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Bellefonte, Pa., January 25, 1918.
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To Correspondents.—NoO communications
published unless accompanied by the real
name of the writer.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
Du Barry will be shown at the
Scenic today (Friday).
«The Garden of Allah,” (10)
reels, will be shown at the Scenic Feb-
raary 18th, and the official battle
front pictures of Italy on the after-
noon and evening of February 22nd.
__ Levi Miller, tax collector for
Spring township, will be at the Gar-
man “hotel Saturday to receive taxes.
Remember after February 1st, 1918,
five per cent. will be added on all un-
paid taxes.
— The Stag Club basket ball team
of Lock Haven will play the Belle-
fonte Academy five in the Y. M. C. A.
gymnasium this (Friday) evening at
8:30 o'clock. The Academy team has
been playing 2 splendid game and the
contest this evening will be worth
seeing. Admission 25 cents.
Forty-six members attended
the big turkey dinner at the Elk’s
club on Tuesday night given by the
losing team to the winners in the an-
nual pool tournament. While every-
body present enjoyed the repast the
turkey naturally tasted better to the
winners than it did to the losers.
A telegram reached Bellefonte
Wednesday afternoon from Judge
Henry C. Quigley, at Rochester,
Minn., containing the information
that County Treasurer David Cham-
bers had undergone an operation that
morning at the hands of the Mayo
brothers, and that the same was a
success.
In the report of the casualties
in France the past week appears ‘the
name of “C Stanley, Howard, Pa.”
So far as could be learned there is no
family of that name living at Howard.
There are Stanleys in Boggs township
but no information could be obtained
yesterday of any member of the same
being in France.
— Among the twenty-five enlist-
ed men selected at Camp Devens,
Georgia, to attend the engineer offi-
cers’ training school at Camp Lee,
Va., is Edward C. Lyon, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Lyon, of this place.
Their youngest son, Jack Lyon, is now
somewhere in France, with an Ameri-
can ambulance unit.
— In spite of the cold, blustery
weather last Friday afternoon the W.
C. T. U. Thimble Bee at Mrs. Car-
son’s was well attended and many
bandages were completed for the war
relief. Delicious refreshments were
served and a very pleasant social time
enjoyed. Watch next week’s paper
for notice of time and place for next
Thimble Bee.
Mitchell I. Gardner, formerly
of Bellefonte but now a resident of
Clearfield, has been appointed d dep-
uty revenue collector in Clearfield
county for the purpose of assisting in
the collection of the income tax. His
duties will require him dividing his
time between Clearfield and DuBois,
and possibly some of the other towns
in Clearfield county.
— At church services on Sunday
morning Father Downes read the
financial report of the Catholic parish
which showed that it is now free of
debt and has a nice sum in its treas-
ury. This condition was brought
about through the generosity, of the
late Father McArdle who provided in
his will for the payment of the mort-
gage against the property.
: Among the list of eligibles to
police sergeant from patrolman in
New York city is William H. Field-
ing, a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. An-
drew J. Lytle, of College township.
Mr. Fielding stands thirty-second on
a list of 1297 names, and is to be con-
gratulated upon his good fortune.
The salary of a police sergeant in
New York is $1950 a year.
— John Folk went to Williams-
port last Friday and took the exam-
ination for a bugler in the U. S. ar-
my. He passed successfully but will
not be called for enlistment for some
time yet. John has been tooting his
bugle around Bellefonte during the
past five or six years and has had
some training in the Boy Scouts and
if he ever gets into the United States
army somebody will know that he’s
there.
{.ast Sunday afternoon a very
interesting and inspiring address was
given by W. C. Pearce, field secretary
of the International Sunday School
association of North America, at the’
prohibition meeting in Petrikin hall,
where a substantial collection was
taken to start a fund for work in Cen-
- tre county for Pennsylvania ratifica-
tion, the men present being especially
urgent that definite steps in this di-
rection be taken at once. The Mens’
Centre c¢ounty Temperance League
will meet next week and so the good
work is going on. :
— Just before noon on Wednes-
day Roy C. Whitmer, who conducts
the electrical supply house in the
Bush Arcade, was badly burned in the
face by the explosion of a storage
battery. He had just recharged the
battery and was in the act of sealing
the top when it exploded and the
strong acid struck him en the right
side of the face. His right eye is bad-
ly burned and up to yesterday after-
noon it could not be told whether he
will lose the sight of it or not. Quite
a large spot was also burned on his
forehead. The left eye is uninjured.
