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BY P. GRAY MEEK
INK SLINGS. |
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—God be praised! The end of the
war is in sight. !
—It didn’t snow the next day, but
there was an awful frost in the morn-
ing.
If Roosevelt doesn’t get some
part in the peace program he will bite |
himself. |
—As usual the Republicans voted !
straight and, as usual, the Democrats |
did the cutting.
—Anyway the good roads amend-
ment carried in Centre county and in
the State as well.
—The whole trouble seems to have
been that the Republicans didn’t know
that politics were adjourned.
—The Suffragists broke even in the
elections in the country on Tuesday.
They won two States and lost two.
—Germany has surrendered. The |
armistice is signed. Fighting has
ceased on all fronts. Glory be to
God!
—Let us all stop figuring out how |
it happened and put the big united '
war work drive over the top next!
week.
—Bellefonte voted dry on Tuesday |
but the wets will come into their own!
today at noon when the flu ban will
be lifted.
Senator Sproul is entering up- ;
on a new line of troubles. He will!
have to reconcile his pledges, actual |
or implied, to the Prohibitionists and
the liquor dealers.
—The “Watchman” was the first |
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STAT
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VOL 63.
BELLEFONTE, PA. NOViMBER 8, 1918.
NO. 44.
Result of the Election. |
The result of the election in Penn- |
sylvania is disappointing to many
Democrats but hardly surprising. |
The campaign opened auspiciously. :
During the primary contest the Re- !
publican factions fought with unex-
ampled bitterness. On the other hand
the contest for the favors of the Dem-
ocratic party was courteous though
earnest. The candidates nominated
had every reason to look forward to
a cordial acquiescence in the verdict
of the voters. But this just expecta-
tion was not fulfilled. The chairman
of the Democratic National committee
who tried to inject into the prelimi-
nary contest an element of bitterness
organized a rebellion against the suc-
cessful candidate which made victory
practically hopeless.
In the face of these adverse con-
however, Judge Bonniwell,
our nominee for Governor, entered up-
on a contest with his Republican op-
ponent for the office with much vigor
and abundant promise. But the fa-
vorable indications which encouraged
him and deceived his friends were
paper in Centre county to bulletin the | misleading. The promises of repen-
cessation of hostilities, as it is the | tance made freely were betrayed.
first paper in the county to give all | Philadelphia bowed to the mandates
“mil
the worth while news.
—Harvey polled 129 more votes on ,
Tuesday than Scott received when |
running for the same office two years |
ago, while Noll had 1799 votes less |
than were cast for Gardner in 1916. |
—Bonniwell carried sixteen pre- |
cincts out of sixty-two in the county !
and tied three. Noll carried fourteen |
and tied two. Tobias carried twenty- |
three and Savage carried the same
number.
—Comparing the vote on Lieuten-
ant Governor on Tuesday with that of
Auditor General two years ago it
would appear that there were 507 Re-
publicans and 1323 Democrats who
did not go to the polls on Tuesday.
—This thing of swivel-chair politi-
cians setting up candidates for office
in Centre county got a quietus on
Tuesday that will remind them that
it takes votes, not hope, to elect men
these days.
.—It is said that Kaiser Karl, of
ia, Will nefuse fo sign the sur.
io “Bat if Karl g
coming to him he will sink to a great-
er depth of humility before he is
much older.
—1It looks as if the Republicans
have been just sitting around wait-
ing until the Democrats get all the
hard work of the war cleaned up and
all of a sudden made up their minds
to get in and steal the thunder and
plunder too.
—Centre county has left no ground
for argument as to where she stands
on the wet and dry issue. The vote on
Tuesday suggests the thought that
we ought to congratulate Mr. Harvey
on being the new Member from the
county of Sahara.
—The German acceptance of the al-
lied terms for an armistice does not
mean final peace. She may not ac-
cept the peace terms laid down for
her to sign and elect to fight on, but
we are of the opinion that when fight-
ing ceased at 2 o’clock yesterday the
war was ended.
