Bemortai alco.
Belletonte, Pa., August 17, 1917.
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To Correspondents.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the reat
name of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
The hard rain storms of the
past week have put the corn down in
some portions of the county, but no
very great damage has been done.
Hugh N. Crider on Wednesday
severed relations with the Ford auto-
mobile he has been operating for a
number of years and purchased a
Dodge runabout.
——Among the twenty-five stu-
dents who graduated from the Carne-
gie library school on July 28th and
were given certificates was Miss Janet
McCurdy Scott, of Bellefonte
The A.M. E. Sunday school
will hola its annual picnic at Hecla
park, Tuesday, August 21st. Friends
are invited to join them for a pleas-
ant outing. Rev. L. V. Jones, pastor.
Mail carrier Robert H. Wood-
ring 1s off duty this week on account
of an infected foot and Calder Ray is
covering his route in the North ward.
William H. Garman is delivering par-
cel pos* matter.
Word reached Bellefonte this
week that Lieut. C. L. Arnold, son-in-
law of Judge and Mrs. Ellis L. Orvis,
has been assigned to one of the trans-
ports carrying United States troops
to Europe, in the capacity of executive
officer.
In the neighborhood of eight
hundred people attended the Lutheran
reunion and basket picnic at Hecla
park last Thursday. The big feature
of the gathering was the splendid mu-
sic by the band from the Loysville or-
phans’ school.
A marriage license was issued
in Pittsburgh on Tuesday to Robert
N. Berryman and Miss Edith R.
Gantt. Berryman, who gave his home
as Philadelphia, was a few years ago
the star half-back on the State Col-
lege football team, and was picked as
an All-American.
An item in the Philadelphia pa-
pers contained the fact that on Tues-
day a sneak thief lifted a suitcase con-
taining wearing apparel, valued at
$250 from the automobile of James R.
Pierpont, as 1t stood in front of his
home, and made his escape without
being seen by any one.
It has been reported to the po-
lice that a certain gang of young men
have been making the Crider lumber
yard a rendezvous for playing cards
on Sunday and the officers have been
instructed to break up the practice.
Therefore, to aveid being caught in
the dragnet keep away from the Cri-
der lumber yard.
On Thursday of last week con-
tractor R. B. Taylor, of Bellefonte,
was awarded the contract for grading
and drainage on state road route No.
51, Berlin to Myersdale, Somerset
county, for $81,428, nis being the low-
est bid by almost thirty thousand dol-
lars. Contractor Taylor will start the
work as soon as possible.
Following on the heels of last
Saturday’s hard rain and electric
storm Centre county was visited with
another one or Monday evening
whick almost proved a deluge. In
fact it turned into an all-night’s rain
and enough water fell to thoroughly
soak the ground, so that the farmers
will now be able to go ahead with
their ploughing for the fall seeding.
Recorder William H. Brown
will go to Fort Niagara on August
24th to enter the second training
camp for the officers’ reserve corps.
During his six week's absence the
recorder’s office will be in charge of
his wife and deputy recorder Walter
B. Armstrong. Several other Belle-
fonters are applicants for the same
camp but have not yet been ordered
to report.
Manager T. Clayton Brown, of
the Scenic, is arranging to show the
genuine war pictures of the British
army somewhere in France at that
popular place of amusement in the
near future. There are fourteen reels
of these pictures and they are very
realistic, as they have been taken
right on the battle ground. In the
meantime other good pictures will be
shown at the Scenic every night and
you can’t find a better place to spend
an evening.
Among the appointments an-
nounced last Saturday by Adjutant
General McCain, of the United States
army, of young men who have under-
gone six weeks or more training at
the oificer’s reserve camp at Madison
Barracks, N. Y., were John M. Dale
and Charles E. Garbrick, Bellefonte,
to be second lieutenants in the regu-
lar army and George S. Long, of State
College, to be a second lieutenant in
the quartermaster’s corps of the na-
tional army. John C. Lawrence, of
State College, who trained at Fort
Niagara, was also appointed a second
lieutenant in the regular army.
