Bellefonte, Pa., December 20, 1918.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
: No Paper Next Week.
In accordance with its usual cus-
tom no paper will be issued from this
office next week in order to afford the
. employees an opportunity to enjoy
- their holiday vacation. The office how-
ever, will be open as usual and all
friends of the “Watchman” will be
welcome at any time. The next pa-
per will appear on January 3rd, and
in the meantime we wish you all a
Merry Christmas and a very Happy
New Year.
—Buy a few more Ww. S. S. be-
fore the first of the year and help
clean off the Centre county slate.
——Mary is the name of the little
daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam King Jr., of Valley View, a week
ago.
——Among the cakes to be had at
Ceader’s for Christmas, will be fruit,
nut, layer, assorted fancy cakes and
iced squares. 50-1t
——A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. J. Harris Olewine, of State Col-
lege, Friday, December 30th. The
child has. been named J. Harris Ole-
wine Jr. :
——A few more thousand dollars
invested in war savings stamps will
send Centre county over the top.
Everybody who can do so should pur-
chase stamps before the end of the
month.
——In Ceader’s very popular as-
sortment .of Christmas candies there
will be fancy hard candies and fine
chocolates. Huylers, Remers, Appolo
and Montague in boxes. Send your
order before the supply is exhausted.
50-1t 1
——The hunting season is at an
end but if you want to hunt a good
place to spend the evenings try the
Lyric. There you will find interest-
ing programs of moving pictures at
all times, pictures that will interest,
entertain and amuse. :
——The Titan Metal company is
tiding over the transition from a war-
time industry to manufacturing ma-
terial for peaceful pursuits without !
losing a turn of the wheel. In fact
the company anticipates bigger busi-
ness during 1919 than ever it has had
before.
——Owing to the fact that the
Bellefonte ‘public schools lost so much
time on account of being closed be-
cause of the epidemic of influenza no
holiday, vacation will be given with
the exception of Christmas day. The
schools will be in session every other |
day, as usual.
——1It is not what you get but what
you give.. that makes for a happy
Christmas, Hence while" ‘planning
festivities and happiness for your own |
family remember that there are prob- |
ably those in Bellefonte who ‘will not |
have a happy Christmas unless you |
contribute a share toward it. rae
——Mz. ‘and Mrs. George Beezer, |
who have sold their Curtin street
home to Nelson E. Robb, of State Col-
lege, will go to the Bush house Mon-
day, where they expect to make their
home indefinitely. Mr. Robb and his
family will take possession of the
Beezer home the day before Christ-
mas. ..
——This time last year we were all |
shoveling snow drifts anywhere from
a foot to two feet deep. While this
week the weather has been more sea-
sonable last week it was so warm that
wasps were flying around, fishing
worms were crawling on the ground
and buds were coming out on the li-
lac bushes.
——Harry Winton has been award- |
ed the contract for carrying the Unit-
ed States mail between the Bellefonte
postoffice and Pennsylvania railroad
and started on the job on Sunday.
With his big motor truck he will be
well equipped to handle the holiday
mails which already are Wecoming
quite heavy.
——Mrs. Benjamin Bradley receiv-
ed word this week of the death of her
cousin, William H. Hapgood, of Brad-
ford. Mr. Hapgood, who was asso-
ciated with Bellefonte’s earlier histo-
ry, as the leading jeweler of the town
during his residence here for a num-
ber of years, was the father of Hon.
Robert G. Hapgood.
Burgess Walker doesn’t have
any special desire he would like satis-
fied by the public for the Christmas
holidays, but W. Harrison Walker,
chairman of the War Savings Stamps
committee, would like to find enough
calls for stamps in his stocking on
Christmas morning to send Centre
county over the top.
——From all indications less tur-
key will be eaten in Bellefonte for
Christmas next week than ever be-
fore. This is not entirely because of
the scarcity of the birds but because
of the high price demanded. But it
doesn’t require turkey to make the
Christmas dinner complete. It is the
Christmas cheer around the festive
board that makes for the spirit of the
day far more than the fowl that
graces the platter at the head of the
table. a
——The editor of the “Watchman”
is under obligations to Capt. W. H.
