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Bellefonte, Pa., February 21, 1919.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
The students of the Bellefonte
Academy will hold their mid-year
dance at the Academy this (Friday)
evening.
The Indiana Normal basket
ball team defeated the Bellefonte
Academy five last Friday evening by
the score of 20 to 19.
Another shoe repair shop is
being established in the room in the
Bush Arcade formerly occupied by R.
C. Witmer, electrician.
Centre county ranks third in
the per capita of sales of war savings
stamps of the 1919 issue. Union coun-
ty is again in the lead with a per cap-
ita of $1.26; Clinton second with 79
cents and Centre 74. Clearfield is at
the bottom with 12 cents.
The regular term of February
court will be held next week, but no
very serious criminal cases are on the
list for trial. One of the items of in-
terest on Monday will be the court’s
decision on the application of I. G.
Gray and sons for a new trial.
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The groundhog has been doing
his best the past fortnight to make
good his reputation as a weather
prognosticator, but almost one-half
of his allotted time is already behind
us and every day Old Sol comes up a
little earlier in the morning and sets
later at night.
Bear in mind the fact that
Gregg Post will hold a public meeting
in the post rooms at 2:30 o’clock to-
morrow afternoon in celebration of
the anniversary of the birth of Wash-
ington. The public is cordially invit-
ed to attend this meeting. There will
be good music and patriotic and inter-
esting addresses.
The Presbyterian Sunday
school will hold a Washington’s birth-
day entertainment in the chapel next
Tuesday evening. Superintendent
James R. Hughes has planned some-
thing unique and interesting but has
his committees all working so that the
exact nature of the entertainment will
be a surprise to the members of the
school.
Good motion pictures bring re-
sults and that is why the attendance
at the Lyric is big every evening.
Manager Brandman has found out
what the people of Bellefonte and sur- |
rounding community appreciate and
he is giving it to them, no matter
what the. cost. Good pictures, good
music and good accommodations,
that’s the Lyric way.
——The Lutheran congregation is
fixing up a room in the basement of
their church as a general meeting
place for young people and in which
to hold fairs, festivals, ete. The room
will be 40x50 feet in size and will have
an entrance from Allegheny street. A
concrete floor has been put in and the
room when completed will be cosy as
well as commodious.
——The Bellefonte Lodge ¢f Moose
held their annual banquet last Iri-
day evening in their lodge rooms ir
the McClain bleck. In addition to the
sumptuous supper served, quite a
number of members and guests heip-
ed to entertain the crowd with inter-
esting addresses on the advantages of
being a Moose. Upwards of two hun-
dred people attended the banquet.
The reported purchase by
George Rhoads & Son of the McCal-
mont & Co. coal yards down near the
old glass works site has not as yet
culminated into anything definite, ow-
ing to difficulties encountered over
the question of the railroad siding
right-of-way into the property.
Whether the difficulty can be amica-
bly adjusted in the future remains to
be seen.
Chauncey I. York, the well
known malena manufacturer, believes
in having everything first-class and
because of this fact he has just com-
pleted a five thousand dollar slaugh-
ter house on his farm near Brooklyn,
Mich. Mr. York not only owns a large
stock and poultry farm but does his
own killing and delivery to the De-
troit markets and this accounts for
his erection of such a complete slaugh-
ter house.
——Onunly one case was before the
board of road and bridge viewers on
Monday and that was an appeal of
Lewiz A. Scott for damages for land
taken by the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania adjoining the penitentiary
grounds in Benner township. The
hearing on Monday, however, proved
to be merely perfunctory, as the par-
ties at interest have practically
agreed upon a satisfactory settlement
for the land taken.
The students of the Bellefonte
High school held a valentine party at
the High school building last Friday
#%ening. A small admission was
charged and refreshments served and
as a result the students cleared over
sixty dollars which will be used to-
ward the expense of equipping and
furnishing a dining room in the de-
partment of home economics, which
can be used in the future for supper
or banqueting purposes.
