Beara a Belletonte, Pa., August 2, 1918. Te Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real pame of the writer. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Editor. Terms of Subscription.—Until further aotice this paper will be furnished to sub- scribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.756 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 —-——— ee oe me DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Governor. EUGENE C. BONNIWELL, Philadelphia. For Lieutenant Governor. J. WASHINGTON LOGUE, Philadelphia. Secretary of Internal Affairs. ASHER R. JOHNSON, McKean County. Congress At Large. JOSEPH F. GORMAN, Lehigh County, FRED IKLER, Columbia County, J. CALVIN STRAYER, York County, SAMUEL R. TARNER, Allegheny County. Congress. Wm. E. TOBIAS, Clearfield County. Senator. MATTHEW SAVAGE, Clearfield County. Representative. : JOHN NOLL, Bellefonte. Bellefonte Boy Writes of Life in the Navy. ‘Hampton Roads, Va., July 14. I will now attempt to answer some of the letters received from home. We have been moved and changed around so much that we would not know one day where we might be the next. We were sent to Virginia Beach, about fifty miles from here, and were there one week on target range. The shooting was very inter- esting, as we used the same kind of rifles our soldiers are using in France and it sounded like a real battle at times, with from four to five hundred shooting at one time. We were a dirty bunch when we got back, as we had only one suit with us. We had to shoot from all posi- tions, standing up, lying down, kneel- ing and a lot of cther ways. It rain- ed a good part of the time while there which accounted in a measure for our looks. These white suits look fine when a thousand or more men are on parade or drill, but we all would glad- ly exchange them for overalls and a jacket, so far as comfort goes. As our uniforms have to be clean’ every morning you can realize that it is some job to do the washing. On our way back from the range we stopped at B——for a visit then were broken up and scattered, some to camps, others to shipyards, ships and schools, and finally eighteen of us landed in our old camp but in a different company. We have to make new friends now, but that isn’t hard to do as the fellows are all quite chummy. ; Don’t know how long we will be here, it may be two weeks and it may be six months. We never know when or where we are going. But I should worry as long as I get three meals a day and a place to swing my ham- “mock. And we always have those in the navy, for Uncle Sam sure does take good care of us, and I have nev- er regretted having enlisted, although . it is hard work at times. It was too bad about Harry Waite. This war is a bad thing but we all hope it will be over in good time. The Kaiser will get his, and if he wasn't so bull-headed he could easily see that he can’t win. The boys here are all anxious for active service and are ready to take chances on submarines or anything else the Kaiser can put out. About three hundred of us were up at Norfolk the other night. It is about the size of Altoona and a lively town. The streets were packed with soldiers, sailors and marines from the camps around here. Nine out of every ten men one met wore a uni- form. We had a good time and got back about ‘one o’clock. This place is only a half-hour’s ride from Norfolk by trolley, and we are to have leave two and three times a week. Saw some French and English sailors there and they do wear odd-looking uniforms. But I suppose they think ours just as odd. We also saw some American marines just back from the trenches in France. Some of them were decorated with the war cross. There must be lots doing in Belle- fonte since I came away, and the young fellows there must be getting scarce. Some of us are planning a trip to Camp Lee some Sunday and maybe I will run across some Belle- fonte boys there. Saw Charles Gar- brick the other evening when we were at Norfolk. He is stationed not far from here. He was surprised to see me, but we did not have much chance to talk as me met in a trolley and it was crowded. Guess I will have to - close now. = 3 Love to all, EDGAR SHIRK. oo ——On Sunday evening a number of Italians near Coleville were cele- brating the homecoming of Nicolla Lalli when one of the number blamed John Pitcher, an Austrian, with tear- ing down an’ American flag. Sheriff Yarnell had to be called out to quell the small riot which followed and as much for his own safety as anything else Pitcher was arrested and locked in the Centre county jail. At this writing there seems to be some un- certainty as to whether the Austrian tore down a flag or not. If he did, he naturally should suffer the full penal- ty of the law, but if he did not he should not be punished because of a misapprehension of the patriotic Ital- ians. BAUM.