Fry, of Pine Grove Mills, for a mess
of delicious venison. Of course we
don’t wish to infer that the Captain
did a huntin’ go and actually killed
the deer himself from which he cut
the venison, but he has a host of good
friends in west Ferguson township
who did shoot deer, and out of the
kindness of his big heart the Captain
ery generously donated a portion of
vhat he received to ye editor, for
which he has our very sincere thanks.
THE THREE GRAYS CONVICTED.
Jury Returned Verdict of Guilty as
Indicted for Stealing Cattle.
At two o'clock on Saturday after-
noon the jury in the case of the Com-
monwealth against Irvin G. Gray and '
his two sons, George and Clyde, tried
in court for stealing a heifer belong-
ing to Kyle Alexander, returned a
verdict of guilty as indicted. The
case had been on trial since Thursday
morning. District Attorney James C.
Furst was assisted by N. B. Spangler
Esq., and the defendants were repre-
sented by W. G. Runkle and ex-Judge
Ellis L. Orvis. It took until 10:30
o’clock Thursday morning to get a
jury after which the district attorney
opened the case for the Common- !
wealth.
Kyle Alexander, of Julian, the pros- |
ecutor, was the first witness called :
for the Commonwealth. He testified
that in August he missed four head
of cattle out of seven head which had
been pasturing on a tract of land be-
tween Julian and Unionville. In
searching for them he discovered a
portion of the fence down between !
his pasture field and the adjoining
land which belonged to Mrs. Belle
Mattern. He produced in evidence a
piece of hide, supposedly from an
Aberdeen-Angus cow, which they fish- |
ed out of the fire-box at the saw-mill i
above the Grays, which hides Miss !
Mann was in the act of burning. |
James M. Stere, who looked after |
the Alexander cattle, testified that
the cattle were missing and he and
Mr. Alexander together searched for
them August 10th and 11th but did
not find them.
S. B. Resides, of State College, who
is in the butchering business, testified
that I. G. Gray called on him about
July 28th to see if he wanted any beef
and veal. He replied not for a few
days and to let him know when he was
coming with it. In a day or so
George Gray arrived with the car-
cases of two heifers. Mr.
gave him $15.00 from the cash draw-
er, and later Mr. Resides sent him a
check for $96.00 balance, which check
was produced in evidence.
Mr. Thompson was called and tes-
tified as above.
Merris Mann was called next who
testified that the two heifers killed
were Mr. Alexander’s. That she was
outside the barn and heard two shots,
one for each animal, although they
were killed several hours apart. She
herself held the lantern while George
and Clyde skinned them. It was ten
o'clock before the cows were brought
to the barn and the butchering lasted
practically all night. About 3:30 she
lay down to sleep and at daybreak
Margaret (Mrs. Clyde Gray) called
her to come that the boys were ready
to start. She went with George on
the spring-wagon to I. G. Gray's
where she stayed and Sue Wellers ac-
companied him to State College. - Miss
Mann testified that after the arrest of
the Grays she and Sue Wellers drag-
ged some hides out of the cellar at I.
G. Gray’s and Miss Wellers helped
her up the hill as far as the black-
smith shop, and she herself dragged
them a mile farther up the hill to the
saw mill where she was in the act of
burning them in the fire-box when
caught by Mr. Seanor, Mr. Ammon
and Mr. Alexander. She swore the
heifers were black but the hides were
in two burlap sacks when she took
them up the hill.
B.. W. Seanor, state fire marshal,
and Robert Ammon, state policeman,
both testified to finding Miss Mann
in the act of burning the hides and
identified the piece of hide produced
by Mr. Alexander as being the piece
taken from the fire.
Hillary Viard, an inmate in the
county jail, testified that while the
Grays were in jail I. G. Gray gave
him notes to carry to his son George.
He informed the sheriff of this who
told him to bring him (the sheriff)
the next one, which he did. This note
was offered in evidence and stated,
among other things, that he (I. G.
Gray) was afraid “M.” had turned
traitor. “You will have to handle her
like feathers. I am glad you killed
the first heifers.” Viard also testi-
fied that Sheriff Yarnell had informed
the Grays that he had in his posses-
sion the piece of hide taken from the
fire and I. G. Gray offered Viard
$50.00 if he would get the hide and
destroy it. He later said he would do
better than that, he would make it
$100.00.
