RL —— | YOUNG.—George W. Young, a for-| TATE.—Fred Reynolds Tate died ¢ 'mer resident of Bellefonte and a vet- jin Altoona on Tuesday morning after |eran of the Civil war, died last Thurs- | an illness of some weeks with tuber- = {day morning at the home of his! culosis. He was aged 28 years and is Bellefonte, Pa., March 22, 1918. i daughter, Mrs. Wesley O’Day, at Nor- | survived by his mother and the fol- me | thumberland, as the result of a gen- lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Editor. | eral breakdown. {Ida McCann, of Altoona; Harry E. Terms of Subscription.—Until further | He was born near Bellefonte and | Tate, of Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. F. S. Ay- notice this paper will be furnished to sub- | Was 80 years, 11 months and 13 days | ers, of Williamsport; Charles A. Tate, scribers at the following rates: old. When the Civil war broke out | of Altoona; Boyd, of Mt. Savage, Paid strictly in advance - - $150 and the President called for volun- |Md., and Merle at home. The re- Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 | teers Mr. Young enlisted as a mem- | mains were brought to Bellefonte Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 !ber of Company A, 45th P. V. I., and | yesterday for burial in the Union cem- A he | when his term of enlistment expired | etery. BOROUGH COUNCIL MELANGE. |re-enlisted in Company I, 6th cavalry. ! EoRiierahid “Ti Bas B He was wounded in service and car- | onsiderable Business Jefore 1or-|ried a bullet in his body the balance | The report of the war savings and ough Fathers Monday. of his life, even to the grave. Most LD stamp campaign for the week Monday evening’s meeting of bor- of his life was spent in Bellefonte and | ending March 9th, according to chair- ough council was well attended, only Viciniiy aul he 41 lived Yast he hag man W. Harrison Walker, shows a one absentee being noted. John M. |. e So ence and respect of all who | gypstantial increase for Centre coun- Keichline, tax collector during the new. am, Mrs died £ v | ty. We are third for that week, and year 1916, appeared before council rs. Young died four years ago but | thirteenth for the entire campaign in and demanded that some action be ny de deceased are the fol-[the eastern district of Pennsylvania, taken upon the list of taxes he had owing children: Andrew B. Young, forean in the “Watehand - offh jeand our per capita is now $1.50. handed in for exoneration over a year |p oo i) AB . c 3 hig an tN Ce | Centre county is getting down to ago. He made the demand because Cu “ia hig Kirk hh OF YEW" real business. Let us keep it going. last year he was charged in the aud- a 7 i ES = ph K ate, Ko Lock |1,6t us not be contented or satisfied itor’s statement with over nine hun- avon: 1d TS. d os ig A an of ‘until we go “Over the Top” and se- dred dollars and unless the exonera- a eid, an TS. Wesley ay, OL i cyre our per capita of $20.00 for every tions were granted there would be a Northumberland. He also leaves one | 5; woman and child in our county. charge of several hundred dollars sister, Mrs. Crissie Brooks, of Milton, | “now Shoe last week sold 704 war against him in this year’s statement, who is in her 83rd year. savings stamps, having a maturity which he considered unfair. At the Sonstal services were held at the |yajye of $3520.00, and giving that request of president Walker the bor- |; ay home in Northumberland at |y,,.0ugh about $8.50 per capita since ough auditors, who have completed :30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon and January. Rebersburg is now $10.30 their work held over their report for |" Monday morning the remains were per capita. Mr. Walker says: “Al- two weeks and in the meantime the |taken to Jersey Shore for burial. though I do not have figures to give Water comittee, borough solicitor, ll ll Mr. Keichline and the borough audit- a per capita, my information from a PATTON.