-
Clevenstines Will Leave Pruner Or-
phanage on March First.
Mr. and Mrs. Clevenstine will give
up the care of the Pruner orphanage
on March first and move into the one
side of the Mrs. Mary Cole property
on east Bishop street now occupied
by the Hart family, who will move in-
to one of the Schad houses on Spring
street.
Mr. and Mrs. Clevenstine have had
charge of the orphanage ever since
it was founded nine years ago and
have had a number of children under
their care, and as evidence that they
have discharged their trust faithfully
and well is the fact that they have
taken as their own the one girl who is
now with them, and the two boys who
have been inmates of the orphanage
for several years made such a fuss
when they learned that Mr. and Mrs.
Clevenstine intended leaving that Mr.
Clevenstine stated to the “Watchman”
reporter, “that I guess I'll take them,
£00.” Thus he will not only be leav-
ing the orphanage but taking all the
inmates with him, so that whoever
takes charge of the same on March
first will have an orphanage without
any orphans.
Petromortis and Its Effects.
S. D. Ray, proprietor of the Belle-
fonte shirt factory, who had such a
narrow- escape with his life when he
was overcome with gas in the engine
room of his plant two weeks ago yes-
terday, has been at his work as usual
this week and is probably the only
man in the country who was the vie-
tim of petromortis and lives to tell
of it.
To a “Watchman” reporter Mr.
Ray stated that he had no warning
whatever of the attack. That he had
gone into the engine room as usual
to look at the engine to see if it was
working all right and had detected
nothing wrong. He had completed his
work and remembers going to the
steps leading to the factory, and from
that on everything was a blank until
he awoke to full consciousness in the
Bellefonte hospital about midnight.
It was not until 8:30 o'clock that
evening, about five hours after he was
overcome, that Mr. Ray showed posi-
tive signs of coming around all right,
and in speaking of it he said that he
just appeared as if dreaming in his
sleep and as if some one was trying
to wake him up but he was too sleepy
to hear or listen to them. :
When he finally came to the only ill
results he felt were in his lungs.
They hurt and seemed congested,
causing him to cough a great deal.
And this was the one ill effect of the
gas, as he is still slightly troubled
with a cough, though his lungs are
gradually clearing up.
Mr. Ray probably owes his life to
the fact that the gas caused him to
lose consciousness so quickly and fall-
ing down got under the main volume
of it, as the gas settles from the top
down. But be that as it may, he has
no desire to again test the effects of
petromortis and will take every pre-
caution in the future to see that his
engine room is properly ventilated so
that such a collection of the fatal gas
is impossible.
Penn State > Football ‘Schedule.
Notwithstanding the fact that all
athletics have been cut out at State
College for the coming spring the reg-
ular football schedule has been ar-
ranged for next fall, in the hope that
conditions will then be such that ath-
letics can be resumed. The only im-
portant change from last year is that
Cornell is again back on the State
schedule after a lapse of six years.
The full schedule of nine games is as
follows:
Sept. 28—Muhlenburg, at State College.
Oct. 5—Gettysburg, at State College.
Oct. 12—Washington and Jefferson, at
‘Washington, Pa.
Oct. 19—Dartmouth, at Hanover, N. H.
Bet 26—Lebanon Valley, at State Col-
ege.
Nov. 2—Cornell, at Ithaca.
Nov. 9—Rutgers, at State College.
Nov. 16—Lehigh, at South Bethlehem.
Nov. 28—Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh.
It will be noted that State has
scheduled Rutgers for Pennsylvania
day. It will be the first time Rutgers
has ever come to Centre county and
now that she is in the front rank of
foot-ball contenders State has been
unusually fortunate in being able to
schedule such a card for a home
game.
It might also be added that in 1919
Dartmouth will play on Beaver field
and possibly another big eastern
team.
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Fuel Situation Continues Serious.
The fuel situation in Bellefonte con-
tinues serious, especially in regard to
anthracite for domestic consumption.
During the week the Bellefonte Fuel
& Supply company received three car-
loads, but they were parceled out in
small consignments to domestic con-
sumers. Some few people were for-
tunate in securing a ton of the black
diamonds while others had to be sat-
isfied with as little as two hundred
pounds: As an example: A carload
of chestnut coal reached the yard on
Friday containing thirty-seven tons,
and on Saturday it was parceled out
to just eighty-nine customers, _oply
enough to the majority of them to
tide them over a few days.