——On page two of this issue of the
“Watchman,” under the heading of
“Health and Happiness,” will be found
the first of a series of articles rdlating
to the bacteria in milk. As the sub-
ject matter for these articles is taken
right frem the foundation of Belle-
fonte’s milk supply they should be
read with a good deal of interest by
the public at ‘large. As a matter of
fact dairymen and farmers in general
could profit by a careful study of the
same. The articles are not written
with any personal application but
solely to give conditions as they exist
generally here as well as elsewhere,
: those of Mr.
TWO BIG BARNS BURNED.
Struck by Lightning During Satur- |
day’s Storm and Entirely De-
stroyed. i
Abcut 4:30 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon, during the severe thunder |
storm which passed over Centre coun-
ty, the large barns on the Martin A.
Dreiblebis and George Shuey farms,
near Krumrine, in Ferguson township, |
were struck by lightning and burned |
to the ground, together with the
year's crops of wheat and hay. In ad-
dition Mr. Dreiblebis lost a valuable
voung driving horse, four calves and
a lot of his farming implements.
None of the stock on the Shuey farm
was burned but quite a number of
farm implements were destroyed.
The Shuey farm is tenanted by
William Wolf and the farm buildings
are not over a quarter of a mile from
Dreiblebis. Mr. Wolf
was the first mar to discover the
Dreiblebis barn tc be on fire after the
sharp flash of lightning and with oth-
ers was on his way there to help save
as much of his neighbor’s property as
possible when he happened to glance
around and saw the flames pouring |
from the roof of his own barn. With- |
out any means of fighting the fire it
was at once apparent that both barns
were doomed and the attention of
averybody was directed toward sav-
ing the stock and as many of the
farming implements as possible, with
the result that all of Mr. Wolf's stock
was saved and about half his farming
implements. As stated above Mr.
Dreiblebis got all his stock out in
safety save one horse and four calves.
About half of his farm implements
were either burned or ruined.
The loss on both men is unusually
heavy. Mr. Dreiblebis estimates that
his crops of wheat and hay in the barn
were worth $1,600, on which he had
no insurance. He carried $1,000 in-
surance on his barn, but the building
can hardly be replaced now for double
that amount. He also carried $500 on
his stoct and $200 on farm imple-
ments, but as he can collect only pro
rata to his loss, he will not get near
the value of what was destroyed.
Mr. Shuey had $1,000 insurance on
his barn, which will not cover his loss,
while Mr. Wolf lost his crops and had
only nominal insurance on his farm-
ing implements. Fortunately the oats
crop on both farms is still in the field.
Naturally the question arises was
both barns struck with the same bolt
of lightning. The men recall only one
severe shock just preceding the fire
and both barns seem te have caught
almost at the same time to the very
minute.
Prisoners Recaptured, Now Back in
Penitentiary.
Melvin Cannis and Walter E West,
two of the three prisoners who escap-
ed from the Rockview penitentiary on
August 3rd, were recaptured by two
penitentary guards at Vail about five
o'clock last Saturday morning. The
men stated that in the eight days of
liberty they enjoyed they had been
down at Avis, where they lost their
partner, Walter E. Dress; going from
there up the New York Central to
Philipsburg, Osceola Mills and Sandy
Ridge, bumming their way on a coal
train across the mountain to Vail only
to be nabbed by the guards. During
the time they were out they lived
mostly on wild berries and stolen
fruits, fearing to go to a house to get
something to eat lest they be recog-
nized. The two men were brought to
Bellefonte and landed in the Centre
county jail shortly after eight o’clock.
At eleven o’clock Cannis, West and
Vittario Penchione, the Italian who es-
caped on Monday of last week but
was recapturea on Tuesday, were tak-
en before Judge Quigley and all
pleaded guilty to escaping jail. Can-
nis and West, who were sent up from
Beaver county in March, 1917, for not
less than eighteen months nor more
than two years for burglary and re-
ceiving stolen goods, were sentenced
to serve out their original sentence
and an additional sentence of one dol-
lar fine, costs of prosecution and to
serve not less than eighteen months
nor more than two years in the peni-
tentiary.