John Peace, another inmate of the
jail, testified to practically the same
things as Viard. He said I. G. Gray
wanted him to get a statement from
Miss, Mann that her statement was
false, offering to give him his prefer-
ence between a motor cycle and $100
cash if he would get such a statement.
Sheriff Yarnell was called and tes-
tified that he had the hide in his pos-
session and that Viard had given him
the note intended for George Gray
and that he in turn gave it to the Dis-
trict Attorney.
Commonwealth
Thursday afternoon.
W. G. Runkle Esq., opened the case
for defense.
I. G. Gray was called to the stand
and testified that the two heifers were
killed by mistake. He had telephoned
his daughter Pearl from State Col-
lege to have the boys kill a cow and
calf, but the line was not working
good and she misunderstood him. He
said the heifers were a gray and red
and produced the hides in evidence.
The hides Miss Mann was burn-
ing were from two cows that died for
him some time in May The one died
calving and the other was poisoned.
He said he put the hides in an old un-
used pig-pen and didn’t salt them
enough to keep them properly and
there was considerable odor from
them. He swore positively the heif-
rested at 4:20
Resides
was not at home and as Gray needed
some money Mr. Thompson, the clerk, |
ers killed were not the Alexander cat-
tle.
Pearl and Mabel Gray were called
i and testified to the same thing. They
hitched up in the buggy and drove
down to Clyde’s to deliver the mes-
sage, but told him two heifers instead
1 of a cow and a calf. They said they
saw the heifers and they were gray
and red. That the boys killed them
by striking with a hammer instead of
, shooting.
George and Clyde Gray were each
. called and their testimony was in sub-
i stance the same. They said their
i father had a heifer that was black and
' had some Angus breed in it. That
- this heifer and another one died in
i May and the hides put on the loft in
: the pig-pen.
Alice McKivinson, seventeen years
; old, works for I. G. Gray, testified to
; seeing the hides in the pig-pen.
Mrs. Belle Mattern was called and
testified to seeing the Alexander cat-
i tle on August 8th. That they had
| gotten over onto her land and that
, Clarence Hobba, who was visiting her
i from Altoona, came and told her they
{ were on her land. She separated her
; cattle from them and set the dogs on
other
i cows that were with them. Clarence
Hobba and Eugene Mattern testified
i to going down to tell James Stere
that the Alexander cattle were
through the fence on their land.
George Gray was re-called and tes-
tified that he had talked with Merris
| Mann after his relaase from jail.
. the Alexander’s and several
{ Tom Kessinger, a friend of George's,
| testified that he was with George and
| together they drove to Beech Creek
in a car and George met Merris and
| was absent from the car from 7:30 to
9:30.
Merris Mann called in rebuttal and
| testified that her talking with George
i Gray was an absolute falsehood. She
| admitted her feeling for him and said
| she did like him, but that she was tes-
| tifying to the truth. She said the
| hides she burned were gotten from
i the Gray cellar and not the pig-pen,
i and that the two heifers that were
killed were black and not gray and
red.
Seanor and Ammon were re-called
and testified that they went to the
place armed with a search warrant
and on reaching the cellar they dis-
tinctly smelled fresh hides and asked
where they were. They went up the
hill and found Miss Mann at the saw-
mill in the act of burning some hides.
B. Frank Harris, a neighbor of
‘Gray’s, testified that in the last two
years he had not seen any black cattle
among the Gray herd.
At the conclusion of the testimony
on Friday afternoon Judge Orvis
made the argument for the defend-
ters. Saturday morning N. B. Spang-
ler summed up the case for the Com-
monwealth after which Judge Quig-
ley delivered his charge to the jury.
The jury retired at 11:30 and although
a verdict was not returned until the
convening of court at two o'clock they
had arrived at a conclusion considera-
bly before that time. Sole
Following on the heels of the ver-
dict in the above case the Grays were
again put on trial for stealing a cow
and calf from Mr. Alexander. The
case dragged along through Monday
and Tuesday and was given to the ju-
ry Wednesday morning and after but
a brief period of deliberation they re-
turned another verdict of guilty.
And promptly the third case against
the men was taken up, but in this case
it was an action against them for
stealing a bull from J. C. Andrews.
