Bellefonte, Pa., January 24, 1919. To Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. P. GRAY MEEK, : : cram Editor Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to sub- scribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - Paid before expiration of year - Paid after expiration of year - $1.50 1.75 2.00 PRIVATE WAITE NOT DEAD. Young Soldier’s Family Received Let- ter from Him on Wednesday. Tuesday’s casualty list contained among the corrections, the name of “Private John A. Waite, Bellefonte, . wounded, degree undetermined, pre- viously reported killed in action.” The young soldier is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Waite and he has at var- ious times been reported as “gassed,” “wounded slightly,” “wounded, degree undetermined,” and “killed in action,” and all along there has been a feel- ing of grave uncertainty as to the fate of the young man. But all doubts were positively dispelled on Wednesday when the family received a letter from the young soldier, who is now with the army of occupation. He stated that he had suffered one slight wound and had been pretty bad- ly gassed but that he had recovered from the wound and although he still feels the effects of the gas a little it is not enough to keep him off duty. In the letter he detailed the kind of a Christmas they had and among other things stated that it might be a year yet before he gets home. In order to show just what he has been through he sent home the following citation of the general in command regarding the work of the division with which he was connected: Hdqrs 5th Div., France, Nov. 11. General Order No. 73. It is with pride and pleasure that the division commander calls the at- tention of the division to general or- der No. 413 of November 9th, where- in the corps commander cites the 5th division for forcing against the ene- my in position a crossing of the river Meuse near Dun and near Bueulles, building bridges and swimming the river in the face of machine guns and artillery fire, and in advancing some nine kilometres into the enemy’s ter- ritory to the Vicemte of Braudeville. This action not only uncovered the left flank of the XVII French corps and enabled that corps to advance, but broke the line of resistance of the German army and by turning its flank on the east bank of the Meuse com- pelled its withdrawal. A letter from the chief of staff of the 1st army corps to the command- ing general of the 5th corps states: “The army commander has noticed with great pleasure and appreciation the excellent work of your corps in crossing the Meuse river and clearing the flights to the east of the Toun of Dun sur Meuse. He appreciates fully the difficulties involved in this prob- lem and therefore realizes that the results obtained reflects great credit on your corps and the division includ- ed therein.” The 5th division alone forced the crossing and established the bridge- head. It was afterwards joined for a few days by a regiment of the 32nd division. For two days and two nights the division held a front of twenty kilometres against the enemy on its front and on both flanks. Not content with this it went out of its sector on the north and took the town of Mousay and turned it over to the 90th division. On the south it went out of its sector and took Vilosnes, . enabling the French division on the right to cross the river. In the last two weeks of the fight- ing not a day passed that some town, wood or hill was not wrested from the enemy by the division, among the places being Bois des Rappes, An- neceville, Bois de Babremont, Clery le Grand, Dun sur Meuse, Limy range of hills east of the Meuse forming the bridgehead, Vilosnes, Milly Lion Mar- vaux, Fontaines, Brandeville, Font de Voerse, Tametz, Reinoville and Loup- py. A penetration of twenty-one kil- ometres into the enemy’s line was made, wresting from him one hun- dred and ninety square kilometres of territory and at the announcement of the armistice the division held a front of thirteen kilometres, being five kil- ometres in advance of troops on its left and two kilometres in advance of troops on its right. Thirty-seven cannon, four hundred and sixty-one machine guns and over nine hundred prisoners were captured. The division was especially congratu- lated upon its untiring tenacity of purpose in its constant driving at the enemy in spite of fatigue and short- age of rations, being wet from swim- ming the river and canal and wading the Foret de Vousi. This is a brilliant example of what the American soldier can do in an emergency when he must go to the utmost extent of