Allan
Belletonte, Pa., October 5, 1917.
mame of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Mrs. Howard Barnes has been | ters depicting the interesting scenes | ICE
uite ill the past few days, at her;
J p i Troop L at Camp Hancock. The let- |
{ter is from the pen of Corp. Henry |
home on Bishop street.
Work was begun yesterday on
the erection of the structural
first big building on the Nittany fur-
nace site.
——Yesterday morning a farmer
made his appearance in Bellefonte
with almost a wagon load of sweet
corn, the last of the season, and he
was almost mobbed by buyers anxious
to get a supply.
——~C. C. Brungard, who is now car-
rying the mail by motor between
Bellefonte and Lock Haven, moved his
family here from Loganton last week
and is occupying the McDermott prop-
erty on Bishop street.
——A food sale will be held by the
Young Women’s Missionary society of
the Presbyterian church Saturda
afternoon, October 6th, 1917, at the S.
& H. premium parlors. Cakes, bread,
pies and candy will be for sale.
——The semi-annual rummage sale
for the benefit of the Bellefonte hos-
pital, will be held Saturday, October
13th, in the room in Bush Arcade, re-
cently occupied by Doll’s bakery.
Contributions of clothing, house fur-
nishings, house decorations and any-
thing convertible into money, are so-
licited.
——Jack Dawson, the veteran ex-
press agent on the Lewisburg and Ty-
rope railroad, suffered a stroke of
paralysis at his home in Sunbury on
Thursday of last week and has been in
a critical condition ever since. Mr.
Dawson was offered retirement on a
pension last January but he declined,
preferring to work as long as he was
able.
The ladies bible class of the
Lutheran church gave Miss Bella Con-
fer a farewell gathering at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Eberhart on
Tuesday evening. Miss Confer was a
member of the class and the gathering
was a complete surprise to her, com-
ing right on the eve of her departure
from Bellefonte. Refreshments were
served during the evening.
——Are you watching the white
line on the window of George Carpe-
neto’s cigar store? The genial
George has started a movement to
provide smokes for the members of
Troop L and anyone wishing to con-
tribute can do so. Just as soon as the
window is filled to the white line the
cigars, cigarettes and tobacco will be
boxed and shipped to the soldier boys.
——The Christian Science Society,
of Bellefonte, Pa., announces a free
lecture on Christian Science by Virgil
0. Strickler, C. S. B., of New York
city, N. Y., member of the board of
lectureship of the Mother church, the
first Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Boston, Mass., in the court house, Fri-
day evening, October 12th, 1917, at
8 o'clock, and cordially invites the
public to be present.
——The Penn State football team
was somewhat of a surprise last Sat-
urday, even to the management, when
it defeated the army ambulance team
at Allentown by the score of 10 to 0.
The army team was composed entire-
ly of ex-college players but they lack-
ed the team work that is attained only
by practice. The State team is made
up mostly of new players and two men
emerged as stars in their first combat.
Nicolo Kotur, of Dauphin coun-
ty, twice convicted of the murder of
Yosep Bakic, of Steelton, on Decem-
ber 22nd, 1915, and who was refused a
commutation of sentence by the Board
of Pardons last week, was electrocut-
ed at the Rockview penitentiary on
Monday morning. Kotur was placed
in the chair at 7:03 o’clock and after
five contacts was pronounced dead by
Dr. Robert J. Campbell at 7:10
o'clock.
——The buckwheat crop in Centre
county this year is one of the best
grown in a long time. Most of the
buckwheat raised is in Bald Eagle
valley but some farmers in other parts
of the county have fine fields. In fact
J. J. Mattern, of Matternville, has a
field on the side of Muncy mountain
which he is willing to put up against
any field in the county. The buck-
wheat is almost six feet high and has
heads to correspond with the stalks.
—Forty-six years is a long time
to live in one place but that is the
length of time Mrs. Thomas Dorris
has resided in Cumberland, Md.,
“but now, owing to the ill health of her
daughter, Miss Emma Dorris, she has
moved to Pittsburgh and taken up her
residence there in the hope that the
change will prove beneficial. Mrs.
Dorris is one of the “Watchman’s” es-
teemed subscribers and we seriously
hone her wishes may be speedily grat-
——This cool weather makes a per-
son think of buckwheat cakes and sau-
sage, pumpkin pie and cider, and while
you may not be able to get them all
every day the Scenic is open to you
every evening and you'll no doubt rel-
ish its daily offering of motion pic-
tures almost as much as a good meal.