—Another of Bellefonte’s old-time and well known citizens has passed away in the person of Abra: at his home on east Bishop street shortly before eleven o’clock last Sat- urday morning. He had been a suf- ferer for some months with arterio- sclerosis but was not considered ser- jous on Saturday morning. He was in his room sitting on the bed talking to his daughter, Mrs. Nathan Rees- man, who is here on a visit. She walked out of the room and return- ing several minutes later discovered her father lying back on the bed. She spoke to him but he did not answer and going to him found him dead. Deceased was born in Kleinkarl- bach, Province of Bavaria, Germany, in February, 1834, hence was 84 years and 5 months old. He came to this country about the year 1860 and came almost directly to Bellefonte where he lived ever since. He was a good citizen and a unique character who was perhaps better known among the traveling public than any other man in Bellefonte. He was in the livery business many years, until the advent of the automobile literally drove the horse livery out of business. About fifty-two years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Anspach, who died sixteen years ago. Surviving him, however, are twelve children, namely: Alph, of _Belle- fonte; Jacob, of Rockport, Ind.; Mrs. Nathan Reesman, of Princeton, Ind.; Mrs. Jacob Hassell, of Columbus, Ohio; Simeon, of Bellefonte; Ferd, of Indianapolis; Mrs. William Katz, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Jacob Metz, of Tren- ton, Ky.; Mrs. Morris Monash, of New York; Isadore, of Manhattan, Kan.; Maurice, of State College, and Harry, of Sunbury. He also leaves three sis- ters and three brothers, as follows: Mrs. Robert Straus, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Freundenthal, of Trinidad, Col.; Samuel and Aaron Baum, in Philadel- phia, and a brother and sister in Ger- many. The funeral was held at ten o’clock on Tuesday morning. The services were in charge of Rabbi Abells, of Altoona, and burial was made in the Jewish cemetery. All the - children were here for the funeral except Isa- dore and Ferd, while his brother Sam- uel, of Philadelphia, was also in at- tendance. | DOLL.—Louis Doll passed away at his home on Bishop street about 4:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning as the result of a stroke sustained the lat- ter part of last week. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Doll and was born in Baden, Germany, on August 25th, 1846, hence was not quite seventy-two years old. He came to this country when a young man and for more than fifty years had been a resident of Bellefonte. He followed the occupation of a shoe- maker all his life and being a super- jor workman his skill in this direction He was a member of the Catholic church and a good citizen in every way. About forty-nine years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Ragina ‘Lehman who survives with six chil- dren: William, George, Louis Jr. Rosa, Edward and Frank. He also leaves one brother, Leonard Doll, liv- ing somewhere in the west. Funeral services will be held in the Catholic church at ten o'clock this (Friday) morning by Rev. Father Downes, after which burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery. 1 GRENOBLE.—Mrs. Helena Greno- ble, widow of Samuel Grenoble, died at her home near Pine Hall on Thurs- day of last week as the result of a stroke of paralysis sustained last April. She was a daughter of Philip and Catharine Krebs Casper and was born at Centre Furnace on February 14th, 1845. When but twenty years old she was united in marriage to Samuel Grenoble and all their married life was spent in the vicinity of Pine Hall. She was a life-long member of the Pine Hall Reformed church and a woman who had the love and esteem of all who knew her. Her husband died in May, 1916, but surviving her are three sons, Harry M. and Philip, of State College, and George, at home. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Kate Young, of Marklesburg. Funeral services were held in the Reformed church at Pine Hall at ten o'clock on Saturday morning by Rev. S. C. Stover, after which burial was made in the cemetery adjoining the church. ; - RESIDES.