Demorvatic; Wald
Belletonte, Pa., April 12, 1918.
Pe Correspondents.—No communications
published unless accompanied by the real
mame of the writer.
Sommn
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Our boys band of Milesburg
journeyed to Altoona on Saturday and
took part in the big Liberty Loan pa-
rade and celebration of the first an-
niversary of the United States entry
into the world war.
——Mrs. W. W. Bickett gave a chil-
dren’s party on Saturday afternoon
in celebration of the fourth birthday
anniversary of her little daughter
Mary. Fifteen children were present
and all had a delightful time.
— The ladies of the Bellefonte
Lutheran church will serve a sauer-
kraut and baked bean supper at the
parsonage this (Friday) evening,
from five to seven o’clock. Price, 50
cents, including ice cream and cake.
— Miss Eliza Morris has receiv-
ed a quantity of yarn for sweaters
and will be at the Red Cross work
room in Petrikin hall Friday after-
noon to distribute same to any women
who will volunteer to knit a sweater.
——Announcement was made from
the Adjutant General’s office at Har-
risburg on Wednesday of the appoint-
ment of Wilbur Saxion, of Bellefonte,
as a first lieutenant in the provisional
National Guard, assigned to the ma-
chine gun detachment.
At the spring meeting of the
Huntingdon Presbytery held in Al-
toona on Monday and Tuesday Rev.
Josiah Still handed in his resignation
as pastor of the Centre Hall and
Milesburg churches, the same to be-
come effective in the next few weeks.
——Edward Thompson, the colored
bell boy at the Brockerhoff house, was
taken to the Bellefonte hospital on
Wednesday evening suffering with a
bad attack of pneumonia. He had not
been at work all week and Wednesday
evening his condition was such that
he was sent to the hospital.
The Bellefonte schools will lose
at least four of their teaching force
at the end of the school year. They
will be G. L. Miller, principal of the
High school; Miss Mae Bailor, the
eommercial teacher; Miss Mary Hick-
len and Miss Helen Crissman, while
Miss Margery McGinley has already
gone.
———On Tuesday a special train of
five cars passed through Bellefonte
carrying the first large contingent of
soldiers to State College for their
course in the ground work of aviation.
All told there are now about two hun-
dred soldiers at the college for this
course, most of whom came from
points in Ohio and Indiana.
——Another draft call has been an-
nounced for men to be sent to Camp
Lee and Camp Meade during the five
days beginning April 26th. Centre
county’s quota is given as forty-one to
be sent to Camp Lee and nine whites
and two colored men to Camp Meade.
This will be the first contingent Cen-
tre county will send to Camp Lee.
Mr. Aaron Katz got a bad fall
on Tuesday afternoon when he slipped
on the snowy pavement in front of the
Elks Lodge. In addition to being bad-
ly shaken up he sustained a fracture
of the left arm. Notwithstanding the
fact that he will probably have no use
of his arm for some weeks he was out
and around a little yesterday after-
noon.
Monday was the birthday an-
niversary of Miss Verna Chambers,
the very efficient deputy of her fath-
er, County Treasurer David Cham-
bers, who made her a present of a
1918 Buick runabout. Of course he
didn’t actually hand her the car, as it
were, but ordered it from the agent
at Snow Shoe who sent a man to the
factory on Tuesday to drive it home.
——Werd was received by the local
exemption board on Wednesday that
Amos Fye, of Waddle, who was in-
ducted into service on February 27th
and went to Camp Lee with the Mif-
flin county contingent at that time,
had deserted and had been caught in
the neighborhood of Lewistown. The
board here authorized the sheriff of
Mifflin county to take the young man
back to camp and deliver him over to
the military authorities.
——The College Boot Shop at State
. College, has an advertisement in this
issue that will be of special interest to
all.
store is closing out and all goods are
being offered at sacrifice prices with
the hope that the store can be closed
within thirty days. Persons having
tive opportunity to visit State College
might find it to their advantage to
Took in at the Boot Shop sale.
——Turning the clocks ahead one
‘hour has made no difference in the at-
tendance at the Scenic. That popular
place of motion pictures draws as
Targe and enthusiastic crowds now as
ever, and the fact is readily account-
ed for in the character of the pictures
shown. In fact they are so realistic
that one evening last week a small
bey in the audience cried when the
villain drew a pistol on the heroine.
See them for yourself and be con-
winced.