Penchione, whe was sent up from
Westmoreland county for not less
than thirty months nor more than
three years, was sentenced to serve
out his old term and an additional
term of equal time.
Howard Smith, the man who broke
his parole and left Whiterock quar-
ries, was sentenced to the penitentia-
ry for not less than one nor more than
two years. :
The four men were taken to the
western penitentiary at Allegheny on
Saturday afternocn by sheriff George
H. Yarnell, chief of police Harry
Dukeman, recorder William H. Brown
and Edward L. Gates. The men gave
the officers no trouble and were land-
ed in the penitentiary by ten o’clock
Saturday night.
Knights Templar Field Day.
A conclave of the Knights Templar
of Central Penngylvania will be held
at Philipsburg on Thursday, August
30th, which will be known as the
eighth annual field day. The division
includes the Commanderies located at
Philipsburg, Bellefonte, Lewistown,
Huntingdon, Altoona and Johnstown.
The day will be occupied by a parade
and review, and an inspection of
the several Commanderies by the
Grand Commander, Eminent Sir Her-
bert R. Laird, of Williamsport, who
will be accompanied by members of
his Commandery, and the division
Commander, Charles T. Derick, of
Bellwood. Each Commandery is ex-
pected to be accompanied by a band.
Constans Commandery of this place
is making arrangements to attend.
——John Morrow Daniels, of Free-!
port, Pennsylvania, and Eugene F.
Dawson, of Columbus, Ohio, have been
awarded the Frank Thomson scholar-
ships for 1917.
Ex-Register J. Frank Smith
will break up his home on east Linn
street, make sale of his household fur-
niture on September first and with his
son Sweengle take a room at the home
of Mrs. John Kline, on west Curtin
street. His daughter, Miss Nellie
Smith will go to Philadelphia where
she will enter the University of Penn-
sylvania as a nurse in training.
Although it is yet too early for
spawning time the big trout are mak- |
ing their appearance in Spring creek, |
opposite the “Watchman” office in
large numbers and every morning |
they are viewed by quite a number of
people. The trout are from eight
inches to a foot and a half long and
the very fact that they form an at-
traction for Bellefonters as well as |
strangers surely justifies the little
protection afforded them in closing
the stream from the bridge to the
railroad trestle.
A wedding of military interest
will take place at Sewickley this (Fri-
day) evening when Miss Eliza Jane
Cunningham, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Cunningham, will be-
come the bride of Lieut. Harris Rudi-
sil Potter, son of Mr. and Mrs. George
L. Potter, of Baltimcre. The wedding
will be a quiet home affair and will be
attended by only the intimate friends
of the bride and groom. Lieut. Pot-
ter, who is a nephew of James H. Pot-
ter, of this place, is now in the offi-
cers’ reserve camp at Fort Myer, Va.
Last Friday evening Ralph
Miller and Edgar Somers were on
their way home from Bellefonte to
Axe Mann in the latter’s Metz car
when something went wrong with the
chain drive. As they had not very far
to go Miller volunteered to hold the
chain on the cog wheel and in some
way got his hand caught and pulled
into the wheel, badly tearing the flesh
on several fingers. He was brought
to the Bellefonte hospital where the
injured hand was properly dressed
and he is now at his home at Axe
Mann.
The great official British war
films of the battle of the Somme have
reached this country and are being
exhibited for the benefit of the Red
Cross. The very fact that these films
are reproductions from the pictures
made for the archives of England is
evidence of their 2ccurateness in every
detail. There are fourteen reels all
told, a big three hours’ show, and
manager T. Clayton Brown has been
successful in securing them for exhi-
bition at the Scenic on Monday, Au-
gust 29th, matinee and night. Watch
for these great pictures.