his power. “No oth- er division could have accomplished more,” said the commanding general, “and every member of the company should be proud to belong to the di- vision which has so brilliantly ended its record in the greatest war the world has ever known.” ——Frazier Sheffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sheffer, of Milroy, is undergoing treatment at the Belle- fonte hospital for an infected hand. While in the service last fall he hurt his hand and although it had partially healed when he was discharged he ag- gravated the sore in some way while out hunting and infection set in. DAVID H. LAUCK SNOW SHOE Killed in Action in France On No- vember 1st. Private Lauck was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lauck, of Snow Shoe, and was 26 years old. He was sent to Camp Meade on May 28, 1918, and after five week’s training was sent across. He was attached to Company H, 314th in- fantry, which was one of the units of the 79th division which took Montfaucon. Two weeks ago the “Watchman” published the com- plete facts of private Lauck’s life. BUSY DAYS IN FRANCE. A Newsy Letter from Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads. The “Watchman” is again privi- leged to publish the important parts of a letter received in Bellefonte from Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads, who is now stationed at Nogent-en-Bassigny Haute-Marne, France, and we doubt not our readers will enjoy it as much as they did her previous letter: December 16, 1918. You cannot imagine how dismal the | weather is over here. Most of the | | for nourishment for the poor little! French boy I'm nursing. His little arms were like sticks, so thin. Ihave been saving her money for such uses. I am very, very well, never better | in my life, though a little thinner, I'm ! glad to say. I love the work, but of | course long to see all my old friends. | REBECCA N. RHOADS. | News Notes of Those in Service. Major S. M. Huff surprised his | Bellefonte friends by arriving home | quite unexpectedly last Thursday | afternoon. For some time past he! has been stationed at Camp Hancock and he was in Bellefonte for a day only, leaving on Friday for Hoboken, N. Y., where he was ordered “for du- ty,” but whether that order meant for duty there or a trip overseas he did not know. The doctor was in splendid health and fit for any demand made upon him. Miss Vere Willard came here from Camp Mills, N. Y., Friday of last week, to spend her fifteen day’s fur- lough with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Willard, and with her brother and his family, at Wilkinsburg, ex- pecting to leave Bellefonte Sunday for Pittsburgh, from where she will return to her work. Miss Willard vol- | unteered and entered the service as a | U. S. army nurse in January, 1918, serving for a short time at Camp Up- | ton but later being sent to Camp | Mills, where the greater part of her | work has been done. | H. A. Rook, of Reedsville, Pa., at- | tracted considerable attention in Bellefonte on Tuesday and Wednes- : day, while here on a brief visit, be- cause of the various stripes and chev- | rons which adorned his uniform. Pri- | vate Rook served in France as a! member of the Forty-second, or Rain- | bow division, and was in the great Chateau Thierry drive and every of- fensive in which that division took : part, going through the entire cam- paign without being wounded. He re- cently returned home and wears twe gold chevrons for over a year’s serv- time rain, deep mud, the dirt, the! ice cverseas; a red chevron for an damp, penetrating cold, the sorrow | honorable discharge and gold and blue and the troubles that come to the boys | stripes, the emblem of the Rainbow and which we all feel so, too. One poor boy came in the other day heart- broken over the loss of his brother, who died of the flu. were looking forward to their trip home. They had been together for over a year in all the terrible drives and the thickest of the fighting at the front and had come through unwound- ed and unscathed, and then after all was over to have one of them catch cold and die of influenza. He was an entire stranger to me but was looking for a “Y” man he knew. After he found him, however, he came back to me. I did without my dinner that day to stay with him and give him what comfort I could. He is from another town but came in again yes- ‘terday because, he confessed, I had helped him so much the other day. I am thankful over here that I am not a young girl. The other night in the smoky saloon through which I must pass twice daily to get my meals, and in the