—Following an illness of |large list of towns and boroughs is to ors are to get together and adjust the | more than a year with a complication | the effect that “drives” accounts, allowing Mr. Keichline | of diseases Mrs. Martha Blanche Pat- |made, and the results are first-class. A Boost the Thrift Stamp Campaign. are being whatever exonerations he is entitled |ton, wife of Robert A. Patton, of Port | The rural sections of the county are to and charging him with only those | Matilda, passed away at her home in [Not doing so well. Every person taxes which he should rightfully stand | that place at 6:45 o’clock last Friday |should respond to the demands and re- for. morning. Her maiden name was |quirements of our government, and James R. Hughes again appeared | Welsh and she was born in Sinking | enlist our resources, for the benefit of before council in regard to the con- |valley on August 24th, 1864, hence |our country, for the young men now demnation of a strip of land on the |had reached the age of 53 years, 6 |at the front, and those who will soon east end of the N. R. Miller property | months and 22 days. She became a |follow. to afford him an alley for the purpose | member of the Methodist church when | “Your chairman has redistricted of removing the ashes from his heat- | a girl and all her life took an active |the county, and has appointed a dis- ing plant. Mr. Hughes appeared be- | part in all kinds of church work. trict chairman in practically every fore council last fall in this same mat- | On July 3rd, 1883, she was united | borough and township. These men ter but before council took any furth- |in marriage to Robert Patton and |have agreed to give personal atten- er action than to view the ground |most of their married life was spent | tion, and active service to the cam- Mr. Miller consented to accept Mr. |at Port Matilda. In addition to her |paign for the remainder of 1918, and Hughes’ offer and sell him the ground | husband she is survived by the fol- | greater results will not only be ex- desired. Before the papers were |lowing children: Lloyd A. Patton, of | pected, but are insured.” drawn up, however, he decided that | Tyrone; Wilson, of Port Matilda; Mrs. i tb : the price offered was not enough and | John Sharp, of Olean, N. Y.; Frank, | Many Potatoes Held by Pennsylvania be demanded just double the amount. of Johnstown; Mrs. Beatrice Snyder, Farmers. s the demand is considered unrea-|of Tyrone; James R., of Milesburg; The Stats Department of Agricul: sonable by Mr. Hughes he appealed to | Mrs. John O. Williams, of Port Ma- council to open the alley for him. The |tilda; Merley, Margaret, Edith and | ture has completed a survey of the Street committee and borough solic- | Reeder, at home. Is State and announces that on March itor reported that they had viewed the | brother and a te NL ver tli La ey ground in question and recommended Newport, Va., and Mrs. Harry White, bis sti C e a y ae az iy that the alley be opened according to | of Tyrone. ( f i Jani i 2 s lg by ig law, and on motion of Dr. Brocker-| Funeral services were held at her Le wn 9) ho ne ? e's ys hoft the recommendation was accept- | 1ate home at two o’clock on Sunday three ba . ne hs y me ed and the alley will be opened. afternoon by Rev. Cook, after which Ja: ust ow J e Devas a go John J. Bower, representing the Lo- | hyrial was made in the Methodist | igre 18 3 now d as gan fire company, presented a request | cemetery. sertion of 2] yes IS len Jos he a ns . en I I oy i Aas is as, the mo and equi e Peerless auto- ? mobile the Sy recently purchas- |. © VANS.