Bellefonte, Pa., March 2, 1917. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Editor. Terms of Subscription.—Until notice this paper will be furnished to sub- scribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. Woman’s Suffrage Convention. On Tuesday, March 6th, the fourth Centre county convention of the Wom- an’s Suffrage party will be held in the High school building, north Allegheny street, Bellefonte. The convention will be called to order at 10 a. m. There will be a box luncheon at noon in the domestic science rooms for those coming from a distance. At the afternoon session, which will be called at 2 p. m., Mrs. Edward E. Kiernan, of Somerset, will speak on the Parent-Teacher associa- tion. Mrs. Kiernan is the second, vice president of the Pennsylvania Woman’s Suffrage Association, and is also a member of the National Con- gress of Mothers. All who are interested in woman's suffrage are invited to attend the meetings of the convention, and teach- ers and parents are urged to hear Mrs. Kiernan. This Week Twenty Years Ago. Coburn King, of Millheim, arrested in Clearfield for stabbing Mike Kess- ler, at Millheim, two years previous. J. Albert Walton confirmed post- master at Philipsburg. Thirty-three liquor licenses were granted by Judge Love and six held over. Horses at the public sales in the county sold for $50 to $75. Deaths in the county included Es- ther E. Hunter, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. John A. Hunter, at Stormstown; Mrs. Caroline Mulholland, of Pine Glenn; Mrs. Daniel Lutz, of Zion; Mrs. Mary M. McCloskey, of Curtin town- ship, and George Ayers, at Union- ville. Social Events of the Week. Mrs. Hennig entertained fifteen women at dinner at the Country club Tuesday evening and upon their re- turn to Bellefonte all the members of the party were her guests at the Scenic. : Mrs. Edward Stewart was hostess at a supper party given at the Bush house. Wednesday. fie aa -H. K. Hoy quietly celebrated his eighty-second birthday Wednesday, at his home on Willowbank street. His children in the neighborhood of Bellefonte were members of the par- ty entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Hoy and Mrs. Pifer during the evening. ee soe ——— Killed On the Railroad. Joseph Kephart, a resident of Or- bisonia, Huntingdon county, but who had been boarding with his son at Sandy Ridge while engaged in cut- ting mine props near that place, was instantly killed at the Summit on the Tyrone and Clearfield railroad about two o'clock last Friday afternoon. He was walking. on the railroad track and stepped from one track to another to allow a freight train to pass when he was struck by a train going in the opposite direction. Kephart was six- ty years old and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. soe Murdered in Williamsport. Mrs. Bruce Johnson, colored, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Green, of this place, was choked to death by her husband in a deserted house near the outskirts of Williamsport early Sunday morning. The man was cap- tured about noontime the same day some three miles north of the Lum- ber city. — After being housed up three weeks with an attack of rheumatism Charles Heisler was able to get around with the assistance of a cane on Monday and attend to his duties as a tipstaff at the court house. eiiniie A. I. Garbrick last week sold his bottling warks in the Bush house building to Clarence Love and Mor- decai Miller. DEITZ.—Mrs. Sarah Margaret Deitz, wife of William Deitz, died very suddenly at her home near Jack- sonville at one o’clock on Monday as the result of a stroke of paralysis. Her maiden name was Sarah Spotts and she was born in Union township forty-eight years ago. She is sur- vived by her husband and the follow- ing children: Mrs. Robert Beatty, of Blanchard; Ephriam, Trenna, Maude, Reed, Walter, Hazel, Ray and Dean, at home. She also leaves the following brothers and sister: Clayton Spotts, of Port Matilda; William, of State College; Curtis and Henry, of Port Matilda, and Mrs. Nora Lucas, of Unionville. Funeral services were held at the house at one o'clock yes- terday afternoon by Rev. Rishel, after which the remains were taken to Howard township for burial in the Schenck cemetery. further | — —— - - —— | BD Hl idl i —~ rao Thomas A. Shoemaker. Thomas A. Shoemaker died in Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh, Tuesday afternoon from heart failure, superin- duced by other troubles with which he had suffered for some time. He had not been really well for a year or more, but was active in his business engagements and, with Mrs. Shoe- maker, had left his home here only on the Sunday evening previous to go to