So far there has been a fair supply
of soft coal coming in, but it is not in
sufficient quantity to permit of any
accumulation in the yards of dealers.
Fortunately the Bellefonte Steam
Heating company has been able to get
a supply to keep their plant in opera-
tion sufficiently to keep their custom-
ers fairly comfortable, and this is
more than some families are who have
to depend on coal and take their
chance of getting it.
“Send him a photograph’™—
Mallory Studio.
o9-
' loons, stores except. for the sale of
drugs and food, places of amusement
and nearly ‘office buildings.
Great Speaker at Petrikin Hall O
Sunday. .
Next Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock a great joint meeting of the
Sunday schools of Bellefonte will be
held in Petrikin hall, under the au-
spices of the W. C. T. U., in the in-
terests of national constitutional pro-
hibition. This date has been desig-
nated by the National W. C.T:U. as
a time when a special program will
be rendered in all the Sunday schools
in the United States.
Bellefonte has been fortunate
enough, through Mr. Ives Harvey,
president of the Centre county Sunday
school association, to secure for the
day field secretary W. C. Pearce, of
the International Sunday school asso-
ciation of North America, who will
address the meeting. He is heralded
as one of the very greatest Sunday
school workers in the country, besides
being an exceptionally fine speaker.
Everybody is invited to this meet-
ing, whether church workers or not,
as it is open to all, young and old
alike, men and women, boys and girls.
Remember the time, 3:30 next Sun-
day afternoon, January 20th.
Charles Thompson, of Elkhurst,
West Virginia, was in town yesterday
on his way home from a visit of sev-
eral days at his old home in Lemont.
His business North at this time was
to purchase the entire realty holdings
of his father, the late John I. Thomp-
son. This includes the properties in
Centre county as well as the lumber
and coal fields in West Virginia.
Charley has prospered since going
South, so much so that only recently
he purchased a whole town down
there, but with it all he is the same
democratic fellow that he was when
he spent his boyhood days riding and
driving over College and Harris
townships.
——To prevent coughs, colds and
sore throat call a White Line taxi at
the Bush house. Both phones. 2-4t
Free, $1.50 self-filling fountain
pen absolutely free with every sale of
$3.00 or over at Yeager’s on Satur-
day, January 19th. 3-1t
Manufacturing Plants Must Close
Five Days to Conserve Fuel.
Washington, January 16.—Ameri-
ca’s manufacturing enterprises with
but few exceptions, in all States east
of the Mississippi river, were order-
ed by the government tonight to sus-
pend operations for five days begin-
ning Friday morning as a drastic
measure for relieving the fuel famine.
At the same time as a further
means of relief it was directed that
industry and business generally, in-
cluding all normal activities that re-
quire heated buildings, observe as a
holiday every Monday for the next
ten weeks. This will close down on
Mondays not only factories, but sa- |
«While the order does not mention |
shipyards, it is known that they will |
be permitted to continue operations |
as usual, although munitions plants |
will be closed.
The government’s move came en-
tively without warning in an order is-
sued by Fuel Administrator Garfield
with the approval of President Wil-
son prescribing stringent restrictions
governing the distribution and use of
coal. It was decided upon hurriedly
by the President and government
heads as a desperate remedy for the
fuel crises and the transportation tan-
gle in the eastern States. Even mu-
nition plants are not excepted from
the closing down order.
Officials tonight would not discuss
the far reaching effects the action
would have on the industrial fabric,
and questions as to how the order was
to be interpreted to meet specific
problems went unanswered. :
The order prescribes a preferential
list of consumers to whose interest it
was drawn. These users will get coal
in the following order:
Railroads.
Household consumers, hospitals,
charitable institutions, and army and
navy cantonments.
Public utilities,
graph plants.
Strictly government enterprises,
excepting factories and plants work-
ing on government contracts.
Public buildings and necessary gov-
ernment, State and municipal require-
ments.
Factories producing perishable
foods and foods for immediate con-
sumption.
telephone and tele-
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Youth to Register as They Reach 21.
Washington, January 15.—The gov-
ernment has decided on draft regis-
tration of all young men as fast as
they become 21 years old as the means
of keeping filled the ranks of the war
army. It has decided against raising
the draft age limit above 31 years.
