Democratic; atc Bellefonte, Pa., February 15, 1918. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Editor. Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to sub- seribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 BUY THRIFT STAMPS. Centre County Asked to Bestir Itself in a Patriotic Cause. Centre county is far behind the country in the purchase of war sav- ings and thrift stamps. An average of only 53 cents per person has been taken of these convenient little gov- ernment securities. Including the week of February 2nd, when there was a big advance in the sales, only $23,455 of the $876,- 200 allotted to this county, had been sold. A statement from the War Depart- ment, showing how valuable to the soldier the purchase of even one .25- cent thrift stamp may be, is as fol- lows: “A single thrift stamp—25 cents—will buy a tent pole or five tent pins, a waist belt or hat cord, shoe laces and identification tags; two thrift stamps will buy one trench tool, one pair of woolen gloves; four thrift stamps will buy two pairs of canvas leggins; six thrift stamps, $1.50, will buy five pairs of woolen socks, three pairs summer drawers, summer undershirt; twelve thrift stamps will buy a steel helmet to protect some soldier at the front; one war savings stamp will buy 100 car- tridges; another will buy a car- tridge belt, a scabbard for a bay- onet; four war saving stamps will buy a rifle for some soldier at the front fighting for the cause of liberty; three and one-half war savings stamps will buy three pairs of woolen blankets for the comfort of the men in the trench- es, and two and one-half war sav- ings stamps will buy a gas mask for the protection of some moth- er’s boy from the deadly attack of gas; three war savings stamps will buy an overcoat or two wool- en service coats. Two war sav- ings stamps will purchase two pairs of woolen breeches or two flannel shirts.” From the above statement you will readily see what part an individual may take in the purchase of savings and thrift stamps. It should be our individual pleasure to assist in raising the amount allotted to Centre county, so that the men at the front may be supplied with the required necessities. We can not all hope to purchase Lib- erty bonds but we can do our ‘bit” in purchasing these little government securities. In a letter from the state director, my attention has been called to the fact that Centre county took a slump in the sales recently, and an appeal has, therefore, been made to our peo- ple to at once increase materially the sales of these war savings and thrift stamps. In order that you may know that the people of Centre county have NOT become exorcised in the purchase of these savings stamps, etc., your at- tention is called to the counties of the State that have exceeded $1.00 per person, as you will notice by the fol- lowing statement: Cameron. ... av. .0, fh, ol 2 81S) Columbia. ...................... 200 Cumberland. ................ ... Call at your nearest postoffice and purchase a goodly number of these stamps, and decide to continue to pur- chase them so long as they are avail- able. The people of this country must take advantage of every opportunity afforded. The inyestment alone should .appeal to every person, young or old, in the county. Let me therefore appeal to every patriotic citizen to become interested in this feature of helping the young men who have enlisted in this great war. Make a loan, no matter how small, to your Government, and make it at once. W. HARRISON WALKER, Chairman War Savings Committee for Centre County. A Big Fence. One day last week chief of police Harry Dukeman arrested a man nam- ed Harris on the charge of entering a house at Clarence and stealing some wearing apparel. Harris confessed the theft and told Dukeman he had sold the stuff to Oscar Andrews, of Lock Haven. On Monday officer Dukeman went to Lock Haven and with constable W. W. Pettingill secured a search war- rant and went to the Andrews home, where they uncovered one of the big- gest fences ever found in this section of the State. On the second floor they found three rooms and a hall- way jammed full of furniture, car- pets, clothing and tools of every de- scription. Andrews was arrested and jailed on the charge of receiving stol- en goods and the police will endeavor to locate the owners of the plunder. The Bellefonte Academy foot- ball banquet was held at the Acade- my on Wednesday evening, and was a most successful affair. Unlike for- mer banquets it was held at the reg- ular supper hour, six o’clock, and it was after ten when the final toasts were responded to and the invited guests departed for their respective homes. men Pyl your ad. mn the “Watch- man. A 3 ! KENNELLY.