—The churches will all be open
again on Sunday. If you realize what
the wonderful news we received yes-
terday means to the world you will be
in one of them Sunday morning
thanking God, with a ferver you nev-
er knew before that the end of the
horrible conflict is apparently in sight.
——Kaiser Bill, according to pub-
lished statements, has converted sixty
of his palaces into hospitals. But
that is no great sacrifice. He is not
likely to need palaces now that the
war is practically over and as the al-
lies don’t shoot up hospitals he will
have them for speculative realty op-
erations in the future.
—The vagaries of the Centre coun-
ty voting are beyond analysis. In
some precincts Noll was cut presuma-
bly because he was supposed to be
wet, while Bonniwell, who was wet-
ter still, polled nearly the normal par-
ty vote and Tobias and Savage, who
had the endorsement of the temper-
ance people ran behind Bonniwell.
—The studes upat State have
started the united war work drive off
with a pace that will keep the rest of
the county stepping some to equal,
but surely forty-one thousand people
are not going to let two thousand col-
lege boys have anything on them.
Let’s go to it next week and fight,
fight, fight, to beat the blue and white.
— Criticism of the clergy of the
county for having taken a hand in
Tuesday’s fight was to have been ex-
pected, but it is very unjust. The
“Watchman” has always taken the
ground that temperance is a moral,
not a political, issue, but if the cler-
gy saw it in a different light, as pre-
sented in the campaign just closed, it
country can-be benefitte
“what is |
would have been untrue to itself and |
stultified its sacred calling had it not |
fought and fought hard. Men with |
real convictions and the courage to!
stand for them command the respect !
of fair minds always.
of the Vares and the element upon
which he largely depended failed to
keep faith in all sections of the State.
Probably the candidate himself is not
blameless. He placed too much con-
| fidence in a contingent that is mer-
cenary at best and exploited an ele-
ment not entirely dependable.
It is not certain at this writing
which party will control the next Con-
gress though the Republicans gained
in both branches. The Democratic
majority in the present Congress is
meager though ample to uphold the
President’s wise policies with respect
to the conduct of the war. The
friends of Woodrow Wilson still con-
fidently claim that his party will hold
this advantage though with a weak-
ened force while the Republicans
claim a reversal. Only the official
count will determine the facts as to
this but it may be said that if the Re-
publican claim be established it will
be a public calamity and a national
menace. Only the enemies of a
n ULC
German Character Revealed.
The real Hun character is clearly
revealed in a note made public by the
State Department at Washington, the
other day. Ever since the beginning
of the war the policy of the German
government has been ruthlessness.
Air crafts have devastated London,
France and other cities of the Allied :
countries from the first and with a
high pressured and long range gun
they have deliberately murdered wom-
en and children in Paris. Frightful- :
ness was their favored method of war- |
fare. Next to shooting up churches '
and hospitals and torpedoing unarm-
ed ships the killing of old men and
women and innocent children gave
them the greatest pleasure. But that
was before their antagonists were
equipped for taking reprisals.
Since the American 2ir craft has
been operating among them, however,
they have changed their tune. Re-
cently they have discovered that the
air craft of the Allies not only great-
ly outnumber theirs but in power,
speed and efficiency are greatly su-
perior and they want to stop that sort
of warfare. It is only just to the Al-
lied airmen to say that they have at-
tacked civilian communities only in |
few instances. But enough of this
sort of war work has been done to
admonish the Huns of their power
and possibilities and as a result the
German government has set up a
squeal that would do credit to a Phil-
adelphia piggery. The note in ques-
tion is a statement that Germany
abandoned that sort of warfare on
October 1, and asks that the Allies
discontinue it also.
