SCHMIDT.—It was with extreme | residents of Bellefonte - —~rao learned of the death last Thursday Bellefonte, Pa., January 26, 1917, _. P-GRAY MEEK, - - EDITOR. | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.—Until turther notice : his paper will be furnished to subscribers at the ! following rates : | Paid strictly in advance - - $150 | Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 | Paid after expiration of year - 2. i The Debt Just Half Paid. : Wilbur W. Marsh, treasurer of the | Democratic National Committee, writes | the “Watchman” as follows: January 11th, 1917. Hon P. Gray Meek, ! Bellefonte, Pa. { Dear Mr. Meek: ! I have your kind favor of January 5th and thank | you for remitting contributions amounting to ! $30.00 for fund for taking care of campaign in- | debtedness. We appreciate your splendid co- ! operation in this work. { Please continue your campaign for contribu- | tions. We are still considerably behind and must | raise nearly $200,000.00 more before we can meet | our obligations. Please make an energetic cam- | paign for aid and urge our friends to assist in this emergency. This added co-operation will be greatly appreciated. i Sincerely yours. i W. W. MARsH, Treasurer. | $200,000 yet to raise before our victory of last fall becomes as clean a one as, every Democrat should want it to be. i What will you do to help wipe off the | slate. Will you send in a dollar or two or five or ten. If you will we will for- ward it to the National Treasurer and he will send you a personal acknowledg- | ment. { Let us make it at least $100 that old Centre has subscribed to pay off the debt. The “Watchman” J. L. Spangler ws SS Cash 7 H. W. Todd, Philipsburg, Pa...... H. D. Rumberger, “ .t Ellis L. Orvis, Bellefonte.......... W. D. Zerby, oy ity CASI... niin imns i J. G. Dauberman, Centre Hall......... i “Old Friend of the Cause”..... C. C. Workman, Mingoville..... Cash W. Harrison Walker, Bellefonte H. N, Meyer, £8 Wm. H Noll Jr........cciooienmeens N. B. Spangler .... S.D, Gettig.........coo iin W. G. Runkle, Bellefonte J. L. Seibert, Bellefonte.. H. S. Taylor, Bellefonte....... pd pep ura Fe ONS, SAVING) 2823333333388 38 38888 88 gl 8 8 coe ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. Oil Prospectors Quit. The Pittsburgh people who for some time past have been prospecting for oil on the Christ Sharer farm in Taylor township, last week quit the job after going down 2,600 feet and took down the derrick. The material and machinery, however, were not shipped away and it is rumored that they expect to return in the near fu- ture and put down a hole on the John. Kelly farm, adjoining the Sharer place. “Very Good Eddie,” which ran for over a year at the Princess thea- tre, New York, will be the attraction at Garman’s, tomorrow night, Janu- ary 27th. Theatre goers will be de- lighted by the charm of the young ladies in the play. The costumes of this swagger fashion chorus will be the very latest creation of the mod- istes art, many of them coming from Paris, while others were designed under the supervision of Mr. Melville Ellis. Among the musical numbers that have become famous are “Some Sort of Somebody,” “Old Boy Neu- tral,” “Babes in the Woods,” “Wed- ding Bells ate Calling Me,” “If I Find the Girl,” and many others. In fact the music is as popular as Flora- dora which is saying a great deal. Prices, 35, 50, 75 cents, $1.00 and 1.50. Automobile call, 11.15. State College Graduates Pass Army Examination. Five recent graduates of The Pennsylvania State College have been notified that they passed the Government examinations for officers in the regular army. They were com- missioned second lieutenants. As members of the student regiment at State College, they received their en- tire military training. The men appointed were Frederick C. Dose, 1914, of Brooklyn, N. Y., field artillery; Gordon J. F. Heron, 1915, Philadelphia, cavalry; Gerald R. Butz, 1914, State College, coast artillery; S. E. Wolfe, 1915, Lebanon, coast artil- lery, and W. R. Stewart, 1915, Beaver, coast artillery. Dose and Heron were assigned to the officers’ school, at Leavenworth, Kansas, for their train- ing. Butz, Wolfe and Stewart have reported for instruction at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Entertainment and Dance. An entertainment and dance will be held Friday, February 2nd, in the armory. Admission, 25 cents. 8.00 p. m., Folk dancing, by school children. 