Bellefonte, Pa., May 17, 1918.
To Correspondents~No ‘communications
published unless accompanied by the real
mame of the writer.
I ——
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
——Mrs. John P. Harris is again
critically ill at her home on Linn
street.
——Cohen & Co’s department store
has added a new delivery car to its
equipment.
——Mr. and Mrs. D. Paul Fortney
are contemplating leaving Bellefonte
in the fall, to make their home in
Pittsfield, Mass.
——Miss Hazel Hurley entertained
the members of the Senior class of
the Bellefonte High school at her
home on High street last Friday even-
ing.
——Second Lieut. Harold Witham,
son of Robert Witham, of Lock Ha-
ven, has been wounded in France. He
is a member of the First regiment en-
gineers.
———Next Thursday will be show
day in Bellefonte and those who have
seen the Sparks’ circus this season
declare that it is very good, though of
course not the biggest show on earth.
At the home talent play on
Monday evening some person borrow-
rowed manager E. F. Garman’s bunch
of keys. Will the individual, kindly
return same to Mr. Garman or to this
office.
——Miss Maude Baer has tendered
her resignation as a teacher in the
Bellefonte. High school to accept a
similar position in the public schoels
at Beaver at a very substantial in-
crease in salary.
——Keep in mind the Harmonic
club concert, in the High school aud-
itorium, Monday night. It is only
twenty-five cents, yet a contribution
for the Belgian sufferers. Buy a tick-
et even if you cannot go.
——The Ladies Auxiliary of the
* Bellefonte hospital cleared $232.00 at
their rummage sale held in the Bush
Arcade on Wednesday, and had sold
out everything by a little past four
o’clock in the afternoon.
——Sunday and Monday’s rains and
the warm weather which followed
have done crops of all kinds a wonder-
ful lot of good, and from present
showing Centre county farmers will
have another year of bounteous crops.
——REven the notary publics in
Bellefonte have increased their nota-
torial fees. Where it used to cost a
quarter to say yes and watch the no-
tary sign his name it now costs fifty
cents; enough to make a man swear
as little as possible.
the Red Cross work room in Petrikin
hall on the afternoon of Friday, May
24th, of all of the knitting that has
been done in the last month. All
those interested in this work will be
welcome at that time. :
——Of .the $12,011,700 worth of
third Liberty bonds subscribed for by
the 249,745 employees of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad system, $26,000.00
are to be credited to Centre county.
Bonds to that value were taken by
employees who reside within the
county. r
——A big patriotic mass meeting
and parade will be held in Howard
Saturday evening, in the interest of
the Red Cross drive next week. Good
speakers and good music will be in-
cluded in their program, so that there
should be no stay-at-homes in that
locality.
——The concert to be given by the
Harmonic club in the High school
building next Monday evening prom-
ises to be a musical treat, and lovers
of music generally should avail them-
selves of this opportunity to hear
something really fine. The concert
will begin promptly at eight o’clock.
———The Bellefonte Academy base-
ball team will play the Lock Haven
Normal nine on Hughes field tomor-
row (Saturday) afternoon. Game
will be called promptly at three
o’clock and lovers of the sport should
be on hand at the lime, as an exciting
contest is anticipated. Admission,
only 25 cents.
Five men of undisputed Ger-
man nativity were arrested at Phil-
ipsburg on Monday morning as being
undesirable citizens and taken to Har-
risburg for a further examination.
One of the men confessed and it is
likely the bunch of them will be sent
to an internment camp for the dura-
tion of the war.
——Last Sunday’s North American
announced that Noah H. Swayne II
had sold his residence on Mill Creek,
at Ardmore, to Col. Henry D. Hughes,
who will occupy it after alterations
are completed. The property consists
of a stone colonial house and garage
and more than an acre of ground. The
price was close to $35,000.
——The marriage of Miss Gene-
vieve Bible, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George P. Bible, and Robert S.
Walker, in service at the Navy yard
at League Island, will take place in
St. John’s Episcopal church, Belle-
fonte, Thursday, May 30th. They will
go at once to Philadelphia, where Mr.