—Miss Lucy Evans died at | survey of Centre county is much too ed from Col. W. Fred Reynolds into |N€r home in Williamsport last Thurs- | low. an up-to-date chemical and hose wag- day morning after an illness of some on, with a view of eventually equip- weeks with neuritis. She was a Weaver—Confer. — Lloyd Weaver ping it with a gasoline pumping out- daughter of David and Minerva Reif- |and Miss Mary Josephine Confer, fit. The matter was referred to the |Snyder Evans and was born at Pot- both of Howard, R. F. D., were unit- Fire and Police committee for inves-|ters Mills where the early part of her |ed in marriage on Tuesday of last tigation and report. life was spent. When a young wom- | week by justice of the peace A. A. Burgess W. Harrison Walker was |2D she went to Muncy and later to |Pletcher, at his residence in Howard present and stated that he had direct- Williamsport where for a number of |borough. The bride is a daughter of ed the police to kill all unlicensed | Years she followed the vocation of a |Dobbins Confer and is a splendid dogs they found running the streets seamstress and tailoress. She was | young woman in every way. The and that several canines had already |°n€ of a family of two sons and elev- | bridegroom is the youngest son of been killed. He also told council that | en daughters and is-survived by her George Weaver, and is an industrious in his opinion special danger signs mother, who is eighty-five years of [and energetic young farmer. Both should be put up at the public school | 28¢ and the following sisters and {young people have hosts of friends in buildings and also at each approach brother: Mary, of Williamsport; |Howard township who wish them a to the Diamond to warn automobil- Mrs. Platts, of Muncy; Mrs. Pollock, | long and happy 1 married life. ists, on account of the danger to chil- of Williamsport; Mrs. Scott, of Pitts- Richs-Toll On Tharsdoy of 1st dren. He further stated that more |burgh; Mrs. Bolinger, of Nebraska : fast driving is done by the delivery | City, Neb; Malinda and Edward, of | week Frank B. Krebs and Mrs. Sadie i illi i _ | Bell journeyed to Roaring Springs men in Bellefonte than any other class | Williamsport. The remains were tak > Y ¥ of drivers, and unless 4 is stopped | en through Bellefonte on Saturday for where they were united in marriage i burial in the S t emetery. at the Presbyterian parsonage by ms of them will be arrested and |Purial in we prucetown 2 metery i Tiwi Tear The Water committee reported that| BAIRD.—Following an illness of hoy sew known i Porguynionn the pump at the Phoenix mill has been | some weeks with cancer Harvey Baird > Dame our Dy ill reside repaired and put in good condition |died at his home at Gilllown on Mon- | MU¢ ai Wg y and that the one at the regular pump- | day evening. He was a son of Mr. Near State 0 ege. ing station is now being overhauled. |and Mrs. David Baird and was born | jy oc Gordon.—Willim Lee Jones Chairman Flack, of the Fire and |at Gilltown sixty-seven years ago. | » Milesburg, and Miss Emma Gor- Police committee, reported fires on |He was married to Miss Agnes Gill don. of Belleronte were married at March 8th and 14th, and also stated | who survives with the following chil- the U B parsonage in this place, last that on the 8th it was impossible to |dren: Mrs. Nora Hinds, of Pleasant Thursday afternoon, by the pastor, sound the alarm because of a burned | Gap; Mrs. Andrew Keins, of State |pe, 1. Hugh MacLeod. They will out fuse plug. The probable reason | College; Mrs. John Fetterman, of Le- | ~1' ‘1 oir home in Milesburg. was that the alarm has never been |mont; Mrs. Ira Waite and Rhoda, at ee ——— properly connected up, and Mr. Flack | home; Mrs. Freeman Sayre, of Pleas- Zeigler—Boyer.—Clarence Zeigler, submitted an offer of J. Mac Heinle |ant Gap, and Perry, at home. He al- | assistent clerk in the county commis- to connect the alarm with the Undine | so leaves one brother and a sister, |sioner’s office, and Miss Grace Boyer, fire house and then it can be sounded | William Baird, of Gilltown, and Mrs. | were quietly married on Thursday direct from the telephone exchange. |Harvey Fike, of Bellefonte. Funeral [afternoon of last week at the Metho- The matter was held under considera- | services were held in the Methodist | dist parsonage, by the pastor, Dr. E. tion. church at Pleasant Gap yesterday |H. Yocum. The Finance committee asked for |morning by Rev. Dunn, of Bellefonte, the renewal of eleven notes totalling | after which burial was made in the $17,000. Pleasant Gap cemetery. On motion of Mr. Flack the annual 11 ll appropriation of $250 was made to| WOLF.