colonel is around it
generally takes place. It may also
be mentioned here that the regiment
of cavalry was the only outfit in the
entire division that wasn’t excused
this day, according to the custom of
military life.
There being a car strike in the city
on Monday no passes were issued to
soldiers for the entire day, as a riot
had taken place early in the morning
in which a few regulars joined, and
quite a few people were hurt. At the
present time everything is peaceable
again along the Rio Grande, as the
strike was settled soon after it start-
er.
Themas Hanley, George Wise and
Sherman Lowery have been detailed
from our troop to take their place as
teamsters in the supply troop that
has been formed. Their main func-
tion is to take charge cf the hauling
of all supplies the regiment may need.
Each teamster has two span of mules
and a wagon, and it is said that when
Sherman Lowery was made acquaint-
ed with his double span he was so de-
lighted that he bawled right out
“Hello, brothers!”
This week the galloping exercises
were undertaken, something never be-
fore attempted in the National Guard.
It is almost needless to say that the
events are quite exciting, and al-
though the people at home are no
doubt expecting any moment to hear
of somebody’s misfortune, we have all
been lucky so far in this regard, as
not a man can so far register even a
scratch. The other troops have not
fared so well, as Troop F has a man
in the base hospital with a broken leg
and the Governor’s Troop has one out
with a crushed hip. We owe our good
fortune to a certain ex*cnt to the ex-
plicit care exacted of us by our offi-
cers, who always have a watchful eye
on every. movement we make. At
times the poker squad think they are
just a little bit too watchful.
Each nor-com:nissioned officer has
now been assigned his own particular
horse and a name has been giver to
each of them. One in particular is
called “Jerry” for short. “Jerusalem”
is his proper name. It don’t take the
fellows more than a second to under-
stand that Cohen has full say over
him.
Our combination mess tent and
kitchen, which measures 20x64 feet,
is now about completed under the su-
pervision of Earl E. Baird, who was
selected as superintendent of con-
struction of all the buildings in the
regiment. After these are finished
“Dukie” Gummo says we are going
home, and when the Duke says any-
thing it’s always something.
Of course drill was |
, swore out a warrant for desertion
: certificate.
Joseph Howard will be the new cor-
poral to take the place of George
Wise, who was transferred. 1Itis a
case where the hcnor sought the man,
as Joe could have had it years ago,
had he desired. He feels it his sol-
emn duty to accept at this time. Joe
says he needs the extra money.
First Sergeant Saxion, Quarter-
master Sergeant Wetzel and Sergeant
Decker were among those who missed
roll call last Sunday in order to take
a hike across the mountains. They
were also among those who missed
their chance at the wood pile, but no
one had the nerve to ask the reason.
As far as the health of the troop is
concerned we will make note of the
words of General Clement in an ad-
dress to the artillery at its Sunday
night service when he said: “Less
than one per cent. of the men in the
entire division applied for medical
aid during the month of August. a
record never surpassed by any di-
vision of soldiers in the world.”
Troop L’s pro rata was even less.
Therefore, feeling as we do, we hope
the health of the folks back home
comes up to the standard we have at-
tained.
BELLEFONTE NOT IN QUARAN-
TINE. :
Some person or persons are either
carelessly or maliciously circulating
stories in some sections of Centre
county that Bellefonte is in a state of
quarantine, and that persons coming
here with children cannot leave the
town without getting a physician’s
The stories are false in
every particular. Bellefonte has not
had a case of infantile paralysis and
no quarantine regulations of any
kind are in effect here. Individuals or
families are as free now to come to
Bellefonte and leave whenever they
are ready as they ever were, and
there is no ban on children.
——In the Blair county court at
Hollidaysburg on Monday Edward
Ross Bryan, charged with desertion
and non-support of his eleven years
old child, Martha Bryan, was directed
to pay his wife ten dollars per month.
Bryan formerly lived in Bellefonte
but some ten or eleven years ago went
to Fort Scott, Texas, leaving his wife
here. The latter later moved to Hol-
lidaysburg and subsequently secured
a divorce. Several years ago Bryan
married a Texas woman and last
week he made his first trip back here
to visit relatives. When his first wife
heard of his being in Bellefonte she
and non-support of his child. Bryan
went to Hollidaysburg on Monday ac-
companied by an attorney and t e
above was the result of the hearing
before Judge Baldridge. 4
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——Strangers in Bellefonte on ‘a
Saturday night marvel at the large
crowd of people on the streets and the
big number of automobiles parked
around the Diamond, but more than
all at the good order and lack of
roughness prevailing at all times.
While it may seem singular to a
stranger there is nothing queer about
it. Centre county’s rural population
is composed of educated men and
women who have brought up their
children to be ladies and gentlemen
at all times. Most of the latter are
High school graduates, perhaps even
a Normal school or college, and they
come to Bellefonte of an evening for
pure pleasure and not with any in-
tention of rowdyism. The percentage
of the men who come to Bellefonte
who frequent the several drinking
places is comparatively small, and it
is a rare thing to see a man becoming
intoxicated. Now this item has not
been written in defense of the liquor
traffic or anything of the kind but
simply as an explanation to the
stranger who does not know the con-
diticns that the rural communities of
Centre county have as good a class of
citizens as can be found anywhere in
the State.
——Thomas Hardy, a twelve year
old lad, was brought to Bellefonte
from Osceoia Mills ou Tuesday be-
cause he had skipped the bounds of
his probation limit. About a year ago
the boy was brought before the Cen-
tre county court on the charge of
incorrigibility. At the time he was
turned over to sheriff Lee who placed
him on the farm of Andrew Frazier,
at Spring Mills. Some time ago he
left the Frazier home and made his
way across the Seven mountains to
Lewistown. From there he went to
Oscecla Mills to the home of his
brother-in-law, Howard Vaughn.
Learning the whereabouts of the lad
the Centre county authorities sent
after him and railroad patrolman F.
R. Sparling took him from Osceola
Mills to Tyrone, whence he was
brought to Bellefonte by chief of po-
lice Harry Dukeman. The boy did not
complain of ill treatment on the part
of Mr. and Mrs. Frazier, but stated
that the farm work was too hard. The
court sent him back to the home of
his brother-in-law zt Osceola Mills
with the injunction that he was to go
to school during the winter and next
spring further disposition of his case
would be made.
. NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Margaret Miller went to 'I'yrone
Wednesday to spend a week visiting with
friends.
—W. H. Walker will return today from
Buffalo, where he has Leen on a two
days’ business trip.
—Miss Margaret Haupt returned from
Lock Haven Saturday, where she had been
visiting with friends.
—Mrs. D. L. Jauss, of Harrisburg, is a
guest of Mrs. J. A. Aikens. Mrs. Jauss
came to Bellefonte Wednesday.
—Mrs. Thomas Ross has been a guest
of her sister, Mrs. Charles Morris, while in
Bellefonte for a visit this week.
—Dr. J. J. Kilpatrick and family, ac-
companied by Mrs. E. C. Tuten, drove over
to Lewistown on Sunday and spent a few
hours with friends. »
—Mrs. George Keefer and Mrs. P. P.
Smith, of Sunbury, will come to Bellefonte
tomorrow for a visit with their uncle, S.
A. McQuistion, on west High street.
-Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Schaeffer left Wed-
nesday morning for Atlantic City and
Philadelphia, where they will be for the
remainder of the month of September.
—Mrs. Eben Bower and her sister, Mrs.
Burd, of Millheim, will spend next week
in New York and Philadelphia, buying
Mrs. Burd’s millinery stock for the coming
season.
—Dr. and Mrs. W. E. McKinney are en-
tertaining Mrs. McKinney’s mother, Mrs.
Graham, of Newark, N. J., who will be
with her daughter until the latter part of
October.
—Dominic F. Judge, who looks after the
freight business of the Bellefonte Central
railroad at Coleville, has been out in Phil-
ipsburg the past week, sojourning for the
benefit of his health.
—Miss Nellie Smith, daughter of ex-
register J. Frank Smith, returned last Fri-
day from a ten week’s visit with her uncle
and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. James Hoster-
man, at Crystal City, Mo. -
—M. L. Altenderfer will accompany his
daughter, Miss Ruth, to Philadelphia to-
day, expecting to visit with relatives in
the city before Miss Altenderfer begins
her studies for the winter.
—Mrs. John Powers and her cousin,
Miss Sadie Keenan, returned yesterday
from a visit of several days with the
Misses Margaret and Martha McKnight,
on their farm up Buffalo Run.
—Mrs. Sarah Brown, who has been in
Béllefonte with Mrs. James Harris during
the summer, went to Ocean City, N. J.
Saturday, to visit for an indifinite time
with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Wray.
—Geo. B. Thompson, who is with the
Boal troop at Mt. Gretna, was home on a
short furlough the early part of the week,
spending his time in making final ar-
rangements for his absence at the border.
—Mrs. Charles Shafner, of Philadelphia,
and her daughter, Miss Anne Shafner, have
been in Bellefonte for a week, visiting
with Mrs. Shafner’s sisters, Mrs. Lane and
Miss Thomas, and with Mrs. John Porter
Lyon.
—Miss Carrie Neiman, of Fleming, and
her nephew, George Neiman, were in
Bellefonte Tuesday, stopping between
trains on their way from Lock Haven
where the child is under medical treat-
ment.
—Mr. E. C. Poorman, of Tyrone, was a
business visitor in Bellefonte last Friday
and favored the ‘“Watchman” office with a
brief visit. In fact when Mr. Poorman
comes to Bellefonte he sees so many old-
time friends that he hasn't much time
to spend with any of them.
—DMiss Gertrude O'Connell, of New York
city, arrived in Bellefonte on Sunday
evening and will be head milliner at Katz
& Co's store during the fall season. Miss
O'Connell's judgment and good taste are
well known to the women of Bellefonte
from having spent the past two seasons
here.
—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Hamilton, of
Madera, Clearfield county, and Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel S. Swift, of Woodland, were
Bellefonte visitors over Monday night, be-
ing on their way home from a week’s bass
fishing on Pine creek, Clinton county. Mr.
Hamilton is an ex-member of the Legis-
lature for Clearfield county and in 1910
was supervisor of the census for this dis-
trict. Mr. Swift is a well known liveryman
of Woodland.
—M. 8S. Welsh and Miss Fannie McDon-
ald, with their aunt, Mrs. Robert Welsh,
all of Fort Scott, Kansas, were in Belle-
fonte Tuesday and Wednesday, guests of
Mr. Welsh’s and Miss McDonald's cousin,
Mrs. Harry Stevenson, coming here from
Lock Haven, where they have been visit-
ing for a month. Mr. Welsh is a son of
Washington Welsh, who before going to
Kansas from Snow Shoe, forty-five years
ago, was one of the leading lumbermen of
Centre county, being the senior member of
the firm of Welsh and Allen. This is Mr.
M. 8. Welsh’s first visit east since leaving
as a child.
—Mr. and Mrs. Gray Hartsock, of Al-
toona, and their two children; Miss Mil-
dred Holt, of Moshannon, and Mrs. Edgar
Holt, of New York city, have all been
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kennedy John-
ston during the past week. Mr. and Mrs.
Hartsock spent the week-end in Belle-
fonte, going on to Waddle where they vis-
ited until Wednesday. Miss Holt, who
has been a surgical patient in a hospital
at Ithaca, N. Y., is. here while convales-
cing, expecting to be with Mr. and Mrs.
Johnston for an indefinite time, and Mrs.
Edgar Holt spent Wednesday in Belle-
fonte, having come here from Beech Creek,
where she is visiting at her old home.
—Bellefonte has had a distinguished
visitor this week in the person of Hon,
William B. Wilson, of Wellsboro, Tioga
county, Secretary of Commerce and Labor
in President Wilson’s cabinet. He spent
the fore part of the week in Cambria
county visiting his mother and looking
over the political situation, coming from
Tyrone to Bellefonte on Wednesday afier-
noon in Col. Spangler’s car at the latter's
earnest solicitation. He was given' quite
an informal reception at the Spangler
home on Wcdnesday evening, when both
Democrats and Republicans called to see
him. Yesterday morning Col. Spangler,
Secretary Wilson, Judge Ellis I. Orvis
and County Chairman W. Groh Runkle
drove to Harrisburg in the Spangler car
to attend a meeting of the Democratic
State committee held at eleven o'clock. In
the afternoon there was another meeting
at which Judge Orvis was officially noti-
fied of his nomination for United States
Senator. The entire party returned to
Bellefonte last night, Secretary Wilson ex-
pecting to be Col. Spangler’s guest for the
| week-end.
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{ ing, a guest of Miss Helen Counsil.
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—J. C. Harbold is entertaining his
| mother, Mrs. T. F. Harbold, of York, Pa.
—Miss Lillian Harrar, of Williamsport,
1 is a guest of her sister, Mrs. James C.
Furst.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarlane, of
Boalsburg, were Bellefonte visitors on
Tuesday.
—J. Linn Harris left Wednesday for
Mount Clemens, Mich., for treatment for
rheumatism.
—Forrest Tanner, of Hazleton, is in
Bellefonte for a short visit with his moth-
er, Mrs. C. D. Tanner.
—Mr. and Mrs. Jack. Decker, who have
been in Williamsport since Tuesday, are
expected to return to Bellefonte tomorrow.
—Jean Hall, of Fleming, was in Belle-
fonte Wednesday, returning from the
Granger’s picnic, having gone over for
Governor's day.
—Miss Rilla Williams, of State College,
has been spending the past week in Belle-
fonte, visiting while here with her sister,
Mrs. J. L. McGinley.
—The Misses Marcy and Stella Baney,
of Niagara Ialls, are visiting in Belle-
fonte, guests of their aunt, Mrs. Mary
Hull, of south Allegheny street.
—Miss Mary Rankin went to Harris-
burg Tuesday, to begin work at once in
the position she has accepted in the De-
partment of Labor and Industry.
—Robert Reed, one of the good, staunch
Democrats of Scotia, spent Tuesday in
Bellefonte looking after some business and
discussing the political situation.
—Mr. and Mrs. Orin Ishler, of Tacony,
Pa., were guests the latter part of last
week, of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fortney, stop-
ping here on a drive to Pittsburgh.
—E. F. Garman left Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Ira D. Garman and their family,
to motor to Philadelphia, expecting to
spend ten days there and in New York.
—J. Harris Olewine left Tuesday for
Champaign, Ill, to resume his post grad-
uate studies and to continue his work as
an instructor, at the University of Illinois.
—DMiss Margaret Hutchinson returned to
Kane Saturday of last week, after a visit
of several weeks with her grandmother,
Mrs. Margaret Hutchinson, of Howard
street. :
—Dr. Walter Stewart motored up from
Wilkes-Barre last Saturday and remained
until Tuesday morning at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Miller Stewart, on Linn
street.
—Mrs. Harris Beard, of Newport, Pa.,
with her daughter Louise, is expected in
Bellefonte tomorrow for a visit with Rev.
Glanding and family, at the Lutheran par-
sonage.
—-Miss Louise Yarrington left Saturday
to return to her home at Richmond, Va.,
after a month's visit in Bellefonte. While
here Miss Yarrington was a guest of Mrs.
Paul Sheffer.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keller will have
as week-end guests their niece and neph-
ew, Miss Elizabeth and Daniel Keller, and
Robert Miller, all of Lancaster. The par-
ty will drive here today.
—Miss Anna Shuey left Monday for a
visit at Carlisle and Philadelphia before
going to New York State, where she will
be instructor in French and German in
the High schools of Carmel.
—Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Gardner with Mr.
Gardner’s brother, . 'Wycliff Gardner. of
Lamar, and: his daughter, Miss Lillian
Gardner, spent last week motoring
through northern Pennsylvania.
—Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Stewart and
daughter, of Palmyra, N. J., are expected
to arrive in Bellefonte today and will
spend the fall and winter at the Bush
house.
—Louise and Rebecca Cruse went to
Williamsport Tuesday to. spend a short
time with their mother, Mrs. Charles
Cruse, who has been a surgical patient in
the Williamsport hospital for more than
a week.
—Horace J. Hartranft came from Tuisa,
Oklahoma, a week ago, expecting to be
with his parents until the opening of
State, where he has accepted a position as
an assistant instructor in the engineering
department.
—Mr. and Mrs. Lawrenec Miller, of
Philipsburg, with Mrs. Southard as their
motor guest, were guests of Miss Ida
Greene for the week-end. Miss Greene ac-
companied them as far as Tyrone on their
return trip home Monday.
—Mr. and Mrs. George J. McKee, after
spending three weeks with Mrs. McKee's
mother, Mrs. -Julia Connelly, on Logan
street, returned to their home in Pitts-
burgh Sunday afternoon. Mr. McKee was
a former Academy student.
—Mrs. Frank McCoy, Miss McCoy, Mr.
and Mrs. Archibald Allison and John Mec-
Coy drove to Lock Haven Tuesday to join
the Allison family from Spring Mills; all
having gone there to be at the hospital
during the time of Mr. Allison’s operation.
—W. 8S. Mallalieu left Bellefonte Satur-
day of last week for a week’s vacation.
Going to Williamsport he spent several
days with his parents, after which he
went to Atlantic City and Philadelphia,
where he avill be for the remainder of the
time.
—DMiss Sara Caldwell accompanied by
her niece, Ruth McGinley, who has been
in Bellefonte and Milesburg for the sum-
mer, left Tuesday for Sparrow’s Point,
Md., where Miss Caldwell will visit for
several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Philip
McGin'ey.
—Miss Martha Barnhart and her broth-
er Philip returned from Punxsutawney
yesterday. Miss Barnhart having gone
over a week ago, for a visit with her
aunts, the Misses Campbell, Philip, who
has been working at Lewistown since
June, joining her there Saturday.
—Mrs. Earl Dawson went out to Mead-
ville on Sunday evening in response to a
telegram that her husband had been in-
jured while at work on Saturday, but
when she got there she found that there
had been a mistake in the telegram, and
instead of having been injured he was
sick, caused .no doubt by the drinking
water. . At last reports he was improving
and expected to be at work in a day or
two.
—Mrs. Thomas Keefer, of Youngwood,
Westmoreland county, and Mrs, J. F. Get-
chall, of Greensburg, with their two
children, the only children and grand-
children of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. Cyrus
Brungard, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Brungard at Centre Hall. Mrs. Keefer
nesday and were met here by their father
with his car, motoring to Centre Hall.
and Mrs. Getchall came to Bellefonte Wed-
eee
—Miss Rachel Shuey is at Sinnamahon- : —Mr. and Mrs. John Dubbs Jr. have
been entertaining Mrs.
Miss Louise Schiller, and Miss Helen
Wildman, both of Cumberland. Miss
Schiller and Miss Wildman left here to re-
turn to Maryland Saturday.
Dubbs’ sister,
Threatened to Kill Himself, Then
Disappears.
Residents of Tusseyville are all ex-
citement over the disappearance of
Ralph Runkle, the twenty-two year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J ghn L.
Runkle, who live on a farm near that
town. The young man left home last
Friday after writing a letter to a
young lady of Brushvalley that Tues-
day would be his last day on earth.
The young lady is Miss Martha
Douty, who two years ago taught the
Tusseyville school. Young Runkle
became very much enamored with the
pretty young school teacher and while
she accepted his attentions it is said
she never encouraged him. Recently
she discouraged him in his efforts to
seck her company and this fact is giv-
en as the cause of the young man’s
actions.
He left home last Friday on his bi-
cycle, taking his gun with him, but
without saying anything to his par-
ents about his intentions. He wrote
a letter to Miss Douty, however, en-
closing his picture and telling her if
she persisted in her refusal of his
company Tuesday would be his last
day on earth. Miss Douty sent word
to the young mar’s parents and a
crowd of men and boys have been
hunting the countryside over for him,
dead or alive, On Wednesday they
found his bicycle in one of the fields
of the Laude:veck farm which ad-
joins the Run.: es, but nothing else.
The hunt vus still on yesterday but
up to the ti..e of going to press the
young man had not been found.
——A large seven passenger tour-
ing car belonging to the Keystone
garage, of Lewistown, was entirely
consumed by fire on what is called the
Lone mountain, in the Seven moun-
tains late Sunday night. The car
had been used to convey a party of
Lewistown Moose to the home of
Walter Gherrity, in the Seven Moun-
tains and the men were on their way
home when the mishap occurred, and
the whys and wherefores thereof are
still a mystery. They were driving
along at a comfortable rate of speed
when there was a slight explosion
and simultaneously therewith the
gasoline tank burst into flames. The
men all jumped and succeeded in get-
ting clear of the fire, but so fiercely
did it burn that in less than twenty
minutes not much more than a wheel-
barrow load of scrap was left. Even
the heavy- side irons of the chassis
were melted in pieces and cooled into
an unrecognizable mass. The origin
of the fire is a mystery, but the occu-
pants of the car were fortunate in es-
caping unscathed.
——Democratic county chairman
W. Groh Runkle has opened up head-
quarters in a rear room in the south-
ern part of the second floor of Crider’s
Exchange, and a preliminary meeting
of Democratic workers was held there
last Friday evening. Plans for con-
ducting an earnest campaign in Cen-
tre county were freely discussed and
the general sentiment was in favor of
inaugurating one of the old-time cam-
paigns, with a Wilson and Marshall
club and a general campaign of stump
speeches throughout the county. Par-
ticular attention is to be given to the
candidacy of W. E. Tobias, for Con-
gress, and M. I. Gardner, for the Leg-
islature, as the chances for the elec-
tion of both are good.
——The morning train west on the
Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad was
an hour and a half late on Wedres-
day morning, owing to a breakdown
of the locomotive in the neighbor-
hood of Paddy mountain. The train
did not reach Bellefonte until after
10.30 o'clock.
—7You can buy a Safety Razor with
three blades at THE POTTER-HOY HARD-
WARE Co., for the price of one shave.
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Sale Register.
THURSDAY OCT. 5th, atthe residence of D. C.
Martz, on the farm at Shingletown,
horses, cows, young cattle; shoats, farm imple-
ments and household goods. Sale at 10 o'clock
a. m. James I. Reed auctioneer.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Bro rocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for a
Potatoes per bushel....ccu...........c.coooovin - $1.00
Onions 65
Eggs; perdozen.................. olin
Lard, per pound mises 14
Butter per pound iii 28
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
Corrected weekly by C. Y. WAGNER,
The following are the quotations up tosix o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat
White Wheat..
ye, per bushel
rn, shelled, per bushel . 80
Som, sags, pre bushel... 10
ats, old and new, per bushel.
ley, per bushel.................. 60
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of th
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. .
t—Red .......c.en west siisvasiy des seinn «.$ 1.47@1.50
1 1.47
95@96
Le
6.150 9)
i 8.5085.00
Rye Figur pet ave] in RT 10
Baled Hay—Choice 0. 1... 14. y
sores EW Mixed No. 1........ 13.50@17.00
SUTAW cocoon biiisitsanitio fiasuitorivianiins eriny 8.00@14.00
if