If the German high command had
the advantage of air craft war opera- |
tions there would be no plea for
abatement. The Zeppelins and other
overhead instruments of destruction
would continue to drop bombs and dis- |
tribute death as they have been do-
ing. But they have been overreached
in every respect and now they come
to Washington begging in the name
of humanity and the interest of civil-
ization that air craft operations be
limited to “important hostile military
objects.” Possibly this craven appeal
for mercy will be complied with for
the Allied forces are not made up of
barbarians. But the condition should
be that those of the German forces
responsible shall be amply punished
after peace is made.
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Of all public men in need of .
popular sympathy William Howard
Taft is the foremost. At the behest
of a party machine he stultified a
splendid record by joining in an un-
patriotic crusade against the Presi-
dent during the last week of the cam-
paign.
For high class Job Work eome
to the “Watehman™ MN Mes
- tion on the Secretary of War and in-
, timated that Henry Ford is not as pa-
, industry are condemned in the report
: partments under control of the admin-
| istration is even aspersed. The con-
: Hughes and that of the Senate com-
"ed in the same way though neither of
‘cost. We are now building air ships
of time.
dicate and it is certain that if he
- doesn’t he will be pushed out.
' ness his motto in war.
Autocracy in Pennsylvania.
When the Health Board of the
State was created several years ago
the “Watchman” called attention to
its vast possibility for evil. It put in
| the hands of the Commissioner pow- |
ers greater than are possessed by any |
prince or potentate in the civilized
world. It authorized the creation of
an army of office holders amounting
to nearly one hundred thousand. It.
authorized the Commissioner to send
his emissaries, mostly political lame
ducks, into the homes of the citizens
to search their closets and uncover
their secrets. This invasion of the
rights of the people was justified by
those responsible for it on the ground
that it was necessary to conserve the
public health.
Fortunately Governor Pennypacker
selected for this important office a
man big enough and broad erough to
take the good out of it and avoid the |
evil. The late Dr. Dixon was the first
Commissioner and he organized the
Department with the view to promot-
ing the public interests rather than
building up a political machine. No
doubt those who conceived the enter-
prise and created the opportunity
were disappointed in the result of
their achievement. But that made no
difference to Dr. Dixon. He didn’t so-
licit the appointment and only accept-
ed it on the condition that he be per-
mitted to exercise a free hand in con-
ducting the Department and make it
a source of good rather than of evil.
But we are getting the other side
of it now and the city of Lancaster
is reaping the harvest of evil which
this newspaper pointed out as possi-
ble more than a dozen years ago. No
doubt the Acting Commissioner
thought he was performing a public
service when he closed up the schools,
the churches, the saloons and forbid
the meeting of men in groups while
the influenza was raging, and proba-
bly good results followed his action.
But when he quarantined an entire
community, embracing a city of 60,-
000 inhabitants out of pure spite be- |
cause his authority was disputed, he
committed an act which was reprehen-
sible viewed from any possible angle.
We shall watch the outcome with in-
ort of Justice Hughes.
The report of former Justice:
Hughes upon the operations of the air
craft activities is exactly what might
have been expected. Mr. Hughes is
capable, honest and in the main fair.
But he is a Republican and his party
managers looked for a report which
would spread all kinds of blame over
the administration. He didn’t fulfill
such expectations, however. He said
what might be construed as a reflec-
triotic as he might be. But he fully
exculpated the administration from
blame and plainly declared that the
operations of the bureau, in so far as
they were under control of the Presi-
dent, are without suspicion.
A few of those who were connected
with the early work of the air craft
but none of them is a Democrat and
all within the censure are Republi-
cans. Colonel Deeds is denounced as
in violation of the penal provisions of
the law and court martial is recom-
mended in his case. One or two other
military officials are charged with
participation in the profits of delay
and waste. But no appointee of the
President is touched with the scan-
dal and no attache of any of the de-
trast between the report of Mr.
mittee is marked and significant. The
Senate committee wanted to condemn
the administration.