musty, foggy, dark, narrow little streets afterward, I had my glimpse of hell, all due to the same old curse, alcohol. And now I am stronger than ever against drink in any form. We workers are needed here now more than ever, and I must stay as long as the need exists, even though the loneliness and homesickness gets with all of us very hard. The army officers and men are certainly lovely and kind to us. Generals, colonels and other officers of lesser rank have called at the “Y” here especially to see me, (a very unusual thing) I be- ing the only American woman at this “Y,” though there are a number in the nearby region, and one at the di- visional warehouse right here in town. They offer assistance and have given us a detail of four men daily to help clean up, etc., and sent us stoves and other things. The other day the high- est ranking general of them all, ac- companied by a colonel, came up in his Cadillac to call but I was out and met them on the street. They stop- ped the car and both got out in the muddy street to shake hands and ex- press regret at not seeing me at the “yn I have under way now a separate little “Y” room in town for the offi- cers, but I'm afraid I will have to leave it all for they want me at a hos- pital in another place, and its harder to find some one for the hospital work than for canteen work, so I am ex- pecting a call to go any day. I am also nursing and otherwise caring for a little ten year old sick French boy, in a miserable old house near here, and between times visit a forlorn old woman, a Verdun refugee. A Bellefonte boy, Samuel Rhine- smith, passed through here the other day and spent the afternoon at the “Y.” He told me that Lester Musser, Ivan Walker and Frank P. Smith and he were all together, and have been since last March, at Isurtile, near Di- jon, where Miss Bertha Laurie was. She is now in charge at Bar-le-Duc. I certainly was glad to see a Belle- fonter. He looked fine and said all the others were well and comfortably fixed, having good barracks to live in. He spoke very highly of Miss Bertha Laurie and Miss Watts. Seemed so fond of them and said they were so good to them. Everybody speaks the same about those two women. They certainly have made good, and have done and are doing a wonderful work. I had a lovely letter from Mrs. Chambers who said the county W. C. T. U. was sending me $50 for the work here, which is certainly lovely and will be very acceptable. I have used a portion of the twenty dollars received from Mrs. John P. Harris They were un-' usually attached to each other and | division. RUPP.—Edward Jacob Rupp, a well known resident of Harris township, died on Sunday, January 12th, at the home of his sister, Mrs, James W. Swabb, of Linden Hall, following an illness of three years with hardening of the arteries. He was a son of William and Eliza- beth Weikel Rupp and was born at Laurelton, Union county, in 1856, hence had reached the age of 62 years, 3 months and 6 days. The family came to Centre county when he was a boy and when he grew to manhood he learned the trade of a miller, an oc- cupation he followed all his life. He was variously employed at Oak Hall, at the old W. F. Reynolds mill in Bellefonte when it was in operation and at Altoona. It was while work- ing in the latter place some three years ago that he was taken sick and compelled to quit work. Since that time he had made his home with his sister. He was a lifelong member of the Reformed church and a member of the Boalsburg Lodge I. O. O. F. He was married to Miss Anna Reif- snyder, of Millheim thirty-six years ago, who died thirteen years later. He leaves no children but the follow- ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Peter Weber, of Huntingdon; Alonza Rupp, | of Altoona; Izora, of Oak Hall, and' Mrs. James W. Swabb, of Linden Hall. One brother, e-register John A. Rupp, died within a year. The funeral was held at two o’clock on Wednesday afternoon of last week. Rev. S. C. Stover officiated and bur- ial was made in the Boalsburg ceme- tery. 1 1 HARPSTER.—Richard F. Harpster, a former Centre countain, died at his home in Renovo on Sunday evening, of pneumonia, following i an illness of some days with a compli- cation of diesases. He was a son of George and Emma Harpster and was | i born on January 22nd, 1886, hence would have been thirty-three years old on Wednesday. He was employed at the railroad shops in Renovo and was an industrious and conscientious citizen. He was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Rhawn who survives with a three year old child. He also leaves his parents, living in Bellefonte, and the following sisters and brothers: List of Jurors for February Court. | Lucas, of Mill Hall; Arthur and Ber- | son, W Mrs. E. J. Evers and Mrs. Charles DAUGHERTY.