Bellefonte, Pa., August 10, 1917.
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To Correspondents.—No0 communications
published unless accompanied by the real
name of the writer.
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THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
— Dennis Mongan, who gave his
residence as Milesburg, was among
the men who enlisted at Altoona on
Saturday.
——Thus far the enrollment of stu-
dents at The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege has been about ninety per cent.
of normal.
——A beekeeper’s field meeting will
be held at the farm apiary of A. A.
Howell, at Petersburg, on Tuesday,
August 21st at two o'clock p. m.
——Dr. M. Salm, the well known
specialist of Pottsville, will visit
Bellefonte next Tuesday. Read his
advertisement published in this paper.
— Peter Gray Meek II and George
Reuben Meek Jr., entertained twenty-
two of their little friends at their
grandfather’s cabin at Hecla, Wednes-
day afternoon.
— Howard Casper has resigned
his position as driver of the Adams
Express company delivery wagen and
has been succeeded temporarily by
Harold Hollobaugh.
— The ladies of the United Breth-
ren church will hold a bake sale with
ice cream and cake, Saturday after-
noon and evening, August 11th, in the
basement of the church.
——On Saturday Governor Brum-
baugh appointed Philip C. Shoemaker,
son oi Mrs. Thomas A. Shoemaker, of
this place, second lieutenant of the
Boal machine gun troop of Boalsburg.
——Edward Zones, who for some
time past has been a chauffeur in the
employ of the Titan Metal company,
on Monday moved his family to Clear-
field, where he will drive for Dr. C. T.
Hennig.
A dinner for which fourteen
covers were laid, was given by Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Snyder at their home in
Snow Shee, Saturday evening, in cel-
ebration of their fifteenth wedding an-
niversary.
——The Young People’s society of
the Methodist church of Milesburg
will hold a parcel post sale on Friday
evening, August 17th, at the home of
Mrs. Lloyd Smith, on Main street. Ice
eream, cake and candy will be on sale.
The public is invited.
——A habeas corpus hearing will
be given William Shannon, of Sandy
Ridge, next Monday. Shannon is in
jail on the charge of shooting and kill-
ing Leanore Saylor, the three year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Saylor, of Sandy Ridge.
——The new Nickel-Alloy compa-
ny, in Clearfield, in which Dr. C.
T. Hennig and a number of other
Bellefonters are interested, started up
about three weeks ago and are al-
ready turning out about twenty tons
of valuable product daily.
——One day last week a bull got
into landlord August Glinz’s truck
patch up Spring creek and ate up and
destroyed nine good-sized heads of
cabbage, trampled down a lot of corn
and left a blazed trail from one end of
the patch to the other. And notwith-
standing the damage Glinz has no re-
dress because it was his own bull.
——In the “Watchman’s” list last
week of the people who had contribu-
ted in work and money toward fur-
nishing the members of Troop I. with
sweaters the names of Mrs. Orin
Kline, Miss Elizabeth Barnhart, Mrs.
Samuel Sheffer and Mrs. Louis Grau-
er were unintentionally omitted, and
we herewith record them grateful rec-
ognition.
——The tenth annual reunion of
the society of the McAlisterville sol-
diers’ orphans’ school, 1864-1889, will
be held on the old school grounds at
MecAlisterville on Wednesday * and
Thursday, August 22nd and 23rd. The
festivities will open with a corn roast
on the evening of the first day and
close with a business meeting on the
afternoon of the second day.
——A fifteen months old Guernsey
bull attacked Walter Rishel, son of A.
M. Rishel, of near Axe Mann, last Fri-
day afternoon when he was rounding
up the herd to drive them to the barn.
Rishel was knocked down and pretty
badly bruised but fortunately no bones
were broken. He might have fared
worse, however, had the animal not
been driven off by a fellow workman.
——The Scenic is still open to our
soldier boys and any whe see fit to
take advantage of manager Brown’s
generosity are at liberty to do so. And
all of “the boys” who have been there
know that 1t is a good place to spend
an evening. It is not only comforta-
ble and pleasant but the pictures are
always worth seeing. The best seri-
als, good comics and most interesting
pictures of the European war are
shown.