Walker has rented furnished apart-
ments.
——G. R. Gamble this week pur-
chased the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Morris on the corner of Linn and
Spring streets and will move there
just as soon as the Morris’ can pack
and store their furniture. Mr. Gam-
ble yesterday sold his present home
to C :D. Casebeer and he will move
there just as soon as he can arrange to
leave the heme he now occupies.
There will be an exhibition in
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{| MORE NATIONAL ARMY MEN.
Twelve Sent Away Tuesday, Fifty-
i Nine More to Go May 25th.
The one thing more than any other |
that is cenvincing evidence that this
‘country is at war, and means to fight
i to a finish, is the continual drain upon
the young manhood of the country.
Centre county now has between eight
and nine hundred men in the service
and the end is not in sight. In addi-
‘tion to the hundreds who have volun-
tarily enlisted in the neighborhood of
‘three hundred men within the draft
| age have either been sent away to
| training camps or been inducted into
!service in some branch of the army
{for which they had a special prefer-
ence. The last bunch to be sent away
was on Tuesday afternoon, when
twelve young men entrained for Cul-
| umbus barracks, Columbus, Ohio, the
first contingent sent to that place.
The men came to Bellefonte on
Monday in response to the summons
of the local exemption board and that
evening they were given a supper at
the Brockerhoff house. A number of
Bellefonte citizens were present as
well as friends of the young men. At
the conclusion of their meal brief
speeches were made by burgess W.
Harrison Walker, Edmund Blanchard,
’Squire W. S. Skelton, of Millheim;
Hon. John Noll, Major S. M. Huff,
John L. Dunlap, J. Will Conley, who
supplied the boys with “smokes,”
John J. Bower and sheriff George H.
Yarnell. The young men left on the
4:35 train Tuesday afternoon, and
like the others who have gone before,
were given an enthusiastic send-off at
the train. The young men sent away
were as follows:
LAVERICK, EFFIN, Powelton.
HEATON, A. J., Howard.
DINSMORE, WILLIAM, Philipsburg.
HULL, ROY JAMES, Bellefonte.
KLINE, ALVIN E. Howard, R. F. D.
INGLISH, W. S8., Philipsburg.
HUTCHINSON, R. G., Philipsburg.
MIDLI, ANTONIO, Snow Shoe.
SAUTELLE, C. W., Woodland.
HASSINGER, H. C., Millheim.
PFOUTZ, SAMUEL, Sandy Ridge.
FOREMAN, F. GUY, State College.
Sautelle was made captain of the
squad and he selected as his lieuten-
ants Dinsmore and Hutchinson. -
ANOTHER BIG CALL.
Another big call for national army
men has been sent out, Pennsylvania
to furnish over twenty thousand, of
which Centre county’s quota will be
fifty-nine. The call will be on or
about May 25th, and the following
men in Centre county will be sum-
moned by the local exemption board:
GENTZEL, PAUL M., Bellefonte, R. D. 2.
WILLIAMS, HARRY J.} Philipsburg.
LAUCK, DAVID H., Snow Shoe.
GUTHERY, E. L., Philipsburg.
WOODEL, ASHLEY, Sandy Ridge.
TAYLOR, Wm. F., Lindén Hall
DANN, VICTOR, Bellefoste.
HAINES, JOSEPH E., Bellefonte, R. D. 3
KORMAN, JAS. B.,, Howard, R. D. 3.
MATTERN, W. R., Port Be RED,
DAYON, GEORGE, Philipsburg.
BURRELL, CHAS. S.,-Millheim.
WILLIAMS, DONALD, State College.
MUSSER,, GEO. D., Bellefonte.
MECHTLEY, W. N., State College, R. 1.
HAAG, GOTTLEIB, D., Bellefonte.
WAXLER, JOSEPH, Clarence.
FYE, HOWARD M., Nittany.
LOESCH, ARTHUR L., ‘State College,
B..-D. 1.
RODZYNINSKI, IGNOY.: Osceola Mills,
R.D. 2
DULLEN, FRANCIS, Nittany.