—Mary Ray Daugh- erty, wife of Lynn R. Daugherty, died at her home in State College at two o’clock on Monday morning as the result of pleuro-pneumonia. She con- tracted a bad cold early last week but her condition was not serious up to Saturday evening when she became much worse. Sunday morning a con- sultation of physicians was held and it was then found that pleuro-pneu- monia had developed. From that time she sank rapidly until the end. She was a daughter of Sylvester D. and Sarah McGinley Ray and was born in Bellefonte twenty-seven years ago last September. She was a mem- ber of the Methodist church from ear- ly girlhood and a young woman of many endearing qualities. Her death is not only a severe blow to her hus- band but a shock to her parents, who have had more than their share of trouble during the past year. In April their son Calder died very sud- denly and during the early part of the winter their eldest daughter’s husband, R. Harold Smith, passed away. Miss Ray was married to Mr. Daugherty less than eight months ago, or on June 6th, 1918. He sur- vives with her parents and one sister, Mrs. R. Harold Smith, at home. Fun- i eral services were held at her late | home at State College yesterday, after | | which the remains were brought to | Bellefonte and burial made in the | Union cemetery. | ii il | RANKIN.—John Irvin Rankin, for i years a well known resident of Belle- | fonte, died at his home in Philadel- phia on Sunday, following a brief ill- | ness with pleuro-pneumonia. He was a son of James Huston and Barbara | Furey Rankin and was born at Oak | Hall seventy-two years ago. When he was a boy the family moved to i Bellefonte and here he grew to man- hood and spent a good part of his life. During his residence in Bellefonte he | conducted an insurance agency and ! was also quite active as a Republican | politician. He left Bellefonte over ! twenty-five years ago and went to | Washington where he remained a few i years then located in Philadelphia, | where he had since lived. | He was married to Miss Fannie | Lembkey who survives with no chil- | dren. He leaves, however, a foster i | The Jury Commissioners last week | tha, at home, and Walter with the U. | Mrs. Rankin, whom they raised from completed their work of filling the ju- | ry wheel with the names of those men | who will be liable to be called for ju- | ry service during the year 1919, and at the conclusion of their work drew | the jury for the February term of court, which will begin on the fourth | Monday, February 24th, as follows: | List of Grand Jurors. | Bottorf, D. H., farmer....... College Twp. Barton, Joseph, laborer......... Unionville | Bullock, John, merchant........ Bellefonte | Clemson, F. H., agent........ Patton Twp. ' Confer, Robert P., farmer... Howard Twp. Dorman, David, laborer...... Haines Twp. | Fagan, F. N., professor...... State College | Finkle, R. F., farmer.........Gregg Twp. ! Garbrick, A. E.. farmer...... Walker Twp. : Glossner, John H., farmer....Marion Twp. | Houser, Thomas, clerk....... State College | Holmes, John L., notary..... State College | Hayes, Edwin, laborer....Snow Shoe Twp. | Harper, George, agent....... State College | Laughner, E. H., farmer...... Potter Twp. | Musser, Jacob, farmer........ Haines Twp. | Neese, William, farmer........ Gregg Twp. | Osman, John J., farmer...... College Twp. | Royer, Luther M., farmer..... Gregg Twp. | Ridge, W. A., book-keeper.......... Curtin Runk, L. C.,, merchant........ Philipsburg ‘Wagner, John, barber............. Howard Weiland, Frank E., farmer....Harris Twp. Waddle, Wm. H., hotel keeper..Bellefonte List of Traverse Jurors. Austin, Wm. H,, laborer..... Liberty Twp. Austin, Harry, guard........... Milesburg Blair, Russell, merchant......... Bellefonte Brisbin, B. D., lumberman....Centre Hall Brachbill,, W. R., merchant...... Bellefonte Bitner, Chas. R., carpenter...State College Corman, John, farmer...... Howard Twp. Cronister, Henry, farmer..... Huston Twp. Dolan, C. A, farmer......... Marion Twp. Downing, Frank, laborer...... Spring Twp. Earnest, Albert, farmer........ Rush Twp. Fryberger, C. T., agent....... Philipsburg Grove, Geo. W., farmer....... Benner Twp. Gowland, Jno., ice-cream maker Reser sania Philipsburg Bellefonte Gates, Geo. W., farmer.... ‘Worth Twp. Hardoyshell, Benj., farmer....Rush Twp. Henry, J. Thompson, mining engineer cssavuree Huston Twp. Harshbarger, Wm., farmer...Walker Twp. Heverly, Jacob, laborer........ Rush Twp. Kreamer, M. W., farmer...... Haines Twp. Kerstetter, W. W., carpenter.Spring Twp. Kline, Henry, hotel keeper...... Bellefonte Lee, Arthur B., coal dealer....Gregg Twp. Long, John A. farmer........ Gregg Twp. Longwell, J. E., farmer....... Benner Twp. Long, W. H,, miller:.......: Howard Twp. Miles, John N., laborer......... Milesburg Mignot, John, manufacturer....Bellefonte Maynard, Rev. M. D., minister..Bellefonte McClintic, Rev. H. S., minister.Philipsburg Nearhoof, John, farmer....Halfmoon Twp. Noll, A. G. shoemaker......... Bellefonte Onl, 1. C., farmer............ Walker Twp. Orwig, Robert, farmer....... Taylor Twp. Pressler, J. W., farmer...... Haines Twp. Parker, Hershey, blacksmith..Phflipsburg Robb, John M., liveryman...Howard Twp. Packer, John, farmer........ Curtin Twp. Richards, Geo., butcher....... Philipsburg Shuey, John C., farmer......College Twp. Shirk, Harry, dealer... ...Centre Hall Tice, Cyrus, agent..... Howard Twp. Vonada, Milton, farmer........Penn Twp. Wirth, John, farmer........... Miles Twp. Zettle, Charles, farmer....... College Twp. Miller, George, farmer........ Huston Twp. Meese, Jacob, mechanic......... Halfmoon Various communities through- out the State are complaining of large numbers of men out of employment, but so far as such a condition does not exist in and about Bellefonte. In fact there was no mushroom growth of industries hereabouts on account of the war and now that the war boom is over and other places are clogged with the unemployed Bellefonte keeps going along in the even tenor of her accustomed way. ——Aaron Fo retired from the firm of Katz & Co. and in the fu- ture the business will be conducted by : William Katz. S. forces in France. The remains were brought to Belle- fonte on Wednesday morning and tak- en to the home of his parents on east Lamb street where funeral services were held at two o’clock the same afternoon by Dr. W. K. McKinney, of the Presbyterian church, after which burial was made in the Union ceme- tery. n il SCOTT.—When Thomas Wayne Scott, of State College, returns from France he will find his little family circle broken up and his daughter an orphan through the death’of his wife, which occurred at the Omega Epsilon fraternity house at the College on Sunday morning, January 12th. Pneu- monia was what caused her death after an illness of only two weeks. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Stone and was born at Boals- burg on Christmas day, 1890, hence was a little past twenty years of age. The last word she received from her husband in France was that he had been wounded and gassed and was in a base hospital. In addition to her husband she is survived by her little daughter, Maxine, her parents and the following brothers and sisters: Wil- liam Stone, of Johnstown; Boyd, of Milton; Ray, at home; Mrs. Mary Cramer, of College town- ship; Miss Grace and Mrs. Elizabeth Brobeck, of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Nan- nie Homan, of Evansburg, and Mrs. Mae Summers, of State College. Rev. Hummell had charge of the funeral services which were held at 10 o'clock last Thursday morning, after which burial was made at Boals- burg. ! il SCHREYER. — Mrs. Mary Amn Schreyer, widow of the late William A. Schreyer, died at six o’clock last ‘Thursday evening at 904 Campbell street, Williamsport, following a brief illness with pneumonia. She was a daughter of John and Mary Carson Furey and was born at Pleasant Gap, this county, seventy-one years ago. She was united in marriage to Wil- liam A. Schreyer who died many years ago leaving her with one son, Allen Schreyer. For years she made her home with him at Shamokin, but final- ly his health broke down and he was compelled to go to the Southwest where he died some years ago, since which time Mrs. Schreyer made her home in Williamsport. Her brother, William P. Furey, and her sister, Mrs. Sarah Furey Waltz, both preceded her to the grave, and her only imme- diate descendants are two grandsons, Charles A. and William L. Schreyer. Funeral services were held at three o’clock on Saturday afternoon by Dr. C. C. Leonard, of St. Paul’s Lutheran church, of which she was a member, after which burial was made in the Wildwood cemetery at Williamsport. | 1] BING. Mrs. Nancy Bing died at the borough home on Thursday of last week of acute uremia. She was tak- en to the home about two weeks ago, at which time she was in a serious condition mentally as well as physic- ally. She was a daughter of John and Barbara Halderman and was born on December 25th, 1856, hence was aged 62 years and 22 days. She. came to Bellefonte with her daughter from Snow Shoe a little over two years ago and has lived here ever since. Funer- al services were held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Owens, on Penn street, last Saturday, after which the remains were taken to How- ard for interment. tersburg, Va., also three sisters and one brother, namely: Mrs. R. A. Kins- ings, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Frank Mec- B. Rankin, of Philadelphia. The re- mains were brought to Bellefonte on Wednesday and burial made in the Union cemetery. li ! VONADA.