—James Kennelly, a | veteran of the Civil war and one of ! the best known residents of Spring Mills, passed away at 5:15 o'clock last Friday morning following a brief illness with penumonia. He was a son of Stephen and Sa- rah Kennelly and was born at Spring Mills on July 22nd, 1838, thus being 79 years, 6 months and 16 days old. When a young man he learned the carpenter trade and worked at that occupation until the breaking out of the Civil war when he enlisted as a private in Company G, 49th regiment Pennsylvania volunteers and saw con- siderable service. Returning home he resumed his occupation as a carpenter and followed that line of work until his retirement a few years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church and of the Shannon Post G. A. R. In March, 1863, he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Cane who died in 1898. Surviving him, however, are the following children: Mrs. Perry Krise and Thomas C. Kennelly, of Spring Mills; Mrs. Martha Sheesley and Daniel W. Kennelly, of Shamo- kin; Stephen J. Kennelly, of Spring Mills, and Robert Gates Kennelly, of Reedsville. He also leaves three sis- ters and two brothers, namely: Mrs. David Burrell and Daniel Kennelly, of Spring Mills; Mrs. James Dubbs, of Philipsburg; Mrs. Kate Smeltzer, of Centre Hall, and R. G. Kennelly, of Spring Mills. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church of Spring Mills at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning by Rev. W. H. Williams, after which the Spring Mills P. O. S. of A assisted at the burial in the Cross cemetery in Georges valley. il I STOVER.—Mrs. Catharine Stover, widow of Daniel Stover, was found dead in bed at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Howard Evey, at State Col- lege, last Thursday morning. She had been in declining health for some time owing to her advanced age but at that her death was quite a shock to her friends. She was a daughter of Godfrey and Mary Baisor and was born on a farm near Centre Hall on July 7th, 1833, hence was in her eighty-fifth year. Her early life was spent in the vicini- ty of her birth but after her marriage to Mr. Stover she resided in Fergu- son township. In 1911, following the death of her husband, she went to State College and made her home with her daughter. Her surviving children are William E. Stover, of Turtle Creek; Charles, of Millheim; John, of State College; Ralph, of Ak- ron, Ohio; Mrs. Sarah Thompson, of Howard; Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson and Mrs. Howard Evey, of State Col- lege. She also leaves seventeen grand-children and twelve great grand-children. Funeral services were held in the Pine Hall Reformed church at 2:30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon by Rev. S. C. Stover, assisted by Rev. J. W. Long. Burial was made in the Pine Hall cemetery. Il 1l GUISEWITE.—Miss Sarah Guise- wite, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Guisewite, of Aaronsburg, died at 5:45 o'clock on Monday morning after less than a week’s illness. She was born in Aaronsburg twenty-nine years ago and during her short life had so lived that she was loved and esteemed by all who knew her. Al- ways bright and cheerful, with a smile and a kind word for everybody, she had a large circle of friends who sin- cerely mourn her death. She was a member of the Reformed church and Sunday school since early girlhood and an earnest worker in both. She was also a member of the Lodge of Rebekahs, of Millheim, and a charter member of the Patriotic Order of Americans of Aaronsburg. In addition to her parents she is sur- vived by two sisters, Mrs. Harry Bow- er and Mrs. Fred Rachau, both of Aaronsburg. Funeral services will be held in the Reformed church at Aaronsburg this (Friday) morning at 10:30 o’clock by Rev. W. D. Donat, after which burial will be made in the Reformed cemetery. Il li SALMON.—Lock Haven jost one of its best known and most enterprising citizens on Monday in the death of David Salmon, who passed away after a brief illness with pneumonia, aged 77 years. Starting in life as a con- tractor and builder he became inter- ested in the fire brick industry in 1885 and was prominently connected with the organization of the Queen’s Run, Hayes Run and Lock Haven fire brick companies. It was largely through his efforts that the soldiers’ and sail- ors’ monument was erected in that city, and he was also quite active in securing a federal building for Lock Haven. He had been a member of the Masonic fraternity for fifty-two years, and interested in all church and philanthropic movements. He is survived by his wife, three sons, two brothers and five sisters. fl ll THORNLEY.—The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Thornley sympa- thize with them in the loss of their little daughter, Dorothy June, who passed away at 4:30 o’clock on Tues- day afternoon after less than a week’s illness with bronchial pneumonia. The child was born April 24th, 1914, hence was 3 years, 9 months and 18 days old. In addition to the grief-stricken parents a .little brother, Roy Thorn- ley, survives. The funeral was held at 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the only service being at the grave, and which was conducted by Dr. E. H. Yocum. Burial was made in the Union cemetery. BAILEY.