——On Saturday evening Andrew
Engle accompanied a car load of gen-
tlemen on a trip to Snydertown to
view the scene of the fatal automobile
accident the day previous, and while
there Mr. Engle accidentally: stepped
on an uneven spot of ground badly in-
juring his right ankle. He was
brought to Bellefonte and taken to the
hospital where an X-Ray was taken to
find out the extent of the injury. The
photo showed no bones broken but
some torn ligaments and a bad sprain
and he was later taken to his home on
Lamh street where he is undergoing
treatment. The injury is just serious
enough to keep Mr. Engle housed up
for some time.
TWO LIVES LOST RECKLESSLY.
Speeding On Nittany Valley State Highway Proves Death-
Trap That Hurled Two Men Into Eternity.
KILLED ON A JOY RIDE.
Oscar Brown Crushed to Death When
Car Overturns.
As the result of a night time joy
ride there is unmitigated sorrow in
one Bellefonte home and a widow has
been left minus her main support.
TLis is the story in brief of a trip tc
Lock Haven early last Friday morning
by LeRoy Cowher, Harry Brandman,
Robert Folk and Oscar Brown, in
Clyde Blackford’s big Super-Six Hud-
son car. Brown was practically kill-
ed outright when the car overturned
after colliding with three maple trees
while the car is sc badly wrecked that
it will cost hundreds of dollars to re-
pair it.
LeRoy Cowher has been employed
by Bl:ckford as his chauffeur and iast
Thursday evening he drove Mr. and
Mrs. Blackford and a party of friends
to Lock Haven and back. They re-
turned about eleven o’clock and then
took a run dowr to Milesburg- and
back to try out the car which Mr.
Blackford imagined was not working
very good. Shortly before two o’clock
the four young men above named ap-
peared at Beezer’s garage in quest of
gasoline, which was furnished them
by the night man, Edward Dorman.
They informed him that they were
going on a trip to Lock Haven with
Mur. Blackford.
When they returned to the Black-
ford house, however, something inter-
posed to keep him at home but the
boys allege that he told them to take
the car and make the trip themselves.
In any event the boys went to Lock
Haven and when returning shortly
after four o’clock in the
Cowher lost control of the steering
wheel at the lower end of Snydertown,
right at a rather sharp curve, with the
result that the machine ran up on the
bank on the left hand side of the road
where there were three maple trees.
The first tree was scraped by the fen-
der of the car, the second tree was hit
by the hub of the wheel and the ma-
chine plunged almost head-on against
the third tree with the result that it
was thrown almost straight across the
road and turned over on the top.
Cowher, Braadman and Brown were
riding on the front seat and when
Brown saw that Cowher had lost con-
trol .of the car he managed to get cut
onto the running board just as the car
struck the third tree. The jolt threw
him into the road and when the car
overturned it fell full upon his head
and the upper nart of the body.
Brown was not killed instantly be-
cause he cried out “For God's sake
come and help me” loud enough that
it was heard by Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Beck, who live only a short distance
away, but they did not realize the ve-
riousness of the accident. The other
boys were thrown free of the car and
while Brandman was somewhat injur-
ed the three of them tried to lift the
car off of Brown but could not do so.
Folk ther ran to the Beck home and
called for help.
Mrs. Beck was awake before the ac-
cident and heard the car coming but
Mr. Beck was wakened by the crash
of breaking glass. When Folk called
for help he got up and asked what was
wrong and on being told there was a
man pinned under the wrecked car
roused his brother Luther and Harry
Tressler, who were at his home, and
hastily dressing themselves the three
of them went to the scene cf the
wreck. Securing two fence rails they
succeeded in prying the car up suffi-
ciently tc enable the boys to pull
Brown out, but he was then dead.
When Mr. Beck and the others ax-
rived on the scere the car was lying
practically crosswise in the road and
upside down. Brown was under the
hood, but was evidently dead then, for
he uttered no sound after they arrived
and was lifeless when they got him
out, which Mr. Beck thinks was not
more than fifteen minutes after the
accident actually occurred. A singu-
lar feature of the accident was that
though the car was upside down and
otherwise badly smashed up the en-
zine was running smoothly when the
men got to the scene and continued
running until after they got Brown
out, when Mr. Beck touched a button
on the dash and it stopped.
Realizing the seriousness of the sit-
uation Mr. Beck sent Folk up to his
house to telephone Beezer’s garage
about the accident and have some one
sent down to get the body of the un-
fortunate young man as well as the
car. While Folk was doing this Cow-
her and Brandman left on the pre-
tense of going to the creek to wash
up, but they failed to return until
after everything was cleared up, when
they made their appearance and came
to Bellefonte on the motor bus.