—Philip Resides, a well known resident of Buffalo Run valley, died on Tuesday after an illness of several years with carcenoma of the stomach. He was a son of Philip and Hannah Resides and was born on June 21st, 1851, hence was 67 years, 1 month and 9 days old. He followed farming all his life. Surviving him are his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Lydia Wise, and one son, Paul. He also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Bella Barr, of Tyrone; William Resides, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Joseph Tressler, of Shiloh; Henry, of Fillmore; Mrs. Hen- ry Stone, of Waddle; Mrs. William Sellers, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. William Sowers, Bellefonte. The funeral will be held this (Friday) morning, burial to be made in the Meyers’ cemetery. 1l It KNARR.—Mrs. Mary Knarr, wife of William Knarr, of east High street, died at the Bellefonte hospital on Monday, aged 38 years. She is sur- vived by her husband and four small children. The funeral took place yes- terday morning, the remains being taken to Curtin township for burial in the Summit Hill cemetery. ham Baum, who died quite suddenly was known all over Centre county. ! SPANGLER.—William W. Spang- ler, a well known retired farmer, died at his home in Centre Hall on Wed- nesday, of general debility. He was a son of Jacob and Rebecca Spangler and was born near Centre Hill, being “at his death 75 years, 1 month and 1 ‘day old. His wife died in 1898 but sarviving him are three sons and one | daughter, namely: Bernard E., Wil- {son E. and Harry B., all of Chicago, ‘and Gertrude, at home. He also : leaves one brother and a sister, James | ; B. Spangler, of Tusseyville, and Mrs. i Anna Rishel, of Hope, Ark. The fun- ! eral will be held tomorrow, burial to ‘be made at Sprucetown. fl Il DUNKLE.—Mrs. Harriet Dunkle, widow of the late David Dunkle, died ' at her home near Hecla on Monday of | last week following an illness of many ! months with valvular heart trouble. | She was a daughter of Jacob and Re- ‘becca Stover Rockey and was born in | Walker township on April 3rd, 1836, hence at her death had reached the advanced age of 82 years, 3. months jand 19 days. Her entire life was | spent in Walker township. Surviving {her are two sons, Harvey and Merrill, {both on the old homestead. Burial i was made at Hublersburg last Thurs- ! day. y Il | BRANDON.—Mrs. Mary M. Bran- don, wife of Edward Brandon, died at her home near the old Nittany furnace on Sunday, following a protracted ill- ness with tuberculosis. She was a Roush Keller and was born on Feb- ruary 27th, 1869, hence was in her fif- tieth year. In addition to her hus- band she is survived by a number of children. Burial was made in the Sunnyside cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. Il ll McMULLEN.—Mrs. Maria McMul- len, widow of Henry McMullen, died at her home near McCoy’s works last Saturday morning, aged 71 years. Burial was made on Tuesday in the Treziyulny cemetery. List of Teachers for the Bellefonte Schools. A rumor has been circulated on the streets the past few days that there was some likelihood of the High school being abandoned this year on account of the lack of teachers. Such rumor is entirely without foundation. The Bellefonte school board had a full list of teachers but within the past fortnight two of the High school teachers have been called for service, namely: Ira C. Gross, of Huntingdon, principal of the High school, and F. L. Godshall, of Collegeville, teacher of history. Aside from the above the board has a full list of teachers as follows: Supervising Principal—A. H. Sloop. HIGH SCHOOL. Manual Training—H. C. Menold. English—Gertrude: A. Taylor. Languages—Mary F. Schad. Household ‘Arts—Annie BE, Dashiel. Assistant in Household Arts—Katherine H. Allison. Commercial—Grace Stevens. Mathematics—Anna Shuey. GRADE TEACHERS NORTH WARD . BUILDING. 8th Grade—May Taylor. 7th Grade—Carrie A. Weaver. 6th Grade—H. Mary Underwood. 4th and 5th Grades—Hazel I. Lentz. 3rd Grade—Bessie Miles. 2nd Grade—Eleanor Cook. Primary—Elizabeth H. Dorworth. GRADE TEACHERS SOUTH WARD BUILDING. 8th Grade and Principal—Ella Levy. 6th. and 7th Grades—Lois Kirk. 5th Grade—Margaret Cooney. 4th Grade—Mame M. Woods. 