—Mrs. Emma J. Vona- suddenly at her home in Reading last Saturday afternoon. She was a nada, of Woodward. Following their in the mercantile business, then went to Coburn and from there to Hershey, Dauphin county, and finally to Read- ing, where they have since lived. Mrs. Vonada is survived by her hus- band and three children, Boyd of Hershey; Mrs. Fred Heffelfinger and Mrs. James Dunkle, both of Reading. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. J. T. Garthoff, of Bellefonte. Burial was made in Reading yesterday. | il LAMBERT. —Miss Sarah A. Lam- bert died at her home on Pine street on Thursday of last week following an illness of some months with intes- tinal tuberculosis. She was a daugh- ter of Osborne and Margaret Steele Lambert and was born in Bellefonte on February 29th, 1876, making her age 43 years, 10 months and 18 days. Her entire life was spent here with the exception of about eight years, from 1906 to 1914, during which time she lived in Waterbury, Conn. She never married but is survived by the following brothers and sisters: John and Elizabeth, of Bellefonte; William, of Pleasant Gap; James, of Greensburg, and Mrs. William Duke- man, of Altoona. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, burial be- ing made in the Union cemetery. Il li TAYLOR.—Miss Maude M. Taylor, an aged maiden lady who lived with her sister Harriet on the mountain above Brierly, died on Wednesday of last week of general debility. She was a daughter of Thomas and Kath- arine Switzer Taylor and was born on February 26th, 1833, hence had reached the advanced age of 85 years, 10 months and 19 days. She never married and a good part of her life was spent in nursing the sick and helping take care of those in distress. Her only survivor is her sister Har- riet. Burial was made in the Meyer's cemetery last Friday. : ll 1! FLOOK.—James W. Flook, father of Mrs. G. M. Gamble, died at his home in Salladasburg, Lycoming county, on Monday evening, the result of a stroke of paralysis sustained last. Friday. He was seventy-six years old and a veteran of the Civil war. His wife, nine children, thirty-six grand- children and four great grand-chil- dren survive. Burial will be made at Salladasburg at ten o’clock this morn- ing. il i} IRVIN.—Elizabeth Irvin, the in- fant daughter of Archie L. and Mary Martin Irvin, died last Thursday of an attack of the croup following a siege of whooping cough, aged 3 months and 3 days. Burial was made at Pleasant Gap on Sunday. alter I. Lembkey, a nephew of ! childhood, and who is located in Pe- loe, of Philadelphia; Mrs. D. H. Hast- | i Farlane, of Boalsburg, and Edward da, wife of R. F. Vonada, died very daughter of William and Mary Smull | Walker and was born in Rebersburg about seventy-five years ago, living ' there until her marriage to R. F. Vo- | marriage they lived for a brief time : at Woodward where Mr. Vonada was | METCALF. — The delayed an- nouncement has reached the “Watch- man” of the death of Walter L. Met- calf, of Marlborough, N. H., who pass- ed away the week before Christmas after only a few day’s illness with pneumonia. Mr. Metcalf was the hus- band of Ella Haupt Metcalf, a daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Haupt, of this place, and she survives with one son and a daughter. Mrs. Metcalf has sold her home in Marl- borough and with her daughter Fay, who is yet in school, has gone to make her home with her son Neil, in Fitch- burg, Mass. ll il KLINE.