An administration bill was intro-
duced today at the request of the War
Department, by chairman Chamber- |
lain, of the Senate military commit- |
tee, to register for draft all men who |
have reached 21 since June 5, 1917, |
when the draft law became effective. |
The administration’s support seems
to assure its prompt passage. The |
bill agrees with the recent recom- |
mendation of Provost Marshal Gener-
al Crowder. Other administration |
bills introduced today by chairman |
Chamberlain, at the request of the
War Department, will supplement the i
draft law to make it workable under
conditions that have developed. One
would permit furloughing of national
army troops for harvest work or oth-
er civilian duty; another would elimi-
nate enemy alien population from ba-
sis of regulation for draft quotas by
making the basis for each State, the ,
number of men available in Class 1.
Harrisburg, January 15.—More
than 56,000 men have become of draft
age in Pennsylvania since registra- |
tion day for the selective service, of-
ficials at the State Draft headquar-
ters estimated today. All will be af-
fected by the bill proposed in Con-
gress, it was said.
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With the Churches of the
County.
, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Christian Science society, Furst
building, High street. Sunday service
11 a. m. Sunday school 9.45. Wed-
nesday evening meeting at 8 o’clock.
To these meetings all are welcome. A
free reading-room is open to the pub-
lic every Thursday afternoon from 2
to 4. Here the Bible and Christian
Science literature may be read, bor-
rowed or purchased. Subject, Janu-
ary 20th, “Life.”
St. John’s church (Episcopal).
Services beginning January 20: Sun-
day (second after the Epiphany), 8
a. m. Holy Eucharist. 10 a. m,
church school. 11 a. m. Mattins and
sermon, “The Church’s War Commis-
sion.” 7:30 p. m., evensong and ser-
mon, “The Baptism of Our Lord.”
Friday, Conversion of St. Paul, 10 a.
m., Holy Eucharist. 7:30 p. m., even-
song and address. Visitors welcome.
Rev. M. DeP. Maynard, Rector.
PINE GROVE MENTION.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Burley were
Bellefonte visitors on Saturday.
James E. Peters transacted busi-
ness at State College on Saturday.
William R. Dale is nursing a co10-
ny of Job’s comforters on the back of
his neck.
Drover Tussey failed to make his
trip through here last week owing to
an attack of tonmsilitis.
Our townsman, W. B. Ward, is vis-
iting friends in Altoona, and thus es-
caped a lot of snow shoveling.
J. D. Neidigh, the grain merchant,
shipped four carloads of $2.00 wheat
to the eastern markets last week.
Mrs. C. M. McCormick is suffering
with an attack of heart trouble and
Miss Mary Woods is housed up with
a bad cold.
Mother Earth is under a two foot
mantle of purity. Roads are block-
aded and most of the travel is through
the fields.
Rev. Victor Nearhoff is conducting
a protracted meeting in the Methodist
church in this place, which is being
fairly well attended.
On Thursday evening of last week
J. Foster Musser and bride were roy-
ally entertained at supper at the G.
Mec. Fry home near town.
Samuel Everhart went to Harris-
burg on Monday where he has been
serving this week as a juror in the
United States district court.
J. G. Baudis, a marine on the bat-
tleship Pennsylvania, is visiting" his
sister, Mrs. David Slagle, near Pine
Hall, and other relatives in the coun-
ty. .
Last Friday Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Wilson made their annual visit to the
J. E. Reed home at Rock Springs,
where they always find a warm wel-
come.
Mrs. Samuel Hess was taken to the
Bellefonte hospital last Thursday and
| on Saturday morning underwent an
operation. Latest reports are in ef-
fect that she is doing well.
Butchering is about ‘over in this
section and Nevin Meyer holds the
belt for having slaughtered the
heaviest porker, one that tipped the
beam at the 640 pound notch.
About half of the water pipes in
town froze up last Saturday night and
many of them bursted. In fact it was
so cold that the big fourteen inch
flume running to the flouring mill
froze and burst.
William Groh Runkle Esq., of Belle-
fonte, was in town on Monday after-
noon on legal business. He has some
valuable real estate holdings in the
township and makes frequent visits
here looking after his property.
A sledding party from Lemont and
State College were royally entertain-
ed at the W. H. Glenn home here last
Friday evening. Refreshments were
brought along and it proved a most
delightful evening for all present.
Word reached here of the arrival of
a little girl in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Randall Dunlap, of Cherry Tree,
and the infant has been named Chris-
tine Josephine Wilson Dunlap. As it
is the first grand-child in the family
Grandpa Dunlap is feeling rather
puffed up.