—Mrs. Mary Catherine | Bailey, widow of the late W. H. Bai- i ley, passed away at her home near Pine Grove Mills on Sunday morning. Two weeks previous she had a bad fall fracturing her hip, and later con- tracted a cold, dying of exhaustion. She was a daughter of the late Rob- ert and Mary Bailey Glenn and was {born at Erbtown on August 18th, 1 1838, hence had reached the advanced 'age of 79 years, 5 months and 23 days. On January 29th, 1857, she was united in marriage to W. H. Bailey and the result of their union was eley- en children, five of whom survive as follows: J. Calvin Bailey, of Pine Grove Mills; Mrs. John Sausserman, of Baileyville; Paul, of Hollidaysburg; A. 8S. and Miss Nancy at home. She also leaves two sisters, Nancy and Sa- rah Glenn, at the old parental home at : Baileyville. She was a member of the Presby- terian church for sixty-nine years and always took a great interest in all kinds of church work. For more than half a century she lived on the Bailey farm near Pine Grove Mills and her home was always renowned for its hospitality to friend or stran- ger. Mr. Bailey died in 1908 and since that time she had personal charge of the farm and managed it most suc- cessfully. While a home-loving wom- an she was also widely known throughout Ferguson township and universally respected and loved by everybody. Funeral services were held at her late home at twelve o’clock on Wed- nesday by Rev. L. V. Barber, assisted by Rev. W. K. Harnish, after which the remains were laid to rest beside the body of her husband in the Grays- ville cemetery. li Il SEIBERT.—Judge William N. Sei- bert, of the Perry-Juniata judicial district, dropped dead in the Pennsyl- vania railroad station at Duncannon at eight o’clock on Monday morning while waiting for a train to take him to Mifflintown to preside over a ses- sion of court. When he left his home in New Bloomfield earlier in the morn- ing he was enjoying his usual health. Less than a year ago Judge Seibert was quite seriously ill as the result of an attack of heart trouble, although he had apparently regained his accus- tomed vigér it was.a recurrent attack which caused his death. Judge Seibert, who was a brother of Dr. J. L. Seibert, of Bellefonte, was a son of William Seibert, a local preacher of Perry county, where he was born about seventy years ago. He was elected president judge of the Perry-Juniata judicial district in 1911 hence would have had four more years on the bench. He was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church of New Bloomfield. Judge Seibert was quite well known in Bellefonte as in addition to his frequent visits to his brother, Dr. Seibert, he had presided over the Centre county courts on va- rious occasions. He is survived by his wife and two sons, William Seibert Jr., and John, the former a member of the Perry county bar. I Il HERKIMER.—George S. Herkimer, a well known farmer of College town- ship, died at his home near Houser- ville last Saturday morning of a leak- age of the heart, with which he had suffered for some time. He was a son of Christ and Sallie Herkimer and was born at Houser- ville on July 9th, 1461, making his age 56 years and 7 months. He followed farming most all his life and was an industrious, enterprising citizen. On October 21st, 1887, he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Brennan, who survives with three daughters, Mrs. Daniel Lutz, of State College; Mrs. George Kline, of Houserville, and Ed- na, at home. He also leaves one sis- ter, Mrs. Martha Roan, of Indiana, Pa. He was a life-long member of the Reformed church and Rev. S. C. Sto- ver had charge of the funeral which was held in the United Brethren church at Houserville at ten o’clock on Tuesday morning, burial being made in the Houserville cemetery. I I KESSLER.—Mrs. Amanda Kessler, widow of the late Peter Kessler, died at her home in Rebersburg on Thurs- day of last week, following an illness of some weeks with a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Walker and was born in Rebersburg on May 20th, 1840, hence at her death had reached the age of 77 years; 9 months and 20 days. She was a life-long member of the Lutheran church and a woman highly esteemed among a wide circle of acquaintances. She was united in marriage to Peter Kessler in 1858, he dying about ten years ago. She had no children but is survived by two sisters and one brother, name- ly: Mrs. Robert Vonada, of Reading; Mrs. J. F. Garthoof, of Bellefonte, and Wilson Walker, who lives in Illinois. Funeral services were held in the Lutheran church on Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. D. Hunsicker, after which burial was made in the Rebershurg Union cemetery. y If HEBLEY.—Miss Orpha Hebley, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Heb- ley, of Orviston, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. A. Williams, in Lock Haven, following an illness 6f many months. She was twenty-sev- en years old and in addition to her parents is survived by one brother and three sisters, namely: George, of Orviston; Mrs. C. A. Williams, of Lock Haven; Mrs. A. A. Harmon, of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. E. P. Walsh, of Orviston. The funeral was held at two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, burial being made in the Highland cemetery, Lock Haven. LOSE.