Huntingdon, Indiana, to attend to some business interests there. He was suffering with a slight cold when he left but did not regard it seriously until he reached Pittsburgh where he left the train because it seemed to be causing him distress. The next day he entered Mercy hospital and it was found that pneumonia had aifected his one lung. It did not deepen how- ever, and probably would not have ended fatally had not other compli- cations developed. With him at the end were Mrs. Shoemaker and his daughter Martha. His body was brought to his home here at noon on Wednesday and inter- ment will be made in St. John’s Cath- olic cemetery this morning after fun- eral mass has been celebrated by the Rev. Father McArdle. The carriers will be Thomas Rishel, Thomas Todsock, Joseph Kelleher, Peter Saylor, Conrad Miller, M. F. Hazel, Blaine Mabus and John Saylor. The banks and other business places will be closed during the funeral hour. Thomas A. Shoemaker was the son of Edward and Ellen Collins Shoe- maker and was born at Ebensburg, Pa., March 7, 1861. His early life was spent there where his primary educa- tion was acquired and later he attend- ed St. Francis College at Lorretto. He was a man of few words; quick to form a conclusion and quick to act upon it. This characteristic was prob- ably the fruit of his early training in the contracting business with his uncles, the Collins Brothers. They were the most noted railroad builders of their day and the trio of giant bus- iness men, Philip, Peter and Tom, having had no sons of their own, con- centrated their most devoted interest in the only son of their sister, Mrs. Shoemaker, and trained him for the business he followed throughout his active life. To the thousands of men who later worked under him his memory will be a dearly cherished one, for he was started as a water carrier and labored long enough to at- tain the deepest regard for those who labor. His personality in business was as different from his personality in social Tintereourse as day is different from night. Trained in the school of big undertakings where aggressive, deter- mined action was necessary no work appeared too large for him to under- take and having undertaken it he threw the entire force of his great vitality into it and worked like a mighty machine. His sole ambition being accomplishment. In the periods of relaxation and est when he sat down with his family or his friends then a different man appeared. A great, wholesouled character, full of the tenderest solici- tude for those about him, ready at the hint of it to go the limit to help others and so lavish with his means as to be really princely. He was alive to everything about him. The tiniest waif on the street knew him through some friendly in- tercourse and the veteran laborers of his uncle’s later day contracts were his pensioners till the last of them had passed away. We have never known a man just like him in that he seemed to have thought only for others and never of himself. He was modest in the ex- treme. So much so as to appear con- fused and embarrassed whenever ref- erence happened to be made, in his presence, to any of his business suc- cesses or the gracious acts that he was continuously occupied with. So completely did he shun notoriety and practice self effacement, that today there is not a written record to be found anywhere of the many great business enterprises he carried to completion. Absolutely nothing to in- dicate that he ever entertained a thought as to his prominence in this community. For he was one of Belle- fonte’s most prominent and most use- ful men. He came to Bellefonte in the latter part of 1886. In 1882 the Collins Brothers were building the Beech Creek railroad and had offices in Snow Shoe. While working there they took contracts on the South Penn at Som- erset and in 1884 began the grading of the Bellefonte, Buffalo Run and Bald Eagle, now the Bellefonte Central. They were working on all these con- tracts at the same time, but it was not until the fall of ’86 that the grad- ing of the Buffalo Run had completed and Mr. Shoemaker came here to lay the rails. Bellefonte then became his home for in the following spring, 1887, his uncles began the building of the Bellefonte furnace and made a home for the family here by purchas- ing the Yocum property where the family resided until the last of the older generation had passed away and soon after Mr. Shoemaker moved to his present home. He remained as superintenuent of the railroad and general manager of the furnace properties until 1893 when he withdrew to go into the business of railroad building, for which he had been trained. As a member of the contracting firm of F. H. Clement & Co., he