~——Major Laughlin McClain Watt,
former chaplain of the famous Black
Watch and Gordon Highlanders, will
deliver a patriotic speech in the Pres-
byterian church, Bellefonte, on Sun-
day evening at the usual service hour.
Major Watt will come here from State
College where he will talk at the big
carnival tomorrow and also make a
talk on Sunday morning. The Major
is a Highlander and before the war
was pastor of St. Stephen’s church,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
This well and modern stocked
BIG LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE NOW
UNDER WAY.
Bellefonte Started the Work On Wed-
nesday. Other Sections of the
County Urged to Get Busy.
The big drive for the third Liberty
loan.was officially begun in Bellefonte
on Wednesday when the local com-
mittee made a house to house canvass
of the town. At this writing it is im-
possible to_give figures as to the re-
sults of the first day’s drive in Belle-
fonte but individual reports have been
very encouraging. But the fact that
the drive has started off well does not
mean that there can be any let up in
the good work. Although the amount
of the loan is given as three billion
dollars the government will need, and
will also accept every dollar subscrib-
ed. And the people of Centre county
generally are urged to subscribe for
the bonds according to their means.
Don’t let it all to the banks and the
people who live in the towns, but
every man in the county who has the
money, whether it be for a $50 bond
or for $10,000, let him come patriot-
ically forward and do his share.
As previously announced the third
Liberty loan is for $3,000,000,000,
bearing interest at 4% per cent. from
May 9th, 1918. The loan matures
September 15th, 1928. The first cou-
pon will mature September 15th,
1918, after which intreset will be paid
semi-annually on March 15th and
September 15th. The bonds are not
convertible. They carry the same ex-
emption from taxation as those of the
second Liberty loan. Holders of
$5000 or less will not be taxed. An
important feature of this issue is the
provision for the purchase of one-
twentieth of the amount outstanding
each year until the end of the war,
and for one year thereafter. The
terms of subscription for those who
wish to pay by installments are as
follows: b per cent. on application,
20 per cent. on May 28th, 35 per cent.
on July 18th, and 40 per cent. on
August 15th. Payment in full may be
made at any time, but bonds will not
be delivered before May 9th.
These successive issues of great
loans are gradually bringing to us a
realization of the mighty struggle in
which we are engaged—a struggle
that will call for the employment of
all our resources, and for service of
somé kind from every true American.
We do not for a moment believe that
the issue is in doubt. After the tur-
moil of preparation and the confu-
sion incident to the creation of a great
army, with the attendant naval and
aviation expansion, we shall have
such a preponderance of power be-
cause of our unlimited resources as
to make failure impossible. Napolean
said: “Generals win victories, but
men’ win ‘'wars,” and “victory goes to
him ‘who has the last dollar.” We
may’ view with serene confidence the
transient success of Germany, know-
ing ‘that when we get into our stride
all’ will be changed. Meanwhile, crit-
iecism" from those whose meager
knowledge is gained from sensation-
al newspapers, and who are as devoid
of sense and judgment as they are of
knowledge, may be ignored. No man
not ‘wholly lost to a sense of proprie-
ty will criticise without knowledge,
and the ‘real facts as to our progress
are very properly withheld. Mistakes
are inevitable in such conditions as
confront us, yet it is a time for pa-
tience and for trust in the patriotism
of those on whom the heavy burden of
responsibility rests, and not for loud
and blatant criticism.
However confident we may feel as
to our ultimate triumph, would it not
be well to consider what would hap-
pen if the allies were defeated; if the
English fleet were destroyed and our
shores laid open to the ravages of the
enemy? We must not forget who
this enemy is. We know what he has
done elsewhere, what unspeakable
horrors have followed his occupation
of conquered territory; how the poi-
son of his presence has killed civili-
zation; how his hatred finds expres-
sion in wanton cruelty, and his sneer-
ing plea of “military necessity” is
used as a cover for every kind of bar-
barism. Who can look without dread
on the prospect of a German army on
American soil? Surely this would be
a calamity beyond the power of words.