Just what caused the explosion is un-
known.
DOING HER “BIT” IN FRANCE.
Miss Bertha Laurie Tells of the Work
She is Doing and Other Interest-
ing Details.
Somewhere in France,
December 9th, 1917.
My Dear :
The first letters I received were
from you and Jessie (Mrs. Eldredge,
of Cape May) both on the 9th. You
can imagine how glad I was to get
them. I wish you could see the dar-
ling place where we live, and at least
where we sleep, for we are at the
recovered from a bad attack of the
grip and now Mrs. Seibert is confined
to her bed with pneumonia, and her
condition is quite serious.
; Don’t imagine that because the
| Scenic has had such a feast of good
pictures for its patrons this week that
it will not be up to the standard next
week, because it will. Barring Tues-
i day, when the place will be closed in
government, good pictures will be
shown every evening,
an evening you are sure to miss some-
thing worthwhile seeing.
ee ee
James D. Seibert just recently] FARMING ON A BIG SCALE. £2
i
| Over $90,000 Worth of Produce Grown
On Penitentiary Farms Last Year.
crop report at the end of the year and
discovering that the value of the same
for the season was just $93,383.42,
don’t you think he would fel very well
satisfied with his
' And that sum is the exact valuation
| accordance with the request of the of the produce grown on the penal |
| farms at Rockview by the inmates of
'ding to a compilation just completed
{by John Francies, warden of that in-
accomplishment ? |
—M. A Landsy left on Tuesday on a
month’s business trip to Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dawson, of Alfoona,
| fonte.
| Miss Martha Barnhart has been spend-
"ing the week at home, owing to the clos-
| ing of the schools in Tyrone.
| Robert Maitland, of Williamsport, vis-
| ited here for the week-end, a guest of his
i aunt, Mrs. Charles Cruse, and her family.
Misses Winifred M. Gates and Pearl
|B. Royer spent Saturday and Sunday at
and if you miss the new western penitentiary accor- state College as the guests of Miss Helen
| Robb.
Mrs. George Lentz and her daughter
Hut, which is out at the camp, all day.
I'm afraid you would not enjoy our — Charles C. Shuey has been as- |
1 . . . .
‘stitution, and which was given the | Mildred will go to Harrisburg today, ex-
“Watchman” for
room, as it is on the ground floor
with no window to open at night ex-
cept the French window with a poor-
ly bolted shutter, but that leads out
onto a stone balcony, and a garden
with high walls and an iron gate
locked and a growling dog. There are
stables in the distance, rookeries,
fountains, gravel walks, flower beds
and strange trees. It really is en-
trancing, and in our little room, two
most beautiful French walnut beds,
and a chest of drawers with a black
and gold oval mirror hung over it,
and a washstand with a lid laid back,
all of which “would make Henry's
(Linn) mouth water.
The cunningest brown porcelain
stove, which Georgette lights before
we get home at 8:30 or 9 o’clock, and
puts our bedroom slippers on the top.
each of our beds. Inthe mornings she
comes in at 6:30 with a shovel full of
burning wickers and starts our little
stove to burning, then brings our
chocolate and hunks of brownish
bread, which we eat in bed with the
tray on a pillow between us.
She told us this morning that she
had been married last January and
her husband was killed in April. She
which she showed us. It was really
so pathetic that we all cried together,
tears dropping into our chocolate.
The poor little soul. She is only
twenty-one and usually is gay as a
lark. We get hysterical trying to
understand each other. After our
chocolate she brings hot water and
takes our shoes away to shine. It re-
ally is most luxurious, but too far
away from our work. We can’t seem
to get there before 9:30 o'clock. We
leave there at 8:30 or 9 o’clock, and
as we're not allowed to walk alone at
night, we sometimes ride in the Colo-
nel’s cars, sometimes in the ambu-
lance and once in the army truck, a
huge thing they carry water in.