There was a lot of waste in the pre-
liminary operations of the air craft
construction. It was a new industry
not only in this country but every-
where and experimentation was ex-
pensive. England and France suffer-
those governments undertook the
work on so extensive a scale. But in
the end the result has justified the
not only in large quantities but of the
greatest excellence and our motors
which cost so much in money and
nearly all there was in blame, are
proving the finest in the world. Like
in all other war preparations we have
performed marvels in a brief period
The members of the Reichstag
must have a grudge against the Kai-
ser. That body refuses to let him ab-
If former Ambassador Gerard
feels inclined he is at liberty to as-
sure the Kaiser that America has no
intention of handing him nonsense.
It would be difficult to imagine
what the Kaiser thinks of the fellow
who advised them to make frightful
——Subseribe for the “Watchman.”
ful, 9.
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We Have Lost Congress.
Elections cn Tuesday Disastrous to
Democracy.
SENATE STILL IN DOUBT.
The elections all over the country
on Tuesday have resulted in disaster
to the Democratic party.
Up to a late hour last night the
control of the next Congress was still
in doubt with the chances favoring |
the Republicans having a safe work- |
ing majority.
The Senate will be very close and |
Democratic national headquarters |
have not given up hope of retaining .
control of that body.
On the returns at hand, the House
figures were: Republicans, 229;
Democrats, 196; Socialists, 1; doubt-
A majority is 218. i
In the Senate the returns showed: |
Republicans, 47; Democrats, 46. !
The exact results of yesterday's:
elections will not he known for sever- |
al days. It will require the official |
count to clear up some contests. But, |
‘from news received at Democratic and |
Republican headquarters it seems cer- |
tain the Republicans have won the!
Senate and House and will reorganize
them when the next Congress assem- |
In Centre county there was an ava- |
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| lanche of votes against all of the Dem- |
ocratic nominees. Wet and dry can- |
didates alike suffered the same fate. !
The voters didn’t seem particular
about differentiating between them. |
All they seemed to want was a crack
at anybody on the Democratic ticket. |
About the only thing that regular
Democrats supported in the county
that wasn’t beaten was the good roads ;
amendment and it carried by 833 in!
the county and over 200,000 in the!
State. |
Tobias made the best run of all the :
Democratic aspirants in’ the county, |
but he lost it by 756, whereas the ma- |
jority against him two years ago was |
only 217. He is defeated for Con-
though he carried his own county of |
Clearfield by 105.
Matt Savage is defeated for Sena- i
tor in the district; having lost Centre
PENNSYLVANIA. !
The majority of William C. Sproul ,
for Governor of Pennsylvania will:
probably reach 250,000, the record for |
a candidate for Governor. All of the
Republican State ticket has been |
elected. We elected only four State
Senators so that the new Senate will
be composed of 40 Republicans and 7
emocrats. The House will be 168
Republicans and 19 Democrats.
In the Congressional contests in the
State the election of several Demo-
crats to Congress will hinge on the
soldier vote. In the Sixteenth district
John V. Lesher has only 147 votes
lead over his Republican opponent
Albert W. Duy, though Lesher’s
friends say the soldier vote yet to be
heard from will be favorable to him.
John J. Casey Democrat is proba-
bly elected over Edward H. Carpen-
ter, in the Luzerne district, though
the official count and the soldier vote
will be needed to determine the result.
In the Tenth district John R. Farr,
Republican, has been defeated for a
fifth term by Patrick McLane, Dem-
ccrat, by 145 votes,
In the Greene, Fayette, Somerset
district Bruce F. Sterling, Democrat,
has apparently lost his seat in Con-
gress to Samuel A. Kendall, Republi-
can, by 333 votes.
We have won the thirteenth, twen-
ty-sixth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth,
Thirty-first and Forty-second dis-
tricts, giving the Democrats of Penn-
sylvania eight of the thirty-six seats
Pennsylvania has in Congress.
Judge William D. Porter has been
elected to the Superior court.