9.00 p. m., Masked Grand March. (Send in name to Mr. Louis Daggett.) A feature of this part of the program will be the presentation of two cakes, one for the best appearance, and one for the most ludicrous. Jitney dancing, 5 cents a dance. 10.00 p. m., General dance of 24 dances, $1.00 a couple. Tarts, buttered rolls, and coffee will be sold during the evening. Admission and dance tickets now | er almost every day. on sale. i morning of Sol. Schmidt, of Philips- burg. He had been in Bellefonte less than two weeks previous, having come over to see his friend, A. Baum. Returning home he contracted a cold which developed into bronchial trou- ble of a serious nature and other com- plications setting in caused his death within a week. Solomon Schmidt was a son of Isaac and Esther Annie Schmidt and was born at Kleinkarlbach, province of Bavaria, Germany, on April 28th, 1839, making his age 77 years, 8 months and 21 days. The Schmidt family and the Baum family lived less than three miles apart and Sol and Abe were boyhood chums and togeth- One day the young men were together and Abe remarked in a casual way, “Sol, I'm leaving tomorrow for America.” And a year or so later Sol followed and both their homes since have been in Centre county. Mr. Schmidt came to America in 1862 and located in Phil- adelphia. A year or so later he came to Bellefonte and in 1866 went to Philipsburg where he went to work as a clerk in his brother Samuel’s store... Later he engaged in the butchering business, but for some years past had been in the real estate business and doing clerical work. Though of the Jewish faith he had for a number of years been a faithful attendant at the Lutheran church. He was one of the most prominent Odd Fellows in this part of the State, being a charter member of the Mag- nolia Lodge of Philipsburg which was organized on July 5th, 1867; a mem- | ber of the Moshannon Encampment No. 173, the Rebekah Lodge No. 193, and Tyrone Canton No. 42. He was also a member of the Royal Arcanum No. 803, and secretary of the Com- mercial Travelers Association of Philipsburg. He always took a great interest in politics and at the time of his death was assessor for the Sec- ond ward Philipsburg. Socially Mr. Schmidt was a most companionable gentleman, possessing a heart overflowing with love for his fellow-men, and with a nature bound- less in charity and sympathy for those not so fortunately situated as he. In a business way he was honest and accurate to the utmost farthing, a fact that the editor of this paper had ample cause to appreciate through years of business association with him. He will be missed by his fami- ly and his friends, but more than all by his home town, as he was always interested in every movement for its advancement and uplift. On July 8th, 1890, Mr. Schmidt was married to Miss Tillie Handler, of Cleveland, Ohio, who survives with two sons, Jay H. and Sidney W., both of Cleveland. Mr. Schmidt was one of a family of ten children and his surviving brothers and sisters are Henry, of Philadelphia; Coleman and Misses Bertha and Rosie, of Philips- burg. His funeral at ten o’clock on Sunday morning was in charge of the Odd Fellows and was very largely attended. After services at the Schmidt home burial was made in the Jewish cemetery. / | | WILLIAMS.—Mrs. Lydia Ann Wil- liams died on Monday of last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nancy Philips, at Retort, following a gen- eral breakdown in health, aged 84 years, 7 months and 3 days. She was a native of Warriorsmark and was thrice married. Her first husband was Sylvanus D. Hamler, of Port Matilda who, as a member of the famous Bucktail regiment was killed in the battle of the Wilderness during the Civil war. Her second husband was William Walker and after his death she married A. Williams, who also died some years ago. Most of her life was spent at Port Matilda. Surviving her are the following children: John Hamler, of Philips- burg; Mrs. Nancy Philips, of Retort; Mrs. Jennie Wiser and Miss Wessanna Hamler, of Port Matilda, and Mrs. Porter Hoover in Warren county. The remains were taken to Port Matilda and burial made last Wednesday. | ] KLINEFELTER.