—George Alfred Lose, dropped dead at 4:45 o’clock on Sat- urday afternoon while talking with friends in W. T. Twitmire’s stove store. A physician diagnosed the cause of death as heart failure super- induced by arterio sclerosis. Deceased was a son of Isaac and Catharine Lose and was born in Belle- fonte on December 30th, 1845, hence had attained the age of 72 years, 1 | month and 9 days. When a young man he developed an inordinate fond- ness for horses and the result was he engaged in the livery business. He also bought and sold horses and for many years his stable was among the best known in Bellefonte. When the advent of the automobile drove the horse livery out of business Mr. Lose still kept one horse and a rig, which were at once his pride and delight. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary Gherrity who survives with three children, Mrs. Thomas Jenks and Joseph Lose, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Cyrus W. Labe, at home. He also leaves four brothers, Calvin Lose, of Aaronsburg; Isaac, of Williams- port; Scott, of Bellefonte, and Louis, of Hollidaysburg. Funeral services were held at his late home in the Bush Arcade at 2:30 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. W. K. McKinney, after which burial was made in the Union cemetery. Il il SENSOR.—Frederick Sensor, one of the oldest residents of Union town- | ship, died on Sunday morning as the result of a stroke Thursday night previous. His par- ents were John and Nancy Peters Sensor, pioneer settlers in Bald Ea- gle valley, and he was born in Union township on June 28th, 1825, hence had reached the advanced age of 92 years, 7 months and 12 days. All his life was spent in Union township with the exception of the three years he served in the Civil war as a member of Company H, 56th Pennsylvania volunteers. He was wounded three times and spent eleven months in southern prisons. By occupation he was a farmer and for fifty years lived on the same farm about a mile north- west of Unionville, In 1849 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Sankey, of Halfmoon val- ley, who died eleven years ago. Sur- viving him, however, are the follow- ing children: George W. and William B. Sensor, of Tyrone; Mrs. Laura Am- merman, of Blue Ball; Mrs. Alice Hall and Miss Minnie, at home. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Ellen Brower, of Tyrone. Funeral services were held on Tues- day morning at his late home by Rev. W. A. Lepley, assisted by Rev. M. C. Piper, after which burial was made in the upper Unionville cemetery. Il il PETERS.—John Peters, a native of Centre county, died at his home in St. Joe, Mo., on January 29th, of pneumonia following a stroke of par- alysis. He was a son of Benjamin and Susan Bloom Peters and was born at Oak Hall seventy years ago. He went west forty years ago and lo- cated in Kansas but twenty years ago moved to Missouri where he met with considerable success as a farmer. He was a charter member of the Modock hunting club of Boalsburg and came east regularly every season for his an- nual hunt on the Seven mountains, spending a month in Centre county last fall. He is survived by seven sons and one daughter, as well as two half-brothers and a half-sister, all living in Kansas. Il 1I BAKER.—George K. Baker, a vet- eran of the Civil war, died at his home in Downs, Kan., on January 30th, of pneumonia. He was born at Oak Hall seventy-seven years ago and went west thirty-eight years ago. He spent most of last summer among his Cen- tre county friends. He was a member of the old 148th regiment, the late Gen. Beaver’s command during the Civil war. Surviving him is one son, living in Kansas, and a sister, living at Lemont. Il il STONE.—Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stone, of Orviston, are mourning the death of their eight months old daughter, Doris May, who died at midnight Sat- urday after a brief illness with diph- theria. Mr. and Mrs. Stone deserve the sympathy of the community in which they live as only a few weeks ago their nine year old son died. The body of the infant daughter was taken to Woodland, Clearfield county, on Monday for burial. ooo Marriage Licenses. Following is a list of the marriage licenses granted during the past week by Register Frank Sasserman: Harry Howe and Madeline Smith, both of Philipsburg. Samuel D. Neff, of Tusseyville, and Anna E. Steward, of Spring Mills. Edwin M. Reese, of Snow Shoe, and Hazel D. Fetzer, of Curtin. ——Christ Beezer is going to help solve the milk problem in Bellefonte by starting a dairy route next Monday morning. He has a nice herd of Guernsey and Holstein cows and will sell both milk and cream. Philip Mignot, nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mignot, un- derwent an operation for appendicitis, at the Bellefonte hospital, on Wednes- day morning. Every indication is for an early recovery. ——The Bellefonte Lodge of Moose held their annual banquet last evening in their rooms in the McClain block. ——Christ Decker, who had quite a sick spell the early part of the week sf was considerably improved yesterday. sustained the for Warmer Weather Melts Snow and Ice. years a familiar figure in Bellefonte, The warmer weather of the past week has melted much of