had a part in much of the big railroad work that was done in those days and was so successful with it that he withdrew from that firm and organ- ized the firm of T. A. Shoemaker & Co. .His reputation for achievement had become so well established that he was invited by all of the eastern railroads to bid on the best construc- tion work they had to offer. Especi- ally did his ability to do things ap- peal to the Pennsylvania system and he was given many of their most ex- acting jobs. 1t was while at work on one of these at Lewistown that he formed a copartnership with Senator T. L. Eyre, who had the masonry contract on that job, under the name of The Eyre-Shoemaker Construc- tion Co., Inc. This firm did the big work on the main line of the P. R. R. from New Florence to Lockport, where the entire line was moved from one side of the river to the other and made four tracks wide for a distance of seven miles. The last big work in which he was engaged was the clas- sification yards of the P. R. R. at Northumberland, a stupendous under- taking and carried through with sig- nal success. Shortly after this Mr. Shoemaker withdrew from active work in the firm and came home. His desire to be with his family more than the de- mands of railroad building made pos- sible persuaded him to retire to the semi-activity he has had in his vari- ous interests about Bellefonte and Centre county since. He was interested in starting the Bellefonte Fuel and Supply Co., the Centre County Fair Association, the Palace Sale and Exchange Co. He was president and general manager of the Whiterock Quarries, president of the Centre County Banking Co., and a member of the Manufacturers and Art Clubs, of Philadelphia, and of the Bellefonte Club and the Elks. On January 25th, 1896, he married Miss Augusta Kryder who survives with the following children: Philip, Martha, Collins, Ellen, Augusta, Mary and John, one child having died in infancy. I FISHER.—Union township lost one of its old landmarks in the death last |. Thursday merning .of Ezra Fisher, his home about a mile above Snow Shoe Intersection. Two years ago he was stricken with paralysis and since that time had lived in a chair up until about a week prior to his death. Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher and was born on the old homestead on which he spent his entire life and where he died, on July 30th, 1831, making his age 85 years, 6 months and 23 days. He followed farming all his life and was quite suc- cessful. He was a member of the Society of Friends and a good citizen in every way. He was united in mar- riage to Miss Harriet Kunes who died ten years ago. They had five children, two of whom survive as follows: Wil- liam E., of Bellefonte, and James, liv- ing in Halfmoon township. He also leaves twenty grand-children and forty-two great grand-children. Funeral services were held at the house at ten o’clock Saturday morn- ing, after which burial was made in the Emerick cemetery. i McCAULEY.—Mrs, Anna McCau- ley, wife of John McCauley, died at her home in Walker township on Sat- urday, following a stroke of apoplexy. She was a daughter of David and Margaret M. Mothersbaugh and was born in Walker township on April 25th, 1844, making her age 72 years and 10 months. Practically her entire life was spent in Walker township. In addition to her husband she is sur- vived by four children: Harry, of Lamar; Luther and Grover ClayZon, of Hublersburg, and Mrs. Herbert Decker, of Pitcairn. Burial was made at re on Tussaed McCAFFERTY.—George Boal Mec- Cafferty died at his home at Bradford at seven o'clock on Tuesday evening of infection. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCafferty and was born in Bellefonte fifty-four years ago. He has been a resident of Brad- ford, however, for a number of years. He never married but is survived by two brothers, Charles K., of Bradford, and Lewis, who lives on a farm in Bradford county. The remains will be brought to Bellefonte this after- noon and taken direct to the Union cemetery for burial. ll I ADAIR.—Mrs. Susan Campbell Adair, widow of Rev. J. A. Adair, of Indiana, died at noon yesterday at the home of her sister, Mrs. McCracken, in the Glades, as the result of an at- tack of the grip. She will be buried at Pine Grove Mills tomorrow (Sat- urday) morning. A more extended notice will be given next week. ! College township, died at his home — —— y I EE — , el | FIELDING.