I.UCAS, SIMON, Bellefonte.
KAUFFMAN, EARL, Runville.
HAWKES, CLARENCE H., Fleming. «
KOPCIK, MIKE, Osceola Mills, R. D. 2,
ASKEY, JAMES R., Pine Glenn.
KELLEY, E. M., Snow Shoe.
MILLER, LUTHER D., Bellefonte.
McCLOSKEY, LARRY E., Clarence.
PACKER, W. A., Lock Haven.
LAICH, EDWARD, Munson.
ZERBY, JOSEPH C., Spring Mills.
ALLEN, WILLIAM, Philipsburg.
HAINES, EVERSLEY T., Snow Shoe.
SMITH, CHARLES D., Spring Mills.
FORCE, JOHN W., Pine Glen.
KACHIK, ANDREW J., Clarence.
STEINBERG, LOUIS S., Pleasant Gap.
MITCHELL, GLEN R., Fleming.
WEAVER, ELMER B., Madisonburg.
DAVIS, WILLIAM, Philipsburg.
SMITH, MERRILL M., Howard.
LINGLE, IRA W., Coburn.
PATTON, SYLVESTER W,,
tilda.
JACKSON, ROBERT, State College.
BECHDEL, JOSEPH R., Blanchard.
HANDZA, JOHN, Clarence.
RICHARDSON, WILLARD, Hudson.
KUSH, MICHAEL, Clarence.
DIETZ, LEONARD E, Howard.
BURWELL, ARTHUR L., Pine Grove
Mills.
DECKER, CLOYD H., State College.
WEAVER, MILTON T., Howard, R. D.
WILLIAMSON, J. G., S. Philipsburg.
GRAFIUS, JOHN C., Philipsburg.
HOLTER, PHILIP C., Howard.
RICHARDSON, DAVID R., Martha.
BROOKS, HARRY, Clarence.
NIGHTHART, CHARLES, Bellefonte.
MUSSER, JAS. H., Aaronsburg.
ROCKEY, ORVIS R., Bellefonte.
BOOB, JOHN M., Spring Mills.
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Port Ma-
West Ward Team Loses Two Games.
Interest in the Red Cross baseball
league is increasing and the attend-
ance at the last two games warrants
the. assertion that before the season
is much further advanced it will be
attracting considerable attention, not
only in Bellefonte but throughout the
surrounding country.
The game last Friday evening be-
tween the North and West ward teams
was won by the North ward by the
score of 9 to 5, but it was only be-
cause the West ward players got rat-
tled in the last inning that the North
warders won. Wp to that time they
had the game cinched by a b to 0 score
but in the last inning the North ward
team hammered out 9 runs and won
the game.
On Tuesday evening the
was again defeated by the South
ward, the score being 11 to 1. To-
night's game will be between the
North and South ward teams and will
no- doubt be a contest worth seeing.
Go out and see the game ond thus
contribute your mite to the Red Cross.
West ward
his sister and niece, Mrs. Scott and
| Miss Janet Scott.
—Edward Robb, of the First Na-
tional bank has been in Harrisburg
this week, serving as a juror in the
, United States District court.
—Stanley B. Valentine has been in
Bellefonte during the past week, com-
ing here Thursday from Syracuse, for
a short visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Valentine.
—Miss Frances Willard returned
-home from Connellsville a week ago,
expecting to remain in Bellefonte
| with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L
Willard.
> cm ea ee Ql eee.
. —Mrs. Joseph Twitmire was in
‘Bellefonte yesterday, coming here
from Lock Haven, where she has been
~at the hospital with Mr. Twitmire
since his accident. Mr. Twitmire is
fast growing better and at present is
i arranging to return to his home at
' Sunbury.
{ ——Forty-five alumni of
' Pennsylvania State College have been
| selected as candidates for commissions
'in the fourth officers’ training camp
land among the number was Horace J.