—Miss Sadie J. Klinefelter died at her home at Re- bersburg on Monday afternoon fol- lowing a brief illness with pneumonia. She was a daughter of Luther (de- ceased) and Anna Klinefelter and was twenty-seven years old. In addition to her mother she is survived by one brother and two sisters, namely: John W. Klinefelter, Mrs. J. W. Bright Jr., and Mrs. Charles Page, all of Rebers- burg. Rev. J. Womeldorf had charge of the funeral services which were held in the M. E. church at that place yesterday morning, burial being made in the Rebersburg Union cemetery. | | BETZ.—Mr. and Mrs. Mervin S. Betz, of Jacksonville, are mourning the death of their infant son, Samuel H. Betz, who died last Friday, follow- ing an illness of several months with valvular heart trouble, aged 10 months and 9 days. Burial was made at Jacksonville on Sunday after- noon. McDERMOTT.—Just five days al-: CROSSMAN.—Mrs. J. | Crossman, widely known throughout most to the hour after the death of her sister Julia Miss Marjorie Me- Dermott died at her home on east Bishop street shortly after four o’clock on Sunday ofternoon, of pneu- monia; her death probably being hast- ened by her worn-out condition from caring for her sister. Her death marks the fourth that has occurred in the family circle in a little more than a year. She was the youngest child of John and Elizabeth McDer- mott and her entire life was spent in Bellefonte. Of the family there now remains Mrs. James Burns, in Snow ! Shoe; Mrs. Mary Harris, of Philadel- phia; Charles, of Charleston, W. Va., who has also been confined to his home with illness; James, John and Miss Josephine, of Bellefonte. Miss McDermott was a devout mem- ber of St. John’s Catholic church and the funeral mass at ten o’clock on Wednesday morning was said by Rev. Father McArdle, burial being made in the Catholic cemetery. | | EVANS.—Mrs. Mary Evans, wid- ow of Charles Evans, died at her home at Point Lookout, near Philips- burg, on Sunday morning of a com- plication of diseases. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Richards and she was born at Julian, this county, over fifty-four years ago. She was twice married, her first husband being Martin Waple. Following his death she married Charles Evans who died in Pittsburgh five years ago. Her surviving children are Charles Waple, of Philipsburg, and Elva Waple, in West Virginia. She also leaves one brother and three sisters, namely: Charles Richards, living in Bald Eagle valley; Mrs. Tamer Ad- ams, of Wellsboro; Mrs. Martha Cole, of Altoona, and Mrs. Ella Ashcroft, of Pleasant Hill. Burial was made in Mock’s cemetery, near Philipsburg, on Wednesday afternoon. | I WALKER.—Mrs. Anna Walker, wife of Philip Walker, died at her home in Benner township on Monday, after an illness of nine days with pleuritis. She was a daughter of John and Salome Halderman Fogle- man and was born at Lemont on No- vember 25th, 1859, making her age 57 years, 1 month and 27 days. Most of her married life was spent in Ben- ner township. She is survived by her husband but no children. She also leaves one brother, John Fogleman, of Fillmore, a sister, Mrs. William Shadle, having died on January 12th. Burial was made in Meyers cemetery on Wednesday. | i GUNSALLUS.—James W. Gunsal- lus, a well known resident of Nittany, died on Sunday after a brief illness with pneumonia, aged 83 years. He is survived by his wife and the follow- ing children: Mrs. Nettie Stover, of St. Mary’s; William, of Mill Hall; Mrs. J. D. Cassidy, of Lock Haven; Mrs. Henry McCloskey, of Mackey- ville; Charles, of Nittany; George, of Lamar; Mrs. George Fisher and Thomas, of Huston, and Mrs. John Delaney, of Centre Hall. He also leaves one brother, Ira Gunsallus, of Blanchard. Burial was made in the Baptist cemetery at Blanchard yester- day morning. | | FALLS.—John Falls, a well known veteran of the Civil war, died at his home near Beech Creek on Saturday evening, after a brief illness with pneumonia. He died on the anniver- sary of his birth and was 83 years old. He is survived by his second wife and three children to his first wife, name- ly: Mrs. John Howard and Mrs. Geo. Flack, both of Bellefonte, and Harvey Falls, near Beech Creek. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon, bur- ial being made in the Clark cemetery. I | KREAMER.—Mrs. Mary A. Kream- er, widow of Reuben Kreamer, died at her home in Rebersburg last Thurs- day morning of general infirmities, aged 83 years, 2 months and 17 days. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gramley and was the last sur- viving member of the family. Her husband died in 1897 and she had no children. The funeral was held on Monday morning. Rev. J. L. Metz- ger officiated and burial was made in the Union cemetery, Rebersburg. | | POOK.