For his fidelity to Penrose Re-
publican county chairman J. Linn Har-
ris has been made corporation clerk
in the treasury department at Harris-
burg by State Treasurer Harmon M.
Kephart, and left Bellefonte on Mon-
day morning to enter upon the duties
of his appointment. Tke position has
heretofore paid a salary of $4,000 a
vear but the last Legislature slipped
a salary raiser through that increased
that amount fifteen per cent. Gover-
nor Brumbaugh, however, put the ve-
to axe on some of the salary raisers,
but whether this was one of them or
not we have not been definitely in-
formed.
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Charles Wagner, a well known
farmer living along Marsh Creek
about a mile above Eagleville, is con-
fined to his home with severe injuries
as the result of an accident when a
wagon load of oats on which he was
riding upset on Saturday evening.
Mr. Wagner was on the way from the
field to the barn when the upset oc-
currec and when he discovered the
load going over he attempted to jump
but slipped and fell, striking the
ground with his head. He not only
suffered contusions on the head and
body but his kidneys were torn loose
by the jolt of the fall. His condition
is not considered critical, however.
-
While working on the public
road in Brushvalley last Friday Ed-
ward Frank, of near Rebersburg, was
badly injured in a fall of rock and
earth. He was working in a cut in
the road and had excavated under the
bank, where the road was being wid-
ened, when the upper portion of ihe
bank caved in and caught him in the
fall. His right leg was broken just
below the thigh and his left ieg has a
bad fracture just above the ankle. Hc
was brought to the Bellefonte hos-
pital where he iS now undergoing
treatment. Mr. Frank is a widower
with five children dependent upon
him for support and his injury is a
hard blow to himself and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sprankle
and Robert Morgan, of Tyrone, passed
through Centre county on Saturday
on their way home from a two week’s
sojourn at the Delaware Water Gap
and Pocono mountains, and were
treated to a sight in this county that
they did not see in their fortnight’s
sojourn at the above watering places.
Motoring through the Narrows just
below Woodward on Saturday morn-
ing they were astonished to see a
large black bear amble out into the
road only about fifty feet ahead of the
car. Mr. Sprankle immediately slow-
ed down the car but after one look at
the travelers the bear lost no time in
getting across the road into the un-
derbrush and making his disappear-
ance. The automobilists aver that it
was the biggest bear they had ever
seen, and looked to be about the size
of a cow. :
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sweiler, of Lock
Haven, spent Saturday with Bellefonte
friends.
—Woods Sebring is here from Philadel-
phia for his annual visit with his father, |
John P. Sebring.
—Lemuel Poorman, an instructor in the
Huntingdon Reformatory, was a Bellefonte
visitor over Saturday and Sunday.
—DMiss Roxey Crosthwaite will return
to Altoona this week, after visiting for four
weeks with relatives in Bellefonte.
—Mrs. Eben Bower went down to
Aaronsburg on Monday to spend a week
among her own and Mr. Bower's relatives.
—J. Thomas Mitchell Esq., returned
home on Sunday from a week’s trip to
Lewistown, Philadelphia and New York
city.
—William Baird, telegraph operator for
the Pennsylvania railroad at Juniata, spent
Saturday and Sunday with friends in
Milesburg.
—Mr. and Mrs. John L. Knisely motor-
ed over from Hyde City the latter part of
last week and spent Sunday at their home
in this place.
—Mrs. D. Wagner Geiss was over at Lew-
isburg last Friday attending the funeral
of Mrs. Joseph Palmer, who died on Wed-
nesday of last week.
—’'Squire Merryman, of Sandy Ridge,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte on
Tuesday and found time to greet most of
his Bellefonte friends.
—Miss Gertrude Moore has returned to
her home in Tyrone after spending two
weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Ellen Shivery,
in Buffalo Run valley.
—Mrs. Irving Foster, of State College, is
entertaining her cousin, Miss Hewitt, of
Pittsburgh. Mrs. Foster met Miss Hewitt
in Bellefonte Wednesday.