Hartranft, of this place, who has been
in training at Camp Dix, N. J. The
!men were ordered to report at Camp
Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., on Wed-
| nesday.
oo rm me
——On Saturday afternoon, May
29th, 1830, Mr. S. A. McQuistion, of
Bellefonte, first saw the light of day
so that on Wednesday, May 29th, he
will be just eighty-eight years old.
Though not born in Bellefonte he has
lived here most of his life and has
long been identified as one of the old-
est and best citizens of the town. Mr.
McQuistion is now enjoying good
health and his legion of friends hope
he may live to celebrate this and many
more anniversaries.
-——The spring primaries will be
held on Tuesday of next week and by
the time the next issue of the
“Watchman” appears the various can-
didates will know the verdict of the
voters. While the “Watchman” is
not in the habit of making predictions
we'll venture just one this time and
that is that the Hon. John Noll will
be nominated on the Democratic tick-
et in Centre county for the Legisla-
ture, and that his chances for being
elected in November are very good.
— PW eee
——*“The Kaiser, the Beast of Ber-
lin,” has been secured by manager T.
Clayton Brown for exhibition at the
Scenic two days, May 23rd and 24th.
This dramatic motion picture shows
the Hun in all his bestial brutality
and any American who sees the pic-
ture cannot help but be stirred to the
depths with a desire to free the earth
of such monsters. Keep the dates in
mind and don’t fail to see this picture.
But in the meantime go and see the
other good pictures shown at the
Scenic every night.
ee —.
——*“Robina in Search of a Hus-
band,” the home talent play given at
the opera house on Monday evening
under the auspices of the D. A. R.,
present was delighted with the per-
formance. The gross receipts were
$227.00. The object is to make up the
Bellefonte Chapter’s quota of $75,000
pledged by the National Chapter for
the rebuilding of Tilelloy, France, one
of the towns destroyed by the Ger-
mans when they invaded that eountry.
It is the purpose to not only provide
houses, but house furnishings and live
stock, including a cew, chickens and
pigs. Any money left over after the
Chapter’s quota is donated will be
turned over to the Red Cross. If
there is enough demand for a repeti-
tion of the play it is possible it may
be given again on Saturday evening,
May 25th, the entire proceeds to go
to the Red Cross.
oso
Young Electrician Electrocuted.
Huston Shuey, a lineman in the em-
ploy of the State-Centr: Electric
company at State College, was elec-
trocuted at the top of a twenty-five
foot pole in that place just before the
noon hour on Friday. He had gone
up a pole on Burroughs street, near
the home of Harvey Stine to make
some repairs. Although he failed to
notice it at the time the insulation
had worn off the high tension wires.
When he reached the top of the pole
he took hold of one of the iron braces
to help support his weight and in
some way slipped and fell with the
back of his neck against one of the
high tension wires. The insulation
being faulty the wire burned a gash
in his neck into the bone. He grab-
bed another wire to pull himself loose
and got hold of another live wire with
the result that he was electrocuted.
His brother Dale was with him and he
started up the pole to rescue his
brother but in some way the current
was broken and the unfortunate man
dropped to the ground, falling on his
head and crushing his skull.
He was a son of John H. and Ellen
C. Shuey and was born in College
township. Had he lived until Tues-
day he would have been twenty-eight
years old. He was married to Miss
Lottie Stover, of Boalsburg, who sur-
vives with two small children. He al-
so leaves his father, two brothers and
two sisters, namely: Paul Shuey, of
Bellefonte; Dale, of State College;
Mrs. George Dunklebarger and Mrs.
Fearon Struble, of College township.
Funeral services were held at his
late home on Tuesday afternoon after
which the remains were taken to
, Boalsburg for burial in the cemetery
at that place. :
drew a large audience and every one.
Big P. O. S. of A. Rally.
The Patriotic Order Sons of Ameri-
ca will hold a big patriotic rally and
row (Saturday) "afternoon and even-
ing under the offices of the organiza-
tion’s State Wdr Board. A round
table meeting will be held in the P.
0. S. of A. hall in the Greeg Post
rooms at two o’clock in the afternoon
which should be attended by as many
members as possible from the twen- !
At this!