Mrs. W. H. Sasserman was taken
to the Altoona hospital last week to
undergo an operation for gall stones
and other ailments. She was one of
our Pine Grove Mills girls, before her
marriage being Miss Annie Hammer,
and her many friends hope for her
speedy recovery.
Although there is an embargo on
our railroad Pine Grove Mills is still
on the map, as on Wednesday Henry
Meyer started on his contract to car-
ry the mail between the two towns
and make two round trips a day.
Heretofore we had a mail at 4 p. m.
Now mail leaves here for State Col-
lege at 7:30 a. m., and 2:30 p. m., and
returning arrives here at 11:30 a. m.
and 4 p. m.
The newly elected officers of Tus-
sey Council No. 515 A. of 1. A., were
duly installed last Saturday evening
as follows:
Counsellor—F. B. Krebs.
Vice Counsellor—C. C. Williams.
Recording Sec’y—J. R. Smith.
Asst. Sec’y—E. E. Royer.
Financial Sec’y—G. R. Dunlap.
Treasurer—W. H. Glenn.
Conductor—E. R. Long.
Warden—C. M. Parsons.
Inside Sentinel—George Burwell.
Outside Sentinel—E. H. Bloom.
Jr. Past Counsellor—A. L. Burwell.
Trustees—C. H. Martz, F. B. Krebs,
E. Royer.
. Representative to State Council—
G. C. Corl; alternate, A. L. Burwell.
‘BOALSBURG.
John Kimport spent several days
in Altoona.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jacobs enter-
tained a few friends at their home on
Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reitz and son
Henry, of Stonevalley, spent the
week-end with friends in this vicinity.
Newton Yarnell came home from
Paxtonville on Monday, where he has
been employed for several months,
the firm for which he was working
being obliged to shut down on account
of the coal shortage.
Mrs. Harry Shugerts, of Altoona,
visited her sister, Mrs. George Shu-
gerts, who has been ill for a few
weeks.
Mrs. Mabel Mothersbaugh and son
Daniel, of Aaronsburg, were recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Moth-
ersbaugh.
A sled load of young people from
State College were entertained at the
home of Charles Mothersbaugh on
Tuesday evening.
Peter McCulla, of Grand Island,
Neb., spent a few days last week at
the home of James Poorman and with
the Segner families.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Houtz and
Mr. and Mrs. Orie Houtz and chil-
dren, of Centre Furnace, were visit-
ors in town recently.
John Stover Sr., of Pleasant Gap;
John Stover, of Altoona, and Miss
Louise Shuey, of State College, were
guests at the home of Wm. Stover,
recently.
A sled load of folks from town
spent Monday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarlane, it be-
ing the fifteenth anniversary of their
marriage.
Mexicans Execute Ten Army Officers.
Mexico City, January 14.—Ten ar-
my officers, including General Leoca-
dio Parra, out of forty-five. arrested
in connection with a plot to kill Gen-
eral Alfredo Novo, commander of the
military district in the State of Mex-
ico, and Augustin Millan, Governor of
that State, were executed today at
Toluca, the State capitol, about forty
miles from this city.
The plot was discovered last Thurs-
day and involved the looting of To-
luca.
Summary court martial preceded
the imposition of the death penalty.
The remainder. of the forty-five men
accused were released.
New Advertisemcnts.
OR RENT.—Rooms, furnished or un-
furnished, above Garman’s store.
Apply to P. H. McGARVEY. Bell
phone 173 R. 63-31t
rapher for one of the leading bus-
iness houses of Bellefonte.
munications to be sent to this office
W *Sipher to book-keeper and stenog-
All com-
3-1t
ELLEFONTE STORE PROPEKTY
FOR SALE.—The Store Building
and Lot. known as the Foust prop-
erty, on west High St., Bellefonte, Pa., is
offered at private sale. It is a two-story
frame structure with store room on first
floor and dwelling above, now occupied
by John A. McGinley’s cigar store and
pool room. Address inquiries to
PATTERSON and PATTERSON, Atty’s,
63-3-3t Clearfield, Pa.
that Geo.
I. Brown, J. P., of Clarence, Pa.
county of Centre, is hereby ap-
pointed explosives licensing agent in Clar-
ence, Pa., and is duly authorized to exe-
cute and fulfill the duties of that office
NO Brown is to certify
according to the Act approved October
6th, 1917. (Public No. 68, 65th Congress).