Cowher claims he was not running
fast and that the wheel was knocked
from his hand by a board in the road.
The writer personally saw Mr. Beck
and he declared there was no board
in the road, while Mr. C. E. Emerick,
who lives a short distance below where
the accident happened, stated that he
heard the car pass and it sounded as
if it was being driven at high speed.
The nrobability is that having driven
the car most of the night Cowher was
about tired out and hurrying to get
home and the wheel slipped from his
grasp and he could not recover it in
time to prevent the accident.
Brown’s body was brought to Belle-
fonte by F. E. Naginey and prepared
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ANOTHER SPEED VICTIM.
Killed When Auto Crashes Into Mov-
ing Train.
Andrew J. Rapp, private secretary
to John H. Weaver, a prominent coal
operator of Williamsport, met a hor-
rible death at noon on Tuesday when
the Weaver auto crashed into a mov-
ing freight train at Dry Run cross-
ing on the Central Railroad of Penn-
sylvania between Houston and Lamar.
Mr. Weaver with his private secre-
tary, valet and chauffeur left Wil-
liamsport about eleven o’clock on
Tuesday in the former’s big Marmon
Six car to go to Weaver’s coal mines
at-Colver, Cambria county. They in-
tended making Bellefonte for lunch-
eon and when they struck the mile
straight away stretch of state high-
way between Lamar and Houston
speeded up the car, evidently never
thinking of the railroad crossing. The
Dry Run crossing occurs right in a
piece of woodland where the under-
brush is pretty high and it is impos-
sible to see the track any distance
either way. In fact a stranger could
approach to within two hundred feet
without knowing there is a railroad
there. And at that particular cross-
ing there are no signs up warning the
traveler of danger.
The Weaver party must have been
less than two hundred feet from the
railroad when local freight east, man-
ned by Edward Whittaker engineer,
Edward Daley fireman, and John Hall
conductor emerged from the woodland
right in front of them. The chauffeur
evidently did all he could to stop the
car as he slid the wheels for a dis-
tance of 155 feet, but the momentum
was too great and when he saw that a
collision was inevitable he attempted
to.turn to the right and take chances
in running along the railroad but he
acted too late. He was too near the
crossing and in making the sharp turn
to the right in order to run off the
road the rear of the heavy car was
swung full against the moving train,
Rapp, who was sitting in the left of
the tonneau, was thrown against the
car with such force that his head was
literally cut in two, death resulting
instantly.
The chauffeur and Mr. Weaver were
unhurt and the valet sustained a lac-
eration of the scalp by being thrown
from the machine. Naturally, engi-
neer Whittaker, as soon as he saw
that a collision was inevitable, did
everything possible to stop the train
and succeeded in doing so by the time
the caboose crossed the road, and the
entire crew went to the assistance of
the automobilists, but there was little
to be ‘done.
The nearest house to the scene of
the accident is occupied by Thomas
Gunsallus and the family were all in
the house but hearing the crash Fos-
ter, the eldest son, ran out and up to
the scene of the disaster, and he was
actually the first there outside of the
train crew and the automobilists. In’
a very few minutes after the accident
one of the men went to a telephone
and called Bellefonte for an under-
taker but not being aBle to get any
here a Lock Haven undertaker was se-
cured who went to the scene of the ac-
cident and took away the remains of
the dead man which were later pre-
pared for burial and shipped to his
old home in Philadelphia. Another
car was secured and Mr. Weaver and
his valet returned to Williamsport.
The car was hauled to the Beezer ga-
rage in this place for repairs.
——Thke sergeant and five members
of the eighteenth regiment, of Pitts-
burgh, who have been stationed as
guards at the Titan Metal company’s
plant the past three months, were or-
dered to join their regiment this week
and left on Wednesday evening.
——The will of the late Dr. Thomas
C. VanTries was probated this week.
In it the testator bequeathed one hun-
dred dollars each to his sister, Mrs.
Louise Harris, and his brother, George
L. VanTries, all the balance of his
property to go te his son, Rev. Wil-
liam Potter VanTries. The estate was
appraised at about twelve thousand
dollars.