—Word was received in Cen- each of the fire companies. tre Hall yesterday of the death of ~ Bills to the amount of $1,066.51 | Mrs. J. Witmer Wolf, which occurred were approved and council adjourned. | at her home at Ardmore, Wednesday. a . _|Mrs. Wolf, who before her marriage Penn State to Graduate 250 Seniors was Miss lizabeth McCoy, was well Next Month. known in Centre county, having been When The Pennsylvania State Col- | Porn and raised in the vicinity of Pot- lege celebrates its wartime commence- | ters Mills, her early married life be- “see ; ment, on April 24, a Senior class of [Ing spent in Centre Hall. Surviving] ——R. B. Taylor was last Friday approximately 250 will be graduated. her are her husband, one daughter, awarded the contract for rebuilding This estimate was made by A. H. Es. | Miss Emma, at home, and one son, south Water and Willowbank streets penshade, the college registrar. The William, in service in France. Fun- at his bid of $26,885.20. Mr. Taylor graduating class will be considerably eral will be held tomorrow (Satur-|is planning to begin the work as soon smaller than those of recent years, |daY) afternoon. as possible and he can’t complete it because of the great number of with- i. Ii too soon for the people in this section drawals from college for service with GARRETT. — Mrs. Ellen Garrett |of the town, as it has been a dust nui- the flag. died at her home at Rebersburg on |sance for many years. The school of engineering, which is [Saturday of last week of apoplexy,| 5. George Fravel, of Snow Penn State’s largest and fastest grow- [aed 76 years, 11 months and 23 days. |} 0 celebrated his eightieth anni- ing department, will send out ninety- | She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. versary on Tuesday at the home of two graduates. The school of liberal | Ludwig Shutt, and had lived in Brush |, daughter, Mrs. Stella Brown, in arts will graduate twenty, the agri- [Valley most all of her life. Her hus), place. The event was made the cultural school eighty-one, the school band died twenty-five years ago, but occasion of a family reunion. of mines thirteen, and natural science | Surviving her is one son, Griffith Gar- oe eighteen. Twenty-six girls will grad- rett, of Rebersburg. Funeral services; ——The sixty-seven young men ate from the home economics depart- | Were held in the Reformed church at|who have been at State College the idl Spo Rebersburg on Tuesday by Rev J. D.|past six weeks taking the ordnance Hunsicker, after which burial was [course left there on Wednesday after- ——For high class Job Work come [made in the Union cemetery at that |noon for Rock Island, Ill., traveling in to the “Watchman” Office. { place. two Pullman cars. OP i ——James M. McGarvey was ar- rested last week on the charge of rob- bing James D. McMullen, of Huston township, of a $100 Liberty bond and $35 in cash, being confined to jail to await developments. Yesterday morn- ing some boys found the bond and money down along the Pennsylvania roundhouse where McMullen had evi- dently lost it and Mr. McGarvey was released at once from further suspi- cion. ree BLOODY RIOT AT CLARENCE. One Man Killed and Several Badly Cut. number of foreigners at Clarence on Monday evening resulted in the death of one man, Joe Berbitska, and in several others were badly cut and slashed, among them Bill Lucasavage, who has been held for causing the death of Berbitska, and Mike Wasina, also held as a material witness. The riot or fight was evidently the result of an old grudge. All the men implicated in the affair are Lithua- nians from Russia and work at the No. 10 mine of Larry Redding. On Mon- day John Yadosky and family moved into a house near the mine and as a sort of a housewarming he invited a number of his friends in to spend the