—Max Wallace, his brother Louis Wal-
lace, and a friend, all of Akron, Ohio, have
been guests this week of Mrs. M. B. Gar-
man, at her home on Curtin street.
—Harry Auman, of Altoona, who has a
run as Adams Express messenger between
New York and Pittsburgh, spent Saturday
and Sunday with friends in Bellefonte.
—Wynn Davis returned to his home in
Cannonsburg last Saturday, Mrs. Davis
remaining for a several week’s visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gettig.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Mignot had as
guests over Saturday and Sunday Mr.
Mignot’s sister, Mrs. Rougeux and two
sons, Paul and James, of Williamsport.
—Mrs. Louis Capacina and her small son
arrived in Bellefonte Tuesday, coming here
from New York for a visit with Mrs. Capa-
cina’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tod-
sock.
—Mrs. J. D. P. Smithgall, of Franklin,
Pa., and her two children, are making their
annual summer visit with Mrs. Smithgall’s
grandmother, Mrs. John Spangler, at Cen-
tre Hall.
—Myrs. George Kerstetter came to Belle-
fonte Wednesday to accompany her neph-
ew, Jack Yeager, and Paul Foreman to
Harrisburg, where the boys will be her
guests for several weeks.
—The Misses Margery and Eleanor Mec-
Ginley returned home Tuesday from a sev-
en week’s visit with their aunt, Mrs. Pearce
and her family, at Conneaut, and with
their sister, Mrs. Thompson, at Akron.
—Miss McMullen. went to Merion Mon-
day with Mr. Johnson and his party, who
had driven to Hecla Saturday for Mrs.
Johnson. Lawrence McMullen will leave
today to drive to the eastern part of the
State for his sister, expecting to return
Monday.
—DMrs. Charles Young, of Altoona, spent
Friday in Bellefonte as a guest of her sis-
ter, Miss Ella Gates. Her principal mis-
sion here was to arrange for the placing
of the three little boys of the late Mrs.
Darius Blair, of Tyrone, in the Pruner
Orphavage.
—Misses Elizabeth and Anna Badger,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Badger,
returned home on Saturday from spend-
ing a week with friends in Lewisburg and
Mifilinburg. In the latter place they vis-
ited their grandmother Badger, who is
eighty-three years old.
—-Mr. and Mrs. J. Harris Olewine are ex-
pected in Bellefonte next week, returning
from a motor trip through New England.
Mr. and Mrs. Olewine will be with Mr.
Olewine’s mother, Mrs. John I. Olewine,
until going to State College, where Mr.
Olewine has accepted a position in the
chemical department.
—Mrs. James K. Barnhart came home
from Punxsutawney on Monday evening,
accompanied by her sister, Miss Cora
Campbell. Mrs. Barnhart’s trip to her old
home was to see her brother, Dr. W. S.
Campbell, of Seward, Cambria county, be-
fore he left to join the medical reserve
corps for service in France.
—Mrs. Harry Otto and children, of
Johnstown, spent the latter end of the
week in Bellefonte with her mother, Mrs.
Jere Nolan. Mr. Otto joined her on Sat-
urday and remaining over Sunday they all
returned home on Monday. Mr. Otto is
now among the fortunate ones to hold a
good position with the Pennsylvania rail-
road company. ;
—Donald Gettig, who has been connect-
ed with the recruiting station at Williams-
port ever since he enlisted for naval serv-
ice on April 23rd, was ordered to Newport,
R. I., last week and arrived there on Wed-
nesday and in writing home he said the
first thing he got was a good, square meal.
He expressed himself as well pleased with
his new assignment.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ira D. Garman and two
daughters left on their return trip to
Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, after
spending a month at Edgefonte, the family
summer home at Axe Mann. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert F. Garman and family and Mr. and
Mrs. George C. Wilson and family, of Ty-
rone, came to Edgefonte yesterday to
spend a fortnight or longer.