DAVID VAN H. MANNING,
63-3-1t Director.
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LEGGETT'S)
GUTH’S
ores Chocolates
PERFUMES
FINE LINE TOILET ARTICLES
AND SUNDRIES
Green’s Pharmacy Co.,
os The largest and oldest Drug Store in Centre County
The Car Load of 25
Caloric Furnaces
are all sold and in use, and everyone
without exception giving great
satisfaction.
We Expect Another Carload
in a few days. The cost of operat-
ing is half of what it costs to run a
Steam Plant of same capacity
Let us talk the matter over with you
The Potter-Hoy Hardware Co.,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
62-35
OTICE.—The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Whiterock
Quarries will be held at the office
of the company in the Centre County bank
building, Bellefonte, Pa., on Monday, Jan-
uary 28th, 1918, at ten o'clock a. m., for
the election of directors for the ensuing
year and to transact such other business
as may properly come before such meet-
ing.
L. A. SCHAEFFER,
Bellefonte, Pa., Secretary
Jan. 10th, 1918. -2.2
DMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.—Letters
of administration having been
granted to. the undersigned upon
the estate of Daniel Hall, late of Union-
ville borough, deceased, all persons know-
ing themselves indebted to the same are re-
quested to make prompt payment, and
those having claims against the same must
present them duly authenticated for set-
tlement.
SARAH F. HALL,
J. EUGENE HALL,
S. Kline Woodring, Administrators,
62-50-6t Attorney. Unionville, Pa.
XECUTOR'S NOTICE.—Letters testa-
mentary having been granted to
the undersigned upon the estate of
Martha Alricks Johnson, late of Belle-
fonte borough, deceased, all persons
knowing themselves indebted thereto are
hereby requested to make prompt pay-
ment, and those having claims against the
same must present them, duly authenti-
cated, for payment.
W. HARRISON WALKER,
Executor,
62-48-6t Bellefonte, Pa.
Centre Engineering and
Foundry Company
South Thomas St. Bellefonte, Pa.
All kinds of Gray Iron Castings.
Sled Soles a specialty. Send us
your pattern or bring sled so
we can get shape.
ALL KINDS OF MACHINE WORK DONE
Call us on Commercial phone
and let us quote you on Scrap
Iron and Steel.
J. P. HARBOLD,
63-2-1m
Manager.
INSURANCE!
Fire and Automobile Insurance at a
reduced rate.
62-38-1y. J. M. KEICHLINE, Agent.
Mr. Farmer
YOU NEED
—LIME
NOW more than ever before.
Potash is scarce. Your soil con-
tains considerable potash in una-
vailable form; an application of
burned lime in some form, such as
H-O OR LUMP
will make a portion of this potash
available for crops. Order Lime
early and be prepared.
_ High Calcium Pennsylvania Limes.
Write for Booklet.
American Lime & Stone Co
63-2-11t General Office: TYRONE, PA
DAIRY FEED
A Balanced Ration and a Milk Producer
Consisting of Cotton Seed Meal, Wheat Bran, Alfalfa
Meal, Molasses, Gluten Feed, Fine Ground Oats
and Salt.
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS :
Crude Protein 17.50 %
Crude Fat . 3.00
Carbohydrates 45.00
Crude Fibres . 15.00
‘TRY IT AND BE CONVINCED.
WASTE PAPER BALERS—Save waste paper. Waste}Paper is worth more :
money than you have an idea of. Get a BALER to-day and save BOTH.
Soon pays for itself and is a constant source of profit.
DON'T feed 6 cent milk to calves. Sell the milk and feed the calves
«RYDES™ CALF MEAL. Is less expensive and better for the calf.
BEEF SCRAP—55% Protein, 10 per cent. SCRATCH FEED—Lay or Bust.
Grit, Oyster Shells, Charcoal, Linseed Meal, Old Process Oil Meal. Wag
ons, Sleds, Sleighs, Pumps. Etc.
Dubbs’ Implement and Seed Store,
BELLEFONTE. PH.
POWER.
EFFICIENCY. DURABILITY.
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PRICES HAVE ADVANCED AS FOLLOWS:
Four from $ 985 to $1050
Six from $1250 to $1385
Now is the time to BUY as prices will advance further at any time.
A
GEORGE A. BEEZER, AGENT,
North Water St. 61-30 BELLEFONTE, PA.