We are working under difficulties
at the camp now, as carpenters are
still swarming around, and we can’t
get settled and fixed up. The canteen,
by the way, is the coldest place I ever
felt. I wait on the counter dressed in
wool from head to feet, wool stock-
ings, galoshes over our shoes, flannel
shirtwaist, and great coat, and even
then I’m numb with cold. Two small
wood stoves will not heat a. room
twice as big.as the armory, but Ican
think of nothing in the world I would
rather do than just this.
the Outlook said, come back again
and again, buying a few cent’s worth
each time, just for the chance to talk
washed the windows of our sitting
sociated with the Liberty Loan com- | week.
mittee of the Centre county district | Last fall during the canning season,
as secretary to the chairman. Mr. | the “Watchman” published an article |
Shuey will devote his entire time to |in regard to the big tomato crop
publication - this | pecting to be guests of friends for the
week-end.
— William A. Carson, of Haines town-
ship, was a Bellefonte visitor on Wednes-
day and found time to make a brief call
She also puts ahot water bottle in |
had a picture of him in his casket |
work in the interest of the next loan,
which will be offered early in the
spring, and his experience and char-
| acter will prove of great service to
the committee. Plans are already be-
ing made for an active canvass.
___R. M. Olmstead, agent of the
county farm bureau, informed the
| “Watchman” this week that the U.
|S. government will bring to the Unit-
{ed States this year one hundred
| thousand tons of nitrate of soda for
| fertilizer purposes, and the same will
| be distributed through the States and
{localities where most needed. The
| price will be $25.50 a ton at port of
‘entry. Mr. Olmstead will explain the
matter fully next week.
Bellefonte readers of the
| “Watchman” will probably be inter-
{ested in learning that Rev. Mr. Ben-
!ton, at one time rector of the Episco-
{pal church in this place, has moved
| from Fredonia, New York, to Hills-
| boro, North Carolina, going there on
[account of Rev. Benton’s health, as
{the rigors of our northern winters
were a little too much for him. A
friend of the gentleman sends
him the “Watchman” regularly
{and it is the one link that connects
{him and his family with their old as-
sociations in Bellefonte, and both
Rev. Benton and his good wife appre-
ciate the paper very much.
Property Changes.
Mark Williams recently purchased
the Charles Rine property on Thomas
street and will take possession about
the first of April.
What has long been known as
the Samuel Shugert property on
Spring street, lately occupied by Miss
Martha Alricks Johnson, was sold at
public sale last Saturday afternoon
and was purchased by the Misses Hoy
for $1533. It is their intention to
have the place remodeled into a com-
fortable home for themselves and
move there from their present resi-
dence along the state road.
Red Cross Work Room to be Moved
February 1st.
As announced in the “Watchman”
last week, the County Commissioners,
os their regular meeting on Friday,
formally voted to extend to the Red
The men do just as the article in | Cross the privilege to use the library
{in the court house as a work room, j
land formal offer of same was made
{the part of the Commissioners and is
| This was a most generous act on’
‘grown in the penitentiary gardens,
| but the statement was then far too
|low, according to the exact figures
| given now. When the fact is taken
{into consideration that all the work
| of seeding, growing and harvesting
| the crops is done by the inmates of
| the institution, under the supervision
| of practical farmers, it is certainly
' remarkable and proves the wisdom
| of Warden Francies’ oft-repeated dec-
'laration that in time the penitentiary
| would become self-supporting. In fact
{the grain and produce grown on the
i farms will not nearly all be used at
the Rockview institution, as large
| supplies have been sent to the old
| penitentiary at Pittsburgh.
| But enough of it is being used at
Rockview to give the inmates better
‘and more nourishing food than it
‘would be possible to do under any
| other circumstances. Following is a
‘ detailed list of the products grown,
| read it carefully and we feel sure it
| will be a convincing argument of the
efficacy of the prison farm system:
| GARDEN.