The days are growing longer
and the evenings shorter but the pic-
tures at the Scenic are just as inter-
esting as ever. The motion picture
is an educator as well as entertainer,
and the big programs at the Scenic
every evening include enough varie-
ty to please the most exacting. Man-
ager T. Clayton Brown has a number
of exceptionally good prospects for ex-
hibition in the near future and that is
one reason why you should be a regu-
lar attendant and not run the chance
of missing any of them.
Wounded in Three Places.
Wounded in three places, but with
every chance of a permanent recov-
ery is the fortune of George Lauck,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lauck, of
Clarence, whose picture is published
above. The young soldier, who was a
member of the 107th machine gun
battalion, was wounded in the big Ar-
gonne drive and the following letter
to his parents, written while he was
in the hospital, will be of interest to
“Watchman” readers:
France, Oct. 22, 1918.
Just a few lines to let you know
I am well but have been wounded. I
was hit last Friday, October 17th, and
now am in the hospital and getting
along fine.
We sure get fine attention from the
doctors and the Red Cross nurses. It
would be impossible for us to receive
any better. I am zfraid if they keep
me here several weeks longer I won't
want to leave, as I get treated so well.
I have three holes in my left side
just under my arm, but they are
merely flesh wounds. They took one
piece of shell out about the size of a
hickory-nut. They gave it to me and
I am going to keep it as a souvenir.
Then one piece hit me on the left
shoulder and came out on top of my
shoulder, but did not break any bones.
I was taking supper up the line to the
boys when I got hit. Don’t worry
about me, for I am getting along fine
and will be back with my company in
due time.
GEORGE.
Ed
Among the Seldier Boys.
Major S. M. Huff has at last been
ordered to go abroad for duty in
France. Mrs. Huff went to New York
the latter part of last week to spend
a few days with her husband before
ie left the States. While the exact
date of his departure is not known it
will likely be some time this week.
Major Huff’s going to France at this
time is likely to relieve some. doctor
who has been in scrvice there and will
be sent home.
Phil. D. Reynolds, who when war
was declared with Germany, enlisted
in the navy and was assigned to the
“Mosquito Fleet” off Newport, and
later was commissioned with rank of
ensign, being assigned to duty aboard
a transport and after “crossing” to
France several times was transferred
to the staff of the Admiral in charge
of the Newport News naval district,
has just been advanced and commis-
sioned a lieutenant in the U. S. navy.
Bernard Kane, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Kane, arrived home on
Tuesday from service overseas. Ever
since going abroad he had been bri-
gaded with the British and he crossed
the channel irom England to France
and went into action as an engineer
early in August, being in the fore-
front of the service until the signing
of the armistice. He returned to this
country several weeks ago, was given
his discharge and got home this week.
Francis Crawford returned home
on Sunday evening, having been dis-
charged from the naval service at
Newport News, Va., several days pre-
vious.
Italian Linguist Gets Letter from
Home.
Mr. Angelo Fontana, a type of Ita-
ly’s best, received this week a letter
from his father, the first he has had
for twenty months, although he re-
sorted to strenuous methods to get in-
to touch with the home folks.
Mr. Fontana Sr., writes in reply to
a letter sent via. the Bellefonte Chap-
ter Red Cross, and states that he and
his three daughters had been Aus-
trian prisoners.
Their condition is pitiable to such
an extent that the father says he can-
not talk about it. The young man re-
sponded immediately with a gen-
erous check and is happy to know his
loved ones are safe. The sisters are
engaged in hospital work.
Mr. Fontana Jr., is somewhat of a
linguist, speaking five languages and
is here to learn the English language
while he acts in the capacity of inter-
preter at the penitentiary. It was
through the influence of his teacher
that he appealed to our local Red
Cross with the above happy results.
He feels very grateful to this organi-
zation for its successful efforts in his
case. He is a member of the Red
Cross and a most ambitious and ex-
emplary young representative of his
country. Angelo is studying English
at the Bellefonte Academy.
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Killed in France.