evening. Among the number invited was Lucasavage but for some time past he has not been in good favor with his countrymen because he sided with the allies and was open in his op- position against Russia surrendering control of Lithuania to the Germans. Hence when he was invited to the housewarming Monday evening he at first declined to go but upon being as- sured that everything would be decent and orderly he accepted and attended. The riot started about eight o’clock. From the most authentic sources available it appears that the men were sitting around a table pitching coins and drinking when one of the him in the face. Almost like stick- ing a lighted match to a pan of pow- in an uproar. Knives and fists were freely used and Lucasavage maintains that his one desire was to get out and away but wherever he turned he was confronted with a gleaming knife and had to fight his way through, being cut on the hands and arms and head while his clothing was tattered .and torn. When he got out of the house some of the crowd followed and it was then he picked up a stone and threw it as hard as he could but he avers that he don’t know whether he hit anyone or not. When the riot subsided Dr. Ed- ward Harris was summoned from Snow Shoe to sew up the victims and it was not until he had the injuries of Lucasavage and Wasina attended to that Berbitska’s dead body was found in a little hollow a short distance from the house. A hasty examination showed that he was beyond all help. A closer examination by the doctor showed that he had been killed by a blow on the head but it did not look as if inflicted by a stone but by a club or some other blunt instrument. Squire John Brown empanelled a jury and held an inquest and the find- ing was in effect that Berbitska had come to his death as the result of a blow on the head at the hands of Lucasavage. The latter made no at- || tempt to escape and was kept in Clar- ence under guard until Tuesday when he was brought to Bellefonte and locked in the county jail. District attorney James C. Furst will make a thorough investigation of the whole affair. eter Gp sim County Commissioner’s Endorse Moth- er’s Pension Act. At a regular meeting of the Coun- ty Commissioners last Friday a reso- lution was passed in effect that the county of Centre avail itself of the provisions of the Mothers’ Pension act passed by the Legislature of 1913 and amended by the Legislature of 1915. The act of 1913 provided an appropriation of $100,000; the act of 1915 an appropriation of $200,000 and the Legislature of 1917 appropri- ated $400,000 to carry out the pro- visions of the act. Under the latter Centre county is entitled to $1951.21, for two years, on condition that the county pay an equal amount. The fiscal year of the State begins on June 1st, and inasmuch as Centre county delayed until this time to avail itself of the privileges of the act it will be deprived of the benefit of approxi- mately five-twelfths of the appropria- tion. That the County Commissioners acted wisely when they voted favor- ably upon the resolution last Friday seems a foregone conclusion. In ad- dition to the requests of the various Woman’s clubs of the county they had presented to them petitions sign- ple from every section of the county, asking that the county avail itself of the provisions of the act. And the entire expense to the county will be but $1951.21 for two years, or less than one thousand dollars a -year, which is only about six cents for each and every taxpayer in the county. Under the provisions of the act mot more than ten per cent. of the total can be used in administration work, the bulk of the appropriation going to pay the pensions of needy and de- pendent mothers. To carry out the provisions of the act in Centre county the Commission- ers have recommended the appoint- ment of the following trustees: Mrs. John S. Walker and Miss Mary Hun- ter Linn, Bellefonte; Mrs. L. W. Nut- tall, of Philipsburg; Mrs. G. S. Frank, of Millheim, and