IBeans, Ary ......oounveaienies pounds 7,034
Beans, stringless ........... bushels 1,720
Beets i... a fees bushels 786
Berries (elder and straw)....quarts 200
Cabbage tons 209
| Carrots bushels 376
| Celery stalks 8,289
| Corn (fodder from sweet corn).tons 14
{ Corn, SWEBE . cl eee dozens 6,387
Cucumbers. ...2. ....covveesee bushels 27¢
Bndive: LL... io cercrinesssisnees pounds 296
Y.ettuce ....... s
Onions, dry .. 50
Onions, green
Parsley iL... 0d iin,
Parsnips
Peas dry
{ Radishes bushels
{ Rhubarb ...baskets 20
Rutabagas ..bushels 730
Tomatoes bushels 5,874
ITOrNIDS onccsrveesncrivonns bushels 1,351
, Corn bushels
Hay -... 3
{Oats ... »
| Potatoes ..........ceeiininnnn bushels 10,012
IRye .....ccceivevinnnsannenn. bushels 133
i WHERE (oc veorneinassnrasesnonne
: Fodder
| Ensilage
Straw ...........5..
VADDIOS (ivi iiieeainnsarinees bushels 2,058
ICherries ...........c..ciiieens quarts 532
i Peaches ....... .bushels 11
1Cider- ........ ..gallons 568
Blackberries . ..quarts 5
Raspberries ............ ..quarts 180
Hueckleberries ......c.......cus quarts 93
| Blderberries ........... 00000. quarts 640
MEATS.
Bell vi. iva raise vrei pounds 15,700
Pork (dressed) -........ev.s.. pounds 25,740
Tard... 5 a pounds 7,390
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Milk pounds 234,592
Butter (Aug. to Dec. inclusive)..lbs 2,512
| LIVESTOCK BORN DURING YEAR.
'to the executive board of the Red '
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS.
alii aistenis Sali siti bse tons 125
to you. They watch every move and | Cross on Wednesday, the 23rd, and Gols | Se ssh Ea pea ve Ud 21 |
you can hear them say, “that looks | gccepted by them. Pigs
homelike.” For instance: When I
Ice
Soap
{ at this office.
—Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Beezer have been
i in Baltimore this week, going down Mon-
| day for the funeral of Mrs. Beezer’s uncle,
| Stephen Thall.
—Dr. W. K. McKinney will spend Sun-
‘day in Tyrone, where he will have. charge
| of the communion services in the Pres-
byterian church.
—John P. Harris Jr., of Newton Hamil-
ton, and his son John, were guests over
Sunday of Mr. Harris’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John P. Harris.
—Mrs. Howard F. Gearhart returned to
Philadelphia yesterday. Mrs. Gearhart
had been visiting here with her mother
since before Christmas.
Miss Anna Sheeder, of Pine Glenn,
who is in charge of the school at Valley
View, spent the week-end here with her
sister, Mrs. C. Y. Wagner.
—Dr. Joseph Brockerhoff will leave late
next week for Philadelphia, where he will
join James Pierpoint for a trip to Flori-
da, expecting to be in the South until ear-
ly spring.
Miss Edna Shontz came here from
Johnstown Monday, to spend a part of the
week with her sister, Mrs. Robert ¥. Sech-
ler, leaving yesterday to go on to her home
in Mifflinburg.
—John Smith, who has been visiting
with his mother, Mrs. Peter Smith, left
the early part of the week to accept a po-
sition with one of the leading drug firms
of Philadelphia.
—Miss Minnie Musser, of Millheim, came
to Bellefonte Wednesday, summoned here
by the illness of her sister, Miss Mollie
Musser, who occupies apartments in the
og | Lane building on High street.
— Miss Caroline Foresman, who is work-
ling in Centre county in the interest of the
Y. W. C. A. organization, was called to her
home at Hadley, Pa., Sunday, on account
of the serious illness of her mother.
—Mrs. Van Jodon and Mrs. Jesse Ders-
tine accompanied Mrs. Bartley and Mrs.
06 | Heisler to Beaver Falls last week, going
there to attend the funeral of Mrs. Bart-
ley’s grand-daughter, Mrs. Patterson.
—Mrs. R. S. Maloy and her small child
are with Mrs. Maloy’s parents in Phila-
delphia, expecting to remain there during
the extreme winter weather. Until Mrs.
Maloy’s return, Dr. Maloy will live at Mrs.
2 | Tanners.
— Mrs. J. Will Conley went to Pitts-
burgh Wednesday for a visit’ with her
daughter, Mrs. W. B. Wallis, and during
her absence Miss Lucas, of Howard, will
| be a guest of Mrs. Conley’s mother, Mrs,
| John Meese.
— Mrs. BE. J. Burd, of Millheim, will
! spend next week with her sister, Mrs.