! y : spent Sunday here as a guest of Mrs. Peter
meeting camp problems will be con- |
ty-one Camps in the county.
sidered and discussed by state officers.
This meeting will also be attended by
the Altoona Commandery in full re-
galia.
At 7:15 o'clock in the evening the
Altoona Commandery will lead a big
parade in which all the P. O. S. of A.
Camps in the county, as well as other
fraternal organizations are invited to
participate. Music will be furnished
by Our Girls band of Milesburg. A
| big War Board mass meeting will be
held in the court house at 8:15 p. m.,
| which will be addressed by Hon. Ga-
{ briel H. Moyer, of Lebanon; Charles
| Brunun Helms, of Philadelphia, and
|
Auditor General Charles A. Snyder,
of Harrisburg.
| A special Camp session will be held
{at 9:30 o’clock p. m. in the P. O. S. of
| A. hall, when the degree work will be
| conferred upon some three hundred
members from the Camps at Snow
Shoe, Orviston, Runville and Monu-
ment. The Altoona Camp degree
team will do the work. The public
is invited to attend these meetings.
Farmers Made in Two Weeks.
Three hundred and fifty school boys
completed their two weeks’ intensive
work on the farms at State College
the latter part of last week and were
sent out to different parts of the State
to relieve the labor situation on the
farms. In the main the boys applied
themselves to the work and give
promise of developing into sturdy, ca-
pable young farmers. There was one
bunch, however, that came to the Col-
lege from one of the towns in the
eastern part of the State that were
inclined to kick over the traces and
were harder to handle than all the
others put together, but it is to be
hoped that the training they got at
the College will result in them ex-
pending their surplus energy in hon-
orable toil on the farms to which they
have been sent.
Penn State was the first college in
Pennsylvania to inaugurate a boys’
training camp for agricultural pur-
poses and so promising is the outlook
from the boys trained there the past
two weeks that another camp was
opened on Tuesday to continue for
two weeks. The boys came here from
every section of the State, ‘most of
them reaching Bellefonte on the Penn-
sylvania-Lehigh trains and for a short
time the P. R. R. depot looked like an
Ellis Island for the clearance of im-
migrants. Each boy had a grip and
a bundle of blankets and all in all
they were a sturdy, determined look-
ing set of lads.
An OM] Time Street Fight.
‘While the writer did not see it the
street fight that took place between
the “Watchman” office and the Bush
house about 10:30 o’clock on Monday
night carried one back to the days of
thirty years ago when it was nothing
unusual to see a fight between the
nailworkers and the employees at the
glass works. Monday night’s scrap
was_ between a bunch of foreigners
and a crowd of Coleville men. The
foreigners had been drinking and
were negotiating with a taxi driver
to take them home when one of the
Coleville bunch pushed one of them
from the pavement. The man was
promptly knocked down. Others in-
terfered and regardless of the fact
that they had been drinking the for-
eigners put up a good fight. One
Coleville man was hit with such force
that he was not only knocked down
but rolled entirely around an auto-
mobile and when he got up he was
knocked down again and rolled around
the other way. Bricks were thrown
and a general scrap was in progress
when the police appeared upon the
scene and quelled the fight.
The man who started the trouble
was compelled by chief of police
Dukeman to gather up all the bricks
then was escorted to the lockup.
Later another participant was ar-
rested and locked up and two more of
them on Tuesday.
Joe Kelleher Transferred to Lock
Haven.
T. Joseph Kelleher, who for a num-
ber of years has been yard master for
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
in Bellefonte, has been promoted to
the position of assistant trainmaster
of the Tyrone division with headquar-
ters at Lock Haven. The order be-
came effective yesterday and Mr. Kel-
leher went to Lock Haven yesterday
morning to assume charge of his new
duties.
Mr. Kelleher’s promotion came as
the result of making Lock Haven a
terminal point for freight runs be-
tween Tyrone and Northumberland.
The change in operation has been tried
out for two months and has worked
so successfully that it was decided to
make it permanent. In his new posi-
tion Mr. Kelleher will have charge of
the Bald Eagle Valley road and Belle-
fonte and Snow Shoe.