This case went to the jury shortly
after eleven o’clock yesterday morn-
ing and after deliberating about an
hour the jury returned the third ver-
dict of guilty.
Immediately upon the rendering of
the third verdict of guilty’ Attorney
Runkle moved for a new trial and be-
gan preparations for procuring bail
for his clients. Sheriff Yarnell then
took all of them in custody where they
will remain until sentenced unless
they procure bail or are granted a
new trial.
oo
Marguerite Clark in “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin” at the Scenic Saturday,
matinee and night. 50-1t
Ladies’ $6.00 gun metal, high
top, lace shoes reduced to $4.50 at
Yeager’s. 50-1t
Lohr—McFarlane.—Even the grim
shadow of war with all its horrors
cannot smother the little god-cupid,
and Bellefonters will be interested in
learning the fact that one of his vic-
tims was Miss Margaret McFarlane,
a daughter of Mrs. J. K. McFarlane,
of Lock Haven, but who spent most
of her life in Bellefonte and who grad-
uated as a nurse at the Bellefonte
hospital. About a year ago Miss Me-
Farlane responded to a call for nurses
and volunteered her services, being
sent to the base hospital at Camp Dix,
New Jersey. There she came in touch
with Lieut. Floyd D. Lohr, of La-
trobe, a member of the medical re-
serve corps. The casual acquaintance
ripened into friendship and the next
step was a declaration of mutual love,
so in November they both obtained a
brief furlough and going to Lock Ha-
ven were united in marriage on No-
vember 14th, by Rev. A. D. Bateman,
at the Presbyterian parsonage at Mill
Hall. They later returned to Camp
Dix and have since been devoting
themselves very assiduously to reliev-
ing the sick, but at the same time
harboring visions of the end of the
war and camp duties when they can
return to Latrobe and live in peace-
ful happiness “for many years to
come,” is the wish of the bride’s nu-
merous friends.
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Have you noticed the holiday
goods display in the Potter-Hoy Hard-
ware Co's window ?
ger’s,
ants, talking an hour and three quar-.
Brooklyn, but had not expected to go be-
sister and Mr. Sager to Bellefonte.
ing the heads of two of the deer killed
50-1t |
——-Children’s rubbers, 48c. at Yea- |
50-1t ' creasing this number next year.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. |
—Mrs. Frank Bradford, of Centre Hall,
spent last Thursday in Bellefonte, shop-
ping and calling on friends.
—Miss Mary Rankin will come home
from Harrisburg te spend her Christmas
vacation with her father, W. B. Rankin,
and his family.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Stitzinger, of |
New Castle, will be Christmas guests of |
Mrs. Stitzinger’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. |
Kennedy Johnston.
—Miss Pearl Royer will go to Niagara
Falls this week to spend the Holiday week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Royer, and the family.
Joseph Ceader’s furlough will permit ,
him to be in Bellefonte for New Year's
week, for a visit with his mother and sis-
ter, Mrs. Ceader and Miss Helen Ceader.
—Mrs. Frank Brown and Miss Kathryn
Dale, of Boalsburg, were among those
from over the county who spent Tuesday
in the shops of Bellefonte, doing their
Christmas buying.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Miller have been
spending a part of the week in Williams-
port, going down Tuesday for a short vis-
it and to consult Dr. Haskins with regard
to Mr. Miller's eyes.
—Mrs. John G. Love has closed her house
on Linn street and with her daughter,
Miss Katherine, left Monday morning for
Atlantic City, where they anticipate spend-
ing the remainder of the winter.
—J. EB. Miller, of Madisonburg, drove to
Bellefonte Tuesday with his son-in-law,
W. W. Benner, spending the time looking
after some business, while Mr. Benner was
having some repairs made on his car.
—Mrs. C. D. Tanner was called to Ha-
zleton late last week by the illness in both
the Boyle and Tanner families. Mrs. i
Boyle and her daughter Jane, and Mrs. |
George Tanner and her three children all
have influenza. :
—DMiss Helen Valentine is among those
who will return to Bellefonte to spend her
Christmas vacation at home. Miss Valen-
tine is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Valentine and has been in New York for
more than a year.
~—Mr. and Mrs. J. Will Conley’s Christ-
mas party which they will entertain dur-
ing the Holiday week, will include Mr.