They are interesting, instructive and
self-satisfying. Every evening some-
thing new, and every program so va-
ried that something will be shown that
will appeal directly to you.
; How Bellefonte Soldiers
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published unless accompanied by the reai |
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work for the Titan Metal company’s
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An Interesting Letter Detailing the
Life of Troop L at Camp Han-
Cock. |
tegen |
(The “Watchman” this week is able |
to give its readers the first of what |
we hope will be a weekly series of let- |
and happenings of the daily life of |
Keller and it is so piquant and enter- |
taining that we know it will be read i
with a great deal of enjoyment by |
every person who is in any way inter- |
ested in the welfare of the boys in!
the South.—Ed.) |
(By Corp. Henry Keller.)
Hdgqrs. Troop L, 1st Pa. Cav.
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
October 3rd, 1917.
Editor “Democratic Watchman:”
For the past few days we have had
a steady drizzling rain, and so far as
drilling and other such work is con-
cerned we have had little to do; con-
sequently many of the boys have tak-
en advantage of our enforced idleness
and have gone into Augusta to be-
come better acquainted with the south-
ern people. Contrary to most reports,
we have found them very hospitable,
especially tc members of our own
Troop. Each church in town makes
it a point to send a number of
boys home to dinner on Sunday and
to us, accustomed to camp fare, such
a treat cannot be excelled. The
thought of not having a mess kit to
wash is, in itself, enough to take one
into town Sunday mornings.
Very few of us have taken up the so-
cial side of Augusta as yet. At pres-
ent our society leader is Sergeant
Yeager, who has been present at sev-
eral very nice dances, and he promises
us many happy evenings when we are
detailed to do our week’s guarding at
the arsenal, as we hope to do soon.
Almost every evening, though, there
is a dance or entertainment of some
sort in town and as we are allowed fif-
teen passes each day, az a rule we
have little difficulty in filling the re-
quired number.
The truck that the people of Belle-
fonte and community were so liberal
in contributing to, has been of inesti-
mable value. It always seems to be
going on one errand or another, and
Corp. Herbert Miller, the driver, is al-
ways willing to take a crowd into
town.
Last Monday we underwent a very
sad experience. Supply Sergeant J.1
H. Decker was given his honorable
discharge, after serving the govern-
ment faithfully for many years, and
we were very sorry to lose him. While
supply sergeant he did his best to
please each man, and our memories of
him will always be the most pleasant.
As a token of our appreciation of his
work, we all gathered together to give
him a final send-off and to remember
him all the more, we took his picture
while he posed between Privates Dun-
lap and Joe Beezer.
Many of the boys have received
boxes of “goodies” from home. All
we can say is keep it up. Our food
here is good and it is substantial, but
we all agree that we like cakes and
candies and such things, so friends, if
you have any spare articles we surely
will appreciate them. A few boxes of
chicken have arrived and they were
spoiled—being on the road too long.
So what you send must not be of a
perishable nature.
Just below our camp is the Y. M. C.
A. tent. Three or four times a week
they give entertainments for us and
we surely enjoy them. One of the
most regular attendants is Private
John Steele, who says that the refined
influence of the women performers
takes the roughness out of the camp
life.
Our work is very interesting. When
the weather permits we work about
eight hours a day. A large portion of
this time is taken up in drilling, both
mounted and dismounted. We also
have three periods of physical culture
exercise, and one hour each day is de-
voted to a lecture. The whole object
of the camp seems to be to make us
physically fit. In other words we are
being put into perfect physical condi-
tion, for but one purpose, that is to
get the Germans. Several of our lec-
tures have been upon the bayonet, and
we soon hope to take up that work. It
is certainly fascinating, but there is no
play connected with it. Each point
taught is one step more showing us
how to protect ourselves and kill our
opponents.
The commanding officers favor rec-
reation in the form of sports. They
encourage base ball, foot ball, boxing,
wrestling and leap-frog. Everything
that will develop the nerve and self-
reliance of the man, and also the mus-
cles in his body. We have had many
interesting boxing matches, but as yet
have been unable to get Deppy Dunlap
and Joe Beezer to put on the gloves.