But after he had satisfied his hate,
satisfied his revenge, what terms
would he propose and enforce. First,
an indemnity big enough to pay all
the expense of the war twice over. A
crushing tribute; a sum so great that
its payment would be a financial bur-
den heavy enough to retard our na-
tional progress for a generation. ‘And
the taxes necessary to support this
high charge—bearing on rich and poor
alike—for remember the government
has no money save what it gets from
the people, and none would escape the
crushing burden. :
This is not a fanciful picture, but
is based on historical precedent. This
is the fourth war in which Germany
has engaged in the past fifty-three
years. In the first three she gained
enormously in territory and money;
in territory from Denmark and Aus-
tria. From France, defeated and
helpless, she took in 1871 two rich
and splendid provinces and a billion
dollars in cash. It has been a profit-
able game with her. This war was to
prove even more profitable. France,
again prostrate, was to pay the bills
and furnish the wealth needed to avert
impending financial ruin. For it is
well known that Germany had ex-
hausted her power to tax, and had
even, in 1913, levied a capital tax to
meet her growing needs. But thanks
to Belgium’s heroic resistance, and to
the entrance of Great Britain and the
United States, her long-matured plans
will fail. It seemed such a quick and
easy road to fortune, a campaign or
two, a big indemnity. Three times
it won, now she will lose. No wonder
she hates the English speaking race
with a venomous hatred!
But that would not be all Germany
would demand. Our shipping would be
seized as we seized the German ships
that were in our harbors at the out-
break of the war. Our foreign trade
would be destroyed, the vast foreign
trade that is so essential to farmer
and manufacturer and labor. Ruin-
ous trade restrictions would be im-
posed; Germany made a favored na-
tion and the country flooded with
cheap German goods. With foreign
trade destroyed, unable to meet Ger-
man competition at home, what would
be the fate of our great industries?
Many of them could not survive. La-
bor would be unemployed, decreased
consumption would lower the price of
farm products and raw materials, and
all the bitter trials of financial panic
prolonged for a generation, would be
ours.
Who can consider these things with-
out saying, “I will do all I can to help
in this great crisis.”
Three things are needed—Men,
Money, Food. The government has
taken the men, is asking you now for
money and offering its bonds. Why
delay doing your part? The terms
are good, the security the best inthe
world. How easy for the man who
can render no other service. “For they
also fight who help a fighter fight.”
CHAS. M. McCURDY, Chairman.
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Trout Season will Open Next Monday
Next Monday will usher in the trout
fishing season and there is probably
not another day in the year that is
viwed with greater anticipation than
that day. The hunting season has its
delights for the adult sportsman but
the fishing season is hailed with joy
by both old and young alike. In fact
the youngster with a cheap bamboo
rod and a big black fishin’ worm for
bait, gets just as much satisfaction in
going after the wily trout as a man
with a ten dollar outfit, and many of
them get more fish, too.
Centre county has always been
known as a fisherman’s paradise, be-
cause it is the source of so many
mountain streams and practically
every stream has trout in it. Just
how plentiful they will be this year
remains to be seen, but it is highly
probable the catch on the opening day
will size up very favorably with
catches in previous years. Whether
the long, hard winter, and the fact
that many of the small mountain
streams were frozen to the bottom,
will make any difference with the fish-
ing in those streams is problematical
at this time. The only way to find
out will be to try them. :
Spring creek, Logan’s branch, Fish-
ing creek and Penn’s creek are the
largest streams in this section and
while all have been stocked and have
trout in them, just how plentiful they
will appear to the fishermen on: the
opening day will probably depend on
conditions that morning. Quite - a
number of trout can be seen in Spring
creek every day, but most of them are
lying between the bridge and the falls,
which is forbidden territory to all
fishermen. This part of the stream,
or from the bridge to the railread
trestle, was closed last spring and
will be continued closed this year. All
fishing from the Water street pave-
ment is also prohibited. The stream
is open, however, below the High
street bridge and above the railroad
trestlé. Sa
Under the new fish code the legal
catch for a day is placed at twenty-
five instead of forty, and the construc-
tion of the law is somewhat enigmat-
ical, inasmuch as it reads that a fish-
erman is not allowed to have in his
possession at one time more than
twenty-five trout. Hence, if a fisher-
man remains out two or three days,
while he is allowed to catch twenty-
five trout a day, he is not allowed to
have more than that number in his
possession at one time, so that fisher-
men should be a little cautious as to
the size of their catch if they put in
more than one day at a time on the
stream.
ooo
Wanted a Divorce On Charge of Ill
Treatment.
A brief hearing was held before the
court on Wednesday in the matter of
the application of George Peters for
a divorce from his wife, Lulu Peters.