The “Watchman” is in receipt of a
letter from Mrs. M. A. Dorris, of Den-
ver, Col., who has quite a number of
friends in Centre county, and she sent
us the distressing information that
her grandson, Vincent Dorris, had
been killed in action in France on Oc-
tober 8th. He was a private in Com-
pany L, 30th U. S. infantry. The
young soldier's father was killed in
1900 while at his work as a conductor
on the West Virginia Central railroad,
and from that time on Vincent had
been the joy and hope of his mother,
who resides in Wheeling, W. Va. The
young man was not quite twenty-four
years old.
No. 1 flashlight, complete, for
49c., for one week beginning Satur-
day, Feb. 22nd.—Potter-How Hard-
ware Co. 8-1t
The annual inspection of the
Bellefonte machine gun unit will take
place this (Friday) evening in the ar-
mory. A full turnout of the members
of the troop is expected.
——W. H. Clearwater, the cham-
pion pool player, gave an exhibition
of his ability with the cue at the Fin-
klestine pool room on Tuesday even-
ing which attracted quite a good-sized
crowd of devotees of the sport.
Mrs. Nancy Miller is seriously
ill with pneumonia, at her home on
Thomas street. Mrs. Miller is the
mother of the late Roland Miller, of
Ford City, and of Mrs. Edward Par-
son, of Williamsport, who died not
more than a month ago, of pneumonia.
mer having been discharged from the
U. S. service the two young men re-
sumed their old positions in the Belle-
fonte Trust company on Monday
morning. Samuel Waite, one of the
young men who have been with the
Trust company during the absence of
Orr and Witmer, has accepted a po-
sition in Green’s pharmacy while Reu-
ben Spangler will quit the bank on
March first.
Charles Stover, who since last
October has been employed in the P.
R. R. shops at Altoona, came to his
home in this place last week and with-
in two days was stricken with pneu-
monia. On Saturday his daughter
Marion was also taken ill with the
same disease and Mrs. Stover was
likewise stricken on Sunday, so that
three of the family are now in bed
with pneumonia and all under the care
of a trained nurse.
——The Millheim knitting mills
have been closed down pending the
disposition of the completed product
on hand. The company claims to have
manufactured goods to the value of
$40,000 now in stock and W. S. Shel-
ton, general sales manager, left on
Wednesday for New York and other
eastern cities to try and dispose of
this big accumulation. Just as soon
as the stock is reduced sufficiently to
warrant it work at the mills will be
resumed.
——The management of the Pas-
time theatre at State College is now
in a position to testify as to the mer-
its of judicious advertising. And
Bellefonte people who went to the
College on Wednesday afternoon to
see D. W. Griffith’s “Hearts of the
World” also realize that they should
have purchased their tickets beforo-
hand, as they could not get anyways
near the theatre let alone in it.
Neither could they get tickets for
Wednesday evening or yesterday aft-
ernoon but finally managed to get
seats for last night. The picture, by
the way, was in every sense as elab-
orate as advertised. :
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——The American Lime & Stone
company, through Hon. A. G. Morris,
president of the organization, last
week closed a deal with F. H. Thomas,
superintendent of the Bellefonte Cen-
tral Railroad company, for the pur-
chase of the ground on which the pres-
ent coal yard and offices of McCalmont
& Co. are located as well as the repair
shops of Isaac Underwood, implement
dealer. The American Lime & Stone
company a year or so ago acquired
the old glass works meadow so that
now they own about all the available
land in that locality and will be able
to go ahead with the operations of
building that new commercial lime
plant.
——The man who was blamed for
being a “Jack, the Hugger” has left
Bellefonte and the ladies need have
no further dread of him. In fact the
Bellefonte police aver that so far as
they were able to learn he was no
hugger at all. That he never made a
move to apprehend a single person.
The only accusation against him was
that on two or three occasions he was
accused of having followed women on
the street at night, but at that he may
merely have been going the same di-
rection the women were and they im-
agined he was following them. The
individual was known to the police
but they had no case on which to ar-
rest him. In any event he left Belle-
fonte the latter part of last week and
may not return for another visit for
some time.