3rd Grade—Helen J. Harper. ond Grade—Annie McCaffrey. Primary—Alice K. Dorworth. Centre County. Townships Receiving Cash Road Tax Bonus. The second class townships through- out the State which have complied with the law providing for a cash road tax bonus will soon receive their checks for same from the State. ‘y'wenty-three out of twenty-five town- ships in Centre county will share in the distribution, Ferguson and Snow Shoe townships failing to qualify. The amount that will be given to Centre county is $13,645.25, divided among the townships as follows: Benner Township..,..cceoceeeeeeene $ 972.11 Boggs Township......cocevvenrenes 832.13 Burnside Township. .. 13256 College Township... 686.71 Curtin Township... 408.72 Gregg Township............. 1124.64 Haines Township............ Halfmoon Township 474.98 Harris Township... 546.83 Howard Township.. 1.69 Liberty Township.. 652.76 Huston Township... 257.20 Marion Township... 486.47 Miles Township..... sen 685. Patton Township.............. 297.9 Penn Townshi seessssssencsens Potter Township. Rush Township... 1001.23 Spring Township... 606.24 Taylor Township... 291.78 Union Township.... 324,73 Walker Township........cceeevenens Worth Township.......ceeeviieneee —W. Henry Taylor yesterday sent in his resignation as mail carrier from the Pennsylvania railroad depot to the Bellefonte postoffice, the same to take effect in thirty days. Mr. Tay- lor has carried the mail from the rail- road to the postoffice for over ten years and as evidence of his faithful- ness, in all that time he has not miss- ed a mail. The big reason for his re- signing his job is because the work is becoming too burdensome for a man of his years. When he started to car- ry the mail there was no parcel post and the work was light to what it is now, when as much as seventy pounds can be sent in one parcel post pack- age. His resignation will leave a va- cancy for the Postoffice Department to fill by the first of September, due notice of which will be given. ——They are all good enough, but the “Watchman” is always the best. | 1 daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth The Boss Little Fisherman. Fathers often have to talk to their sons about the danger of imagining that they know more and can do things better than their “dads.” Most fath- ers get into this kind of dilemma through teaching their boys their own tricks. John Curtin has the reputa- tion of being a very expert trout fish- erman and one of his most constant companions on the streams of Centre county is twelve year old “Johnny” | Curtin. Naturally “Johnny” has pick- ed up a lot in piscatorial skill from “Dad” and the time has come when “Johnny” puts it all over John when ithe creels are counted after an even- ing on a favorite stream. This happened only a week or so ago when the lad had eleven nice trout and his “dad” but four, all of which took a microscope to determine whether they were over the six inch mark. During the drive home, after this particular triumph of youth, father Curtin was giving son Curtin some parental advice as to his tech- nique with the rod, which the latter resented. An argument ensued and it culminated in a threat by the sen- jor member of the family not to take the junior fishing at all any more. “Jhonny” forthwith put a quietus to | the whole affair by replying: “You've ‘got to, “Dad,” you can’t get enough fish for the family unless you do.” That .was merely incidental to the real story. Next morning tucked ‘away in his father’s boots, with his father’s rod, net and basket over his | shoulders “Johnny sneaked away | and was later found in the Bush house dam, just below the “Watchman” of- fice. A crowd of spectators, of course, had gathered on the bridge and were speculating as to whether it was boots or a boy that was flecking Spring creek below them. Just then a trout struck at the tiny fly out on the end of a long line that had been beauti- fully cast and the supercillious spec- tators about discovered that there was a very live little boy inside those great boots and that the very live lit- tle boy knew a few tricks of the fish- ing game that were mysteries to them. With a six ounce rod and a No. 14 hook “Johnny” had to fight a brown trout that measured 19% inches long. It was a fine fight and lasted | probably fifteen minutes, but the lad won and a more triumphant smile we have never seen than was that on the face of “Johnny” Curtin when he walked up to John Curtin and showed the old man had ever caught in his life. Flag Raising at Oak Hall ‘weather about four hundred people gathered at the plant of the Oak Hall Lime & Stone company, near Oak Hall, on Sunday evening, to