Mrs. G. G. Pond, of State College. The recommendations, of course, will go to the Governor for appointment. — The Ladies Aid society of the Evangelical church will sell all kinds of Easter flowers in the Y. M. C. A. rooms. Sale will begin Tuesday, March 26th, continuing all week. ——FEdward Hepburn left on Wed- nesday for the Hog Island navy yard where he has accepted a job as a car- penter in the shipbuilding yard. A drinking bout and riot among a women in passing Lucasavage struck | der the riot started and the room was | ed by from eight to nine hundred peo- | THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN. Centre County Districted and an En- ! | ergetic Campaign Mapped Out. On April 6th the drive for subscrip- ! tions to the Third Liberty Loan will | begin. A strong organization has been formed in this district, embrac- | ‘ing all the towns and townships, and, ‘from the character and standing of ! the men and women who have volun- ,teered for service in soliciting sub- | scriptions, good results may be ex- | pected. Public meetings held will be | ‘under the direction of The Pennsyl- | | vania State College, members of the ‘faculty having agreed to look after! i this important part of the work. The {rural mail carriers will also render | efficient service through the distribu- | {tion of literature. The committee is | | glad to report a patriotic interest in | {the work and a generous response to | {the appeals for help in making the! { subscription a success. The organiza- | !tion is as follows: | General Committee: | i Charles M. McCurdy, chairman. | D. ¥. Kapp. | George R. Meek. | W. Fred Reynolds. ! Publicity, J. 1. Spangler. Organizing Secretary, Chas. C. Shuey. Advisory Committee: i S. W. Gramley. ! IL. A. McDowell. L. W. Stover. 1 Matthew Rodgers Jr. } BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS. | { Bellefonte: —Edmund Blanchard, John ' i 1... Knisely, C. Y. Wagner, J. O. Brewer, | Wm. Brouse, H. P. Harris, Wm. Burnside, | R. F. Hunter, J. B. Cook, John McCoy, J. | Will Conley, Harry Jackson, Jacob Marks. | Mingoville:—J. B. Rossman, A. F. Hock- man, Wm. Harnish, Cline Zimmerman, | { Wm, Deitrick, Wm. Clevenstine Jr, Belle- | | fonte, R. F..D t Zion:—John Eby, C. ¥. Hoy, John Cole, | IJ. B. Stover, Wm. Corman, Wm. Smeltzer. : | Milesburg:—F. L. Wetzler, James H. | Weaver, John Smith, O. E. Miles, George | McCullough, Daniel McKinney. Curtin, P. O.:—Jerry Glenn, H. H. Cur- tin, R. P. Lucas, L. H. Neff, J. 1. Bryan, G. W. Allen. State College:—A. H. Hartswick, W. D. Custard, J. L. Holmes, I. L, Foster, J. B. Heberling, Harry Sowers. Howard :—Chester A. Moore, John Web- er, Thos. A. Pletcher, Ronard R. Welch, Fred Leathers, Geo. B. Williams, Sumner | J. Wolfe, C. M. Muflley, A. A. Schenck. Benner Twp.:—Thomas Tressler, J. L. Hartsock, A. W. Witmer, Wm. King, John Spearley. Pleasant Gap:—W. H. Noll Jr., Marion Gettig, A. C. Rapp, C. K. Stitzer, Samuel Poorman. Julian:—J. R. Williams, Frank Dillen, Geo. Bullock, J. H. Turner, W. B. Parsons. Ferguson Twp. West Precinct:—Penna. Furnace—D. S. Peterson, W. 8. Ward, J. C. Gates, G. W. Rossman, J. H. Campbell, J. H. McCracken. Liberty Twp.:—Blanchard— W. H. Aus- tin, N. I. Harter, Rev. Walter Dudley. Huston Twp.: Martha—W. M. Cronister, H. S. Williams, R. R. Williams, F. W. Dil- len, Kyle Alexander, Reuben Alexander. Curtin Twp.: Orviston—Ellis Harvey, C. A. Brown, C. B. Page, W. A. Ridge, Geo. Burnell, C. Powell. Marion Twp.: Nittany—J. W. Orr, M. S. Betz, J. W. Yearick. Rebersburg:—J. N. Moyer, A. N. Cor- man, T. A, Auvman, C. H. Smullf C..C Smull, J. R. Brungart. Snow Shoe:—J. Harris Hoy, John P. Kelley, Lawrence Redding, W. C. Snyder, 0. G. Morgan, Oscar Harm, H. W. Rob- ert, A. A. Groe, L. A. McDowell, James Morgan, Joseph Wade, John Bohn, Joe Quick, John Brown, Robert Keck, David Chambers, Clarence. Millheim:—D. TP. Stapleton, H. . Frank, J. W. Gramley, L. W. Stover, W. S. Shelton, Dr. G. S. Frank. Gregg Twp.: Spring