On Wednesday and Saturday after-
noons we have half holidays. Many of
the boys take advantage of this time
and go horseback riding around the
country. We have seen many inter-
esting sights and have enjoyed these
rides very much. \
Reveille sounds at 5:45 and those of
us who cannot get out of bed at that
hour find extra duty awaiting us at
the wood pile. At present, from the
looks of things, Private Corl will soon
develop into an experienced woods-
man. Men have been very busy with
the electric lights of late, and now we
have light in our mess hall and we ex-
pect to have it soon in our tents.
Ini all we are pretty much satisfied
with our new life, for it is new to
most of us, and we are enjoying the
camp very much. Very few of us have
ident for tailor-made cigarettes are no |
longer in vogue, but we use instead ;
the old stand-by “makings.”
A few of us have been sick but near- :
ly every one is feeling fine now. All!
the boys send their regards to all |
friends and we hope that everything |
is all right back in Bellefonte.
CREAM AND “WATCHMANS”
MUCH APPRECIATED.
(The following communication was
also received from Lieut. J. F. Har-
which speaks for itself:)
Editor “Democratic Watchman:”
In behalf of the members of the
Machine Gun troop, I am writing to
thank you for remembering us: so
kindly by such an appropriate treat.
Of course your check more than cov-
ered the cost of ice cream for one
meal, so the balance will be used to
buy desserts again.
You may be sure that every man in
the troop appreciates your kindness
and your very evident interest in the
boys from home.
You probably have read something
of the much heralded reorganization
in our division and know by this time
that our Machine Gun troop is going
to be taken from the First cavalry and
made a part of the 108th Machine Gun
battalion. Our troop will be trans-
ferred as a whole, and a sufficient
number will be added from Company
E of the Sixth infantry to make up
the required strength of 172 enlisted
men and six officers. We will be des-
ignated as the 3rd company, 108th
Machine Gun battalion.
We shall certainly be sorry to leave
the cavalry, where we have all made
so many friends. And of course we
are all more or less attached to the
cavalry branch of the service, else we
should have enlisted in some other.
However, we are in the game to do
our part and it matters little what our
own likes or dislikes may be; we go
where we are told and do our best
wherever it may be.
In closing I want to thank you for
the supply of “Watchmans” we are
receiving regularly. Everyone surely
appreciates them and looks forward to
their arrival. .
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Capt. David Dale, of the U. S. ar-
my medical corps, departed on Mon-
day afternoon for the officers’ train-
ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., at
which place he will probably be given
orders assigning him to duty.
Second Lieut. Nicholas Vincent
Taylor, who was ordered to report at
Syracuse, N. Y., on October first, has
been granted an additional twenty
days furlough and has been spending
most of the week in New York city.
Recorder William H. Brown, who is
at the officers’ training camp at Fort
Niagara, is reported as being in the
camp hospital with an attack of pneu-
monia, although his condition is not
considered dangerous.
Friends at Mackeyville have receiv-
ed letters from Dr. John Harden-
baugh, of Millheim, who as a first lieu-
tenant in the Ambulance Company No.
305, is undergoing a course of inten-
sive training at Fort Benjamin Harri-
son, Indiana, in which he says that he
is extremely pleased with the camp,
which he declares is so sanitary that
a fly is a rare sight, and also with the
course of instruction offered. As a
practical demonstration of how well
the camp life agrees with him, he adds
that he has gained six pounds in two
weeks.
More National Army Men to Leave.
Centre county’s second contingent
of national army men, five per cent. of
the total quota or six men, will be
sent to Fort Meade tomorrow morn-
ing on the early train over the Lewis-
burg and Tyrone railroad. The six
men selected to go are as follows:
Peter Lyons, Bellefonte.
Lewis A. Crader, State College.
George F. Shawver, Martha.
Victor H. Holt, Howard.
Thomas A. Richard, Port Matilda.
Jacob Ralph Lee, Spring Mills.
The War Library.
The organizations that have con-
tributed to this fund are as follows:
Woman’s Guild of the Episcopal
church.
Woman's Aid of the Presbyterian
church.
The Aid Society of the Reformed
church.
The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist church.
The Sunday school of the Evangel-
ical church.
The Dorcas Society of the Roman
Catholic church.
The W. C. T. U.
The Woman’s Club.
The Rebekah Lodge.
The Bellefonte Academy.