Along about two o'clock Friday
morning some unknown person at-
tempted to steal Dr. M. J. Locke’s au-
tomobile from in front of his residence
on Allegheny street. Mrs. Locke was
awakened by a noise in front of the
house and awakening the doctor he
jumped out of bed and ran to the bal-
cony in time to see the car disappear
with some person at the wheel who
was wearing khaki trousers. The doc-
tor hastily donned his clothes and ran
downstairs, as he had the car locked
and knew it couldn’t be driven very
far. And so it proved, as the car had
been abandoned in front of the E. H.
Richard home. Meeting a man on the
street he knew the doctor inquired if
he had seen a man dressed in khaki
trousers and the individual in ques-
tion stated that he had seen a man
run wp Howard street and turn up
Penn, but he didn’t notice his clothes.
The doctor got in the car and hastily
drove up Howard to Penn, up Penn to
Lamb and east on Lamb street but
saw no one. He crossed to Linn and
returned home by way of Linn and
Allegheny but failed to see a single
person. And it was a good thing for
the would-be thief that the doctor
didn’t catch him, as he emphatically
avers that he would have saved Judge
Quigley a job.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Eugere Hall, of Fleming, spent a part
of the week visiting friends in Altoona.
—Miss Jule Curtin and her nephew, |
Gregg Shelden, are at the Nittany Coun-
try club.
—Miss Alice Kirk, of Altoona, spent the
iatter end of the week with friends in
Bellefonte.
—Miss Pearl MacLeod has returned home
from spending her vacation with friends
at Liverpool.
—Miss Sarah Hockenbery, of State Col-
lege, spent the latter part of the week in
Bellefonte with friends.
—Harry Spicer, of Scottdale, is here vis-
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Spicer, on Logan street,
—Mrs. James Johnson, of Narbeth, has
been visiting at Hecla, a guest of her cous-
in, Miss Louise McMullen.
—Mrs. George Elliott returned home on
Friday after spending a month or more
with friends in Baltimore.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Walker
spent the week-end at Bedford, having
driven over in their car on Friday.
—Miss Maude Johnston has been out in
Clearfield county the past week where she
will teach school the coming winter.
—Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and Miss
Grace Smith, of Centre Hall, spent Satur-
day afternoon and evening in Bellefonte.
—Mrs. M. Luther Erlenmeyer, of Liver-
pool, is visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
T. Hugh MacLeod, on west High street.
—Mrs. James I. McClure left on Satur-
day to spend two weeks with her son,
Lawrence McClure and family, at Renovo.
—Albert Ammerman came up from Phil-
adelphia on Friday to visit his sister, Mrs.
Frank Compani, returning home on Mon-
day.
—C. D. Moore, for years a resident of
State College, left last week for St. James,
Me., where he expects to be for an indefi-
nite time.
—Mrs. Norman Winner and her young
son, of Wilmington, Del., are here on their
summer visit, making their headquarters
with the Misses Pearl.
—Mrs. J. M. Curtin, of Pittsburgh, and
her two children, Betty and Harry, are
here visiting with Mrs. Curtin’s mother,
Mrs. George F. Harris.
—Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shook and little
daughter, of Catskill, N. Y., are visiting
Mrs. Shook’s mother, Mrs. James Shook,
on south Allegheny street.
—Miss Emma Carpenter, of Elmira, who
has been a guest of Mrs. Daggett at the
Bush house for a week, will remain in
Bellefonte for an indefinite time.
—Mr. and Mrs. John G. Larimer, of
Philadelphia, motored to Bellefonte the lat-
ter part of the week and have been visit-
ing among friends in this vicinity.
—Charles Wilson, of Julian, was a bus-
iness visitor in Bellefonte on Tuesday and
among the places that was favored by his
presence was the “Watchman” office.
—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Twitmire, of Sun-
bury, spent the latter part of the week in
Bellefonte, coming here on account of the
death and burial of Mrs. John Larimer.
—William P. Brew, of Hackensack, N. J.,
arrived in Bellefonte on Tuesday evening
on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fenlon
and to look after some business interests.
—Mr. and Mrs. Earle Bell, of Huntingdon,
accompanied by Mrs. Bell's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Atherton, motored to Bellefonte
on Suhday ‘and spent the day as guests of
Mr. Bell.
—Mr. ¥. W. Topelt, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
joined his wife here the latter part of the
week and will spend his vacation here at
the home of Mrs. Topelt’s mother, Mrs. R.
S. Brouse.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mullen with their
son, John Mullen 2nd and Mrs. Roberts,
all of Shamokin, motored to Bellefonte last
week and spent several days as guests at
the Brockerhoff house.