Mills—M. T. Zubler, W. H. Williams, T. M. Gramley, Dr. H. S. Braucht, Wm. M. Allison, R. P. Campbell, Centre Hall. | Unionville and Union Twp.: Fleming— H. E. Holzworth, Daniel Buck, John F. Askins, Edward Hall, P. J. McDonald, Dr. W. U: Irwin, R. T. Comley, Miles Hall, Joe Mitchell, James Shirk, Chapman Un- derwood, James Stere. College Twp.: Lemont—John Mitchell, J. BE. Lenker, P. C. Bradford, John R. Schreck, Clayton Etters, Oak Hall; Ed- ward Glenn, State College. Harris Twp.: Boalsburg—D»r. L. E. Kid- der, Jacob Meyer. Potter Twp.: Centre Hall—Cyrus Brun- gard, W. R. Neff, Geo. R. Meese. Geo. O. Benner, Jacob Sharer, D. K. Keller. Haines Twp.:—L. J. Bartlett, Aarons- burg; Carl Motz and Wm. Winkleblech, Woodward. Worth’ Twp.: Port Matilda—H. C. Wood- ring, Rev. H. S. Crammer, Rev. J. C. Moses, Rev. W. B. Cook, W. H. Artley, J. M. Williams, W. E. Williams, Herman Lanelin, J. H. Crain, W. T. Hoover, C. W. Crain, W. 8. Crain, S. S. Miles, W. J. Woodring, H. L. Shope, O. A. Harshber- ger, W. W. Shultz, H. C. Rothrock. Penn Twp.: Coburn—J. KE. Harter, A. L. Auman, J. M. Kerstetter, I. A. Meyer, M. A. Stover, F. J. Malone. Ferguson Twp., East Precinct: Pine Grove Mills—Dr. G. H. Woods, George Dunlap, Elmer Reed, E. M. Watt, Edward Reed, Rev. L. N. Fleck, Harry McCracken and J. H. Bailey, Penna. Furnace. Hublersburg:—John D. Miller, B. W. Rumberger, L. E. Swartz, G. I. Hoy, Dr. S. 8S. McCormick. Potter Twp. Addition:—I. A. Carson and W. F. McKinney, Spring Mills; C. W. Swartz, Tusseyville. . Moshannon:—M. V. Culver, J. T. Lucas, John F. Lucas. WOMAN'S COMMITTEE. Chairman—Mrs. Robert Mills Beach. Bellefonte: —Mrs. R. S. Brouse, Miss Grace McCurdy, Miss Mary Hunter Linn, Miss Lillian Smith, Miss Mary Gray Meek. Centre Hall: —Miss Freda Bailey. Milesburg :—Mrs. Harry Mann. Snow Shee:—Mrs. W. C. Snyder. State College:—Mrs. H. B. Shattuck. Unionville:—Miss Susan Shipley. Gregg Twp.:—Mrs. Wm. Gramley. Haines Twp.:—Mrs. Joseph Mohr Otto. Harris Twp.:—Miss Anna Dale. Huston Twp.:—Mrs. Geo. W. Bullock. i Liberty Twp.:—Miss Catherine W. Quig- ey. Patton Twp.:—Mrs. Geo. B. Thompson. Penn Twp.:—Mrs. I. W. Campbell. Potter Twp.:—Miss Edith Sankey. Spring Twp.:—Mrs. Abner Noll. Walker Twp.:—Mrs. Charles Faust, Miss Mary Struble. Linden Hall:—Mrs. Frank E. Wieland. Port Matilda:—Mrs. H. C. Rothrock, Mrs. Chas. Crain, Mrs. J. M. Williams, Mrs. William Hoover, Miss Florence Wil- liams. —-e Trustees Elect Officers. The board of trustees of the Pru- ner home for friendless children met in Tyrone last Thursday and elected the following officers: President—G. Fred Musser, Belle- fonte. Secretary—J. S. Gillam, Tyrone. Treasurer and Manager—John S. Ginter, Tyrone. The board approved the selection of Mrs. James Kellerman as matron of the home. The auditors’ report was submitted and read, and as it showed the finan- cial condition of the institution to be very satisfactory it was accepted and . approved. a EN , LAW BREAKERS SENTENCED. Punishment imposed by the Court for Various Offences. Andy Seloski escaped from the western penitentiary at Rockview shortly after noon last Thursday but his freedom was not of long duration as he was caught Friday morning at the Witmer farm, up Buffalo Run. Seloski was sent up from Hunting- don county on February 5th, 1918, for not less than eighteen months nor more than two years, and on Friday afternoon he was taken before Judge Quigley and his term doubled. At a session of court on Monday afternoon Frank Hannah, a tramp, was brought before the judge on com- plaint of Mrs. Lizzie Confer. There being no evidence on which to sen- tence or hold the man he was dis- charged. Pargurtinus Amora, of Philipsburg, was brought up on a charge of larce- ny, prosecutor, Mrs. Sarah Solomon. The latter claimed that the defendant had. snatched her pocketbook while walking on the street. The defendant vehemently denied the allegation, and as the whole case seems one of veraec- ity the prisoner was held for trial by jury. On Tuesday afternoon Sampson Mayfield (colored) was