Out of Bellefonte money was rais-
ed at the Grange picnic and at Blanch-
ard. A number of individuals have
contributed either through their or-
ganizations or directly.
All further contributions should be
sent in by Tuesday, October 9th. A
full statement will then be sent to the
papers for publication.
Mrs. ROBERT MILLS BEACH,
Chairman.
Taking advantage of headmas-
ter James P. Hughes’ absence on a
business trip in Williamsport on Mon-
day, the students of the Bellefonte
Academy clubbed together and raised
a fund with which to purchase a new
12x20 foot flag for the Academy
building. The action was entirely vol-
untary on their part and was taken
without Mr. Hughes’ knowledge, so
that it was a very pleasant surprise to
him when the announcement of what
had been done was made upon his re-
turn home.
SECOND WEEK OF COURT.
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Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. |
The second week of court was very
short, there being only one case for
trial, that of Reuben T. Comley vs. !
The Central Railroad of Pennsylva-
nia, being an action to recover dam-
ages for a team of horses and a wag-
ron demolished when the same were
run down on the crossing near the
company’s shops on October 28th,
1915. When the jury was secured in
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vey, of the Boal Machine Gun troop ! Phe shove case or: Monday all ths ofp
er jurors were discharged.
The Comley case was on trial on |
Monday and Tuesday. Mr. Comley, |
the day of the accident had driven
down the back road past the Sunny-
side limekilns with a two horse team
and a load of flour. On the witness |
stand he testified that before crossing
the Pennsylvania railroad at the old
nail work’s crossing he stopped his
team, looked and listened for a train
but found the way clear there. He |
then drove across the bridge and fail-
ed to see the train on the Central Rail-
road of Pennsylvania which was just
pulling out on its afternoon trip to
Mill Hall, until it was right upon the
team. The train struck the off-side
horse killing it outright and so badly
injuring the other animal that it had
to be killed. The wagon was drawn
onto the pilot of the engine and car-
ried some distance, being practically
demolished, while he lost his load of
flour. Mr. Comley was thrown out
and sustained some injuries but noth-
ing very serious. In his evidence he
testified that he did not hear the train
whistle for the crossing nor the bell.
Two other witnesses who were driving
teams in the same direction behind
Mr. Comley testified that they did not
hear the train whistle until it gave a
warning signal when it was just in the
act of running into the Comley team.
Witnesses for the railroad company
testified that the engineer had sound-
ed the customary whistle for the
crossing and that the bell had been
rung as usual. One witness also tes-
tified that he saw Mr. Comley just as
he was driving off of the old nail
work’s bridge and called the conduc-
tor’s attention to him, and the latter
signalled the engineer to give the dan-
ger signal, as Mr. Comley was appar-
ently unconscious of the train’s ap-
proach. That the engineer gave the
signal but Mr. Comley apparently
didn’t hear it.
In submitting the case to the jury
Judge Quigley told them that if they
found a verdict for the defendant they
could figure in the value of the team
which had been placed at $500, the
wagon $60, the harness and the flour,
and could allow Mr. Comley punitive
damages for the injuries he received
and the expense he incurred in being
compelled to hire a man to do his
work, the court, however, reserving
the right of final decision on the
points of law governing the case.
After due deliberation the jury re-
turned a verdict in favor of the de-
fendant in the sum of $570.
On Tuesday afternoon Hillary and
May Viard, the married couple from
Philipsburg whose cases were heard
last week, were called into court for
sentence. Mrs. Viard, who had been
convicted of larceny, was sentenced to
the penitentiary for not less than two
years nor more than three, while Mr.
Viard, who plead guilty to keeping a
disorderly house and assault and bat-
tery was sent to jail for a period of
ten months on the first charge and
one year on the latter.
Court adjourned finally on Tuesday
afternoon.
George Dayon, another Philipsbur-
ger who was in jail for a minor of-
fense, was paroled by Judge Quigley
on Wednesday and given leave to go
wherever his fancy might lead him.
INTERESTING COURT STATISTICS
Holding court in Centre county is
a rather expensive procedure. For
last week’s session and the two days
this week the County Commissioners
paid out as pay to jurors, $1037.60;
witnesses, $776.54; tipstaves, $137.00.