Eben Bower, coming here to be with Mrs.
. Bower when Mr. Bower leaves for service.
| Mr. Bower completes his course at State
| College this week. :
— Mrs. Robert Morris is arranging to re-
| turn to Kennebunk Port, as soon as the
| weather will permit her undertaking the
' journey. The illness of her mother, Mrs.
room, with a pink apron on, some of | greatly appreciated by the Red Cross
them almost wept over me. “That |as the present work room in Petrikin |
looks like mother,” they said. “If I hall is much too small to accommo- |
was there I'd be helping her, you date the increased number of workers. |
bet.” - It’s so pathetic it hurts. But The new quarters will be occupied |
we know, for they’re mot bashful | after February 1st, but owing to the
about telling us, how glad they are to fact that the court house is not heat-
have us here, and how they appreciate | ed at night, the library will only be
the thought that we came just for the
tht eateries yh a de pounds 3,170
Smallpox Victim Fined One Hundred
Dollars and Costs.
Titcom, makes it necessary for her to go
to Maine at this time.
—Charles F. Beatty, of the Beatty Mo-
tor Co., was in Pittsburgh last week, going
mr over for a consignment of Ford cars,
William Schreckengast, the man ' which he brought back as far as Bell-
who traveled from Akron, Ohio, to wooed, the roads being impassable for the
Bellefonte by train while afflicted with , remainder of the trip.
the smallpox, was arrested last Fri-| —John D. Meyer, of Altoona, was in Cen-
day by constable Howard Smead and tre Hall within the past week, going over
purpose of trying to make them more
comfortable and less lonely. |
We have three boys detailed to help |
in the Y. M. C. A. Hut, and they are
all nice boys, but one named Mecln- |
tric is especially so, he’s so afraid we
won’t get enough to eat, getting our
own meals, he smuggles hot biscuit,
pancakes and stew from his compa-
ny’s kitchen—he seems to stand in
with the cook.
The water here is very bad, and al-
though it is doctored out at the camp
and we try not to drink it here at the
house, it has affected many and a!
delightful Major Black has taken |
charge of us and ordered us to drink |
nothing but water that we have boiled
a half hour. Think of me, usually so
water crazy, so afraid of it that I
i
hardly drink a drop. I'd give any- |
thing for a gallon of Bellefonte water. |
We came home early this evening, |
but we had hardly gotten settled in
our little room when Georgette came
in and asked us to go to Madam, and
Mademoiselle. The daughter can talk
about as much English as I can
French, and believe me we had a ri-
otous time. After Papa Chapatot'
was fat and pink like uncle, a country
gentleman, and he got so interested
at the tea table teaching us the names
of things that he ran and ransacked
the cupboard for crumb brushes and
other odd things which are important
for us to know. I don’t see when we
are going to get time to take French
lessons, but I feel I must learn. Per-
as anxious to learn English as we
are French, will converse with us, and
that will help some.
Really I think of you lots and all
my Bellefonte friends, but I hope and
pray that this war will soon be over
and we can be together again. Love
to you and yours,
BERTHA.
Anywhere, day or night. Three
cars. Prompt service. Buy a six trip
ticket, $1.00. White Line Taxi Co.
Call Bush house, either phone. 2-4t
|in Petrikin hall in the evening.
came in it was funnier than ever. He
haps Mademoiselle Chapatot, who is |
c butcher, caught the dog, adopted it,
‘with the result that it will probably ' Job.
used in the afternoons for the pres-
ent, and work will continue as usual taken before justice of the peace
iS. Kline Woodring who imposed a
| fine of $100 and costs, which Mr.
Couldn’t Kill the Dog,
But Got Schreckengast promptly paid.
Arrested.