—Mrs. Anne Meese Kline, of Buffalo Run, died on Sunday fol- lowing an illness of many years with chronic nephritis. She was a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Meese and was born on August 22nd, 1881, hence was 37 years, 4 months and 28 days old. Burial was made in the Meyer's cemetery on Wednesday. ni wineries: QA eee am eben A Lesson in Stocks. If you happen to have any old stock certificates tucked away in your safe, and we know that quite a num- ber of Bellefonte people do, if they have not thrown them away as worth- | less, better examine them and hold onto them, as there is no telling what they may amount to some day. Just : now residents of Jersey Shore and vi- cinity are all worked up over some i old stock that they thought little of | a few years ago but which is now re- - puted to be making a number of the ! holders independently rich. But here {is the story as told in the Williams- ! port Sun of Wednesday: Stock which a year ago was selling at below par, and about 1,000 shares i of which are said to be owned by mem- | bers of the Jersey Shore Trust com- | pany, is now claimed to be worth $1,- 600 a share, and some of the men holding the stock are cleaning up a goodly sum of money. The rise in value of the stock is said to be almost | unbelievable, and it is claimed that it is nevertheless true. According to the story which reach- ed the city this morning 1,000 shares of the stock, known as the Texas and Pacific coal, located in Texas, were owned by the old Jersey Shore Bank- ‘ing company and was bought seme fifteen years ago. When the banking company dissolved the stock was di- . vided among members of the Jersey Shore Trust company as part of their share of the holdings, together with others. At that time the stock is said to i have been worth $65 to $90 a share, with $100 par. There is also said to have been considerable of the stock | floated about Jersey Shore and that it was not regarded as very valuable about six months ago when oil is said to have been found on the coal lands. This boosted he value of the stock until it has reached a value of $1,600. One man holding one certificate of : 100 shares is said to have refused i $200,000 for the stock. Others have been selling the stock at prices rang- ing from $500 to $600 the share to $930 and higher. There are a great many ‘rumors about Jersey Shore as to what the stock has been sold at by various individuals and who has the , smaller and larger amount of stock with those ranging between. ——County Commissioner D. A. Grove and his daughter Isabel have been making their home at the Gar- -man house, Bellefonte, since in De- | cember. At that time Mr. Grove’s daughter Eva contracted scarlet fe- i ver and as the case was of a mild na- | ture, though necessitating quarantin- ling the home, Mr. Grove and Isabel ; came to Bellefonte to live at the Gar- | man house and are still there. ——If laughter is a panacea for all | the human ills, then will those who ‘see “Charley’s Aunt,” at Garman’s on Friday, January 81st, in its new, sparkling and up-to-date musical i version be forever immune from bodi- ly and mental trouble. As a mirth- provoking vehicle it fulfills its mis- sion in no uncertain manner. It is a bubbling spring of humor, and it is refined humor all the time. — > i ——Keep in touch with the pro- gram at the Lyric every night. Yéu’ll be sorry if you don’t 41t Illegal in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Jan. 22.—The Public Service Commission tonight issued a statement regarding the increased toll and long distance service rates of telephone companies, put into ef- fect yesterday by Postmaster Gener- al Burles ,n. The commission declares the new rates are not legal in the State and announces it has issued in- structions to its legal officers to take steps to prevent the proposed rates from going into effect. The statement follows: The Commission has decided that the increased telephone rates provid- ed by the Postmaster General of the United States, effective January 21st, 1919, are, in its opinion, not legal rates for the telephone service in the State of Pennsylvania; that they are not contained in any tariff or tariffs which have been filed with this Commission. The Commission has issued instruc- tions to its legal officers to immediate- ly take steps to prevent the proposed rates from going into effect, and the matter is now being looked into and action may be expected in a short time. Three Children Locked Burn to Death. Lewistown, Pa., Jan. 21.—Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hurl were burned to death in a fire today in their home at Yeagertown. Mrs. Hurl was visiting here and had locked them in the house. It is sup- posed that the fire was caused by the children playing with matches. in House, Suggestion for Homesick Troops. From the Baltimore American. Since the country is to be dry until the army is demobilized, the prohi- bitionists will naturally be out of sym- | pathy with the movement to get the | boys back home as soon as possible. So? -) wd
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