For the Supreme court bench Judge
John W. Kephart and Justice Alex-
ander Simpson Jr. have been chosen.
Both are Republicans and this is the
first time in the history of the Su-
preme bench that a Democrat has not
had a seat thereon, thanks to the
dickery of the non-partisan judiciary
aw.
NEW YORK ELECTS A DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR.
New York has elected Alfred E.
Smith, Democrat, over Governor Whit-
man, Republican, who was running
for re-election by about 15,000 major-
ity. All of New York city’s Congres-
sional delegation is Democratic. Wom-
en voted for the first time at a gener-
al election but the effect of their vot-
ing has not yet been analyzed.
OHIO HAS ELECTED A DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR AND GONE DRY AGAIN.
Cox, Democrat, has been re-elected
in Ohio and after a very close fight
the dry’s have succeeded in carrying
the State again.
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTS A DEMO-
CRATIC SENATOR.
Massachusetts has repudiated Sen-
ator John W. Weeks, one of the most
persistent opponents of the Presi-
dent in the Senate, and chosen for-
mer Governor Walsh, Democrat to
take his place.
Henry Ford has probably been beat-
en for the U. S. Senate in Michigan
but the result is still in doubt. His
managers state that they will demand
a recount if the majority against him
is anything less than 10,000.
—~Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
‘ turns left the result somewhat
throughout the State. t
by 8 ccf Coll
SUFFRAGISTS BREAK EVEN IN ELEC-
TION.
Washington, Nov. 6.—Suffragists
seem to have broken even in the elec-
! tion, victories in Michigan and South
Dakota being offset by decisive de-
feats in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
The result in Michigan, where the
most important contest was schedul-
ed, was in doubt until virtually all the
. districts were heard from. Suffrage
; seems to have been carried in that
State by from 10,000 to 15,000 major-
ity.
A suffrage victory also is conceded
South Dakota, although earlier re-
doubt. m
Oklahoma rejected suffrage defi-
' nitely and decisively, as did Louisiana.
Another blow was the rebuke ad-
ministered to the two women candi-
dates for the United States Senate—
Anne Martin, in Nevada, and Jean-
nette Rankin, in Montana. Both ran
last and far behind.
DRYS VICTORS IN SIX STATES, LOSE
THREE.
Washington, Nov. 7.—Virtually
complete returns indicate that pro-
hibition has been indorsed by six
States and rejected by three.
. The most spectacular campaign was
in Ohio, where it looked for a time as
if the “wet” sentiment in Cincinnati
and Cleveland would prove too heavy
a handicap for the “drys” to carry.
As the rural districts reported, how-
ever, the “wet” majority was wiped
out. With 4825 and 5756 precincts
heard from the vote was: For pro-
hibition, 381,425; against, 378,069. As
most of the remaining precincts were
rural and “dry,” passage of the
amendment was generally conceded.
Florida went dry without an effort,
but the effect of prohibition in that
State will be largely figurative. Under
the present local option law sale of
Tieyor is permitted in only two coun-
ies.
Washington voted for prohibition
and so did Wyoming, the “drys” in
the latter State outnumbering their
opponents by nearly 2 to 1.
Dry majorities in Minnesota and
Nevada were small, and the “wets”
still hope remaining returns will up-
set them, As the “wet” centers are
all in, however, their chances are Te-
| gress in the district by 2000 or more, | garded as slight.
Missouri clung in the “wet” column
after a bitter fight, in which a “wet”
majority of 75,000 in St. Louis more
than offset the dry majorities
on by decitive marie
Bellefonte Celebrates = Cessation of
Hostilities.
Within fifteen minutes after: the
“Watchman” had flashed its bulletin
that hostilities had ceased at 2 o’clock
yesterday afternoon fire whistles, fac-
tory whistles, church bells and every
conceivable noise making device was
in blast; crowds were parading the
streets and the makings of a great
bonfire were placed in the Diamond.