In addition to the above there were
probably several hundred dollars of
miscellaneous expenses. Of course
the Menchio murder trial prolonged
last week’s session of court several
days and a large part of the expense
was connected with it. In fact pro-
thonotary D. R. Foreman estimates
that the Commonwealth expense of
the trial was about $600.
Two Hurt in Accident at Kelley and
Wion Garage.
Leonard Rhodes, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Rhodes, and Frank Compani
were hurt in an accident at the new
Kelley and Wion garage about two
o’clock yesterday afternoon. Rhodes
is now in the hospital and, although
no bones are broken he is badly bruis-
ed and it is not yet known whether he
is injured internally or not. Compani
is cut and bruised but not seriously.
The workmen were engaged in
hoisting the first piece of structural
iron for the roof at the south end of
the building. When about half up a
guy rope brolc allowing the piece to
swing and fall. Rhodes was on the
ladder at the west side of the building,
was knocked off and fell ten or more
feet to the concrete wall and after
striking it fell twelve féet to the bot-
tom of the first story. Compani was
at the other end of the building where
the bricklayers are working and the
jar of the fall knocked some bricks off
the partly built chimney and they fell
on him, knocking him into the base-
ment. >
All the structural iron at the south
end of the building is badly bent and
warped so that it will have.to be tak-
en down and straightened out. To do
this will take some time and will cause
a delay of from ten days to two weeks |
in the construction work.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. Harry Garber will leave today to
return to New York.
—Mrs C. D. Casebeer and her daughter
| Betty returned from Somerset Saturday.
—Col. Emanuel Noll spent two days this
week in Altoona visiting his son, John L.
Noll.
—Miss Myrtle MacLeod, of west High |
street, is visiting with friends in Liver-
pool.
—Mrs. Frank P. Blair went over to Cur-
wensville last Friday to visit her son, Dr.
H. A. Blair and family.
—Harold Gardner came down from Al-
toona on Monday evening and spent the
night with his parents here.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gheen entertained
over Sunday Mr. Gheen’s brother, Clarence
Gheen and wife, of Bloomsburg.
—Mrs. George C. Butz, of State College,
was at Cambridge, Mass., last week, going
up for the Butz-Joyner wedding.
—MTrs. Harry C Yeager and Miss Jennie
Irwin made a trip to Lewistown on Wed-
nesday, returning home the same day.
—The Misses Sara and Mildred Holt, of
Moshannon are guests of their uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kennedy Johnston.
—Miss Mary Warfield joined her mother
in Carlisle last week for a visit with her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J, Linn Har-
ris.
—John G. Love Jr., left for Philadelphia
on Monday to resume his studies in the
law department of the University of Penn-
sylvania.
—Senator Scott Leidy, of Marysville,
Pa., has been a guest this week of his
cousin, Mrs Glanding, at the Lutheran
parsonage
—Rev. Charles H. Rishel, pastor of the
Methodist church at Howard, was a busi-
ness visitor in Bellefonte on Wednesday
and paid this office a brief visit.
—J. T. Merryman, of Bald Eagle, trans-
acted business in Bellefonte on Monday.
Mr Merryman has charge of the state road
work between Bald Eagle and Sandy
Ridge
—Dr. M. A. Kirk left Bellefonte on Tues-
day for a visit with relatives in Clearfield,
Kylertown, and other parts of Clearfield
county, intending to be away the most of
the week.
—DMiles Morrison and J. O. Hartsock
came over from Philipsburg on Sunday to
see the latter's brother, John Hartsock,
who is slowly recovering from a spell of
sickness.
—James A. Fox, of Philadelphia, came to
Bellefonte yesterday for the funeral serv-
ices of his aunt, Mrs. Martin Cooney, which
will be held in St John’s Catholic church
this morning.
—J. E. Erlenmeyer, with M. L. Erlen-
meyer and wife, motored over from Liver-
pool and were over Sunday guests of Rev.
MacLeod and family, at the United Breth-
ren parsonage.
—Hardman P. Harris and his mother,
Mrs. Henry P. Harris, drove Wednesday to
Harrisburg where Mrs. Harris will visit
for an indefinite time with her sons there
and at Reading.
—Mrs. Charles Gilmour went to Wil-
liamsport Monday, intending to spend this
week and next with friends there and in
Philadelphia and in making a several day’s
visit at Atlantic City.