Schreckengast contracted the dis-|
| ease while working at Akron and after
On Thursday of last week one of being informed that he was suffering
the state policemen at Pleasant Gap with smallpox left that city one morn-
made a trip to State College and ing about two o'clock and went to
going through the town discovered a Pittsburgh where he boarded the
dog that wasn’t tagged. Now the dog Pennsylvania-Lehigh train and came
in question was a stray that wandered to Bellefonte, landing here early in
into the town one day and about the the afternoon of December 21st, and
only friends he had were the school after greeting a few friends in town
children, with whom he was very went to the home of his parents, Mr.
friendly and playful. Of course hav- 'and Mrs. H. E. Schreckengast, who |
ing no owner, he naturally had no tag. live on the back road from Pleasant
Seeing this Mr. state policeman Gap to Zion.
caught the dog and shot it through | Railroad officers had little trouble
the neck then left it go. The shot tracing the man, but were compelled
failed to kill and the dog ran down to fumigate cars in which he travel-
an alley. Then a borough officer took ed as well as the baggage room in
two cracks at it, but his marksman- this place in which he left his bag-
ship was bad and he failed to score a gage. The State Board of Health
hit. But both he and the state cop was also notified and at the instance
gave a chase and caught the dog. of the State Health Commissioner a
Then holding it down with one foot guard was put over Schreckengast
the state preserver of the peace be- and when he recovered and all his
gan to beat it over the head with the clothes and the Schreckengast home
butt of his revolver, it is alleged. had been properly fumigated Consta-
An old-time resident of the College ple Smead went out, made the arrest
was standing nearby and he calmly and brought the man before ’Squire |
‘remarked that the policeman’s meth- Woodring who imposed the fine above
od of treatment was cruelty to ani- named.
mals, whereupon the state cop releas-| So far as known no other cases of
ed the dog and arrested the man. The the disease have developed through
latter was taken before a justice of young Schreckengast’s rashness, ow-
the peace and fined for interfering ing no doubt to the fact that when he
with an oficer in the discharge of his made his trip from Akron to Belle-
duty. : : fonte the disease had not yet reach-
In the meantime Fred Resides, the od the centageous stage.
aa oe mei
— Railroading these days is some
Every train is late, passenger
recover from the treatment dealt out ; trains being sidetracked to allow
to it and become a faithful beast, ~~ {reights to pass. On Tuesday even-
This would be a good place to end ing the passengers on mail train west
this story but unfortunately it isn't “did not reach Bellefonte until 7:30
the end, for some of the good people o'clock and the train east in the even-
of State College who believe in the ing did not reach Bellefonte until
prevention of cruelty to animals after midnight. It was detained at
swore out a warrant and had the state Unionville by the blowing out of one
cop arrested for cruelty to animals side of the locomotive and it took
and shooting within the borough lim- three hours to get another one from
its. : Tyrone.
tagged it and is now doctoring it up
for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Meyer, before they leave for
Columbia, S. C., where they will spend the
| remainder of the winter.
—D. W. Miller, of Pine Grove Mills, was
one of the men from over the county who
defied the weather Wednesday, in coming
to Bellefonte to look after some business.
Mr. Miller drove to State College and from
there came on in the bus.
— Miss Helen Ceader went to Altoona the
beginning of the week to join Miss Lota
Bokel, who had been there for a few days
with friends, and for the Alma Gluck con-
cert Tuesday night. Miss Bokel will con-
tinue gher visit in Bellefonte before re-
turning to Baltimore.
William Stewart, of Seattle, Washing-
tom, was an arrival in Bellefonte last
Thursday evening for a visit with his
mother, Mrs. Miller Stewart. He reached
Chicago over twe weeks ago, just in time
to be caught in the big blizzard at that
place, and was held there five days.
— Dr. and Mrs. Edward O. Dyer, of Sut-
ton, Province .of Ontario, Canada, have
been at Blanchard visiting Mrs. Dyer’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Kunes. Mrs.
Dyer arrived a menth ago to spend a part
of the winter owing to the poor health of
her father. Dr. Dyer came to the States
about ten days ago and will spend several
weeks in Centre county.
—Capt. W. H. Fry, the man who regu-
larly dishes up the Pine Grove Mills pen-
‘ cilings for the “Watchman,” is in Harris-
burg this week attending the annual meet-
ing of the State Board of Agriculture and
also the annual meeting of the State Vet-
erinary association, of which he is vice
president. It is the thirty-fifth annual meet-
ing and Capt. Fry has missed very few of
them.
— Thomas Fanning, the Centre
county young man who last month
‘was arrested at Freeport, Ill, on the
charge of deserting from the oS.
army, has been tried by court martial,
and was sentenced to twenty years in
the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan., according to information
received from Freeport. Fanning de-
serted from Camp Grant, at Rock-
ford, Ill, sold his uniform and went
to Freeport where he was discovered
and arrested.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. | Potter-Hoy Co. Banquet Employees
| and Distribute Bonuses.