Mr. Kelleher came to Bellefonte al-
most twenty years ago and during his
service as yardmaster here has prov-
en not only efficient but faithful.
While his friends naturally would
rather have him remain in Bellefonte
yet they are also pleased at the com-
pany’s appreciation of his services in
thus giving him the promotion.
—Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—During their short visit in Pittsburgh
last week, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weaver
county meeting in Bellefonte tomor- | Were Suests of relatives.
—Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes had as a week-
end guest Dr. Hayes’ sister, Mrs. Reish,
who came up from Williamsport Saturday.
—The Hen. John T. McCormick, of State !
College, is in Harrisburg this week serv-
ing as a juror in the United States District
court.
—DMiss
liamsport,
Elizabeth G. Morrison, of Wil-
but formerly of Bellefonte,
Smith.
—Charles P. Hewes Esq., of Erie, spent
the latter part of last week visiting Belle-
fonte friends and renewing old acquain-
tances hereabouts.
—Mr. George E.
Luther, of Union
Spotts and young son
township, were Belle-
fonte visitors on Wednesday and pleas-
ant callers at this office.
—Daniel Dreiblebis, of State College,
was a “Watchman” office caller on Tues-
day, having come to Bellefonte to look
after some things demanding his personal
attention.
—Mrs. W. Frank Bradford and son Wil-
liam, Mrs. Clyde Smith and Miss Grace
Smith, of Centre Hall, spent a part of
Wednesday in Bellefonte shopping and
visiting friends.
—Mr. and Mrs. David J. Meyer returned
to Centre Hall last week after spending
the winter ir Columbia, South Carolina,
with their daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Witmer McCormick.
—John F. Kimport, one of Harris town-
ship’s substantial citizens, motored over
from Boalsburg on Wednesday and in ad-
dition to looking after some personal af-
fairs transacted business for his neigh-
bors.
—Postmaster P. H. Gherrity was in
Philadelphia on Wednesday to see the in-
troduction of the aerial mail service be-
tween New York, Philadelphia and Wash-
ington.
—Miss Elsie Clayton has been with her
sister, Mrs. J. J. Kilpatrick, since Sunday,
and upon leaving to return to Philadelphia
today, will be accompanied by her niece,
Edna Kilpatrick.
—Mrs. Wm. B. Mingle returned to Cen-
tre Hall last week and opened her home
for the summer, after spending most of
the winter in Philadelphia with her son
and daughter, W. Gross Mingle and Mrs.
J. Emory Hoy.
—Mrs. Frank M. Derstine, of Altoona,
and her small son, accompanied Mrs.
Derstine’s father, S. A. Donachy, to Belle-
fonte the after part of last week, remain-
ing here for a short visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Derstine.
—W. Wilson Gephart, of Brooklyn, was
a Bellefonte visitor Tuesday and Wednes-
day, dropping in rather unexpectedly to
see his mother. He is now cennected with
an iron brokerage firm in Brooklyn which
is doing a large business.
—Mrs. Andrew Cruse went to Pittsburgh
Tuesday, to visit for an ‘indefinite time
with Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Cruse.
—Mrs. A. M. Singheiser, of Renovo, and
her son Ray, were guests while in Belle-
fonte this week, of Mrs. Singheiser’s
brother, Robert Woodring. ’
—W. Witmer Smith left Bellefonte on
Monday night for New York city, going
from there to Camp Mills, Long Island,
to see his son. Russell prior to his depar-
ture with the Sanitary corps for France.
The young man had expected to come home
on a brief furlough but being unable to
get one telegraphed his father and the
latter went down.
—George Moser, the Goldine man who
has been in Bellefonte the past month or
more looking after the ‘advertising of
Goldine and Goldine Alterac, left on Mon-
day for Youngstown, Ohio, where he will
go into the office of the company and su-
pervise the advertising from there. Mr.
Moser is an extremely courteous and gen-
tlemanly young man and during his stay
in Bellefonte made a number of warm
friends who will always be glad to wel-
come him if he ever returns here.
—Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Swartz and their
small son came frem Erie the after part
of last week to spend the week-end at
Hublersburg with Mr. Swartz’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Swartz, and to see his
grandmother, Mrs. Christ Swartz, now
convalescing from her recent serious ill-
ness at the Bellefonte hospital. Mr.
Swartz is an electrical engineer with the
Burke Electrical Co., of Erie, being one
of their expert inspectors and testers of
the six-inch guns and of the gyroscopes
used on submarines and aeroplanes,
—Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Swartz, of Punx-
sutawney, with their son and Mr. Swartz’s
two sisters, Mrs. Reese Van Ormer, of
Coatesville, and Mrs. Caswell, of New
York, arrived here Wednesday in Mr.
Swartz’s car, on a drive from Punxsutaw-
ney to Swarthmore. Mrs. Van Ormer and
Mrg. Caswell, who were guests of Dr.
and Mrs. M. A. Kirk while in Bellefonte,
had been visiting with their brother and
his family and expected to leave them at
Coatesville, Mr. and Mrs. Swartz going on
for their daughter Ellen a first year stu-
dent at Swarthmore college.
—Robert C. Gilliland Esq., postmaster at
Snow Shoe, was in Bellefonte Friday, with
his son, with whom he had just complet-
ed a delightful trip to Camp Lee, in Vir-
ginia, where his oldest son, who was
principal of the scheols of Curwensville,
is preparing for overseas service te Uncle
Sam. Aside from the fact that we had not
seen our old friend for a long time his
visit was most interesting for the reason
that he gave us a very minute and glow-
ing description of this great army canton-
ment. He is of the opinion that the gov-
ernment has left no stone unturned in its
effort to throw every safeguard about the
physical and moral welfare of the men it
is calling to its support.
—The Hon. Geo. E. Alter, of the law
firm of McKee, Mitchell and Alter, of
Pittsburgh, has been spending the past
ten days with Warden John Francies at
Rockview. Mr, Alter is prominent not
only in his profession but in Republican
politics in the western part ef the State.
As Speaker of the House during the ses-
sion of 1913-14 he attained an eminence in
the councils of his party which would
make this seem like an unusual time for
him to be on a vacation, but as we have
always believed him to be a different type
of Republican from that typified by the
present scandal monging squabblers who
are fighting for preferment in his party,
he probably finds more peace and keeps in
better caste by spending much of his lei-
gure time in the mountains and along
the trout streams of Centre county. Inci-
dentally, Mr. Alter is fast becoming an
expert angler of trout and very often re-
turns to the warden’s home, after a day's
outing, with a creel that many an older
fisherman would be proud of.
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—Charles M. McCurdy has been in
Pittsburgh for a part of the week with
—Mrs. John 8. Walker has been spend-
ing a part of the week in Philadelphia.
—Mrs. C. A. Boring, of Cumberland, Md.,
with her daughter and son, have been
guests this week of Mrs. Boring’s sister,
Mrs. J. E. Dubbs.
—Miss Helen J. Dreese returned te her
home at Lemont Saturday, after spending
the winter in Cleveland, Ohio, with Dr.
and Mrs. Coleman.
—Mrs. Pearl Wallace returned te Atlam-
tic City Wednesday, after a two week's
visit with her mother, Mrs. Edward Pow-
ers, of Spring street.
—Miss Irma Rombaugh, of Altoona, has
been spending the week in Bellefonte, a
guest of Miss Adelaide Rankin, at the
home of her father, W. B. Rankin.
—Daniel Clemson, with Leathers Bros.
brokers, of Chester, came home on a short
visit this week in anticipation of meeting
his brother Frederick, whom they expect-
ed on a furlough before leaving for France.
—Mrs. W. Miles Walker left Tuesday for
New York State to visit for a month with
her daughter, Miss Lillian Walker, who is
in charge of the millinery department in
one of the leading dry goods stores of
Penn Yan.