The woman in question is his second
wife and included in the family when
they were living together was a child
by Mr. Peters’ first wife. In his com-
plaint Mr. Peters charged desertion
and ill-treatment and the trouble
grew out of the fact that Mr. Peters
claimed that his wife ill-treated the
child. The evidence showed, however,
that Mr. Peters was probably the one
who did the ill-treating, as he was
charged with slapping his wife in the
face, bumping her head against the
wall, etc. The couple finally separat-
ed by mutual consent, dividing the
furniture and the money in bank,
though Mr. Peters took the big end of
each. At the close of the hearing the
court made an order directing Peters
to pay the sum of twenty dollars a
month to the support of his wife pend-
ing the disposition of the application
for an absolute divorce.
Mutt and Jeff’s Divorce.
The first pick of the new crop of
chorus girls appears to have been
grabbed by the management of the
Mutt and Jeff company, according to
all reports. Nothing equaling the av-
erage youth and beauty of the femi-
nine auxiliary singing and dancing
ensembles of the production has so
far been seen this season, according
to newspaper opinion in other cities.
The attraction is listed for appear-
ance at Garman’s Tuesday evening,
April 16th. Prices, 35, 50 and 75
cents and $1.00. Children, 25 cents.
FOUND DEAD ON RAILROAD.
Man With Interesting History Passed
Away Wednesday Night. This
Boro. Once Built a Pest
House for Him.
The passenger train on the Central
Railroad of Pennsylvania yesterday
morning struck a man just west of
the crossing at the Empire Lime com-
pany but the trainmen failed to no-
tice the fact. Soon afterwards, how-
ever, the body was discovered by some
of the workmen at the Empire lime
;company and an examination disclos-
led the fact that the body was that of
| Hezekiah Dixon, an old soldier of the
Civil war. The examination also
showed that he had not been killed by
‘ithe train but had evidently fallen on
ithe railroad and died some time dur-
ing the night. Mr. Dixon had been in
the soldier’s home at Erie for some
vears and only a few days ago return-
ed to his former home in Milesburg
because, he alleged, the climate up
there did not agree with him. On
Wednesday he was in Bellefonte and
to return to Erie yesterday, as he
didn’t like the weather here. He was
seen in Bellefonte in the evening and
how he happened to be out where his
body was found is a mystery. But he
had evidently gone out the Jackson-
ville road then started to walk the
railroad toward Milesburg, as his body
was found about two hundred feet
west of the crossing. His tracks
showed that he had been stumbling
around for some distance before he
finally collapsed. In his pockets were
found $124.28.
Though the fact may not be gener-
ally known Mr. Dixon was a man with
a history. He was over seventy years
old but whether he was born in Belle-
fonte or not is not known. But many
years ago his mother conducted the
old frame hotel on Pine street when
the old state pike was a much travel-
ed thoroughfare. In later years Mr.
Dixon and wife lived in a little frame
house on the rear of the McQuistion
lot where J. D. Seibert’s machine shop
now stands. While living there the
Logan Hose company was organized
and secured their first new hose truck.
One night shortly afterwards the
members concocted a scheme to set
fire to Dixon’s house in order to try
out their new apparatus. Several
men were delegated to do the job and
after allowing them so many minutes
of time the company was to rush to
the scene and extinguish the fire. But
the boys at the hose house got a little
too anxious and got to the place be-
fore the fire had been started. The
result was all the firemen were arrest-
ed and kept in jail two or three days
before the affair was fixed up.
Mr. Dixon had the first case of
smallpox known of in Bellefonte and
in those days the disease was viewed
with considerable alarm. The conse-
quence was a small house was built
on Halfmoon Hill, near the home of
Ben Frazier, the old colored man, and
there is where the poor overseer want-
ed to incarcerate Dixon, but Mr. Mc-
Quistion and several others interpos-
ed and he was allowed to remain at
home, Dr. Dobbins attending him and
Mr. McQuistion passing food for him
self and wife in the window.
Before going to the soldiers’ home
at Erie Mr. Dixon lived with a sister
at Milesburg but she died and it was
then he went to the home. So far as
known he leaves no relatives. The
funeral will probably be held tomor-
row.
Big Patriotic Carnival at State Col-
lege Tomorrow.
Everybody in Centre county is in-
vited to go to The Pennsylvania State
College tomorrow, April 18th, and
join the students in their patriotic
carnival. Major Watt, a veteran of
the British army, will be the chief at-
traction of the day. He will tell of
his experiences on the battle line and
will present a clear idea of the war
conditions on the western front.