The Potter-Hoy Hardware company
gave their employees the customary
3 : 3 | s ent Sunday visiting friends in Belle-
Imagine a farmer figuring up his p { annual banquet last Friday evening
land as a fitting climax distributed
{$1,200 in bonuses among their em-
{ ployees, ranging in value from seven
per cent. of the year's income te
those drawing the lowest salary to
four per cent. to those paid the high-
est salary.
In order to have the feast different
from any ever given before it was
served right in the big store room on
High street and consisted of chicken
and waffles, ice cream, cake and cof-
| fee. The meal was prepared by Mrs.
Gowen Thomas and Mrs. Foreman
jand was served by Donald Potter andl
{Paul D. Sheffer. Included in the
guests were all the employees and the
wives of the married men, just thirty-
two all told.
The banquet lasted from eight un-
til twelve o’clock: and two victrolas
furnished the music. Of course there
was speech-making after the feast
had been disposed of and the event
proved conclusively the perfect har-
mony that exists between the mem-
bers of the company and its very effi-
cient corps of employees.
Frozen to Death in a Coal Mine.
Last week W. S. Budinger, of Snow
| Shoe, went into an abandoned coal
{ mine owned by Frank Tubridy, near
| Moshannon, on a search for some ofd
| cars and at the first drift he found
ithe lifeless body of Edward Ward,
laged 35 years, of Clearfield, who had
{ evidently gone into the mine for pro-
| tection against the weather and had
{ frozen to death.
i The last seen of Mr. Ward alive
| was on the previous Monday when he
| went to Moshannon for a visit with
his brother, Thomas Ward. He never
reached his brother’s home and it is
supposed that being about overcome
with the cold he went into the mine
and perished.
The unfortunate man was a son of
Hugh Ward. He was unmarried but
in addition to his father is survived
by two brothers and six sisters. Bur-
ial was made in the Catholic ceme-
tery at Snow Shoe on Sunday.
eve
Social Doings.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Naginey
gave a turkey dinner at their home
on High street, Tuesday evening, at
six o'clock. Covers were laid for ten,
the guests including Mr. and Mrs.
Naginey’s closest friends in Belle-
fonte.
Members of the future social set of
Bellefonte were entertained Monday
afternoon by Mrs. C. D. Casebeer, in
celebration of her daughter Betty's
third birthday. Everything that could
in any way contribute to the pleasure
of the little tots had been arranged
for, making it one of the happy events
of their childhood.
>
For Sale.—A house and lot in Cole-
ville. Apply to William Carson,
Woodward. *®
Sale Register.
February 28, 1918—At the residence of W.
H. Coldwell on the Aaron Hall farm, 3%
miles north of Unionville, on the Rattle-
snake road, 10 head horses and colts, 6
cows, 9 young cattle, brood sows, shoats
and full line of farm implements. Sale
at 10 a. m. L. F. Mayes, auctioneer.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel. oui sine $1.26
OniONS....ov. jevenee 0to 2.50
Eggs, per dozen 58
Lard, per pound........ccoceenvuernicsnnissnnnininaasaans 25
Butter, per pound...
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up tosix o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press.
Red Wheat.......cvuunmmimnesnisisnssessensenne $2.08
White Wheat.. 2.00
Rye, per bushel 1.50
Corn, shelled, per bushel... 1.60
Corn, ears, per bushel............... 1.60
Oats, old and new, per bushel 75
Barley, per bushel . 1.00
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening:
Wheat—Red...conisruerrruscrrarenssisesissssess $217e 2.19
$¢ —No. 2... . 215@ 2.17
Corm —Yellow.......... 2-35@ 2.40
—Mizxed new.. 2.30@ 2.25
OALS ..eeperiveervnarnrisssriasinsasss 91@ 92
Flour—Winter, per barre 10.10@10.25
‘“ —Favorite Brands....... .00@11.25
RyeF lour, ber barrel..............ooveueeee. 9.75@ 10.60
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy No. 1... 15.00@29.08
*” ” “" Mixed No. 1....... 22.50@28.00
SLIAW ,..conrarenrarsesesessesns 14.00@18.00
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