Conley’s mother, Mrs. John Conley, of
Centre Hall, and Mr. and Mrs. William
Wallis, of Pittsburgh.
—DBetty Gates will be the guest of hon-
or at the family Christmas party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gates.
The child’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Gates, of Philipsburg, expecting to return
to Bellefonte for their Christmas celebra-
tion.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Fleming will come
to Bellefonte today from Harrisburg, and
after spending the week-end with Mrs.
Fleming's aunt, Mrs. S. A. Bell, will goon
to Philipsburg to be Christmas guests of
Mr. and Mrs. M. Ward Fleming and their
family.
—Mrs. Sara Mattern returned to War-
riorsmark about a month ago and is now
with Miss Elizabeth Green, at Brierly,
where she will spend the winter. Mrs.
Mattern had been with Mrs. Smith at
Sharpsburg, Pa., for two months during
the fall.
—Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gettig will leave
Sunday to spend the Christmas with their
daughter, Mrs. Wynn Davis, at her home
at Washington, Pa. Mrs. Davis’ brother,
Donald : Gettig, yard master: at League
Island; anticipates joining the family at
Washington.
—Mrs. R. 8S. Brouse left Sunday for
Brooklyn, on account of the condition of
her daughter, Mrs. F. W. Topelt, who is
ill with the influenza. Mrs. Brouse had
contemplated spending her Christmas in
fore the beginning of the week.
-—Mrs. Isaac Thomas will have as Christ-
mas guests her daughter, Mrs. Lide Thom-
as Gibson, and Elmer Sager, both of Phil-
adelphia. Arthur Thomas, who has spent
the past menth under the care of special-
ists in Philadelphia, will accompany his
—Mrs. Hugh N. Crider, who has been
visiting with friends at Bolivar, Westmore-
land county, will return to spend Christ-
mas at home with Mr. Crider, both ex-
pecting then to go to Philadelphia to be
New Year's guests of Mrs. Crider’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Freeman.
—Hon. William Allison, with his daugh-
ter, Miss Mabel Allison, and his youngest
son, Frank, will leave Spring Mills Sun-
day for a drive to Toronto, Canada, where
the family, including Mr. and Mrs. William
Allison, of New York, will celebrate Christ-
mas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Allison.
—Lemuel Brooks, of Coatesville, joimed
Mrs. Brooks in Bellefonte the after part
of last week, both being guests of Mrs.
Brooks’ mother and sister, Mrs. William
Bell and Mrs. William Chambers. During
his visit Mr. Brooks will spend a part of
his time with relatives at Pleasant Gap
and Altoona.
—Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Griffith went east
on Tuesday expecting to spend the Christ-
mas season with their children in and
about Philadelphia. They will make the
home of Mrs. Griffith’s daughter, Mrs.
Mace White, at 602 Federal St., Camden,
their headquarters while away. Mrs.
White will be remembered here as Miss
Mina Dawson.
—Samuel Mc Hess, of Ferguson townshp,
exhibited at this office en Monday morn-
during the season by the Modock Hunting
club, of Boalsburg, of which he was a
member. One head bore a pair of ant-
lers with thirteen prongs, the animal hav-
ing been shot by himself, while the other
had four prongs. Mr. Hess took both
heads to Taxidermist Eldon, at Williams-
port, to have them mounted.
—John H. Williams was down from Pine
Grove Mills last Friday looking after some
“guest of Dr. Joseph Brockerhoff,
business that needed his attention in this
p’ace. John is engaged at hauling away |
from the Bierly lumber mill up there and |
just a day or so before he was here a fine
four pronged buck came out of the moun- !
tains and stood only a few feet away from |
him. He is not a hunter, but said he
could have hit it with a squirt gun, bat]
he didn’t even have that with him.
—Mr. Calvin Riley, of Boalsburg, was |
business visitor in Bellefonte on Monday
and made a brief call at the “Watchman”
office. He was a member of the Riley !
hunting club which spent two weeks in |
the Seven mountains and it was his good |
fortune to bring to earth one of the two |
deer the party succeeded in getting, a |
spike buck. Mr. Riley, by the way, is in |
the neighborhood of seventy-two years old *
but never misses the hunt in deer season, |
and as evidence that he is not at all deer- !
shy is the fact that his deer this year
made the forty-seventh he has killed dur-
ing his lifetime and he has hopes of in-
—Mr. and Mrs. Wells L. Daggett left
| Tuesday for a short visit with their rela-
tives in Tioga county.