The program will begin at 1:30 p.
m., with a parade by the college ca-
det regiment, the student band, the
enlisted men training for work in the
ordnance department, and the soldiers
who went to State College this week
for instruction in airplane mechanics.
a continuous program of amusing
events all afternoon. There will be a
greased pig contest for a $2.50 prize,
a sack race, a greased pole climbing
contest for a $2.50 prize, and a base-
ball game with Dickinson College.
The Freshmen and Sophomore classes
will hold their annual tug-of-war, and
the different classes will celebrate
moving-up day to the class ahead. An
ox-roast will be served at 5 o’clock,
including coffee and salad.
An admission of fifty cents will ad-
mit to all events and the ox-roast.
Big Patriotic Meeting at Jacksonville.
A big patriotic meeting will be held
at Jacksonville on Thursday evening,
April 18th, at 8 o'clock, for the pur-
pose of booming the sale of war sav-
ings and thrift stamps and the third
Liberty loan, as well as awakening a
deeper interest in all kinds of war
work. Able speakers will be on hand
and the public is urged to turn out
and hear the issues discussed.
Shorthand and Typewriting.—The
Gregg system shorthand classes and
typewriting, for both boys and girls,
7:30 Monday and Thursday evenings,
High school building. Terms reason-
able. Enroll with
15-tf Miss ANNA M. SHUEY.
For Rent.—Mrs. J. A. Aiken is of-
fering for rent, her own very desira-
ble flat in the Aiken block. Seven
rooms, a bath and all modern conven-
iences. Address the “Watchman”
office. * : 63-12-tf
told some friends that he was going |
Following the parade there will be
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss Mary Thomas left Bellefonte
Tuesday for an indefinite stay in Phila-
delphia.
—Rev. Isaac Kreider of Duncansville,
was a business visitor in Bellefonte on
Monday.
—Miss Helen Schaeffer left here Satur-
day to spend a week with friends in Phil-
adelphia.
—J. Linn Blackford spent a day last
week in Williamsport, looking after some
business interests.
—Mrs. Betty Orvis Harvey went to New
York Sunday, where she is a guest of her
sister, Mrs. Arnold.
—Miss Catharine Musser was in Wil-
liamsport on Monday consulting Dr. Has-
kins, the eye specialist.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler have re-
turned to Bellefonte to open their house
on Allegheny street for the summer.
—Miss Charlotte Neff, an instructor in
the Indiana State Normal school, was a
guest of Miss Lois Kirk from Friday
until Tuesday.
—J. L. Tressler, of Centre Hall, trans-
acted business in Bellefonte on Monday
and was among the numerous callers at
the “Watchman” office.
—Maurice Miller, of Pittock, spent Eas-
ter with Mrs. Miller at their home on east
High street, returning to Allegheny coun-
ty the early part of the week.
—Miss Lida Morris went to Philadel-
phia Tuesday morning, to spend the re-
mainder of the week shopping and in the
interest of her Red Cross work.
{ —Mr. and Mrs. George Ray and their
! daughter, of Mill Hall, and Calvin Ray, of
Altoona, were in Bellefonte Wednesday for
the funeral of the late Calder IL. Ray.
-——Mrs. Jerome Dumont, of New York
city, was a guest last week of Mrs. John
| Powers, coming to Bellefonte for a short
| visit with her aunt, Miss Sadie Keenan.
—Mrs. Edward P. Irwin has been in At-
lantic City for the past two weeks, going
down with Mrs. Dennison, of Wilkes-Bar-
re, whose guest she has been since leav-
ing Bellefonte.
—Samuel H. Gray, in government serv-
ice work in Pittsburgh, was in Bellefonte
with Mrs. Gray Sunday, coming here for
the funeral of his grand-father, the late
G. Dorsey Green.
—Mrs. Nighthart and her two children,
Miss Margaret and Harry, who was home
on a furlough, were guests of friends in
Lewistown during Harry's visit, motoring
over in the Nighthart car.
—The Misses Elizabeth and Emily Par-
ker came to Bellefonte yesterday from
Somerset, and are guests of their brother,
G. Ross Parker and his family, at their
home on south Thomas street.
—DMiss Alice and Benton Tate and Mrs.
Hiram Fetterhoff went to Nippenose val-
ley Tuesday for the funeral of their cous-
in, George Tate, who was buried from his
home in that place, Wednesday morning.