—John Fielding, a well | Saar VETERE | ed.” The organized fight against tu- known and highly respected citizen of | 3 Health and Happiness % | berculosis has resulted in a gradual- ! near Linden Hall last Thursday even- ing, following an illness of three | weeks with a complication of diseases ‘ following an attack of the grip. . Deceased was born in Pittsburgh ‘ about seventy years ago, but when a | young man he came to Centre county ‘and engaged in farming, an occupa- | tion he followed all his life. He was a member of the Lutheran church, a | kind neighbor and good friend, and | will be missed in the community | where he spent almost a half century | of his life. Forty-five years ago he . was united in marriage to Miss Cath- | arine Witmer, a daughter of the late | William Witmer, who survives with { two sons and one daughter, namely: | William Witmer Fielding, of Staten | Island, N. Y.; George and Sadie, at { home. He also leaves one brother and | four sisters, as follows: Casper Field- ling, of Pittsburgh; Sister Josephine i and Sister Schelasla, St. Benedict sis- | ters in the convent at Coleman, Ala.; | Mrs. John Wilsonheimer, of Latrobe, ‘and Mrs. Lewis Kline, of St. Boni- | face. Funeral services were held at his : late home at ten o’clock on Tuesday morning by Rev. Courtney, of the | Lutheran church after which burial | was made in the Boalsburg cemetery. | | WORKMAN.—John Workman, a i well known resident of Hecla Park, died quite suddenly last Thursday morning of heart failure. He was in good health on Wednesday evening and ate a hearty supper. Shortly after getting up on Thursday morning he complained about not feeling very good and died within an hour. Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Workman and was born in Walker township on April 12th, 1847, making his age 69 years, 10 months and 10 days. He was a laborer by occupation but a good, substantial citizen. He had been a member of the United Evangelical church for many years. Surviving him are his wife and the following children: Charles C. Workman, of Hecla Park; Harvey and William, of Altoona; Mrs. Mary Guiser, of Hecla Park, and Richard, at home. He also leaves two brothers and three sisters, namely: Daniel and Samuel Workman, both of Lock Ha- ven; Mrs. Sarah Rohrabach, of New Kensington; Mrs. Caroline Miller, of DuBois, and Mrs. Rebecca Dunkle, of Millheim. Funeral services were held in the church at Hecla at 10 o’clock on Mon- day morning by Rev. Bowersox, as- sisted by Rev. Shultz, after which burial was made in the Zion cemetery. | MAYES.—It was aki this week that we learned of the death of Mrs. James T. Mayes, at her home near La- mar, on February 8th. She succumb- ed after an illness of many months with heart trouble and dropsy. Her maiden name was Mary Ann Tate and she was born and raised in Fer- guson township where she was mar- ried about fifty years ago to James’ Mayes. Their early married life was spent on a farm at Tadpole but about forty years ago they moved to La- mar where they have since lived. She was a member of the Methodist church and a good christian woman. Her husband died four years ago but surviving her are three sons and two daughters, namely: John and William, of Lamar; Edward, of Pine Grove Mills; Mrs. Margaret Sunday, of Pennsylvania Furnace, and Mrs. Anna Fisher, of Lamar. The funeral was held on Sunday, February, 11th. Rev. W. B. Cook had charge of the services and burial was made in the Lamar cemetery. SOVMEIE Polling illness of some months with hardening of the arteries Malachi Sommers died at the home of his son James, at Axe Mann, on Monday morning. He was born in Somerset county on September 16th, 1830, making his age 87 years, 4 months and 10 days. He served dur- ing the Civil war as a member of the 143rd regiment. Shortly after the close of the war he came to Centre county and followed his trade of a shoemaker. His wife died forty-five years ago but surviving him are three sons, James, of Axe Mann; M, M. Sommers, of Niagara Falls, and Win- ‘field, of Bellefonte. Funeral services were held at his late home at 9.30 o'clock yesterday morning by Rev. Glanding, assisted by Rev. McKechnie, after ‘which the remains were taken to Tusseyville for burial. KRIDER.—Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Hunter Krider widow of the late Hen- ry H. Krider, died at her home in Ty- rone on Sunday evening following an illness that dated back to last Sep- tember. She was born near War- riorsmark on June 20th, 1841, her early life being spent in that vicin- ity and Buffalo Run valley. She was married to Mr. Krider in 1846 and in 1892 they moved to Tyrone. Mr. Kri- der died sixteen years ago but sur- viving her are three sons, H. Alton and William, of Tyrone, and Milton, of Roaring Spring. Burial was made at Warriorsmark on Wednesday after- noon. IA NFNFNFN " LPRFRN 20 5% Under these head lines will be contin- Z; 4 ued a series of articles begun November 5 5 ed with a view to progressive study