witness the raising of the Stars and Stripes. Harry. Hassinger, of Bellefonte, su- -| perintendent of the company, looked after things in a general way while Col. Emanuel Noll, of Bellefonte, was master of ceremonies. The Lemont band furnished the music for. the occasion. Rev. S. C. Stover, of Boalsburg, invoked the Di- vine blessing and then to the strains of the Star’ Spangled Banner the flag was hoisted to the top of a forty foot pole by two old soldiers. A service flag was also raised containing two stars, representing Alvin Bohn and Claude Whitehill, two former em- ployees of the company who are now in France. Following the raising of the flag speeches were made by ex-Judge El- lis L. Orvis and Burgess W. Harrison Walker, of Bellefonte. The former told the story of the war and how it will not end until America is victor- ious, while Mr. Walker urged his hearers to support the government by purchasing war savings stamps. The meeting closed with “America” by the band and the benediction by Rev. Stover. That New Potato Blight. A new blight is doing untold dam- age to the potato crop in Centre coun- ty and so far no one seems able to combat it successfully. Most of the fields in the county are affected, more or less. Down in Haines township there is one field of five acres, half of which has been practically ruined by the blight, while the other half is as green and thifty-looking as can be. And a peculiar thing about the field is the line of demarkation between the blight-ridden part of the field and that untouched is as straight as if marked out by a line. : The new blight is a small, louse-like 82 |insect that literally devouss the leaves leaving the patch as black and bare as if burned over. The regular Bor- deaux mixture will not kill the blight but county farm agent R. M. Olm- 3 | stead avers that a pound of soap boil- ed in a gallon of water, add a gallon of kerosene, which should then be di- luted with some thirty gallcns of wa- ter and the affected potatoes thor- oughly sprayed. This will do more good than anything else discovered. Flag Raising and Festival at Roops- burg. A big Red Cross festival and flag raising will take place at Roopsburg tomorrow (Saturday) evening to which the public is specially invited. The Emerick busses will be in serv- ice to transport the crowd, beginning at 7 o'clock. Our Girls band of Miles- burg will furnish the music and the speakers will be Col. H. S. Taylor, Burgess W. Harrison Walker and Ed- mund Blanchard Esq. Go out and see the flag raised and help along with the festival, ~~. —The trout season being over a lot of people we know of will now turn a deaf ear to the call of the wild. him in his basket a bigger trout than Notwithstanding the extreme hot | Two Automobile Accidents. . On Saturday evening Ralph Has- singer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hassinger, took a Ford load of seven boys to Snow Shoe Intersection for a good swim in the Bald Eagle creek. Following their dip they started home and between the Intersection . and Milesburg Ralph turned out te pass another car when his machine cast a tire and the result was a general mix- up in which all the boys were cut and bruised and received minor injuries. Fortunately, however, none of them sustained any broken bones or oiy- thing serious enough to send them to the hospital. { Another accident occurred at noon ion Sunday at the George Mitchell farm on the Branch road. The road between Lemont and State College is closed on account of the building of a bridge over Spring creek, hence all the travel to State College is divert- ‘ed over the Branch road. Sunday noon a carload of people from Lew- istown were on their way to State College and stopped their car at the Mitchell farm to get a drink. There is a rather well-defined dip in the road at that place and while they were ‘standing still a car from the College ‘bore down upon them and crashed headlong into the front of the Lewis- town car. One woman in the latter ‘car had her left shoulder badly injur- ed, another sustained a bad cut on the right side of the neck and other mem- ‘bers of the party were badly shaken up, while their car was wrecked. The State College car and party were un- hurt. ‘Big Truck Gardens On Penitentiary Farms. | Large fields of tomatoes, cabbage, . potatoes, beans, etc., on the peniten- .tiary farms is evidence that so far as ‘garden truck goes the penitentiary {crop this year will be on a par with | that of last, when their canned goods