—Joseph Sweely, of Rochester, a former
Penn State man, but now in service at
Camp Dix, will come to Bellefonte Satur-
day, for a four day’s visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lyon, before leaving
for France.
—Mrs. John Brotherline, of Hollidays-
burg, with her son, Dr. Hale Brotherline,
Mrs. Brotherline and their son and daugh-
ter, and Mrs. Collins, of Altoona, were all
in Bellefonte Tuesday morning for the fun-
eral of Mrs. James Wilson: i
—Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cromer, of Toron-
to, arrived in Bellefonte a week ago, and
have been guests of Mrs. Cromer’s father,
W. Homer Crissman.: Mr. Cromer left
Tuesday to return to Canada, while Mrs.
Cromer will remain for a visit of several
weeks with her father and sister.
—Mrs. Sheldon, of New York city, came
to Bellefonte early in the week to be with
her son, Gregg Sheldon, at the Bush house,
for an indefinite time. Miss Jule Curtin
and Gregg have been spending the past
two weeks at the Country club, where Mrs.
Sheldon joined them upon her arrival here.
—Mrs. Mary Brouse returned to her
home in Pine Grove Mills the latter part
of last week, after spending the winter
with the family of Mr. and Mrs. William
Steele. Coming here early in the fall to
be with her sister, Mrs. Steele, in her last
illness, Mrs. Brouse remained in Bellefonte
as a guest of her nieces and nephews.
—J. Linn McGinley, at home from An-
napolis for the past week on a short fur-
lough, will return to the 8. S. Minnesota,
Sunday, to prepare for his examination to
be held on board the vessel, next week.
The result of this examination will be the
selection of one hundred boys to enter the
regular naval training course at Annapo-
lis,
—David Winehouse, a member of old
Troop L, has been visiting friends in
Bellefonte this week with headquarters at
the W. J. Musser home on east Lamb
street. He came here from New York city
where: he had been visiting his sister and
will leave today for Camp Hancock, Ga.,
where he is in training as a member of the
mounted police.
—~Charles F. Cook, of Bellefonte, and
son Harris, of Altoona, went down to
Camp Dix, Wrightsville, N. J.,, on Satur-
day to see the former's son Marshall, who
is in training with the Seventy-eighth di-
vision, which, it is expected will go across
in the near future. They found him well
and perfectly contented to do his part in
the great world war.
—Drs. J. L. Seibert and M. J. Locke at-
tended a banquet given by the Clinton
county medical society at the Fallon house
in Lock Haven, last Thursday evening, in
honor of Dr. L. M. Holloway, of Salona,
who has rounded out fifty years in active
practice, and Dr. F. P. Ball, who has re-
covered his health after a much deserved
rest and has again resumed his practice.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Clark went down
to Beech Creek last Saturday to be pres-
ent at the birthday celebration of Mrs.
Clark’s father, Mr. George Washington
Lingle, which was held at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Willis P. Bullock. Mr.
Lingle was ninety-five years old that day,
but notwithstanding his advanced age is
still enjoying good health. All of his chil-
dren and most of his grand-children were
present at the celebration.
—Miss Margery McGinley, who has been
in charge of the sixth and seventh grades
of the schools of Bellefonte, has resigned
her position and will leave today for cler-
ical work with the War Risk Insurance
Co., of Washington, D. C. Having regis-
tered and taken the examination for work
in the service, she leaves in answer to an
order from the government, to report for
duty at once. Miss McGinley is recogniz-
ed as among the best and most popular
of our teachers, and has been associated
with the school work of Bellefonte for nine
consecutive years.
—Miss Elizabeth Galbraith left yester-
day morning for a visit in Philadelphia.
—Mrs. Sue Peters, of Pine Grove Mills,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. Edward
Decker, of east Lamb street.
—Miss Josephine Decker, who has been
in Pittsburgh for the past five weeks, re-
turned to Bellefonte Sunday.
—Mrs. M. C. Hansen and Miss Hester
McGinley have been visiting with friends
of Mrs. Hansen in Pittsburgh.
. —Mrs. Edmund Blanchard is in Balti-
more, called there the early part of the
week by the illness of her brother-in-law.
—Thomas Lamb was in Baltimore last
week for a short stay with relatives, and
to see the third Liberty loan parade Sat-
urday.
—Hon. James Scarlet, of Danville, was a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lyon, while
attending court in Bellefonte the fore part
of the week.