Up to the time of going to press
last evening the crowds were still
celebrating, parades were marching
and soap-box orators were having the
time of their lives.
Austria and Turkey Out of It.
The unconditional surrender of the
armies of Austria-Hungary following
closely upon the similar yielding of
Turkey to the inevitable narrows the
war area to the German forces. Aus-
tria began the war and held to the
purpose of establishing the Hohenzol-
lern dynasty over Europe as long as
there was a shadow of hope of that
achievement. But exhausted in re-
sources, reduced in spirit and on the
verge of collapse morally and physic-
ally, she was finally obliged to give
up and upon any conditions the suc-
cessful enemy might lay down. Her
future is problematical but the signs
indicate that the dual government
will disintegrate and out of the de-
bris may come half a dozen small bu
sensible governments. Fos
Under the program laid down by
President Wilson last year and cordi-
ally accepted by our Allies in the war,
none of the existing governments may
be eliminated in the adjustment of af-
fairs after the war and it may be as- |
sumed, therefore, that even Turkey
will be permitted to reconstruct a
government at Constantinople. But
her reign of ruin and saturnalia of
crime against dependent people will
be stopped and Armenia and other
christian peoples will be permitted to
follow their religious convictions.
Government in Europe as well as in
America will be of the people, for the
people and by the people and civil
and religious liberty will prevail
throughout the civilized world.
Standing alone Germany will not
stand steady or long. The indications
of a crumbling dynasty are already
revealing themselves. The false and
fraudulent superman will acknowl-
edge the facts reluctantly but he will
be forced to acknowledge them and
may be compelled to take punishment
under the laws for the crimes for
which he is responsible. It is a fit
conclusion of the greatest atrocity of
all time. There will be no necessity
for reprisals, no occasion for resent-
ments. But there must be just repa-
ration for the injuries inflicted and
the damages perpetrated wantonly.
This will be punishment enough for
the people who cheerfully participat-
ed in the crimes.
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SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Robbers returned by mail $2060 worth
of revenue stamps they had stolen from
Eisenlohr’s cigar factory, East Greenville,
the package showing an Allentown post-
mark.
—A curtain of blankets hung from the
roof and kept saturated with water saved
the sole remaining dwelling in the hamlet
of Merrittstown when fire wiped -out prac- °*
tically the whole village.
—When the Lehigh county civil court
closed a three days’ session, Frank Med-
lar, one of the jurors, refused his three
days’ pay—$7.50—declaring he had a good
time, so the money was turned over to the
Red Cross.
-—Hseaping from the Uniontown hos-
pital twice in two days and attempting
suicide twice within a few hours, Joseph
Colts is recovering from a wound, from
ear to ear, caused when he attempted to
hang himself.
—It is estimated that the Men’s club of
the Westminster Presbyterian church, of
West Chester, has picked over 800 barrels
of apples the present season, or 2500 bush- *
els, in the orchards of A. Darlington
Strode, East Bradford.
—William Stellar, of South Philipsburg,
an esteemed resident of that community
and a well known coal miner was instant-
ly killed at 7:30 o'clock last Thursday
morning when he was caught under a fall
of rock at the Hillside mine of the Mo-
shannon Coal company.
—George D. Robb has been principal of
the Altoona High school 25 years. He
was born in Centre county and was grad-
uated from Franklin and Marshall Col-
lege, Lancaster, in 1891. He was elected
assistant principal of the Williamsport
High school, remaining there two years.
—Miss Grace Sweigert, aged 15, who
lives with her father on Blue Rock farm,
East Bradford, Chester county, is a real
farmerette. Hach morning and evening
she milks eight cows and drives with the
milk to the creamery, several miles away.
One day recently she also husked forty-
four shocks of corn.
—Closing months of the year do not
seem to have brought any diminution in
the number of licenses for the sale of ole-
omargarine at the dairy food commis-
sion’s office and in spite of the fact that
more than 4,500 had been issued to Octo-
ber 1st, there were 634 sent out from the
office during October while 154 appications
have been filed for short term licenses be-
tween November 1 and December 1.