—George T. Bush will leave the begin-
ning of the week for a ten days’ visit with
his mother, Mrs. D. G. Bush, at Atlantic
City.
—Mr .and Mrs. Clifford Close and Miss
! Edith Garner, of Fairbrook, spent yester-
day in Bellefonte doing some Christmas
shopping.
—Mrs. Robert Sechler will go to Mifilin-
burg to be a member of the family Christ-
mas party, to be entertained by her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Shontz.
—James B. Krape returned to Bellefonte
this week to accept a position offered him
by the Beatty Motor Co., with whom he
will be permanently associated.
—The Misses Anne and Caroline Valen-
tine left Wednesday for Philadelphia,
where they will be guests until after
Christmas of Capt. S. W. Wetherill.
—John Close, who is working for Uncle
Sam at Camden, N. J.,, came to Centre
county to spend Christmas with his aged
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Close, at
Oak Hall.
—'Squire W. J. Carlin, of Rebersburg,
was in twon yesterday on business pertain-
ing to several estates he is settling up. He
reports that there is quite a bit of influ-
enza in that section.
—Samuel
burgh, was in Bellefonte with his mother,
Mrs. William E. Gray, for the week-end,
stopping on his way home from a business |
trip to Philadelphia.
—On account of ill health, Miss Anna
M. Miller, who has been with Miss Mary
Hoy for the past year, is arranging to
. give up her work and return to her home
at Salona, for an indefinite stay.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Emerick, with their ;
a drive to,
Wilkes-Barre Mrs. Harry Emerick being a '
son Paul, left Saturday on
driving guest as far as Sunbury. The par-
ty returned to Bellefonte Wednesday.
—Miss Henrietta Quigley, a student at
Vassar College, and Miss Mary Quigley, '
at Kent Place, Summit, N. J., will both be
home to spend the Holidays with their
parents, Judge and Mrs. I. C. Quigley.
—Miss Kate D. Shugert, who is an in-
structor at St. Agnes school, Albany, N.
Y., will come to Bellefonte this week to
spend the Christmas vacation with her
aunt, Mrs. Frank McCoy and her family.
—~Collins Shoemaker, who has been a
at his
home on Bishop street, for a part of the
week, will return to Wilkinsburg Sunday.
Collins came here from Ebensburg, where
he had spent several days of his week's
vacation.
—The Misses Rebecca and Mary Forbes,
of Chambersburg, came to Bellefonte yes-
terday to visit for the remainder of the
month with their sister, Mrs. John A.
Woodcock. Dr. Woodcock, of Scranton,
will join his mother and aunts here for
the Christmas day.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Donachy, of
Kingston, and their two children antic-
pate driving to Bellefonte next week, if
the weather permits, to join in the Holi-
day celebration at the C. C. Shuey home.
Miss Sara Shuey, of Williamsport, will al-
$0 be a member of the Christmas party.
—Miss M. H. Snyder will go to Balti-
more the fore part of the week and from
there to Milford, Del.,, to have Christmas
with her grand-nephews, Donald and
Doulass Pearce. Returning to Baltimore
for New Year's, Miss Snyder expects to
be back in Bellefonte by the middle of
January.
—Mr. and Mrs. John M. Keichline will
have in their family Christmas party, Dr.
and Mrs. John M. Keichline, of Peters-
burg, and their five children; Miss Daise
Keichline, in charge of the infirmary of
Wilson College; Edward, of Renovo, and
Miss Anna Keichline, recently returned
from service at Washington, D. C.
—Miss Grace D. Mitchell will come from
Philadelphia to be with her father, Isaac
Mitchell, for the Holiday week, expecting
to be the house guest of her sister, Mrs.
John P. Lyon. Mr. Mitchell, with the Ly-
on family and Miss Grace Mitchell will
spend the Christmas day as guests of Mrs.
James B. Lane and Miss Mary S. Thomas,
at Mrs. Lane's.