-—-Mrs. D. G. Meek, of State College, with
Audrey Miller, the young girl whem she is
raising, and her niece, Mrs. Charles
Swartz, of Tusseyville, went to Syracuse,
Tuesday. Mrs. Meek having made arrange-
ments to visit for an indefinite time with
her niece, Mrs. Whiteside, Mrs. Swartz
and the child will return home after
spending a short time in New York State.
—Nrs. John B. Leathers, with her
daughter, Miss Florence Leathers, of
Perth Amboy, N.J., and her granddaughter,
Miss Margaret Butler, of Ardmore, are
spending some time at their old home at
Mt. Eagle. Miss Leathers is a teacher in
the Perth Amboy schools and during the
school term she and her mother have their
home in that place, coming to Mt. Eagle
for as much of the summer as they can
arrange to spend there,
{ —Miss Helen Beezer is visiting with
! friends in McKeesport.
I —Miss Mollie Musser was a week-end
guest of relatives in Millheim.
i —Miss Emily Valentine, of Baltimore, is
_ with her aunt, Miss Emily Natt.
| —Miss Josephine Bauer is spending her
vacation with friends in Lock Haven.
—NMiss Lena Rice returned home on Sat-
urday night from a visit with friends in
Gary, Ind.
—Mrs. Albert E. Blackburn left Belle-
fonte yesterday to join Dr. Blackburn
Massachusetts.
—Dr. H. A. Blair, of Curwensville, was
in Bellefonte Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Blair.
—Isaac Mitchell has been spending the
past week with his daughter, Miss Grace
Mitchell, in Philadelphia.
—Miss Rebecca Valentine has been a
member of a Lock Haven house boat par-
ty during the past week.
in
—Miss Marie Roder, of Baltimore, is vis-
iting with Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker, having
come to Bellefonte Tuesday.
—Miss Louise J. Cruse went to Phila-
delphia a week ago, to join a motor party
for a drive through New England.
Mrs. J. L. Montgomery was at Newport,
N. J, the after part of last week, spending
a few days with her son, Gordon.
—Dr. and Mrs. John Clark, of Winburne,
have been visiting with Dr. Clark's sisters
on Penn street, within the past week.
—DMiss Cathryn Dale, of Boalsburg, was
in Bellefonte on a shopping tour on Wed-
nesday and likewise to consult a dentist.
was in Bellefonte shopping and looking
after some business interests on Tuesday.
—Oscar Sherry, of Pittsburgh, is spend-
ing his summer vacation in Bellefonte with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Sherry.
—Mr. and Mrs. Warren Else, of Pitts-
burgh, and their daughter Olive are visit-
ing with Mrs. Else's mother, Mrs. Taylor.
—Miss Anna Howard returned to her
home in Lancaster on Wednesday after
spending two weeks with friends in Belle-
fonte.
—Mr. and Mrs. Percy Blackford, of New
Castle, and their family, have been visiting
with Mr. Blackford’s relatives in Belle-
fonte. +
—Thomas Shaeffer spent the early part
cof the week in Bellefonte on business, re-
turning to his home in Spring Mills on
Wednesday.
—DMrs. John Tomb and her daughter,
Mrs. Sides, of Jersey Shore, came to Belle-
fonte Wednesday and are guests of Mrs.
D. G. Bush.
—Mrs. Romick, of Bellefonte, and Miss
Piser, of Williamsport, have been spend-
ing the week on Miss Piser's farm near
Shingletown.
—Mrs. John Blanchard and-her two chil-
dren have returned to Bellefonte after hav-
ing spent a month in New York and along
the coast of Maine.
—Margaret and Louise Taylor, daugh-
ters of Col. and Mrs. H. S. Taylor, return-
ed home on Wednesday from visiting their
aunts in Pittsburgh.
—DMr. and Mrs. C. E. Gheen and their ba-
by son Charles were early week visitors
with Mr. Gheen’s brother, Guy Gheen and
wife, at Bloomsburg.