and Z; %% thought on subjects affecting our person- 2X Number 13. Five Cases of Tuberculosis and Their Probable Origin. E. B. M. A physician leaving her office in a well known business building in a large city, while waiting for the ele- vator, stepped to the water cooler and took a drink of water from the com- mon drinking cup. To the remon- strance of her companion she replied, “If 1 place my lips within the rim of the cup there is no danger.” Nine months later, tired and troubled be- cause of a slight cough, she closed her office for a long vacation in Eu- rope. Not improved after six months abroad, she returned and went to Ari- zona, thence to the Pacific coast, her condition becoming worse and the cough more pronounced until she finally died—in less than three years after the incident of the drinking cup. It was not that one drink, of course, but the indiscretion had been often repeated. An attractive, exceptional- ly bright women, lecturer in a med- ical school, with an extensive prac- tice and climbing to fame! A lawyer, of hereditary predisposi- tion to consumption, showed symp- toms of the disease when about forty but. kept on with his practice for sev- eral years. He finally became too ill to work, remained at home where he spent much of his time in a side yard and was repeatedly seen to spit on the grass. His children were ‘well grown with the exception of the youngest, a boy of seven or eight years, who was in closer association with his father than the others, playing on the lawn over the places where the spitting had occurred. The man died. The boy grew up, was never especially vigor- ous, entered college but was obliged to leave before the end of his Fresh- man year, went to New Mexico, where he died the following winter. Hered- ity and environment were doubtless both factors in this case. No other member of the family ever manifest- ed symptoms of tuberculosis. During his Senior year in college a young man said that he had never known what it was to be ill. His room-mate and chum was a “husky” looking fellow weighing about two hundred pounds but with a slight cough—as was afterward 'learned,— not regarded seriously and to which no attention was given. He graduat- ed, found a position, worked for six months but the cough had, by this time, become so serious, he was obliged to stop work and go home where he died in less than two years after his graduation. The other man, a civil engineer, who was graduated at the same time, also accepted a po- sition and at the end of nine months had a severe attack of pneumonia, after which he was unable to regain his normal vigor, but continued in his position several months longer. At the end of two years there were un- mistakable symptoms of tuberculosis and he went to Colorado where his health improved so that he felt able to resume work. The improvement was not permanent and after a des- perate and brave fight for his life he died five years from the time of his graduation. A sample of sputum from a patient was sent by a physician to a bacteri- ologist for examination. The report was, “Tubercle bacilli in abundance.” Shortly after the test, the patient, a woman, closed her house and went to live with a niece and nephew. Three years later the physician happened to visit the laboratory and in conversa- tion, inquiry, concerning his patient, was made. He replied, “She died three months after the sputum was tested and, in exactly fifteen months from the time she went to live with them, the niece and nephew died of tuberculosis within a few weeks of each other.” It is impossible to say how many other cases may have originated from these same sources of infection but these five are sufficient to add weight to a few plain truths, namely: 1. That it is not best to take even a chance on a common drinking cup; 2. That spitting is criminal. When neccessary it should be done only where the sputum can be disposed of in a sanitary manner, not to be blown about in the air, inhaled, settle on foodstuffs and be a general peril; 3. That an individual known by positive tests to be suffering from tu- berculosis should be isolated and not remain a focus of infection for others. This may seem a harsh doctrine to advocate but it is, after all, altruistic in that it is “the greatest good to the greatest number” and, to quote from a recent address of Dr. Jacques Loeb, of Rockefeller Institute, “No human society can be expected to exist un- less the necessity of suppressing or curbing the harmful and pathologic- al instincts of individuals is recogniz- % 10. They have been compiled and edit. ¥i{ that 2470 lives and $4,000,000 in mon- 3 al well-being. 