—Carl Ludwig Pook, who came here from Philadelphia a few days ago to visit his nephew, August Glinz, at the Garman house, died very unexpectedly at four o’clock on Wed- nesday morning from a complication of diseases, aged almost seventy-sev- en years. He was born at Hanover, Germany, but has lived in Philadel- phia since 1864. Burial will be made in the Union cemetery at two o’clock this afternoon. ! | SHAWLEY.—Miss Amelia Shaw- ley, a daughter of David and Catha- rine Miller Shawley, died at the Bellefonte hospital on Sunday after an illness of nineteen days with valv- ular heart disease. She was about thirty years of age. Burial was made in the Union cemetery on Wednesday. ——They are all' good enough, but the WATCHMAN is always the best. Heron | Pennsylvania, died at her home in | New Rochelle, N. Y., on Monday. She ; was founder and first president of the National Society of Patriots, a char- | ter member of the Daughters of the . American Revolution and various oth- ler patriotic organizations. She is sur- vived by three sons, one of whom is “married to a sister of Dr. David Dale i and another to a daughter of the late { John I. Thompson, of Lemont. | | VAUGHN.—Miss Sarah Jane | Vaughn, a trained nurse, who made | her home in Milesburg, died at the i Bellefonte hospital on Wednesday : morning, following six week’s illness with pleuro-pneumonia, aged 67 years. | She is survived by one sister and two { brothers. The funeral will be held | from the home of the Misses Adams, ; in Milesburg, at 2.30 o’clock this af- | ternoon, burial to be made in the | Treziyulny cemetery. | I | { HUNTER.—Word was received in | Bellefonte recently of the death of i Miss Helen Hunter, youngest daugh- | ter of Mrs. Katherine Furey Hunter, of Pittsburgh. Miss Hunter, who liv- { ed with her mother and two sisters, i had been an invalid the greater part | of her life. | { oe A Big List of Tabooed Drinkers. i If the Clearfield man who sends out i the dope to the state press reports ! things correctly quite a number of i Centre countians will be interested in the following dispatch which appear- ed in the papers a few days ago. So far as known here no such ruling was made by the Centre county court, at least in open court: Unless the bartender happens to know you personally, it will be impos- sible to get a drink of intoxicating liquors in Clearfield or Centre county until the genial dispenser of liquid refreshments will have searched through a list of perhaps 600 names i and discovers that yours is not among { them, if a rule announced by Judge Singleton Bell in license court last week is strictly enforced. The court announced that the courts of Clearfield and Centre county had united in a ruling that the prohibited list in one county would be effective in the other county too, and advised that all who would be fortunate enough to get licenses in this county will be supplied with the Centre coun- ty list as well as the Clearfield county list of names of men of known intem- perate habits, or upon whom the drinks have been stopped. It is esti- mated that there are 300 and the saloon keepers of this county especial- ly in Morris and Cooper townships, have been warned against selling to prohibited persons of Centre county. Injured in a Peculiar Manner. The following item from last Thursday’s Tyrone “Herald” is self- explanatory: Clyde Gray, son of I. G. Gray, of Stormstown, the well-known horse- man, was in town Wednesday with a badly battered and bruised hand, the explanation of which is a strange story. Clyde lives at Julian and while leading a horse along a road parallel to the Bald Eagle railroad tracks, the horse broke away and ran off, crossed the tracks at a crossing just in front of a freight train which was moving with considerable speed. The engineer, evidently thinking that Gray was going to cross too, shut off his steam and applied the brakes; but when it was seen that Gray was not going to cross, the train pulled out again under speed. Then something flew—what it was, is only conjecture —but it hit Gray on the hand, cutting and bruising it in a manner to make it unrecognizable as a hand. ’Tis a strange tale but it is vouched for as a fact. Church Congregational Meeting. The annual congregational meeting of St. John’s Reformed church was held on Wednesday evening of last wek, January 17th. The officers elect- ed to serve two years each were as follows: Elders, C. T. Gerberich and Harry Keller Esq.; deacons, Curtis Y. Wagner, Clayton Royer and Harry Badger. The reports of the several treasurers were presented showing all bills paid and a substantial balance on hand. During the year 1916 $800 were contributed by the congregation for benevolent work. Following the business meeting the members spent a social hour together during which time the ladies served refreshments. —— Bp McKnight--Stevens.--A wedding that will be of interest to Bellefonte peo- ple was that on Tuesday evening of Mrs. Mabel Crawford Stevens, of Ty- rone, and Hugh F. McKnight, of Pittsburgh, the ceremony taking place at the home of the bride’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. F. Crawford, and be- ing performed by Rev. H. W. Bieber. The bride is the widow of the late J. Howe Stevens, during his life well known here. Immediately following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served after which Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Knight left on a wedding trip south before taking up their residence in Pittsburgh. . ay ——A box social and dance will be held at the High school building this (Fri- day) evening by the High school athletic association. An admission of five cents will be charged. ——Landlord James Noonan was brought home from the Williamsport hos- pital on Monday and has since been rest- ing quite comfortably at his home at the Brant house. Jury List for February Court. Following is the list of jurors drawn for the February term of court which will begin on the fourth Mon- day, February 26th: Grand Jurors. Calvin Weston, farmer,............. Worth William Billett, carpenter..........Spring Clarence Tate, plumber.............Spring Jacob B. Bechdel, farmer.......... Liberty Albert Deal, plumber......... State College | E. J. Purdue, Iaborer............... Spring P. A. Auman, fermer................ Gregg C. N. ‘Fisher,-clerk... ... .... State College IW. GG. Forst, farmer rou. 00 Patton Clarence Strayer, farmer.............Miles John Whitman, laborer...Snow Shoe Boro Edward Gunter, laborer....... Philipsburg El Baney, agent................ Bellefonte Joseph Hoyer, farmer............=. Walker BR. W.- Reed, farmer. .<......... =x Ferguson Harry J. Jackson, banker....... Bellefonte George Long, electrician.......... Howard John NS. Schenck, farmer....Howard Twp R. 8S. Walker, farmer. 2.......... Ferguson William H. Goss, gentleman..... Ferguson Joseph Undercoffer, agent..........Spring Harry W. Masden, laborer...Howard Twp David Lewis, Inborer........... i... Rush George Traverse Jurors—First Week, Feb. 26. T. C. Hutchison, laborer.!.... Philipsburg H. W. Houtz, farmer, .............. College Cyrus Showers, carpenter....... Bellefonte Thomas Hazel, merchant........ Bellefonte Frank Grove, farmer.............:. Marion J.: OQ. Stover, tinner.....«n....... Ferguson George Harshbarger, farmer....... Walker John Grove, gentleman............ College Wni. Emenhizer, farmer.... 0 ...... Benner JE. P. Pheam, farmer. ..5.../..... .. Haines nN... Rover, gentleman............... Miles Ymanuel 1... Noll, farmer............ Boggs B. W. Way, merchant.......State College Edward Noll, carpenter............ Spring Lester KE. Pritchard, laborer..Philipsburg Harry Garbrick, merchant......... Spring C. N. Meyer, lumberman..%.......... Penn James Wilson, laborer.............. Spring Willis Houtz, farmer............... Harris W. B. Date, darmer..........0....... Potter Herbert M. Swartz, farmer.......... Gregg John Gilliland, laborer....... State College (Reo. W. Fisher, thrmer........... Burnside G. P. Springer, barber............ Millheim (George Lucas, miner................. Rush Edward Fye, laborer.......... Philipsburg Geo. W. Rees, J. of P............ Bellefonte Arista Lueas, farmer............... Union C, H. Yee, farmer. ..........c.....; Walker Eimer Ross, merchant.......:..... College Harry Trantsz, farmer............... Potter John McCormick, manager. ..State College James Peters, farmer............ Ferguson Lewis S. Batcheler, machinist. Philipsburg Budd Jones, laborer.................: Rush Wm. Rhinesmith, laborer....... Bellefonte Edward Beezer, manufacturer. Philipsburg oy Matley, laberer........... Philipsburg Lewis Biddle, laborer........... Unionville M. EB. Loy, farmer...» .....n..vs Burnside Frank P. Guisewhite, farmer....... Haines John H. Fultz, overseer............ Benner WW. C. Cassidy, printer.......... Bellefonte Chas. Dukeman, laborer....... Philipsburg Chas. Bartholomew, clerk...... Centre Hall J. 1. Harvey, manager... .....;..«.« Curtin David Raybold, laborer.............: Rush Harold Fisher, farmer.............. Union Traverse Jurors, Second Week, March 5. C. E. Wingate, blacksmith........... Rush Ambrose Weber, farmer.............. Miles L. K. Metzger, merchant..... State College D. H. Shivery, farmer.............. Benner EE : ——N. R. White, of Wellsboro, dep- uty revenue collector for this district, was in Bellefonte on Wednesday for the purpose of collecting any revenue due him from the business men of Bellefonte.. . Of course all the mer- chants had notice of his coming and one after another they went to the Haag house to see him and incident- ally pay their dealer’s revenue on to- bacco, and all were very agreeably surprised when informed by Mr. White that said tax had been abolish- ed beginning January 1st, 1917. rl ee The crack semi-professional basket ball five of Windber will give the Academy team a great game to- morrow evening in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. Game will be called at 8.45. Lovers of the sport should not miss it. Admission, 25 cents. — James Leitzell, the Bellefonte youth who stole a silk scarf from one of the actresses in “When Dreams Come True,” two weeks ago, was last Friday sentenced to the Huntingdon reformatory by Judge Quigley. aE ——The snow and cold weather the past two weeks have been fine for sledding parties, and every night three and four parties take jaunts from Bellefonte into the country. Knisely, merchant....... Bellefonte | J.B. Lingle, farmer......«../ 5h. 4 Boggs | Elmer Limbert, farmer............... Penn Wm. H. Baird, retired.......!State College Bdward Beck, milk dealer.......... Spring | George Stiver, farmer............... Worth Moses Behrers, farmer............. Patton Henry C. Dale, farmer......c%..... Harris Blaine E. Palmer, carpenter........ Potter C. Harman, foreman............... Liberty J.C. Frantz, Inborer.... ..... 2%. 0. Taylor Lot Jones” laborer............ Philipsburg Samuel Diehl, farmer........ Howard Twp Harry Etters, farmer............... Curtin A. J. Kuhn, painter........5....... Spring T. A. Stevenson, farmer...........Marion Harry Zeigler, teacher............... Miles Walter Smith, *painter........... Milesburg S. €. Kephart, tormer.............. Patton C. J. Krouse, laborer................ Miles N. G. Pletcher, farmer....... Howard Twp Harold D. Crosby, clerk...... Philipsburg Jesse Hudson, tailor.......... Philipsburg Frank Uzzle, laborer...... Snow Shoe Twp Lloyd Stover, clerk......... ....... Spring Harrison G. Hartline, baker...... Millheim Lester Fiedler, farmer.............. Haines Martin McGuire, retired........ Half Moon Joseph Smith, gardener...... State College Frank Kunes, laborer............. Liberty E. 7. Jamison, farmer.......... .... Gregg Jos. W. Reifsnyder, farmer....... Millheim Frank Huffman, merchant..... Philipsburg Edward IL. Heaton, farmer.......... Boggs F. V. 0. Houseman, carpenter....Millheim Epley Gentzel, farmer.............. Walker I. J. Stover, farmer.....ssssssessss Haines Thos. Fishburn, farmer...... State College J. W. Stein, laborer........... Philipsburg Conrad Immel, retired............... Gregg John" Durst, laborer................ Haines George Weaver, farmer.............. Gregg T. C. Flood, undertaker....... Philipsburg Ellis Weighaman, farmer........... Taylor Olyn Musser, clerk......... S. Philipsburg —— » — 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. St. John’s church (Episcopal.) | Services for the week beginning Jan. | 28: Sunday, (fourth after Epipha- ny,) 8 a. m., Holy Communion. 10 a. {m., Church School. 11 a. m., Morn- | ing Prayer, with address by Mr. Ed- | gar Munson, of Williamsport, sub- , Jeet, “The Church Pension Fund.” { 4.30 p. m., Bible class for men. 7.30 p. m., Evensong and sermon, “The | Divine Companion.” Friday, Feb. 2, { Feast of the Purification of St. Mary { the Virgin; 10 a. m., Holy Commun- [ion. 17.30 p. m., Evensong and ad- dress. Visitors cordially welcome. { Rev. M. DeP. Maynard, Rector. | | Prayer meeting and Bible study i will be held in St. John’s Reformed | church Thursday evening of each week, instead of Wednesday evening. To Organize a Farm Bureau. A meeting will be held in the court | house, Bellefonte, at ten o’clock on | Thursday morning, February 1st, for { the purpose of organizing a farm bu- ! reau for Centre county. As evidence i of the advantages to be derived from | a well conducted farm bureau we sub- { mit the following: : | “The work of the county agricul- | tural extension representatives varies { with the needs of their communities, | but in general is addressed to the im- provement of agricultural methods, practices and conditions wherever | possible, through demonstrations, | talks and publications and through ! calling attention to good methods al- i ready practiced by the best farmers i of the community.” The county ex- tension work is thus briefly summed up by the United States Department of Agriculture. The county ‘extension work in Penn- sylvania, conducted under the super- vision of the department of agricul- tural extension of The Pennsylvania State College, affords some striking examples of results accomplished in counties where the work is under way. Up in Bradford, which is primarily a dairy county, wonderful improve- ment has been effected in dairy stand- ards and profits through the agency of the cow testing associations estab- lished through the efforts of the ex- tension representatives. Several ex- amples will illustrate the nature of this work. The owner of one herd in the county had an ordinary Iooking red cow of unknown breeding. He had tried to sell her a number of times but no one seemed to want her. Her production for the year in the cow testing association was 7470 pounds of milk containing 407 pounds of but- terfat. Her profit above feed cost . during the same year was $113.30. { No other cow in the herd made as , much profit as this one. ! In another herd there were sixteen i cows with yearly records. Eight of | these did not produce enough to pay ' their feed costs. Had the owner kept "only his eight best cows he would have made a profit of $55.00 more than he made by working twice as hard to keep the whole sixteen. The best producing cow in the association showed a profit over two and one- half times greater than the total prof- it made by this whole herd of 16 cows. It was such conditions as this which existed in Bradford county before the advent of the farm bureau leader, and which he has since helped to remedy. A dairyman in one of the Bradford county associations gave the follow- ing facts several years ago to prove the immediate value which he obtain- ed as a result of having his cows test- ed. Before testing he sold heifer calves for $20.00 each and bull calves for $5.00 each. As soon as he had his testing association records he sold two heifers for $50.00 each and three bull calves for $15.00 each, mak- ing the total increased receipts due to the fact that he had records, $90.00. The testing represented a cash outlay of $15.00 for the year- In other words for every dollar he invested he re- ceived $6.00 in return. It is the ability on the part of the extension representative to dis- cover and apply a remedy to bad prac- tices and to increase agricultural profits to farmers in a county, which makes his work worth many times the comparatively small salary necessary to command his services. ——Do not forget the annual bar- gain sale going on at the Potter-Hoy Hardware company, for another week. 62-4-1¢ *e Presbyterian church, received a letter on Tuesday announcing the death of his mother, Mrs. John McKinney, at the old home in Ballymoney, County Antrim, in in the north of Ireland. Her death oc- curred on January 5th, the letter being delayed in transit by the censor. Mrs. McKinney was seventy years old and leavesa son and two daughters at the old home in addition to Rev. McKinney, of this place. —— ee OO ——During the year 1916 there were 1077 births in Centre county and 600 deaths, an advantage on the birth side of 477. Bellefonte leads with 115 births and 106 deaths, while Snow Shoe township made the best showing, having 109 births. and only 8 deaths. WAaNTED—To place in good homes for adoption, three boys about five years of age, two at ten and eleven and a baby boy at three months. Communicate with Mrs. J. T. Mitchell, Bellefonte, Pa. iA. ——Have you been to the Potter- Hoy Hardware company store to see the great bargains on at the annual sale? 62-4-1t ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. —Rev. W. K. McKinney, pastor of the “>
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