—Mrs. M. L. Monash, of New York city,
and Mrs. J. D. Hassell, of Columbus, Ohibd,
are in: Bellefonte visiting their father, A.
Baum, and other relatives.
—The Misses Marguerite and Ruth Cox-
ey left Wednesday for Waynesboro, ex-
pecting to spend their vacation with rela-
tives there and in Altoona.
—Roy Miller, who is holding down a
good job in Pittsburgh, spent Sunday in
Bellefonte with his mother, Mrs. H. F.
Miller, on east High street.
—Mr. and Mrs. John P. Harris and their
daughter, Dr. Edith Schad, were visitors
for the week-end of Mr. and Mrs. John P.
His Jr., at Newton Hamilton.
—Mrs. George Psaltzgrass, of York, and
her two daughters, the Misses Helen and
Caroline Psaltzgrass, have been guests
during the past week of Mr. and Mrs. Seig.
—Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Undercoffer, of
Christiana, Pa., are expected in Bellefonte
Saturday for a visit with Mr. Undercoffer's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Undercoffer.
—NMiss Pearl Royer, who makes her home
with her grandmother, Mrs. Harrison
Kline, is entertaining her sister and cous-
in, Miss Linnie Royer, of Niagara Falls,
and Miss Blanche Sharer, of Princeton, Ill.
—Miss Anna Longwell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thad Longwell, of Des Moines,
Towa, who has been with her mother at
Steelton the past several weeks, will come
here this week for a visit with her sister.
Miss Sarah Longwell.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keichline and
their niece, Miss Mildred Naatz, who had
been visiting in Bellefonte for a month or
more, left yesterday for Kirkville, N. Y.,
where Mr. and Mrs. Keichline will spend
ten days or two weeks.
—Miss Maude Miller returned home on
Sunday from a six’week’s visit with her
sister, Mrs. Homer Walker, at Lewistown.
She was accompanied home by Mrs. Walk-
er and baby boy Roy, who will spend the
week at her parental home.
—Miss Margaret Gilmour, who since
leaving school several years ago has held
a respousible position at the Pressman’s
Home in Tennesee, came to Bellefonte on
Monday t9 spend two weeks with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilmour.
—Among Centre county’s old soldiers
who will leave for Boston, Mass., tomorrow
to attend the annual encampment of the
G. A. R. next week are Col. Emanuel Noll
and Samuel B. Miller, of this place, and
Capt. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills.
The three compose a trio of enthusiastic
G. A. R. men and the “Watchman” hopes
they will have a most delightful trip.
—George R. Meek with Mrs. Meek, their
son Peter, and Miss Bertha Laurie, left
yesterday noon on a motor trip to New
Jersey. The drive as planned will take
them to Wilkes-Barre, over the Pogono
mountains and through the Delaware Wa-
ter Gap to Easton, then to Middletown, N.
J., where they will be guests for a short
time of Mrs. Ernest H. Taylor. From
there they will take the Atlantic Highlana
drive to Cape May, where Miss Laurie will
leave the party te spend her vacation with
her sister, Mrs. Eldridge. The return trip
will be made by the way of Philadelphia. -
——The Centre e¢ounty teacher's
institute this year will be held in the
court house, Bellefonte, the week !e-
ginning November 12th.
=P your ad. in the “Watch-
man.”
—Mrs. Sophia Rockey, of Hublersburg, 1
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MAY LOCATE NEAR HERE.
Titan Metal Company Has Option On
Old Nittany Furnace Site.
The Titan Metal company has tak-
en a fifteen days’ option on the land
| comprising the old Nittany furnace
site as a suitable place to erect an
auxiliary plant, and the only question
at issue now so far as their taking it
is concerned seems to be the matter
of the old Nittany Valley railroad
right-of-way. And it is highly prob-
able that this rather intangible affair
will be amicably adjusted in due time
and the company exercise its right of
option.