2% | (in 1902 the rate was 16.3 per 10,000; lin 1911, 13.2.) Dr. Krusen computes i ey were saved in Philadelphia alone i last year through the campaign per- | sistently waged against tuberculosis | of the lungs, the eradication of which | is dependent on the realization of ‘ higher general health standards. Each | individual is a unit in an aggregation i of individuals or a community and | weakness or disease in one imperils the strength of the whole. Co-opera- tion and consideration of the welfare of others will mean victory in this campaign. Centre County Y. W. C. A. Members of the various clubs throughout the county are requested to send their physical score cards to the secretary. Up to date only a few have been received. Of the clubs so far reported the State College Gym class has the highest average. The highest individual score goes to Miss Leotta Bouse, of Howard, and the next highest to Miss Charlotte Kurtz. But there is still a chance for every- body. Following is the balance of Miss Angela Morgan’s poem on “Work.” Learn it so you can say it when the spring fever gets you: Work! Thank God for the pace of it, For the terrible, keen, swift race of it; Fiery steeds in full control, Nostrils a-quiver to greet the goal. Work, the Power that drives behind, Guiding the purposes, taming the mind, Holding the runaway back, Reining the will to one steady track, Speeding the energies faster, faster, Triumphing over every disaster, Oh, what is so good as the pain of it, And what is so great as the gain of it? And what is so kind as the cruel goad, Forcing us on through the rugged road? Work! Thank God for the swing of it, For the clamoring, hammering of it, Passion of labor daily hurled On the mighty anvils of the world. Oh, what is so fierce as the flame of it? And what is so huge as the aim of it? Thundering on through death and doubt, Calling the plan of the Maker out. Work, the Titan; Work, the friend, Shaping the earth to a glorious end, Draining the swamps and blasting the hills, Doing whatever the Spirit wills— Rending a continent apart, To answer the dream of the Master heart, Thank God for a world where none may shirk— Thank God for the splendor of work! Wirt—Stover.—The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Spangler, at Rebers- burg, was the scene of a pretty wed- ding on Tuesday evening of last week when John A. Wirt and Miss Mary A. Stover, both of Rebersburg, were united in marriage by Rev. J. Womel- dorf, of the United Evangelical church. Following the ceremony and congratulations a delicious wedding dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Wirt will make their home at Maple Park, Ill., where they will go to house- keeping in the spring. Harpster — Patterson.— Herbert Harpster, of Pennsylvania Furnace, and Miss Emma Patterson, of Mill Hall, were married in Tyrone on Sat- urday afternoon by Rev. M. S. Ders- tine, of the Methodist church. Mr. Harpster is a graduate of the Lock Haven Normal school and during the winter has been teaching schqol in Ferguson township. The young cou- ple will make their home at Pennsyl- vania Furnace. —_— ee Hon. Leonard Rhone, of Centre Hall, is seriously ill as the result of injuries sustained in a fall last De- cember. In fact our neighboring town across Nittany mountain seems to be plague-ridden with disease at the present time. In addition to Mr. Rhone’s illness David Kerr is in a critical condition, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Krise are both seriously ill and Mrs. Mary Ross was stricken with paralysis on Monday and has ever since been lying in an unconscious condition at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. George Bushman. Her son, Frank Ross came from Pittsburgh and is now with his mother. William Laird, a son of Mrs. Rebecca Emerick, of Centre Hall, was run over by a train and instantly kill- ed in the railroad yards at Indianapo- lis, last Friday. He was born and grew to manhood in Potter township and was about forty years of age. The body was so mangled that it was im- possible to ship it to Centre Hall and burial was made at Indianapolis. soo During Monday evening’s thunder storm Bert Smith, who lives a short distance east of Bellefonte, was sitting in the kitchen with his feet on the cooking stove. A bolt of lightning struck the house and while Mr. Smith was not seriously injured he was burned on the feet and down the back. Announcement has been made of the engagement of J. Linn Harris, of this place, and Mrs. Mary A. Har- ris, of Carlisle. For Sale.—F. H. Thomas will sell all his household goods at private sale from now until April 1st. Inquiry can be made at Bush house. om- mercial telephone. 62-8-1t ou on
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