—Miss Martha Shoemaker, a nurse in
training at the Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh,
has been in Bellefonte spending her twe
week's vacation with her mother, Mrs.
Thomas A. Shoemaker.
—Among those who were called to Belle-
fonte last week on account of the death
and burial of Mrs. John Larimer were Mr.
and Mrs. William M. Furey, Miss Virgin-
ia Furey and Harry Higham, all of Pitts-
burgh.
—Mr. and Mrs. John XR. Decker with
their two children, Jane and M ry, of Bay
City, Mich., arrived in Bellefonte on Sat-
urday for their annual visit with Mr.
Decker’'s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christ
Decker.
—Jean Fleming, of Williamsport, with
his two daughters, the Misses Grace and
Marion, and their brother motored to
Bellefonte on Friday accompanied by Mr.
I'leming’s brother, W. I. Fleming, remain-
ing here until Sunday as the latter’s guest.
—After spending her vacation with her
parents and family in Bellefonte Miss M.
Lillian Walker left on Friday for New
York city where she will spend two weeks
in a large wholesale millinery before going
to her permanent position at Pen. Yan,
N.Y.
—Miss Sarah Longwell, stenographer for
Harry Keller and J. Thomas Mitchell
Esqs., left on her summer vacation on Sat-
urday, going direct to Steelton to see her
moiher, Mrs. Thad Longwell, of Des
Moines, Iowa, and will spend some time
with Miss Mary Rankin, in Harrisburg.
—Calvin Smith, who has been working
at Crystal City, Mo., now going on two
years, arrived in Bellefonte last Thursday
evening on a visit to his father and sister,
ex-Register J. Frank Smith and Miss Nel-
lie Smith. Inasmuch as he has a vacation
of only two weeks he will be compelled to
leave Bellefonte next Monday morning.
—Among “Watchman” office callers on
Saturday was Jeremiah Brungart, of Re-
bersburg, one of the old-time stanuch
Democrats of Brush valley. Accompany-
ing him to Bellefonte were his daughter,
Mrs. F. M. Emerick, with her husband and
family, who were on their way home to
Newton Hamilton after a brief sojourn at
the parental home.
—John IL. Noll, of Juniata, was a
“Watchman” office visitor last Saturday
having come here to spend part of his va-
cation with his father, Col. Emanuel Noll.
Mr. Noll is supervisor of manual training
in the Altoona schools and has been a con-
stant reader of the “Watchman” the past
fifteen years. Mr. Noll has just compiled
and had published a cardboard construc-
tion plate system of drawing which is one
of the best that has ever come to the at-
tention of the writer, and because of its
very simplicity will no doubt be adopted
in many manual training schools.
—Mrs. Charles Hughes and children are
visiting friends in Lewistown.
—Mrs. William B. Wallis is entertaining
her friend, Miss Angle, of Pittsburgh.
—Mrs. Brown, of Snow Shoe, was a guest
of Mrs. McGarvey several days this week.
—Miss Mary McClure went to Pitts-
burgh last Friday to spend <everal weeks
with her sister.
—Ray Brandman took in the big fair
in Altoona this week and also looked after
some business matters.
—John Pacini and children, of Lewis-
town, are in Bellefonte as guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Robb.
—Mrs. Miles Osmer and daughter, of
Oberlin, Ohio, are here for a three week's
visit among their many friends.
—Mrs. Weber Thomas and son Victor, of
Camden, N. J., are making their summer
visit among Centre county friends.
—Mrs. W. A. Lyon returned home yes-
terday from visiting her son, Robert V.
Lyon and family, in Buffalo, N. Y.
—Mother Elizabeth and Sister M. Rosa-
ria were guests of Mrs. Thomas A. Shoe-
maker from Saturday until yesterday.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Sommerville of
Robertsdale, motored to Bellefonte Sunday,
spending the day visiting with friends.
—Miss Mary Gray Meek and Mrs. Thom-
as King Morris, of Pittsburgh, are spend-
ing the week at the “Cabin,” at Hecla park.
—Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick with Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Daggett as guests will
leave Sunday for an eight day's drive
through New York State.
—Mrs. Silas Wetmore and her son Billy
arrived from Norristown Wednesday ev-
ening for a visit with Mrs. Wetmore’s
mother, Mrs. Matilda Dale.