—Miss Anne Nolan will go to Johnstown
tomorrow, returning the beginning of the
week with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Otto and
their two children, all of whom will be in-
cluded in Mrs. Jerry Nolan’s Christmas
party. Mrs. Joseph Nolan will join Mr.
Nolan at Pitcairn, to go from there to Li-
ma, Ohio, to spend next week with Mrs.
Nolan’s sister.
—Mrs. J. A. Riley and her brother, Rob-
ert Bradley, of Bradford, and John Brad-
ley, of Philadelphia, are all expected in
Bellefonte next week to be Christmas
guests at the home of their mother, Mrs.
Benjamin Bradley. Mr. and Mrs. Benja-
min Bradley Jr., will go to East Aurora
next week, to spend Christmas with Mrs.
Bradley’s mother.
—Judge Donald McPherson, of Gettys-
burg, and Mrs. McPherson, were driving
guests from Hollidaysburg Tuesday, of
A. G. Morris, coming to Bellefonte for an
over-night visit with Judge McPherson's
sister, Mrs. David®Dale. Judge and Mrs.
McPherson and Mr. Morris and his daugh-
ter, Miss Lida Morris, had all been to the
McClanahan funeral.
—Mr. and Mrs. John VanPelt, of Johns-
town and their daughter Rachel; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Harris, of Pittsburgh; Guy
Harris, of Washington, and George, of
Baltimore, will all be in Bellefonte to
spend Christmas day and a part of the
week with Mrs. Rachel Harris. The entire
Harris party, including Mr. and Mrs. John
McCoy and their children, will be guests
on Christmas day of Col. and Mrs. J. L.
Spangler.
—Among the number of Unionville peo-
ple whose houses will be closed for the
winter, are Mrs. Martin Hogan, Mrs. Irvin
Alexander and Mrs. Malissa Bing. Mrs.
: Hogan has arranged to go to Tyrone this |
week, expecting to be with her cousin,
Mrs. BE. W. Stine, until spring. Mrs. Al-
exander left yesterday to spemd the win-
ter with her daughter, Mrs. Patrick Lough-
ry, in Philadelphia, while Mrs.
Mrs. Holland, at DuBois, will remain there
for the winter.
—Among those from a distance who
were in Bellefonte last week for the funer-
al of Mrs. LeRoy Fox were Mr. and Mrs.
George Fox, their son Harry and daugh-
ter Esther; Mrs. William MecCullum, Mrs.
Bitner, Mrs. McMann and daughter Marie,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox,
Deutsch and Mrs. William Smith, all of
Lock Haven; Mr. and Mrs. Austin Kerin
and daughter Christine; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Culver, Mrs. Thomas Ward and
IZecvin, of Moshannon, and Mrs.
Frank Herman, of Sunbury. LeRoy Fox,
of Lock Haven, will spend Christmas with
his family in Bellefonte.
Thomas
Hutchinson Gray, of Pitts-
Malissa |
{ Bing, who has been with her daughter, |
Mrs. Elmer |
SR,
—Mrs. George P. Bible left yesterday to
join Prof. Bible in St. Louis, for the Hol-
idays and to travel with him on his lecture
tour for a month or more. Their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert S. Walker, will leave to-
morrow for a month's visit with friends
in Passaic, N. J., New York and Philadel-
phia.
RAILROAD WILL BE SCRAPPED.
Work Begun Yesterday On Tearing
Up of C. R. R. of Pa.
The uncertainty as to the future of
the old Central Railroad of Pennsyl-
vania has vanished. The road was
recently sold as junk to the firm of
Frank & Hirsch, of Pittsburgh, and
they started operations yesterday on
scrapping the same. Representatives
of the firm were here on Sunday and
made a trip over the road with an en-
gine and passenger coach. Persons
who saw the train pull into the depot
a little after one o’clock wondered
what was going to happen when a
Sunday train was being run over the
road, but it proved to be the Jonah
mark for the demolition of the road.
As now planned tearing up opera-
tions will be begun at Clintondale and
two gangs will be on the job, one
working toward Bellefonte and one
toward Mill Hall and everything be-
i longing to the road except the right-
'of-way will be cleaned up as they
i move along. Not only the rails, but
I all bridges will be removed and the
station buildings either sold or remov-
ed.