iran away up in the thousands. The {acreage put out this year is about the i same as last, but some of the produce is several weeks earlier than last year, | which will give more time in which to ! take care of it. But the penitentiary force is not confining itself entirely to what is | cultivated on the land but is picking 'and taking care of all the wild ber- ‘ries that can be found on the moun- | tains. Ever since the first wild ber- | ries came in season squads of prison- ers have made regular trips to the woods, gathering the berries, which were put up in some way to add to the larder for the supply of the pen- itentiary table in the winter. The apple crop on the penitentiary farms this year will be a very fair one, considerably larger than last year, but the old peach orchard that several years ago yielded so bounti- fully has about run its limit. Chautauqua Guarantors for 1919. Mrs. Edmund Blanchard, secretary of the Bellefonte Chautauqua associa- tion, announced the list of guarantors for 1919 as follows. Rev. W. P. Ard R. H. Allport R. M. Beach Mrs. R. M. Beach Mrs. Geo. P. Bible R. R. Blair W. M. Bottorf Miss Mary Blanchard James K. Barnhart 7T. W. Cairns Nevin HE. Cole John Curtin Miss Marion E. Dale Lewis Daggett W. L. Daggett Mrs. Ellen G. Gray J. T. Garthoft Ives L. Harvey J. M. Hartswick Jr. James W. Herron Dr. J. J. Kilpatrick M. R. Johnson Miss Mary H. Linn Miss Anna McCoy Chas, F. Mensch Montgomery & Co. Miss Adaline OlewineJas. H. Potter Donald S. Potter W. H. Payne Luther Smith Witmer Smith Arthur H. Sloop Dr M. W. Reed J. L. Spangler Dr. H. E. Thornley F. H. Thomas J. BE. Ward John S. Walker Weaver Brothers Cecil A. Walker H. C. Yeager John Blanchard Jay E. LaBarre Rev. M. DeP. Maynard 8S. B. Miller Rev. W. K. Meiinnay E. L. Orvis A. Kerlin, Centre Hall Lawrence Redding, Snow Shoe S. W. Smith, Centre Hall Rev. Josiah Still, Centre Hall yo Big Order for Steel Helmets. The War Department wants a mil- lion and a half bullet and shrapnel turning steel helmets for the boys in France. These helmets will be sought in the open market and manu- facturers may submit bids for any quantity they think they can supply. Altoona is headquarters of Pitts- burgh sub-region No. 5 of the War Resources committee, the district in- tre county is one. The Altoona board would like to get a portion of the bus- iness of furnishing these helmets and to that end have r~quested manufac- turers within the district to take the matter under consideration. Mem- bers of the committee will also make a tour of the various counties, and among other places to be visited will be Bellefonte. . ——The State-Centre Electric com- pany has its service line up through lower Pennsvalley and in Spring Mills and vicinity there are a score or more people who want the juice but the big problem is the wiring of their prem- ises. Unless an electrical contractor is working on a war contract he can secure only the nominal amount of two thousand feet of wire every ten days, and that is hardly sufficient to keep one man going, let alone wire a score or more of houses. ——Joel Johnson, who has been critically ill this week at the home of his son, M. R. Johnson, of Spring street, is one of the oldest residents of Bellefonte, having passed his eigh- ty-seventh birthday. The condition of Mr. Johnson was slightly improv- ed yesterday. : Leitzel—Robison. — Daniel Leitzel and Miss Ida Roxanna Robison, both of Part Matilda, were married on Sat- urday at the First Methodist church, Altoona, by the pastor, Rev. James B. Stein, D. D. They will reside at Port Matilda. —Subseribe for the “Watchman.” . 2, cluding seven counties, of which Cen- | War Savings Stamps Pledges Must be Redeemed. The per capita of Centre county in the W. S. S. campaign for the week ending July 20th, was 48¢c, or a total per capita for the entire campaign of $11.77. Fulton county had sales the same week aggregating $1.18, which gave them second place, and put Cen- tre county in third place'in the coun- ties in the Eastern district of our State. ‘The per capita of all counties in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to July 20, is $4.84, while the per capita in all sections of the U. S. is $4.13. The total sales in Centre county, to July 20th, aggregates $515,840.00 ma- turity values; while the total maturity value of all stamps sold in the U. S. aggregates $434,952,023. Special attention of the several dis- trict chairmen, postmasters, banks and selling agencies in Centre coun- ty, is