the snow and ice and relieved the water famine that has prevailed the past month or , more throughout the country districts. The streams, too, have been filled up but not to that extent where the wa- i ter has been high enough to do any damage. Moderating the latter part of last week it continued comparatively ‘warm until Tuesday evening when i there was a heavy downpour of rain. ‘During the night it grew colder and | the weather Wednesday was just cool i enough to keep the snow from going laway with a rush and causing floods. ‘At that many of the country roads .are well-nigh impassible. In many ' places they were packed two feet deep j with ice and snow and the warm weather softened the whole mass to i that extent that horses would go :down so deep they would stick fast, and in some places throughout the country had to be shoveled out. The warm weather has also been a great relief so far as the coal supply 'is concerned, and at present Belle- fonte is not suffering in this respect. All the yards have both anthracite and bituminous coal on hand, not a large supply but enough for present demands, and with traffic on the rail- roads becoming freer there is hardly any likelihood of the Bellefonte sup- ply reaching the famine stage again. Among the Soldier Boys. B. Graham Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Hunter, was commis- 'sioned as an ensign in the United | States navy on Friday of last week. | Prior to coming home on a furlough about a month ago Graham took the | examination for a commission at League Island and was among the highest in standing of all who took ithe examination. The commission awarded him last Friday is a just rec- ognition of merit. Though he has not | been assigned at this writing it is | highly probable that he will be made an assistant paymaster, as he has been in that work ever since his en- listment. Ogden B. Malin, who has been in Canton, Ohio, the past few months, spent Sunday at his home in this place and on Monday morning left for Washington, having enlisted for serv- ice during the war. His orders were for him to report to the Sea Coast Carriage division in the ordnance de- partment and just where he will be sent he, of course, would not know un- til he received his assignment in Washington. -eae— Woman Suffrage Party Convention. The annual convention of the Wom- an Suffrage party of Centre county will be held in the Red Cross room of Petrikin hall, Thursday, February 21st, 1918. The convention will be called to order at 10 a. m., and at noon the Suffrage party of the bor- ough of Bellefonte will provide dinner for the delegates and guests from out of town. In the afternoon there will be an informal conference of the officers and workers of the Bellefonte Chapter of the Red Cross. We shall be glad to have the Red Cross members who do not belong to the Suffrage party attend the morning session and be with us at dinner. Please send to Mrs. R. S. Brouse, Bellefonte, not later than Thursday, the 19th, the names of all those from your district who will be our guests at dinner. Mrs. ROBERT MILLS BEACH, Chairman W. S. P. Centre County. Another Big Week at the Scenic. Next week’s offering at the Scenic will eclipse the big week of motion pictures shown some time ago, and will be the most remarkable program ever crowded into one week at any moving picture theatre. Read the fol- lowing list: Monday - evening—The great spectacular production, “The Garden of Allah,” in ten reels, with Helen Vare in the leading part. Tuesday evening (if fuelless day is abandoned)—‘ ‘The Freedom of the World.” Wednesday—Geraldine Farrar in “The . Woman God Forgot.” Thursday—Madame Petrova in “More Truth than Poetry.” Friday—The famous battle front picture of Italy, graphically depicting actual war- fare in the mountainous heights. Saturday—A good Paramount and others. : Matinee and evening exhibition every day. picture ernie etme Yl eric ose ionti School Children to be Made Census Takers. Pupils in the public schools in Cen- tre county as well as throughout the entire State are to be made census takers to make a survey of farm la- bor needs and farm resources. The work will be done under the head su- pervision of the county superintend- ent and the teachers of the county. In this way it is hoped to get accu- rate data as to what farm help will be needed to get out the spring crops and where it is needed. Regular blanks will be supplied the pupils for the purpose of securing the necessary data and farmers are urged to co-op- erate with the children by giving them full and correct information. The information will be for govern- ment use only and not for general publieation. Louis Daggett has decided to give up his job ut the Bush house on April 1st and will establish a whole- sale agency in Bellefonte for the handling and distribution of non-al- coholic beverages, a product of man- ufacturers in Rochester, N. Y. His territory will consist of Centre, Clear- field, Union, Mifflin, Blair and Clinton { counties. | {ban G. McSherry, Shoemaker — Sprankle. — The an- nouncement has been made of the marriage on Saturday evening, Feb- ruary 2nd, of Joseph Carlton Shoe- maker, second son of Elisha and An- nie Shoemaker, of State College, and Miss Lucy Marie Sprankle, a daugh- ter of Alvin and Ora Sprankle, of Pe- tersburg, the wedding having taken place at the Y. M. C. A., Washington, D. C, Rev. Paul R. Hickok, of Troy, N. Y., performing the ceremony. The { bride was attended by her aunt, Miss Annie Scott, who was visiting friends in Washington. The bridegroom is enlisted in the U. S. forestry corps, Company B, Twentieth engineers, and is at present stationed at Camp Uni- versity, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Shoemaker will remain with her hus- band in Washington until he leaves for France. McSherry—Wise.