The Titan company for some time
past has been seeking an advanta-
geous location to establish an auxilia-
ry plant for the manufacture of its
product into finished or marketable
material. Several sites have been un-
der consideration and the Bellefonte
board of trade offered to gic them
a deed in fee simple to the glass
works meadow site upon the erection
of two buildings thereon for manufac-
turing purposes. But complications
developed regarding railroad facilities
which make that site undesirable.
It was then that the Titan com-
pany took the option on the Nittany
furnace site and if they conclude to
take it, it is pretty certain that a way
will develop in which they can still
profit by the offer of the board of
trade of the glass works meadow site.
One thing is certain, the matter
must be settled in some way very
soon. The Titan company now has on
hand a large quantity of machinery
for their new plant, and they are anx-
ious to get a location as soon as possi-
ble so that they can go ahead and
erect their buildings.
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Soldiers Run Amuck.
On Tuesday evening the three mem-
bers of the state constabulary located
at Pleasant Gap went over to Centre
Hill and arrested three members of
Company M, of Lewistown, who were
not only intoxicated but were annoy-
ing the citizens in that locality by
their boisterous and unseemly con-
duct. The soldiers were brought to
Bellefonte and given a hearing beforc
justice of the peace S. Kline ‘Woodring
who, after hearing the evidence
against them committed them to the
Centre county jail.
At the hearing the fact developed
that members of Company M have
been coming across the Seven moun-
tains quite frequently and carrying on
in such a manner as to cause very un-
favorable comment among the peace-
loving residents of South Side, some
of their actions even causing alarm
among the more timid women and
girls. It was this fact that caused the
people of Centre Hill to appeal to the
state police for protection and it was
promptly given them.
On Wednesday morning ’Squire
Woodring telephoned the captain of
Company M as to what had become of
his men and the same afternoon the
‘Squire discharged the soldiers from
custody, had them escorted to the
Lewistown auto bus and put in charge
of the driver to deliver to their home
camp.
——The 1918 class at West Point
will be graduated on Monday, August
29th, six months ahead of time, in or-
der to give the young men who have
already spent over three years at the
military academy an opportunity to
serve their country during the present
war. This fact is of more or less in-
terest to Bellefonters owing tc the
fact that Nicholas Vincent Taylor,
second son of Col. H. S. Taylor, is a
member of the class, and will natural-
ly graduate with the rank of second
lieutenant. In the graduating class
are 164 young men and of the above
number twenty have qualified as ex-
perts on the rifle range and Taylor is
among that number. In faet his en-
tire rating in the class has been high.
Among those who have com-
pleted their training and been given
commissions as second lieutenant in
the field artillery at Fort Sheridan,
I1l., was Harold Foster, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Philip D. Foster, of State Col-
lege, his commission dating from
August 15th. He has been given a
two week’s furlough and arrived
home yesterday. At the expiration of
his furlough he will be assigned to the
big training cantonment at Rockford,
Illinois.
Since resigning his position as
ariver of the Adams Express compa-
ny’s wagon in this place Howard Cas-
per has been firing on the Pennsy,
running between Sunbury and Harris-
burg.
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SALE REGISTER.
Saturday, Sept. 8.—Miss Bella Confer, of
No. 142 Penn St., will sell a full line of
household furniture. Sale will begin at
1 o'clock p. m.
Sere ————
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel
Guions fated pre 5
ggS, per doz
Lard, per pound 22
Butter per poun 32
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up to six o’clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Rye, per bushel.............
Corn, shelled, per bushei.. 1.90
Corn, ears, per bushel......... 1.90
Oats, old and new, per bushe! 75
Barley, perbushel..................ccuiunrrsensviner 1.80
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia maskets on Wednesday evening.
Corn 24 A
Ooi —Mixed new. 2 je 2.03
BES isivrrpsiss isa rrsesne is
Flour — Winter, per ba 10.50@11.00
ks Bi 10.0 hi 13.75@14.00
Dated Hay-Choe. fin 11:00821.00
See Bay Coie Pon 14.50@18.50
Straw .......... neni ro
.. 10.00@14.50