Bemorca atc Bellefonte, Pa., March 23, 1917. County Correspondence Items of Interest Dished up for the Delectation of “Watchman” Read- ers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. PLEASANT GAP ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sampsel spent Sunday at the Rimmey home. Mrs. Harry Bilger entertained the sewing circle last Wednesday even- ing. Mrs. William Irvin is visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Campbell, of Ty- Tone. Mrs. Boyd Spicher is confined to her home with a treacherous case of La- grippe. Miss Mary McClincy spent the week end with her cousin, Miss Flor- ence Peters, at Milesburg. Mrs. R. U. Houser has been critical- ly ill for some time past, but we are glad to say, is gradually improving. The High school box social and fes- tival was liberally patronized and it is thought a sufficient sum was rea- lized to defray the necessary expenses of the comming graduation exercises. Rev. McKechnie, of the Methodist congregation here, accompanied by delegate Jerry Gill, left for Lewis- town on Wednesday where the Meth- odist conference convenes. The peo- ple here are quite desirous that Rev. Rev. Me¢Kechnie will be returned here for the ensuing year, but they realize that the deliberations of the Methodist conference can never be figured on definitely until the an- nouncements are made public. Girls will be girls the world over, Pleasant Gap, notwithstanding; the latest production emanating from one of our schools, is the girl’s declaration of independance. The episode is not surprising anybody in our quiet com- munity since the independence of the Gap girls is unquestioned; their equals cannot be discounted between Maine and California. Their bold dec- laration follows: When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for the pupils of a school to dissolve the bands that connect them with their teacher and to assume, among the people of the earth, the free and equal station to include the laws of nature and nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect for the opin- ions of said teacher demands that they shall declare the causes that impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident; that teach- ers and girls are created equal; that the latter are endowed with certain inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of no les- sons; and whenever any form of school becomes destitute of these ends, it is the right of the girls to alter or abolish it, instituting a new school, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to secure their safety and happiness. Providence, indeed would dictate that schools being established should not be altered for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown that girls are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable—than to right them- selves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of examinations pursue but one subject and that the estab- lishment of an absolute “Blimber- ism,” in these classes, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such forms of school and to provide new guards for their future security. Such has been the patient suffering of these poor girls, and such is now one sad necessity that constrains them to alter the forms to which they are accus- tomed. We therefore, the representa- tives of the girls of these classes, state that these classes are, and of a right ought to be free and independ- ent; that in future, they shall have full right to go to school, or stay at home, do their lessons or not with other privileges which independent girls enjoy, and in support of their declaration we mutually pledge to each other our lives. VALLEY VIEW. The sick in this community are all much better at this writing. Carl Garbrick, of Tyrone, spent - Sunday with his father, A. I. Gar- brick. Mrs. Robert Kelly and daughter Pearl were Bellefonte shoppers Friday of last week. Mrs. Anna B. Sheeder spent Satur- day and part of Sunday with her sis- ter, Mrs. C. Y. Wagner, in Bellefonte. Franklin Dimes has purchased a large team of horses with which he expects to start farming in the spring. Miss Agnes Mills, of Tyrone, is here to spend an indefinite time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adam I. Gar- rick. Rev. Lilly, of Houserville, last Sun- day began a series of protracted meet- ings at this place, and we hope he will have good success. James Rowan, who has been em- ployed by the Centre County Line company, resigned his position last Saturday and will begin improve- ments on the road in this section; and from the condition some of it is in he will be none too soon. RUNVILLE. James Lucas spent Monday at Pleasant Gap with his daughter, Mrs. James Parks. Harrison Witmer had the mis- fortune to break his arm while crank- ing his automobile. Mrs. Nettie Snyder, of Mill Hall, was an over Sunday visitor with her sister-in-law, Mrs. W. T. Kunes. The W. C. T. U. will hold a tem- perance rally on Friday evening in the United Brethren church at this place. Mrs. Plummer Strunk and Mrs. Clyde Shutt, of Dix Station, spent Sunday with tHeir parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Bennett. CENTRE HALL NEWS. Mr. L J. Dreese, of Lemont, spent Monday in this