hereby called to the sale and de- livery of all stamps pledged to be purchased during the month of July. Would suggest that you carefully ex- amine all pledge cards in your pos- session, and if there are any stamps pledged that have not been redeemed during the month of July, the people pledging should be personally inter- viewed and requested to redeem their pledges at once. Although Centre county has sold, and the people have pledged to buy, over one million dol- lar's worth of war savings stamps during the year, we cannot count on being “over the top” until the stamps have actually been sold, and the pledg- es redeemed. Unless the selling agencies carry out the plan herewith submitted, there may be a number of the people in the county who pledged to buy W. S. S. who may forget that their pledges must be redeemed as in- dicated on the pledge card signed by them June 28th. Every person in the county, inter- ested in securing the $20.00 per capi- ta, should exercise his or her very best efforts in securing the largest weekly sales - possible, otherwise in a very short time we may lose our present good standing in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Very truly yours, .W. HARRISON WALKER, Chairman War Savings Committee for Centre County. Bellefonte, Pa., July 29, 1918. >oe ‘A Plea for Patronage. To the Citizens of Bellefonte: — The management of the local gas company have put the plant into sat- isfactory running conditions at very considerable expense, not with the hope of immediate profit but because it was their belief that it was a duty to so do in view of the acute fuel con- ditions in our country. The government has implored every citizen to economize in coal as much as possible. “We have been warned that there will be 75,000,000 tons of shortage next winter. You, therefore, must know that every pound of coal unnecessarily consumed by yourself is an unpatriotic waste. Whether or not you use our gas for heating, cooking, or illuminating pur- poses, practically the same amount of fuel will be consumed at the works; but if you do use our gas you will not be burning the coal that is necessary for. American ships upon the ocean for the transportation of food to our boys fighting on the battlefields of France, nor will you be taking fuel that is nec- essary for the preservation of Ameri- can life and happiness this coming winter, and your patronage this mo- ment is vitally essential to the contin- uance of the gas works. Will you give it? Or, because of your selfish and unpatriotic indifference to the needs of your country will you refuse it? Last winter it would have been a blessing, indeed, to Bellefonte to have had our gas to cook with. Next winter the conditions will be the same, even if not worse. To use Bellefonte gas is not a sacrifice as you well know. Patronize us now at once and you will thus help to preserve for our commu- nity a local utility that may in the next few months prove of priceless value. BELLEFONTE LIGHT & HEAT CO. Threshermen Take Notice. Under authority of an act of Con- gress, approved by the President, the Secretary of Agriculture has author- ized and instructed the chief of the bureau of markets to obtain monthly reports from threshermen showing the amount of wheat threshed by them and to obtain reports for ether cereals at the close of the season. According to these plans each thresher is to be supplied with a rec- ord book for keeping account of the kinds and amounts of grain threshed for each farmer, the acreage devoted to each kind of grain, and the charges for threshing. This record book has been prepared for the thresher’s own convenience in keeping his accounts and to enable him more readily to farnish monthly reports, blanks for which are also supplied. Both the report books and the rec- ord sheets can be obtained at the county agent’s office in the court house at Bellefonte, or they will be mailed to any thresher in the county upon notifying said office. The record book is for the thresher’s own personal use and to be kept by him. The monthly report blanks however must be made out at the end of each month and sent in to the Farm Bureau office where they will be summarized and forwarded to Washington. R. H. OLMSTEAD, County Agent. — Effective August first Belle- fonte barbers will charge 15 cents a shave, 35 cents a hair cut, 5 cents a neck shave and 25 cents for bobbing a child’s hair. ——Subsecribe for the “Watchman.” -»
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