—John Q. Miles, of Martha, was in
Bellefonte on Tuesday looking after some
business matters. He still carries his
right arm in a sling as the result of a
badly sprained wrist he sustained in a
fall some time ago.
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Reported a Slacker by Mistake.
Included in the list of twenty-four
names published last week as the
number of slackers in Centre county
was the name of Francis J. Hefferan,
of Osceola Mills. The name was giv-
en out by the local exemption board
owing to the fact that the young
man’s questionnaire was returned to
the board without any report as to
his whereabouts.
It now appears that he enlisted for
service on December 12th, 1917, and
is at present in training at Fort Mor-
gan, Alabama, as a member of Com-
pany 2, C. A. C,, hence it is only just
to the young man and his friends that
he name be stricken off the slacker
ist.
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Prisoners Paroled.
At a brief session of court held on
Tuesday afternoon Robert Jodon and
James Fetters, the two men who two
weeks ago were sentenced to pay
fines of fifty dollars each and ninety
days in jail for furnishing liquor to
men of known intemperate habits
were each paroled and their fines re-
mitted. Jodon was paroled in the cus-
tody of Hon. A. G. Morris and Fetters
on his good behavior.
Westley Nicholson, of Philipsburg,
plead guilty to running a car without
a license but sentence was suspend-
ed and the county directed to pay the
costs. »
“Hops, Hell and Hohenzollern.”
Such is the subject of a lecture to be
given in the Methodist church of
Bellefonte tomorrow (Saturday) even-
ing by Dr. Elmer Lynn Williams, the
fighting parson of Chicago. Dr. Wil-
liams has a national reputation as a
pulpit orator and his lecture on the
above subject is attracting considera-
ble attention by the public and press
generally. A feature of the meeting
will be the singing by Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Waring, of Tyrone. The pub-
lic is invited.
Murder at Woodland.
In a quarrel at Woodland, Clearfield
county, on Saturday evening, William
Brown shot and killed Walter Moore,
putting three bullets in his body, one
of which pierced his heart. Both men
are colored and recently went to
Woodland frem Asheville, N. C. Brown
escaped and was traced almost to the
Centre county line. Moore was about
twenty-five years old. Sheriff Yarnell
was notified to be on the watch for
the murderer.
——Included in the list of slackers
reported by the Clinton county ex-
emption board is the name of “How-
ard James Lannon, Wilson street,
Bellefonte, Pa.”
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.
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For Rent.—A desirable 9 room brick
house, all conveniences, with newly
installed steam-heat plant.
of town. Inquire of S. D. Ray or
Geo. Bush, Bellefonte, Pa. 63-18-4t
Dress Maker—Wishes work. All
kinds of sewing at reasonable prices.
—Mrs. LEACH, Cor. Ridge and High
Streets. 63-20-2t*
Jitney—Service at all hours; Paul
Mallory driver. Call Geiss’s livery
on either phone. 63-20-4t
Chicks for Sale.—Inquire of Grace
E. Dubbs. Commercial phone. 19-2
Bellefonte Produce Markets.
Corrected weekly by R. S. Brouse, Grocer.
The prices quoted those paid for p: ce.
Potatoes per bushel
ONiONS.....try0reer
Eggs, per doze
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,
Red Wheat ;
White Wheat... 2.00
Rye, per bushel... 1.50
Corn, shelled, per 1.75
Corn, ears, per bushel... 1.75
Oats, old and new, per bushel. 75
Barley, perbushel..........ccceeveiveneiricsnsnsinnnnnns 1.10
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Philadelphia Markets.
The following are the closing prices of the
Philadelphia markets on Wednesday evening:
eat—Red. $2.17@ 2.19
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Corn —Yellow. J .
¢* —Mixed new. 1.94@ 1.95
ORES vis eirisssivassavigisrssrsssses .. 1.03@ 1.04
Flour—Winter, per barrel... 10.75@11.50
Rye Flour, ber barrel. ............. 14.00@15.00
Baled Hay—Choice Timothy 17.00@31°00
fhe “ Mixed Ni 24.50@29.00
SETRAW, il ri nin tities ieirerniins 18.00@21.50
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