brought be- fore the court on a charge of larceny, having stolen a quantity of silk and a box of candy from the box of one of the railroaders at the round house of the Pennsylvania railroad. Mayfield had been working at the round house the past two of three months and it was his unfortunate habit of talking in his sleep that gave the clue as to his being the thief. A day or two after stealing the stuff he took time to take a nap and while sleeping talked of a box of candy loud enough for other workmen to hear him. Officers were informed and going to Mayfield’s boarding place found the silk. Having plead guilty the court sentenced Mayfield to one Sella fine, costs and three months in jail. Nathaniel Lampman, one of the men who forced their company upon Wesley Spangler last week, was sen- tenced to pay a fine of $25, costs of prosecution and three months in jail. Walter Hohler, the companion of Lampman, and who returned the next day and stole some stuff from Wes- ley’s house, was given a year in the western penitentiary. Ralph Moyer, of near Pleasant Gap, was up on the charge of stealing a polecat skin valued at four dollars. As there seemed to be some extenuat- ing circumstances the court paroled the young man for a period of one year on condition that he go to work on the farm for Toner Fetzer, at Yar- nell, and if he fails to find the work there congenial and can get work else- where arrangements will be made for him to make the change. rg star Regarding Seed Corn. The time is fast drawing near when corn planting time will be here and it behooves every farmer in Centre county to exercise the greatest care in the selection of his seed corn this year. This is vitally necessary, be- cause every effort possible should be made to grow an unusually large crop, and the failure of corn to ma- ture properly last fall is another rea- son why the greatest care should be exercised in the selection of the seed to be planted. In this connection it can be stated that R. H. Olmstead, agent of the County Farm Bureau, has tested to date about one hundred samples of seed corn submitted by farmers of Centre county. Several samples showed no fertility at all while one or two ran fairly high, but the average of the one hundred was 64 per cent. of fertility. This is considered very poor. Mr. Olmstead, however, is pre- pared to give farmers information as to where they can obtain the best seed, and all he asks is that any one desiring the information apply to him immediately. There is a big demand for good seed corn and owing to this fact application should be made as soon as possible to insure securing an adequate supply. : County Conference. The county conference of Women’s clubs will be held at Unionville March 30th. It is a very important meeting, and the county clubs are urged to send a large delegation. Morning ses- sion will open at 10:30, and a box luncheon will be served. Every one interested in the work of women will be welcomed. The March meeting of the Woman's club will be held in the High school building, Monday evening, March 25th, at 7:3¢ o’clock. Jonas E. Wagner, superintendent of the schools of Bellefonte, will address the meeting, his subject being the educa- tional work discussed at the recent convention of educators held in At- lantic City. On account of Mr. Wag- ner’s talk and some other important business, all members of the club are urged to be present. ——J, B. Shope, of Curtin, is un- der bail for trial at the next term of court on the charge of shop-lifting, he having been caught stealing a baseball at the five and ten cent store, and also implicated in taking some articles from the Potter-Hoy hard- ware store. aa — Lieutenant Francis Thomas is just back from Fort Oglethorpe where he saw Dr. David Dale almost every day. He says the doctor has taken on considerable flesh, looks fine, has fin- ished all of his training and is mo- mentarily expecting orders to go to France. Ed
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