——State Highway Commissioner
Lewis Sadler has designated a num-
ber of state highway routes which
will be the first to receive especial at-
tention the coming summer, and the
only one which will benefit Centre
county is the route from Bedford to
Williamsport by way of Hollidays-
burg, Altoona, Tyrone, Bellefonte and
Lock Haven. So far, however, no in-
formation has been given out as to
whether the route from Tyrone to
Bellefonte will be by way of the Bald
Eagle valley, or through Warriors-
mark, Halfmoon and Buffalo Run val-
leys. It is only reusonable to con-
clude, however, that residents along
both these routes will be putting in
preferred claims as to why they should
have the highway, and no doubt very
good arguments can be presented in
favor of either route.
Potter-Hoy Hardware Co. Employees
Given Annual Banquet.
The Potter-Hoy Hardware compa-
ny gave their customary annual ban-
quet to the members of the company
and their employees last Friday night,
the affair being held at that time es-
pecially in celebration of Mr. Frank
M. Crawford’s fiftieth birthday anni-
versary. Mr. Crawford’s birthday
was on Monday of last week but as he
and his wife were away on a trip to
Boston and up the Fall River line the
banquet was naturally postponed un-
til their return.
The guests at the feast, which was
held in the Potter-Hoy store, num-
bered just thirty-eight, which includ-
ed the employees and their wives, or
such as were so blessed, and the fol-
lowing invited guests: Mr. and Mrs.
Ives Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Marks, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. LaBarre,
E. B. Sovereign, of Pittsburgh, and
W. H. Bird, of Bellefonte. The feast
consisted of chicken and waffles cook-
ed right in the store and served pipin’
hot from the griddle.
Following the banquet and various
toasts several hours were spent at
cards and dancing to the music of a
victrola. The Potter-Hoy company
instituted the annual banquet to their
employees a number of years ago and
have found it a means of engendering
the best of spirit and good fellowship
among their entire force of clerks and
traveling salesmen.
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Aviation News.
S. C. Ebersole, one of the avia-
tors who drove the first three DeHav-
iland Four machines to Bellefonte
from New York, came here last
Thursday and on Friday left in the
Curtiss machine, which had been at
the Bellefonte station the past six
weeks, for Chicago, intending to fly
as far as Cleveland Friday afternoon
and go on to Chicago on Saturday.
He was accompanied by Kryder, one
of the mechanicians of the field here.
They were forced to land at Clarion
because of a heavy rain storm that
they flew into. Their flight to Cleve-
land was completed the next morning.
In this connection it might be said
that the Handley-Page machines
which the Postoffice Department took
over for the New York to Chicago
airmail route will soon be ready to
put in service and according to re-
ports these machines will be distrib-
uted among the different stations on
the route in the near future. One
will be placed in Bellefonte, one at
Cleveland and one in Chicago. These
machines are so constructed that they
can land at a minimum speed of eight
miles an hour, as against about sev-
enty-five miles for the DeHaviland
Fours. Harry Powers, superintend-
ent of the Bellefonte field, was sum-
moned to Washington in the begin-
ning of the week, but whether it
means his permanent recall from
Bellefonte is not known. Maurice A.
Kelly is now in charge of the field.
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- Brief Meeting of Borough Council.
Seven members were present at the
regular meeting of borough council
on Monday evening but there was lit-
tle business to transact.
E. C. Musser, manager of the State-
Centre Electric company, presented a
list of delinquents on the water dupli-
cate for 1917, totalling $877.99. He
went over the list to council and ex-
plained each separate case in detail,
telling the efforts that had been made
to collect the same. On motion coun-
cil relieved the State-Centre company
of any further obligation in connec-
tion with the 1917 duplicate, ordered
their bond cancelled and the 1918 du-
plicate given to them as soon as a
new bond is executed. This does not
mean, however, that delinquents on
the 1917 duplicate have been exoner-
ated of their taxes, but that the Wa-
ter committee will now take the list
and the water will be turned off of all
those who do not pay, or make some
arrangement for the payment of their
tax.
Mz. