ER CR I County Correspondence Items of Interest Dished Up for the Delec | tation of ‘““Watchman’ Readers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. PINE GROVE MENTION. We have three winter weddings already sched- uled. Old mother earth is bedecked with a robe of | purity. Fred Gearhart is over at Mt. Union in quest of an all winter job. L. H. Peters is building a new garage in which to store his Buick car. Mrs. J. H. Neidigh is nursing a badly sprained arm, the result of a fall. Ed Frank butchered three porkers that weigh- ed close to 1200 pounds. Mr. Judson Neidigh left last Thursday for Du- Bois in quest of a writer job. Mr. and Mrs. David Porter Henderson are vis- iting friends in the Iron city this week. Our mutual friend, J. R. Smith, has opened a repair and paint shop on the Dale corner, J. D. Neidigh shipped a car load of 80 cent corn | from Pennsylvania Furnace on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Glenn, of Lemont, were week-end visitors among friends in the valley. Misses Helen and Minnie Tate, of State Col- lege, were over Sunday visitors at the H. H. Goss home. Mrs. Minnie Goss is suffering with a badly scalded face sustained from a gush of boiling water. The venerable Peter Corl is so seriously il that all his family have been summoned to his bedside. Mrs. Ida Williams is at the Ellery T. Parsons home making herself useful with the needle and scissors. Miss Ruth Bottorf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hall Bottorf, is suffering with an attack of ap- pendicitis. John Henry Williams, our jolly saddler, is | building an extension to his shop. W. E. Reed has the job. Literary exercises will be held at the High school this (Friday) evening. The parents and friends are cordially invited. Horace G. Tussey, the popular drover of Mc- Alevy’s Fort, bought and shipped a double deck- ed car of cattle and hogs to the Lancaster market last Saturday. Quite a number of the tenant farmers in this section have been unable to secure farms for next vear and they are all at sea as to where they will locate. James Snyder and wife are here for the hunt- ing season. Jimmie is John Bailey Campbell's right hand man in the dairy business near Ty- rone and is making good. Paul Tate, arailway mail clerk at Pittsburgh, is at home on a short leave of absence to cele- brate his 21st birthday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tate, at State College. The Bell telephone line has been completed from Boalsburg to our town and five phones al- ready installed. The patrons are anxiously awaiting the completion of the trunk line west- ward. On account of a broken axle on the engine the Frank Bros. steam thresher is at a standstill. But as soon as the repairs arrive the crew will get a hustle on in order to get through before Old Boreas becomes too vigorous. J. S. Miller and wife, of Leonard Grange, No. 779; G. Mc. Fry and wife, of Washington Grange. No. 150, and J. S. Dale. and wife, of Penn State Grange, No. 1707, are attending the State Grange meeting held in Philadelphia this week. A festival will be held in the hall at Rock Springs on Saturday evening, December 16th, the proceeds to go for the purchase of a new or- gan for the Glades school of which Miss Grace Elder is teacher. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Nightly rehearsals are now being held at Pine Hall by the several Sunday schools for the Christ- mas entertainment which will be held in the Re- formed church the Saturday evening before Christmas and in the Lutheran church on Sun- day evening. Mr. und Mrs. Edward H. Grapp announce the arrival of Miss Valerie, a nine pound girl, born on December 6th at Kansas City, Mo. Before her marriage Mrs. Grapp was Miss Sarah Keller. Mr. Grapp is a graduate of ; State College, class of 1914, and is making good as a civil engineer. WE. McWillizms, who suffered a partial stroke of paralysis some weeks ago is convalescing nice- ly and soon expects to be able to handle Uncle Sam’s mail matter as of yore. During his illness* his daughter, Miss Nancy McWilliams, carried the mail very satisfactorily along the rural route. The wives of the members of the Pine Grove hunting club paid them a visit in their camp in Bailey’s gap last Friday evening, taking with them a bountiful repast of fried chicken and oth- er delicacies. The club, by the way, had seven deer hanging up that evening. The Sunday— Rossman crowd have two deer, Pennsvalley Lodge No. 276 I. O. O. F., very generously remembered the orphans on Thanksgiving day. On that day Mrs. H. M. Krebs and three children were the recipients of a large number of provisions, a whole hog, already butchered, and many other very useful things, all of which were very thankfully received. Among the lucky hunters can be mentioned Will Wertz, who came down off the Seven moun- tains with a fine buck in his car. He was accom- panied by Ralph Davis. Fred Gearhart got a four pronged buck. The Markle crowd in Erb- town have a buck. On Monday morning Lloyd Ripka, of the Sholl Gap crew, shot a spike buck. A sort of a family reunion was held at he home of Mr. and Mrs. John Reed, at Rock tSprings, on Wednesday evening, in celebration of the sixth birthday anniversary of their grand. daughter, Katharine Everhart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Everhart, of Franklinville. One of the chief dishes of the big supper was roast venison, a portion of the four deer captured last week by the Everhart party. Hamill Goheen, one of west Ferguson town" ship’s most successful farmers and stock grow- ers, butchered three hogs fifteen months old which weighed 440 pounds each. He also sold his wheat for $760.00, which is pretty good for a two horse farm. The placehasbeen in the Go- heen family for over a century and this was the largest check ever received for acrop of wheat. His receipts from other sources during the year were $400.00, which is hard to beat for that size farm. EAST BRUSH VALLEY. Christmas tide again draws near At the close of this successful year. Resolved: That past things all are done; Further, that 1917 is well begun. O. F. Stover transacted business at Penn Hall last Tuesday. We shall not yet publish the report of our local gun club. . Mr. T.B. Stitzer was a Tuesday caller with the Stover family, it Believing all things, we venture to assert that the C. O. Mallory property will again be oc- cupied by spring. Rumor has it that Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Bressler will occupy the McClellan Wirt proper- ; ' ty at Brush Mountain. S. C. Yearick and Ira Brungard made a flying trip to Sunbury recently. : Mr. and Mrs. Fred Esterline transacted busi- ness in Lock Haven on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Meyer entertained rela- | tiyes from Mifflinburg over Sunday. Wm. T. Hubler, the annual assessor and comic entertainer, made his scout this week. Miss Alice Weber was employed several days this week with her brother. A. W. Weber. With the assistance of several more employees the saw mill crew is restored to the required number. Domer Crouse, of central Illinois, is at present grasping hands with friends and old acquaint- ances. Rabby don’t change. Miss Anona Yearick and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Esterline, with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walker, were numbered with the spectators inthe Narrows on Sunday viewing the fleet footed animals. Looking o'er the fields of snow, See me smile at you. A Merry Christmas to you all, A Happy New Year too. BIG DEMAND FOR GASOLINE | Present Output, Enormous Though It Is, Not Sufficient to Supply the Country’s Needs. We will consume in this country this year almost 2,000,000,000 gallons of gasoline, which is the equivalent of a stream six feet wide and one foot deep flowing at the rate of one mile an hour. H. H. Windsor writes in Popular Me- chanics. Five years ago gasoline re- tailed at 35 cent. in England and from 40 to 75 cents on the continent, and there are those who even predict 40- cent gasoline here some day. Recent improvements in refining have consid- erably increased the percentage of gasoline extracted, and inventors are confident of ° perfecting carburetors { which will use kerosene; but for the present we are confronted with a de- crease in the gasoline content of the older oil wells and an insufficient ca- pacity in the refining plants. Our ex-¢ ports, however, of gasoline in 1915 were considerably less than in 1914, al- though more crude oil was sent abroad There is also a strong probability that. with the reconstruction and resump- tion of business ubroad at the close of the war, consumption there will he much greater than now. Horses will be scarce and time will be everything, and the motorcar and truck will re- ceive a great impetus. Just how long the present oil wells will continue to produce or when and where new oil fields will be discovered no one cap say with certainty. Before that day arrives, however, it is fair to expect that chemists will have found some substitute, or inventors will have found a method making one gallon do the work of more. Civil War Heroines Rose to the Occa- sion, as Their French Sisters Are Doing Today. There is no muzzle to spontaneity in the South. .I think they. are more like the French than any other peo- ple. And the women are like the French- women. One doubts if they have the executive ability of the Gallic wom: | an, but then no other race possesses that. I can remember the impover- ished southern ladies who came up North to visit us when I was a little girl, and that oft-repeated phrase, “Befo’ the wah I nevah buttoned mah shoes.” They probably didn’t, but “the thing is,” as a friend of mine says, “they did button them when they had to.” With the self-denial which the “friv- olous” Frenchwoman is showing now, the “frivolous” Southerner did without servants to button shoes—and shoes— and, as time went on, buttons. In the terrible days of reconstructicn, they continued to permit themselves no lux- uries beyond the luxury of talking of the past. Even to their own undo- ing they held to a fierce partisanship, which, in some heroic way, rendered a meal a rere fashion to be done away with, like an extra flounce on a gown. —Louise Closser Hale, in Harper's ragazine. Introducing Himself. A little boy was making his first visit to his grandfather’s farm and was much interested in all the ani- mals there. In going with his grand- futher about the farm he was told not to go too close to the cows, for they might hurt him. “But, grandpa, why don’t they hurt you?” he said. “Well, you see, they know me,” an- swered his grandfather, “and they don’t know you.” Soon after this the little boy was left alone in tke barn and his grand- father heard him talking. Going quiet- ly to the door he saw the child bow- ing before one of the cows and heard him say: “I'm Edward Allen Miller of Butte, Mont.” . Origin of Brazil's Name. ‘Brazil, which in later years has come to the front in commercial im- portance, received its name cause of a very hard, reddish colored lwood, which grows in great abundarce in many parts of the country. So bril- liant is this wood when a log is split open, that the Portuguese gave it the name of “braza,” which means “live coal.” In speaking of this country the Portuguese often referred to it as th- lace of the live-coal wood and gradually the word “Brazil” was used, until finally the country was known by no other name.—Selected. Including Squeals and Bristles. From the Cumberland News. So efficient have some packers become in utilizing everything that a hog weigh- ing 200 pounds on the hoof now “dresses” about 250 pounds. With the Churches of the County. Notes of Interest to Church People of all Denominations in all Parts of the County. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Service Sunday 11:00 a. m. Wednes- day 8 p. m., 93 E. High street. Statement of Ownership. The DEMOCRATIC WATCHMAN, a weekly news- paper, published at Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, is published, edited and owned by P. Gray Meek, Bellefonte, Pa. It is an individual ownership, there being no corporation or stockholders. This statement is made to comply with an Act | of Congress of August 24th, 1912. GEO. R. MEEK, Acting Business Manager. For high class Job Work come to the “Watchman” Office. No light—no services in the Reform- ied church last Sunday evening. The Rev. Mr. Young, chaplain at the peni- tentiary, promises to speak next Sunday -:) evening in the Reformed church. Every should nave work to ! do, work that is worth doing and that is neither overburdensome nor overwearisome.—John Mills. St. John's church (Episcopal), the Rev. M. De P. Maynard, rector. Schedule of services for the week beginning Dec. 17, the third Sunday in Advent: 8 a. m., Holy Communion. 10a. m., Church school. 11 a. m. Morning Prayer and sermon, “Casting off Works of Darkness.” 4:30 p. m., Bible class for men. 7:30 p. m., Evensong, and sermon, “The Sacred Min- istry.” Thursday, Dec. 21, feast of St. { Thomas the Apostle. 10 a. m., Holy i Communion. Friday, Ember Day, Dec. 22, i 7:30 a. m., Holy Communion; 7:30 p. m., Litany, and instruction, “Preparation for Our Christmas Communion.” Visitors are welcome at all services. New Advertisements. OR SALE.—7 passenger 1916 model Stude- baker. Driven only 4000 miles. New set of tires. Car as good as new. Inquire of ! K. METZGER, L. Bell phone. 48-3t* State College, Pa. For Father and Son 360 PICTURES 360 ARTICLES » EACH MONTH ON ALL NEWS STAND ——An American egg-preserving plant has been established in China and is handling 300,000 eggs daily. New Advertisements. ANTED.—15 teams, hauling coal. Steady work all winter. Good wages. Good stabling. Apply to this office. 61-49-1t 15 ; Cents POPULAR MECHANICS WRITTEN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT All the Great Events in Mechanics, Engineering and Invention throughout the World, are described in an interest- ing manner, as they occur. 3,000,000 readers each month. 20 pages each fssue tells eas: Shop Notes ne better ways to ia the shop, and how to make repairs at home. Amateur Mechanics IS ges of original oor and outdoor sports and play Largely constructive; tells how to build boats, motorcycles, wireless, etc FOR SALE BY 35,000 NEWS DEALERS Ask your dealer to show you a copy; if not convénient to news stand, send $1.50 for a year's subscription. or fifteen cents for current issue to the publishers. Catalogue of Mechanical Books free on request. POPULAR MECHANICS MACAZINE 6 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago £10 GANA ROPOSAL.—COAL.—Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Inspectors of the Western Penitentiary of Penna, North | Side, Pittsburgh, Pa., until 12:00 o'clock noon | Tuesday, December 26, 1916, for furnishing the | New Western Penitentiary with a supply of fuel i coal for periods of Three months, six months, I'and for twelve months, commencing January 1, 1 1917. Deliveries to be mzde to prison siding, Rockview, Centre Co., Pzana, P. R. R. Forms | of proposal and specifications can be procured | from office of Penitentiary, Pittsburgh, Pa. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. JOHN FRANCIES, Supt. of Construction. cmostrmicise | 61.49-1t | ROPOSAL.—COAL.—Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Inspectors of the ie Western Penitentiary of Penna, North | Side, Pittsburgh, Pa., until 12:00 o’clock noon | Tuesday, December 26, 1916, for furnishing the | Penitentiary with a supply of fuel coal, for peri- | ods of Three months, six months, and for twelve | months, commencing January 1, 1917. Deliver- | ies to be made to Prison siding Rockview, Cen- { tre Co., Penna., P. R. R. Forms of proposal and | specifications can be procured from the office of - | Penitentiary, Pittsburgh, Pa. The Board re- . serves the right to reject any and all bids. Popular Mechanics offers no premiums: | JOHN FRANCIES does not join in ‘clubbing offers,’’ and | 61-49-1t ’ employs no solicitors to secure subscriptions SOIN VIEL DZ SV TLIO av Warden. JEWELRY AND CHINA A few items of interest for the Christmas Shoppcr. The New Jewelry and China Store (Formerly China Hall) Offers for your approval the largest and best selection of ! Diamonps, WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, Cur GLASS, SIL- VER, BrAss, CHINA AND Ivory NOVELTIES EVER SHOWN IN BELLEFONTE. WATCHES FROM $1.00 TO $100.00 Genuine Persian Ivory Manicure and Toilet Pieces, from 50c. to $25.00. Diamond Rings, Brooches, LaValliers, Cuff Buttons and Tie Pins, from $3.00 to $100.00. Waldamer Chains and Knives, from $2.00 to $12.00. Brass, Athenic Bronze and Glass, in the latest novelties, from 25c. to $15.00. 100 Piece Dinner Sets, from $13.00 to $75.00. Lot of Bric-a-Brac and China Ware, left over from China Hall, that we are closing out at much less than cost—would make good Xmas Presents. Our Optical Department Always at Your Service All Corrections Guaranteed. C. D. CASEBEER,, Jeweler and Optometrist, Centre County Bank Building. 48-2t Bellefonte, Pa Your «Selling Story’’ Every page in the Bell Telephone Directory is consulted daily by thousands of just those people who have the means to purchase many also have the desire, and a prominently displayed advertisement of your goods will reach the very trade you are after. Telephone orders are profitable and easy to handle. Get your share of this business! An advertisement in the Bell Directory will help! Call the Business Office to-day and ask for the advertising rates. THE BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF PA. MALLALIEU, Local Manager, BELLEFONTE, PA. J. S. KEICHLINE ——) DEALER IN (— Foreign and Domestic Fruits, Nuts, Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Etc. Holly Wreaths, 20 Cents Each. Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries and Celery. White Grapes, Oranges—Florida and California. Fancy Grape Fruit, Lemons and Tangerines. Nuts of all kinds. Loose Popped Corn. . X-Mas Cigars in Small Boxes from 25c. to $2.50 per box. California Walnuts, Pecans, Filberts, Cream Nuts, Nonpareils, Almonds—all new nuts—and Hickory Nuts, 10 cents per pound. Mixed Nuts, 25 cents. Samosett Candies—the Finest On the Market, Near P. R. R. Station. J. S. KEICHLINE. Fancy 49-2t Open an Account With Us. Never mind if your start is a modest one. We will help make it grow. ‘The First National Bank 59-1-1y BELLEFONTE, PA. F. P. BLAIR ® SON, JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS great boon to friendship. A GIF TS drop of oil, where needed, is worth more than a barrel where none is necessary. RELIABILITY Is an ordinary word, but just think what it really means. It takes years and years for a firm, or individual, to conscientiously claim that term and to have it given him, or them, by the public at large. When one buys A Gift From a Reliable Firm, One is assured that the article has been passed upon by the very finest of artists in the line of the individual article itself. When selected properly, are a If your Gifts are to be of Silverware, Jewelry, Cut Glass, Clocks or Watches, we are Fully Supplied with Standard Goods to meet your most exacting tastes and requirements. F. P. BLAIR ® SON, BELLEFONTE. 59-4-tf. RE Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. Room for 7 And room for 7 FULL-GROWN pas- sengers, too—don’t forget that. You can ride with 6 other people all day in this Studebaker without getting cramped or crowded to death. It’s big, roomy, restful. We'd just like to take you for a little ride "in either the FOUR ($875) or in the SIX ($1085) and show you what Studebaker means by ROOM. Come in — today. GEORGE A. BEEZER, BELLEFONTE, PA. FOUR SIX 40 H. P. 50 H. P. 7-passenger 7-passenger $875 b 1085
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