—Mrs. Hugh Boyle and two children,
who have been in Bellefonte visiting Mrs.
Boyle's mother, Mrs. Tanner, left for their
home in Hazleton on Wednesday.
—After a month's visit with friends in
Bellefonte and Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Houser and two chldren will return to
their home in Meadville this week.
—(C. B. Williams came up from Bayonne,
N. J., on Sunday to see his wife and son
Frederick, who are at the W. A. Lyon
home, returning home on Monday.
—Miss Mollie Snyder will leave Belle-
fonte tomorrow for Baltimore, Md., and
Milford, Del., expecting later to go to New
York to do her fall millinery shopping.
—Mrs. William Perry and daughter, of
Altoona, and Mrs. Rebecca Lucas and
daughter, of Howard, have been ,guests
this week of Mr. and Mrs. J. Will Conley.
—Martin Dreiblebis, of College township,
took time to motor to Bellefonte on Wed-
nesday to look after a few business mat-
ters prior to going into the oats field yes-
terday.
—John M. Bullock recently returned from
a visit with relatives at Marcus Hook and
accompanying him home were his two
cousins, Miss Edith Johnson and Miss
Myrtle Talley.
—Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Shivery, of Wood-
land, accompanied by Mrs. Shivery's sis-
ter, Mrs. Forcey, of Philipsburg, motored
to Bellefonte on Tuesday on a visit to D.
Harry Shivery and family.
—Mrs. Joseph Harris, with her two chil-
dren, of Detroit, Mich., were arrivals in
town Saturday. They are here for a visit
with Mr. Harris’ sisters, Mrs. John Van-
Pelt and Mrs. John McCoy.
—Mrs. J. C. Grenoble, of Pleasant Gap,
favored this office with a delightful call on
Wednesday noon and naturally we were
pleased to have her order the “Watchman”
sent regularly to their home.
—Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hoy, of New York
city, and their little daughter, will come
to Bellefonte today for a visit with Mr.
Hoy’s sisters, the Misses Anna and Mary
Hoy and Mrs. W. Fred Reynolds.
—Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hamilton and Clar-
ence Hamilton, of New York, motored to
Bellefonte the latter part of last week and
have been spending the gentlemen's vaca-
tion at the home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thad Hamilton.
—Dr. E. H. Yocum went to Newton Ham-
ilton on Wednesday where he was invited
to deliver the address to the railroad men
of the Middle division,
gates from Harrisburg to Altoona.
address was given yesterday.
The
—Having come here for the funeral of
the late Dr. Thomas C. VanTries, Rev.
William Potter VanTries, with his wife
and son, of Parkesburg, and George L.
VanTries, of Pittsburgh, have remained in
Bellefonte this week as guests of Mrs.
Louise Harris, while making a preliminary
settlement of the doctor's estate.
—Mr. W. W. McCormick, of Potters
Mills, was a business visitor in Bellefonte
on Wednesday and found time to make a
brief call at the “Watchman” office. Mr.
McCormick has been a farmer on one of the
Allison farms in Potter township for fifty-
nine years continuously, a record probably
held by no other man in the county.
—Mrs. Harry H. Showers, who came here
from Chicago Tuesday, will be in Belle-
foute with Mr. Showers’ parents, Mr. and |
Mrs. Jack Showers, and with her own par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mulfinger, at
Pleasart Gap, until their household goods
reach Beaver Falls, where she
ture. Mr. Showers has accepted a position
with the Standard Scale Co.
—OQut of town people who were here for
the funeral of Mrs. Archibald Allison on
Monday were Irvin W. Humes with his son
Richard and daughter Lucy, of Latrobe;
Miss Mary Shorkley, of Williamsport; Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson Emory, of Sunbury;
Charles KE. Allison, of Toronto, Can.; Hon.
William Allison and family, of Spring
Mills; Mrs. J. F. Alexander, of Centre
Hall; Mrs. Elizabeth Allison, of Seaman,
Ohio; Miss Mary Allison, of Heward; Al-
lison Nixon and sister, of Mill Hall; Mr.
and Mrs. William Mayes, of Howard; Mrs.
Rosser, of Mill Hall; A. A. Witter, of Ty-
rone, and Mrs. William Hepburn, of Jer-
sey Shore.