—John Hess, of near Lititz, has the
largest crop of turnips raised in that sec-
tion for many a day. He has seventeen
acres of them which are now matured and
figures on getting a thousand bushels,
judging from those already taken out.
He planted them early in August and
moisture conditions were favorable for a
quick growth, producing a crisp, good
eating turnip. He has an offer to ship a
carload to Philadelphia. The seed was
planted with a clover seeder early in Au-
gust.
—Records given out by the health au-
thorities show that 272 people of Hazle-
ton died from the influenza during the
past month. At the same time sixty-five
persons were claimed by the plague in
Hazle township, and adjoining districts,
making a total of 337. This is the largest
death rate that has ever occurred within
a similar period in the history of the Ha-
zleton region. There has been a notable
decrease in births, only 125 having been
‘reported since the first of the year.. The
advent of cold weather has given the epi-
demic _a knockout blow. :
—Pennsylvania’s automobile license tags
for 1919 will not only have a color scheme
which will be materially different from
that of former years, but will be changed
in style, so that such practices as painting
old tags with the colors of the current
year, which had been reported from time
to time, will be impossible to deceive. New
tags are arriving at the State Highway
Department by the thousands. They have
the name of the State and the figure of
the year with the soft metal Keystone for
the manufacturer's number on the oppo-
site side from those which have been in
use in the last. few years.
—While sawing a log from one of the
hickory trees that stood in the Paxton
Presbyterian church yard at Paxtang,
Howard C. Fry found a round bullet deep-
ly imbedded in the wood. The ball had
every appearance of having been there for
a long period, and as the trees are for the
most part from 100 to 200 years old, the
lead may have been fired into the tree by
some early settler in search of game or in
defense of his cabin against Indian attack.
The bullet is perfectly round and of a cal-
ibre not used for many years. It was
used in the very old style muzzle-loading
rifles in vogue before the breech-loader
came into use.
—The Public Service Commission has
imposed upon the Lewistown and Kisha-
coquillas Turnpike company operating in
Mifflin county, a fine of $50 for each of
twenty-eight days, October 1 to 28, inclu-
sive, for failure to carry out the orders is-
sued by the Commission January 8 to
place and maintain six miles of toll roads
adjacent to Reedsville in good repair. The
complaints were filed by doctors A. S.
Harshberger, of Lewistown, and C. J.
Stambaugh, of Reedsville, who charged
that although heavy tolls were being col-
lected from the public, the roads and
bridges were not being kept in adequate
condition to meet the needs of the travel-
ing public.
—Last week Sheriff Marvin G. Mayes, of
Jefferson county, went into one of the dis-
tricts of the county to serve an execution
for a small account. Going to the house
of a neighbor he asked where the party he
was looking for lived, and was shown.
The sheriff understood that there had been
much sickness in that community and ask-
ed if there was any sickness at the home
of the man he proposed to visit. It was
found that a boy had died that day and
another of the children was very low; a
child had been born in the night before,
and the wife was ill. That was enough
for Sheriff Mayes. He never went near the
house, but hopped into his automobile
and hastened back to Brookville.
—The oldest farm in Clearfield county
is said to be located at Luthersburg, Bra-
dy township. It is the old Woodside place
and at present is owned by L. B. Carlisle.
The farm was settled in 1785 by James
Woodside, an eccentric bachelor, and is lo-
cated within a half mile of the village of
Luthersburg, which forty years ago was
one of the principal trading points in that
part of the State through which the stage
line from Tyrone, Bellefonte, Clearfield
and other points passed to Erie. Some of
the early deeds for property in DuBois
call for lots “situated on the public road
between Luthersburg and Brockwayville.”
The Woodside farm was a marvel in its
day, being the first to be hewn from the
woods. It is today one of the best and
most productive farms of the community
and a landmark referred to with interest.