—Mrs. Paul Sheffer is at Kingston, N. Y.,
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Price. Mrs.
Shaffer left Bellefonte two weeks ago for
a three week's visit.
—Mrs. William Whitmeyer went to Al-
toona on Monday to spend some time with
her brother, Harry Bowersox and family,
Mr. Bowersox not being in very good
health at present.
—Mr. and Mrs. Abramsen, of Pittsburgh,
have been guests this week of Mrs. Abram-
sen’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Olsen, in
Petrikin hall, having come in for the Ol-
sen-Coxey wedding.
—Mrs. Henry Beck and daughter Sarah,
of Lock Haven, were guests last Thursday
of the Misses Margaret and Martha Me-
Knight, having stopped off on their way
home from a trip to Pittsburgh.
—Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker with her daugh-
ter and son, Mary and John, left yester-
day for Ebensburg, to visit with Mrs. Col-
lins until Sunday, expecting then to go on
to their new home at Wilkinsburg.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Darcey and Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Dierken, of Washington,
D. C.; William H. Cunningham, of Beaver
Falls, and Mertie Cunningham, of New
York, were among those in Bellefonte last
week for the funeral of the late Frank
Cunningham.
—Charles McMullen, constable of the
Second ward, Philipsburg, brought a Mr.
Williams to the Centre county jail yester-
day and while here dropped into this of-
fice and had his name enrolled as a
“Watchman” subscriber; all of which
shows that he is not only a good consta-
ble but means to keep abreast of the times
by reading the best county paper publish-
ed anywhere.
Academy Minstrels and Other Affairs.
Next week will be the time for the
great Red Cross benefit by the Belle-
fonte Academy minstrels. Thursday
night the curtain will rise at 8:30
o'clock. Friday night it will go up at
8 o’clock sharp so that the young peo-
ple may have time to attend the an-
nual football dance to be given by the
athletes of the Academy in Bush Ar-
cade hall. The Nossokoff-Maggio or-
chestra, of Pittsburgh, will furnish
delightful music on this occasion.
On Saturday, April 20th, the Acad-
emy baseball nine will open the sea-
son with a game on Hughes field with
the High school club of Altoona.
On Sunday, April 21st, the service
flag of the Academy, containing 130
stars, will be unfurled at the Acade-
my with appropriate exercises. Elo-
quent addresses will be delivered by
Col. J. L. Spangler, Col. H. S. Taylor
and Dr. W. K. McKinney. The pub-
lic is cordially invited.
The minstrel program will furnish
an evening of charming music and
merry laughter, participated in by
about sixty students. The thrill of
the evening will come in the closing
military sketch with its real hospital
and Red Cross scene near the Ameri-
can headquarters on the western
front. Absolutely authoritative news
from the scenes of the conflict will be
given out to the audience each night,
news that cannot appear in the late
afternoon papers.
The Red Cross girls and the young
lady ushers garbed in the native cos-
tumes of the allied countries will make
a striking feature of the program.
These performances should be well
patronized by friends of the Red Cross
from all over the county. Chart will
open at Parrish’s drug store Wednes-
day morning, April 17th, at 10 o’clock.
For Sale.—A house of nine rooms
and a bath, all modern conveniences,
including stationary wash tubs in
kitchen; everything in perfect repair.
Large lot with fruit trees, garden and
good stable, can be used as a garage.
Property desirably located on east
Logan street. Inquire of Mrs. C. K.
Hicklen. 63-13-4t
Watch for Mutt and Jeff next
Tuesday, and if you happen to miss
them go to the opera house in the -
evening and see them.
Sale Register.
Friday, April 12.—On the old Curtin farm
214 ‘miles east of Bellefonte Wm. Groh
Runkle will sell 1 team of horses, weight
1550 Ibs.; 16 milk cows; 14 head of
young cattle; 8 shoats, 8 ewes, lambs.
ale at 12 o'clock. L. F. Mayes, Auction-
eer.
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted are those paid for produce.
Potatoes per bushel
OnionS..iecpevrereisess
Eggs, per dozen.
Lard, per pound.....
Butter, per pound...
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
The following are the quotations up to six o'clock
Thursday evening, when our paper goes to press,
$2.10
2
White eat..... .00
Rye, per bushel................. 1.50
Corn, shelled, per bushel... 1.75
Corn, ears, per bushel
Qats, old and new, per bush:
Barley, per bushel
Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday oy ear 10
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