place. Mrs. James Smetzler is spending a few days with friends in Altoona. Miss Katharine McCool, of Spring Mills, spent a few days with friends in town. . Mrs. Joseph Lutz spent a few days at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mary Smith, in Bellefonte. Miss Annie Stover, who has been visiting her sister in Florida, returned to Centre Hall last week. Mrs. Rebecca Murray and daughter, Miss Edna, attended the funeral of Lewis Mensch, of Aaronsburg, Tues- day. Mr. and Mrs. John Wert, of Tussey- ville, spent a short time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Heckman, Tuesday. Mrs. Ray D. Gilliland and her son Robert, of State College, spent Mon- day at the home of her aunt, Mrs. L. M. Jacobs. Mr. Edward Stover, who is employ- ed in Altoona, spent a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William McClenahan. Mr. Cyrus Brungard left Saturday for Greensburg to spend a few days at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jack Getchell. Mr. George Boozer, a student of Mercersburg, is spending a short va- cation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Boozer. Quite a number of people from out of town attended the danse which was held in the Grange avcadia Fri- day night. All had a nice time. BOALSBURG. Mrs. L. Mothersbaugh spent the week-end with friends in Aaronsburg.. Mrs. Esther Jacobs, of Wilmington, Del, is visiting friends in this vicin- ity. A little daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Wright, on Sunday. / James Poorman spent a short time with his daughter, Mrs. Harry Markle, at Oak Hall. Mrs. Henrietta Dale and daughter, Miss Anna, spent several days last week in Bellefonte. R. B. Harrison, who is employed at Niagara Falls, is spending a week at his home in town. ; Mrs. Emma Stuart returned last week from a three month’s visit with friends at Ingram, Pa. Mrs. Andrew Gregg, of Altoona, spent the past week with her sisters, Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. Yarnell. Mrs. William Kuhn returned to her home at Williamsport on Monday, after a two week’s visit in town. Mrs. J. R. Harter returned to her home at State College on Monday, after a three woek’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Ross. LEMONT. Floyd Palmer spent Sunday with his family. Coal is getting rather scarce here at present. Saturday brought rain and Sunday was rough and snowy. Claude Hoy and family visited friends out of town over Sunday. I. J. Dreese is having a new garage built of tile, which will make it fire- proof. Joseph Norris, of Altoona, spent a few days among friends in these parts last week. Norris Martz moved to town last Wednesday, where he intends making his future home. The representative of the Ensign Oil company transacted business in town last Friday. J. C. Etters left the 13th inst. for Fairmont, W. Va., for a two week’s visit among friends. Mrs. Norris Martz entered the Bellefonte hospital last week and is getting along nicely. New Treatment for Burns Considered Remarkable. Among the wounded on the battle- fields are soldiers with horrible burns caused by bursting projectiles, liquid fire, or scalding water. On the west- ern front the allies transport the worst of these cases to a special hos- pital near Paris where the men are given the benefits of a new treatment that has lately come to public notice. In the short period of a few weeks, “living corpses” almost without hu- man semblance, that enter the insti- tution, leave it without scars and, more wonderful still, with scarcely any visible evidence of the torturous in- juries from which they have recover- ed. The treatment, the discovery of a French physician, is described in the February Popular Mechanics Magazine. Next in importance to the almost unbelievable results it accom- plishes, is the fact that it banishes a patient’s suffering within a few hours. It is a painless cure for burns of all kinds, including acid ones. After be- ing cleansed with warm water and thoroughly dried with hot air, an at- omizer is used to spray the burned flesh with a preparation composed of paraffin and resin, made liquid by heating it to a temperature of about 158 degrees F. This gives the wound a waxlike coating, over which cotton batting is laid in thin strips. The hot liquid is then applied to the latter with a brush, an airtight sealing thus being provided. : Not for Straphangers. The traction company of Munster, Germany, has inaugurated a dining service on its street cars. Imagine, i you can, maneuvering a spoonful of thin soup while hanging to a strap in an American street car. —Kansas City Star. Could Sympathize. He—I told your father frankly I couldn’t support you. She—What did he say? He—He said that he had the same experience.