—Mrs. Scott and her daughter, Miss
Janet Scott, left early in the week for
Pittsburgh, where they will spend the
winter. Miss Scott has accepted a posi-
tion in the library at Homewood.
—After spending two weeks in Logan-
ton visiting her brother and sister Mrs,
Annie Forney returned to Bellefonte on
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Forney makes her
home with her daughier, Mrs. C. E. Gheen,
on east High street.
—~Samuel Tate, of Howard, came to
Bellefonte Wednesday, expecting to spend
two weeks with his nieces, Mrs. Fetter-
hoff, and Mrs. Rachael Noll, of Pleasant
Gap. During his stay here his family will
visit at Strausburg.
—Mrs. D. I. Willard went to Niagara
Falls, Ontario, a week ago, for a short vis-
it and to accompany Mrs Milton Willard
and her small daughter to Bellefonte to-
day. Mrs. Milton Willard had been at her
former home at Woodstock
—Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell I Gardner mo-
tored over from Clearfield on Sunday to
look after a few business interests, return-
ing home on Tuesday, as Mr. Gardner is
kept quite busy looking after the book-
keeping end of the Nickle-Alloy company
at Hyde City.
—After spending a week in Altoona vis-
iting her brothers and other relatives Miss
Bella Confer returned to Bellefonte on
Monday and spent two days at the Harry
Eberhart home on north Penn stret. On
Wednesday she went to Howard for a
day and yesterday left for Toronto, Can.,
where she will spend the winter with rel-
atives.
—Mr, John F. George, of Pittsburgh,
came to Bellefonte last Saturday and will
spend ten days here at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Cassidy, he being an un-
cle of Mrs. Cassidy. Since leaving Belle-
fonte twenty-seven years ago Mr. George
has worked for the Westinghouse people
up until about a year or so ago when he
was placed on the relief list.
—Mr. and Mrs. Milton R. Johnson with
their daughter Hazel and George James
returned from a month’s motor trip
through the middle west on Tuesday even-
ing. They were as far west as Clinton,
Towa, and returning stopped in Chicago
and other cities enroute. They covered
over twenty-two hundred miles and the
only car trouble on the entire trip was one
puncture.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edward F, Gehret and
Mr. and Mrs. Longer Wian, in Mr. Gehret’s
car, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Herman and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murtoff, in Mr. Her-
man’s car, motored to Johnstown on Sun-
day to see and hear ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt, who spoke at a big meeting of
workingmen. A tremendous crowd was in
attendance but the meeting was somewhat
spoiled by a hard rain and hail storm,
though the Colonel finished his speech
after the storm was over.
—Owing to Dr Dale’s being called to
service, Mrs David Dale will close her
house the first of November and with her
daughter, Anne Dodd, will go to spend the
winter at her former home in Gettysburg
Dr. Dale’s mother, Mrs. J. Y. Dale, will
leave about the same time for a visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Crossman, in Norris-
town, and with her sister, Mrs. Berger, in
Maryland before going seuth. Mrs. Dale,
as has been her custom for a number of
years, will spend the after part of the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. Wetmore,
at Florenee, South Carolina.
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| had any touch of home-sickness—in |
er, i fact, I know of no one. Pay day will |
Are Tr aining in Camp. | soon be around again. This fact is ev- | Reuben Comley Gets Verdict Against |
—Mrs. C. M. Bower is visiting in Will-
iamsport with her sister, Mrs. Shook.
—Philip Reynolds has been home for a
short visit preparatory to returning to
‘Princeton.
—C. C. Shuey is spending several weeks
looking after business in the eastern part
of the State.
—Mrs. Jonathan Miller, who has been
visiting in Selinsgrove, is ill at the home
of her sister.
—Mrs. Samuel Harris, of Mill Hall, has
been a guest of Mr and Mrs John P. Har-
ris this week.
—Mr. and Mrs. W L. Daggett have been
spending the week with their niece, Mrs.
Mainard Murch Jr, in Cleveland
—Mrs. T. E. Mayes and her small daugh-
ter went to Johnstown Sunday to see Mrs.
Mayes’ brother before he left Sunday to go
into service.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Miller have en-
tertained Mrs. Miller's two nieces, the
Misses Clarabella and Margaret Horner,
of Altoona, and Mrs. Austin Eckley, of
Snow Shoe.