There is still some uncertainty re-
garding the eastern end of the road
from Mill Hall to Salona, and that
part of the line running from Belle-
| fonte to the Miller lime industries.
{ Negotiations are pending regarding
the sale of these two sections intact,
but at the present time the parties at
interest have not been able to agree
upon the price. .
| Mr. Rosenthal will be in charge of
| the work of scrapping the road and
‘he expects to have the job done by
March 15th. And thus it will be seen
| that the C. R. R. of Pa. has passed
| from its state of useful existence and
only time will tell who will miss it
| the most.
Men’s button and blucher dress
shoes reduced to $2.98 at Yeager’s.
1 50-1t
——Christmas presents galore, at
i the Potter-Hoy Hardware store. 50-1t
Centre County Licenses Granted for
Year 1919.
License court for Centre county
was held last Saturday morning. It
was the first license court to be held
in the State for licenses for the year
1919, and notwithstanding the fact
that the war-time prohibition bill has
become a law effective July 1st, 1919,
thirty applications were presented the
court for the privilege of selling
liquor in the county. Not a remon-
strance or petition against any of
them was filed and when the court
asked if any of the attorneys had any-
thing to say either for or against the
licenses there was no response. Stich
being the case he promptly disposed
of the applications by granting twen-
ty-five, holding two under advisement
and refusing three. Those granted
were as follows:
Bellefonte :—
Bush House, Wells IL. Daggett.
Brockerhoff House, Horton S. Ray.
Brant House, William W. Waddle.
Garman House, August Glinz.
Haag House, Henry Kline.
Philipsburg :—
Coal Exchange, George W. Miller.
| Central Hotel, William H. Hindle.
{ Potter House, Valentine Kloffer.
Ramsdale House, Krondat Jusechik.
Farmer's Hotel, William M. Bowser.
Passmore House, Grebe Bros. & Crago.
Snow Shoe: —
Mountain House, Lawrence Redding.
Washington House, W. B. Hall.
Clarence Hotel. John M. Kachik.
Casanova Hotel. Michael Porado.
Milesburg Hotel, Edward I. Gillen.
Sandy Ridge Hotel, J. B. Dagan.
Centre Hall Hotel, James W. Runkle.
Millheim Hotel, J. R. G. Allison.
Rebersburg Hotel, James R. Daveley.
‘WHOLESALE,
Harry S. Peel, Philipsburg.
George Lamb, Philipsburg.
Lawrence Nugent, Casanova.
Andrew Chambers, Clarence,
HELD OVER,
Joseph Dugan, Continental Hotel,
ips urg.
John Kanarr, Old Fort Hotel.
REFUSED.
James M. Moyer, Potters Mills Hotel.
Perry Krise, Soha Mills Hotel.
John Erb, Sheffer House, Philipsburg.
Men's $8.00 Russia calf, Eng-
lish shoes reduced to $6.50 at Yea-
ger’s. ia foe 50-1t
Wanted.—A cook for the Bellefonte
hospital. Inquire of Miss Elder, the
superintendent. .
OOO tem
Two Men Electrocuted.
Phil-
Samuel Garner and William Mec-
Miller, both of Lancaster county, were
electrocuted at the Rockview peniten-
tiary on Monday morning. Garner
was taken to the chair at 7:04 and
after four contacts was pronounced
dead at 7:10 by Dr. W. Felker. Mec-
| Miller was taken to the chair at 7:15
and it required six contacts before he
was finally pronounced dead eleven
minutes later.
McMiller was convicted of killing
his common-law wife, Dora Ford, be-
| cause she refused to live with him,
his defense being drunkenness. Gar-
ner was convicted of killing Elizabeth
Lausch, robbery being the motive.
Following Garner’s arrest he escaped
{from the Lancaster county jail and a
reward of $1000 was offered for his
i recapture. He was captured in Berks
county and aow there is a fight on as
to who is entitled to the reward.
——Don’t fail to examine the nice
display of holiday goods in the win-
[dows of the Potter-Hoy Hardware
| Co. 50-1t
——Don’t fail to see Marguerite
Clark in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” at the
Scenic tomorrow, matinee and night.
50-1t
PS —
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——Men’s gun metal shoes, English
last, neolin soles, $6.00 at Yeager’s.
50-1t
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