—Boston Transcript. ———————————— v ——Subscribe for the “Watchman.” a ——_———_—__—— The Bell Telephone Company’s Con- tribution to Preparedness. As far back as last summer con- sideration was given by the Bell sys- tem to the recruiting of signal corps Units composed of employees skilled in the technic of wire and radio com- munications, Units to be offered to the Government as reserve forces, subject to call in time of need. Several conferences have been held during the past few months with representatives of the War Depart- ment. An offer of this sort has been made, and it is believed that means will readily be found for authorizing and accepting such organizations by the United States authorities. The various Bell companies are now pro- ceeding with the tentative organiza- tions of thse reserve Units, which will have their head-quarters in a doz- en or fifteen of the larger cities, with the officers. Bell engineers and con- tractors, whose commissions are now being applied for in the territory of The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. For example, there will be a Battalion, composed of two tel- egraph companies so called, each of about eighty (80) men. The head- quarters of one will be in Philadel- phia, and the other in Pittsburgh. It is planned that this Battalion shail be but a nucleus around which to build an increasing force, as condi- tions make practical. Similar initial reserve Units in other parts of the country will be likewise augmented as time goes on. Explaining the term “Telegraph Company,” the United States Signal Corps is now or- ganized to comprise a number of Wire companies, Radio companies and Telegraph companies. A wire com- pany of approximately seventy-five (75) men, mostly mounted, in the mobile body, which provides lines for large practical operations, using steel wagons and buzzers, and pro- vided with about thirty-five (35) miles of wire. Its object is to keep up with a frequently head of a column mov- ing into hostile territory. A Radio company also uses its practical op- erations, is composed of the same number of men, and is equipped with portable apparatus, with a range of approximately twenty-five (25) miles, which range can be increased under expert handling. ! One Radio company and one Wire company form a field battaiion, and each army division is accompanied by such a battalion. A Telegraph company is composed of about eighty (80) men, two companies forming a battalion, with which each army corps is provided. The object of these bat- talions is the establishment and main- tenance of wire communication be- tween field forces and other bases, also between the various bases and the cities of Government. The use of the word “Telegraph” is determin- ed largely by the fact that that in- strument, as a means of forming communication was used quite exclu- sively at the time the existing regu- lations were adopted. As is generally known, however, conditions have so changed in the past few years that the telephone has become the most used instrument, almost to the exclu- sion of other agencies of communica- tion in army field work. So then, what were former Telegraph compa- nies in the Signal corps, are Units skilled in both Telephone and Tele- graph operations and construction. A Telegraph battalion is now operating along the Mexican border, and have hundreds of miles of telephone line for communication, with head-quar- ters at San Antonio. It is probable that in the event of active warfare, the regular army for the organized militias of the State would provide wire and radio com- panies, and that the reserve corps would be assigned a substantial por- tion cf the work performed by tele- graph companies. With the organization of these re- serve companies of Bell employees work of training will be undertaken at once. A number will probably be called into summer camp this year, either at Plattsburg, or at similar centers, where there are battalions of regular Signal corps. These camps will be conducted during June, July, August and September, each man spending at least fifteen (15) days at camp. The War Department will keep a record of all the reservists who must keep that department ad- vised of all their moves. At times of the year when camps are not in pro- gress, these reserve companies will conduct their studies and drills under the direction of Army officers, assign- ed by the War Department, and par- ticularly in view of the general and varied use to which the European na- tions have put wire communications during the past two and one-half years of warfare—a wide field of the most interesting and profitable ef- forts that should result in a substan- tial contribution to the army reserve of the country. Ee Medical. Out of the Gloom MANY A GLOOMY COUNTE- NANCE IN BELLEFONTE NOW LIGHTENS WITH HAP- PINESS. i A bad back makes you gloomy." Can’t be happy with continual back- ache. The aches and pains of a bad back Are frequently due to weak kid- neys. Doan’s Kidney Pills are recommend- ed for weak kidneys. So Bellefonte citizens testify. Mrs. S. S. Leitzell, 118 E. Beaver St., Bellefonte, says: “I was troubled by bachache in a severe form and I + | was nervous and run down. Dizzy spells were common. The kidney secretions caused me annoyance. Doan’s Kidney Pills fixed me up right good. Whenever I feel a return of the trouble, I at once get a box at Parrish’s Drug Store, and they pre- vent the attack from becoming ser- ious. Doan’s Kidney Pills are worthy of praise. A Pris Soe, at gl dealers J Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the rnd that Mrs. Leitzell had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 62-12 Pennsylvanians Urged to Plant Pota- toes. Farmers should give careful con- sideration to the acreage they are planning to devote to potato planting this spring, as the present shortage is only an indication of what might con- tinue inthis country should the dis- position be to curtail acreage on ac- count of the high price of seed, while the demand would be intensified should occasion arise for the calling out of a large number of men in the service of the army. Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. Patton has been urged by numbers of progressive farmers throughout the State to call to the attention of the farmers the part they must play in case of trouble arising with any of the European powers, and to urge every farmer to increase his potato acreage as well as the acreages of other farm crops which will be needed to feed the army and the increasing population of the country. Secretary Patton feels that it would be a grave mistake for the farmers %o cut their potatoe acreage during the coming season, and says that every man who can possible handle as much acreage or even more than during the past vear should save enough seed to be ready to start an early planting. There is little doubt but that the le- mand will keep up as long as there are wars and rumors of wars, and that the 1917 crop will bring as much to the grower as the early selling of the 1916 crop developed. Secretary Patton says that the growers are not benefiting by the present unwarranted high price of po- tatoes, as 75 per cent of the potatoes were sold by the growers for $2 or less a bushel, and that in most in- tsances the average price was about $1.30 a bushel. Many farmers receiv- ed much less. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture calls upon the farmers throughout the State for concerted action in the present situation and the grave danger of international warfare which now confronts us, and, therefore, Secretary Patton calls upon all farmers to bend their efforts with untiring vigor, that Pennsylvanians may not suffer a farm crop shortage, and that the farmers of the Keystone State may do their full and bountiful share should they be called upon to help feed the armies of their coun- try. How Advertisements Pay. “No advertiser expects every read- er, or even a tenth of the readers, to answer directly the ad,” says “Farm and Fireside”. “He is satisfied if the reader simply gives his advertising message consideration and remembers part of it so that in the future when the reader wants the particular article advertised he will know what brand to ask for and where to get it. In other words, the chief thing the ad- vertiser hopes to get is good-will, be- cause business experience shows that people eventually patronize concerns for which they have a friendly feeling. ' “If the advertisement is in a paper toward which he feels kindly, the ad- vertisements in it are introduced to him, you might say, by a friend. That is about all there is to the whole mat- ter. The editors try to deserve your friendship by helping you in your business and by entertaining you. The advertisers ask for your friendship because, they know you will buy your necessities and luxuries from concerns you like, or which are well recom- mended to you.” Lingering Respect. “Do you skate?” “No. When I think of how precious ice was last summer, I can’t persuade myself to use it for any such frivolous purpose.”—Washington Star. ——For high class Job Work come to the “Watchman” Office. PO WPT VY GY WV Vv. THE VERY BEST FLOUR That Money Can Buy ¢ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 { Geo. Danenhower & Son * Wholesale Distributors, 4 p 62-7-tf. BELLEFONTE, PA. IME! Lime and Limestone For All Purposes. HO-LIME Put up in 40 1b. paper bags. For Use With Drill Spreader. High Calcium Central Pennsylvania Lime. Write for Free Literature. “American Lime & Stone Co 62-13m General Office: TYRONE, PA Es, you find it in the “Watch- man” it’s true. eh Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Medicines Like Men Have Character From their fine outward appearance, through the various elements of strength that go to make up the standing of a remedy, including the final and absolute test—does it “make good” ?—does it cure 7—Hood’s Sarsa- parilla and Peptiron Pills conclusively vrove every day that they are medi- cines of the highest character. Hood’s Sarsaparilla originated in a physician’s successful prescription. Peptiron Pills, named from pepsin and iron, include nux and other tonics. Jor scrofula, eczema, humors, boils, pimples and other eruptions—for loss of appetite, indigestion and dyspepsia —for kidney and liver troubles—for loss of appetite, that tired feeling— for brain-fag, nerve exhaustion, anemia and poor, thin blood—Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Pills make the ideal course of medicine, the former before meals, the latter agen 2-1 Attorneys-at-Law. = KLINE WOODRIN G—Attorney-at-Law, Belle fonte, Pa. Practicesin all Sous, ie - Room 18Crider’s Exchange. B. SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law. Pra tices in all the Courts. Consultation in English or German. Office in Crider’s Exchaige S. TAVLOR-Attom?. and Counsellor a w. Office in Temple Court, Belle fonte, Pa. All kinds of legal business at tended to promotlv. 