—Mr. and Mrs. John 8S. Walker, Miss
McCalmont, Miss Shortlidge and Miss
Mary Gray Meek returned Wednesday
from a visit to Philadelphia and a three
days drive through the eastern part of the
State
—Dr. and Mrs. J Finley Bell with their
daughter and son, Evelyn and Samuel, and
Dr. Bell’s mother, Mrs. William Bell, drove
here from Englewood, N. J , Tuesday. Mrs
William Bell was returning from over a
year’s visit with her sons in New Jersey.
—Mrs. John Hinman Gibson, of Ruther-
ford, N. J., has been in Bellefonte during
the past week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs A. J. Cook. Mr Gibson having been
transferred to Chicago, Mr and Mrs. Gib-
son anticipate leaving soon to make their
home in that city.
—Mr. and Mrs: Charles Mallalieu, of Wil-
liamsport, having as motor guests Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Mallalieu and their two daugh-
ters, took Mrs. Robert Roberts and her
son to their home at Piedmont, W. Va.
The party made the return drive to Centre
county by way of Cumberland county.
—Yesterday the Hon. Harry B. Scott,
with Chas. S. Avery and M. Ward Fleming
Esq, motored from Philipsburg to this
place and were joined here by Judge Quig-
ley. The gentlemen then departed for
Washington, D. C., where they expect to
arrive for the closing sessions of Congress.
—Dr. Mary Shaffer, of Altoona; Mrs.
George Sellers, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Cross-
man, of Norristown, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles M. Thompson and three children,
of Elkhurst. W. Va., were all at State Col-
lege the latter part of last week, meeting
there as heirs in the settlement of the John
I. Thompson estate,
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First Drill for Boys’ Reserve.
Thirty-five boys between the ages of
sixteen and twenty reported to Col. H:
S. Taylor, at the Y. M. C. A. gymna-
sium last Friday evening for their
first drill as members of the boys’
working reserve. As stated some
time ago in the “Watchman” Col. Tay-
lor has been put in charge of the
movement in Centre county of organ-
izing all the boys between the ages of
sixteen and twenty years into a boys’
working reserve. He has secured men
to take charge of the work in other
parts of the county and he will per-
sonally look after it in Bellefonte and
vicinity.
A thorough organization will be
made and the boys enlisted similar to
an enlistment for army service. They
will be drilled in military tactics and
as soon as possible a full line of offi-
cers selected from their own ranks.
This in itself should give every boy an
incentive to do his best. The fact that
the organization is called a boys’
working reserve does not mean that
they will be called on at once to do
any and all kinds of work. In fact
they may never be called. Instead it
means the building up of an organiza-
tion of sturdy young manhood that
will be ready and willing to respond
in case such an emergency might
arise. And the training they will be
required to do will fit them admirably
for anything they may be called upon
to do.. And in the present crisis the
“Watchman” believes that every true
American boy in the county has
enough patriotism in his blood to
make him give a ready response to
this call for a united young manhood,
and parents should take enough inter-
est in it to discuss with their boys the
necessity of such training and the
good that they may thus be able to do
their country.
Mrs. M. C. Gephart will sell at
greatly reduced prices her entire
stock of exclusive underwear, corsets,
stockings and shirtwaists. Owing to
Mrs. Gephart having arranged to
leave Bellefonte as soon as possible,
this reduction sale will begin at once.
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For Sale.—Good cider barrels. In-
quire of D. Wagner Geiss. 39-1t
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Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel.............. we §
onions........c.c..eees
Eggs, per dozen.............. a 35
Lard, per pound....
Butter per pound.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up to six o’clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat .
White Wheate..i.c...c.iicc cc cinicinieriaiinsneins R
Rye, per bushel........... "
Corn, shelled, per bushel.
Corn, ears, per bushel............ 1.80
Oats, old and new, per bushel... . .60
Barley, perbushel.................covsienecerinveresoss 90
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening.
Lun rio ssssesssi hs shee $2.19@ 2.21
Wea =o 2 2s 2
—Yellow... 1
Cogn Mra 2.06@ 2.08
ats Re wae %
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Wigpr ea 13.25@13.50
Rye Flour perbarrel.............c...ccounnen. 9.50@10.50
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. l..... 11.00@21.00
eae te Mixed No. 1........ 14.50@18.50
SLLAW .coivsessrtioirsssintsenssiversisssasirivesvastes 10.00@14.50
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