— A wedding that will be of interest to “Watchman” readers in Bellefonte was that on Thursday morning of last week of Al- ; of Gettysburg, and Miss Nan Wise, of Spring Grove, York county, the ceremony being. per- formed by Rev. Father M. J. Hynes in the Sacred Heart Catholic church at Spring Grove. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wise, for years residents of Bellefonte. Her husband is chief clerk in the Gettysburg hotel and it is in that city they will make their home after a brief wedding trip. Houser—Lamberson.— Luther Allen Houser and Miss Julia Lamberson, both of Huntingdon, were married at the parsonage of the Methodist Epis- copal church in Hollidaysburg, last Friday afternoon, by the pastor, Rev. E. E. Harter, the ring ceremony be- ing used. The young couple came di- rect to Centre county to spend their honeymoon among the bridegroom’s relatives at Houserville after which they will take up their residence in Huntingdon where Mr. Hoover is em- ployed as an automobile machinist. The Soldier’s Father. A good friend of the “Watchman” writes that John E. Harrigan, an at- torney with the Boston Elevated Rail- Way company, at a recent meeting of the Clover Club of Boston, in response to the toast, “The Fathers of Our Sol- diers,” finely expressed the following intensely patriotic and noble thought: “What can one say, when one’s only son, in whom one’s dreams and hopes and life are bound up, has gone over there to France to stay perhaps a year, perhaps three years, perhaps forever,—but who is over there to see that at any cost that flag is kept fly- ing? What can one say? “One can say this—what a million other fathers tonight are saying, con- sciously or unconsciously—that it is the one pride and glory of my life that if my own strength and life are of no value to my country in her fighting line I can at least ‘give a son; and a son who needed no word from me to give himself. “Hopes and ambitions—why, I never dreamed anything so sublime, I never imagined a destiny for my son so great as that which he has achiev- ed. He is wearing the uniform of an American soldier; he is interposing his arm and his breast between’ his country’s enemies. Nay—he is wear- ing the livery of heaven. He is fight- ing for God. “What can one say?” Philipsburg’s Costly Fire. A fire which had its origin in the livery barn of Josiah Pritchard, of Philipsburg, entirely destroyed the barn with all its contents except the horses, Mr. Pritchard’s big brick ga- rage and badly damaged the Emerick Motor Bus company garage and ad- joining dwelling. Upwards of eighty automobiles were burned and the damage is estimated at $150,000. Mr. Pritchard’s loss alone is estimated at $50,000, although he had $1,000 insur- ance on his livery barn and contents and some insurance on his automo- biles, of which he lost thirty-one. *oe ——Many public sales will be held in Centre county this spring and far- mers generally who are going to make sale give two reasons therefore. One is the shortage of and high priced farm labor and the other that they anticipate unusually high prices for all kinds of stock as well as farm im- plements. The latter reason is prob- ably the strongest one. Many far- mers who have had in mind retiring the past year or two, and very likely would retire anyway in a year or so are taking advantage of the antici- pated high prices this spring to make sale and get all out of their per- sonal effects they can. But even though a large number are retiring some other men will take the farms and none will be allowed to lie idle during the year. —“The Marriage Question,” which comes to Garman’s next week, is said to tell the truth, to hide noth- ing, to lay bare the secrets of the home, to be the greatest jolt ever handed to hypocrites, and to provide a shock to those who have been frightened in years past to face ques- tions which are coming up continually. The parent who has evaded his duty to his children, the elder brother who has hesitated to talk to his younger relatives, the older friend of young folks who has dodged questions which are natural enough, are touched upon in this play in a way that carries a lesson. Matinee and night, Tuesday, February 19th. Matinee for ladies only. ——The Germans are certainly a hopeful people. They are consoling themselves now with the absurd fic- tion that an Indian uprising will pre- vent the sending of American troops abroad in great numbers. Veet
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