40-46 All professional business will tention. M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. Practices in all the . Consultation in and German. _Office south of court house. receive prompt at- 49-5-1y 1 ces—No. 5 East High street. 57-44. G. RUNKLE.—Attorney-at-Law. Consul- tation in Bqglish and German. Office in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. W* Physicians. GLENN, M. D,, Physician and S SD sia a snp m— Employers, This Interests You The Workmans’ Compensation Law goes into effect Jan. 1, 1916. It makes Insurance Compulsory. We specialize in placing such in- surance. We Inspect Plants and recommend Accident Prevention Safe Guards which Reduce In- surance rates. It will be to your interest to con- sult us before placing your In- surance. JOHN F. GRAY. & SON, Bellefonte. 43.18-1y State College “PAINT Will Improve Anything But the face of a pretty woman— for that needs no improvement. Perhaps your house does. If so, we would be glad to estimate on Painting or Paper Hanging no matter how small the job may be—and we will guarantee to do the the work right. Our past reputa- tion for good work and our exper- jence gained by 12 years at the business is at your command. FRED DUNZIK Painting and Decorating, Wall Paper and Paint Store. PLEASANT, GAP, PA. 61-20-tf BELL PHONE. Tt Coal and Wood. semtssman A. G. Morris, Jr. DEALER IN HIGH GRADE ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS AND CANNEL COAL Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw and Sand. SATA ATL TATA TATA JONATA TATA TN TAS BOTH ’PHONES. Yard Opposite P. R. R. Depot. 58-23-1y CURTIS Y. WAGNER, BROCKERHOFF MILLS, BELLEFONTE, PA. Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of ~ Roller Flour Feed Corn Meal and Grain Manufactures and has on hand at all times the following brands of high grade flour: WHITE STAR OUR BEST HIGH GRADE VICTORY PATENT FANCY PATENT The only place in the county where that extraor- Sinatily fine grade of spring wheat Patent Flour SPRAY can be secured. Also International Stock Food and feed of all kinds. All kinds of Grain bought at the office . Flour xchanged for wheat, = at his residence. 3541 Dentists. R.H. W. TATE, Sur Denti, Office the Bush Arcad onte, Pa. All mod- years of iettile x work el had and prices reasonable. fr i ESTAURANT. Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res- taurant where Meals are Served at All Hours Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Oysters on the half shell or in any style desired, Sand- wiches, Soupe. and anything eatable, can aE ar ‘have a Dp! furnish Soft Drinks in bottles such as for pic-ni ilies and publi - Ee a Te the purest syrups and properly C. MOERSCHBACHER, High St., Bellefonte, Pa. Get the Best Meats. You save nothing by buying poor, thin or gristly § Song BY ay RD LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE and supply my Customers with the fresh- est, choicest, blood and muscle mak- ing and Roasts. My prices are no higher than poorer meats are elsewhere. I alwavs have —— DRESSED POULTRY — Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. : TRY MY SHOP. P. L. BEEZER, High Street. 34-34-1y. Bellefonte,Pa stm —— " poisoned.and in' Opposite Bush House - 56-141: w— nm" FINE JOB PRINTING o—A SPECIALTY—0 AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE. There is no style of work, from the cheapest Mpodrer: to the finest BOOK WORK, that we can not do in the most satis- factory manner, and at Prices consist- ent with the class of work. Call on or communicate with this office smm—— The Preferred Accident Insurance THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY BENEFITS: $5,000 death by accident, 5,000 loss of feet, 5,000 loss of both hands, 5,000 loss of one hand and one foot, 2,500 loss of either hand, 2,000 loss of either foot, 630 loss of one eve 25 per week, total disability, (limit 52 weeks) 10 per week, partial disability, (limit 26 weeks) PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR, pavable quarterly if desired. Larger or smaller amounts in proportion Any pefon, male or female, engaged in a referred occupation, incl house feeping, over eighteen years of age of good moral and physical condition may nsure under this policy. Fire Insurance { invite your attention to my Fire Insur. Have Line of Sofid Cor SR o mpanies ed by any agency in Central Pennsylvania H. E. FENLON, 50-21. Agent, Bellefonte, Pa, Good Health and Good Plumbing GO TOGETHER. When you have dripping steam pipes, leaky water-fixtures, foul sewerage, or escaping you can’t have good Health. The air you reathe is poisonous; your system becomes validism is sure to come. SANITARY PLUMBING is the kind we do. It’s the kind’ you ought to have. Wedon't trust work _ to boys. Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics, no better anywhere. Our Material and Fixtures are the Best Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire establishment. And with good work and the finest material, our : Prices are Lower than many who give you poor, unsanitary ork or the Ee grade of Snishings. For the Best Work trv Archibald Allison, Bellefonte, Pa. \
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