—Milan P. Walker, son of ex-Sheriff and
Mrs. W. Miles Walker, left at noon on
Monday fcr Washington, D. C., to enlist
in the ordnance department of the United
States army. During the past three years
Mr. Walker has held the position of local ed-
itor of the Centre Democrat and was mak-
ing good in his chosen profession. Early
in July he went to State College and took
a course in storeskeeping in the ordnance
department with the result that he was
summoned to Washington for service on
Monday. Mr, Walker was accompanied by
Robert 8. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John S, Walker, and they were both given
assignments as storeskeepers in the engi-
neering corps. They returned home on
Tuesday evening but will report at Wash-
ington for duty next Monday.
comprising dele- |
and Mr. |
Showers will make their home in the fu- |
Series
EGINNING next week, The
Watchman will publish a se-
| ries of five articles on the relation
of bacteria to milk. - The milk of
our community is not beyond criti-
cism and as education is the most
efficient means of securing reform
along any line, it is hoped that the
| information contained in these
| articles may be of benefit to both
| producer and consumer.
Elizabeth B. Meek, (Editor)
Health and Happiness
—Miss Hudson, of Huntingdon, has been
a guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Thomas, at
the Bush house, 2
—Mrs. Joseph Undercoffer
day for a short visit
in Philadelphia.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Davis, of Can-
nousburg, are visiting with Mrs. Davis’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gettig.
—Miss Myra Sechler has returned to
Franklin, Pa., where she will be for an in-
definite time with her sister, Mrs. Harry
Cox.
left yester-
at her former home
—Mrs. R. S. Brouse, her sister, Miss Car-
oline Harper, and Mr. and Mrs. Topelt, of
Brooklyn, are at the Country club for a
week.
—Miss Anne Wallace, of Philadelphia,
and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Franciscus, of Ty-
rone, have been spending the past week at
the Nittany Country club.
—Rev. Frank Wetzel, of Stoyestown,
Pa., is here for a visit with his father,
John Wetzel, and with his two daughters,
the Misses Veda and Grace Wetzel.
—Mz. and Mrs. C. C. Shuey have been
entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dona-
chy, of Kingston, and their two children,
and Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Riling, of Altoona.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller and their
two children have been guests for a week
of Dr. and Mrs. 8. M. Nissley, stopping
here on their way home to Waynesburg,
from a visit with Mrs. Miller's relatives in
Sunbury. Mr. Miller is a brother of Mrs.
Nissley.
—Mrs. Richard Moore, of Dayton, Ohio,
spent a part of Saturday in Bellefonte,
stopping here on a drive to the Spruce
Creek Country club, being a guest of
friends from Altoona, where she is visit-
ing. Mrs. Moore, who will be remembered
as Miss Roxey McMillen, will spend the
hay fever season in Gloucester, Mass., ex-
pecting to return to Ohio the middle of
September.
—J. E. Homer, of Philipsburg, was in
Bellefonte Wednesday evening on his way
with a party of friends to State College.
Mr. Homer is not seen in Bellefonte as fre-
quently as he was when he dabbled in
county politics and was head of the mer-
cantile firm of Homer & Swires. He is re-
tired now; doing nothing because some
years ago he picked up a little coal prop-
erty that worried him a long time before
it set him down on Easy street.
oe
——The Knights of Columbus pic-
nic originally scheduled for August
16th at Hecla park, has been postpon-
ed until August 22nd.
——Men’s and young men’s suits
from $10.00 to $17.00, and every one
of them are real wonder values at
their price.—Cohen & Co. 31-1t
——For Badger dairy feed, 24 per
cent. protein, go to J. S. WAITE &
O. 29-3t*
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——Subscribe for the “Watchman”.
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| Eellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
| Potatoes per bushel...... $1.00
em
| Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up to six o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
{ Bed Wheat.....................0. .00
| White Wheat... 1.95
i Rye, per bushel............. 1.90
Corn, shelled, per bushel.. 1.90
: Corn, ears, per bushel.......... 1.90
| Oats, old and new, per bushel 75
Barley, perbushel..............c....cccoomernnienn.. 1.80
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of th
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening. e
Corn —YeloW...........co oni iain 2.25@ 2.30
—Mixed new . 2.20@ 2.24
BLS... rsa rnin ateane . .88@ 89
Flour —Winter, per barre 10.75@11.25
—Favorite Brands.. 14.25@14.75
Rye Flour per barrel ... 10.00@11.00
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1..... 11.00@21.00
Mixed No. 1........ 14.50@18.50
10.00@14.50
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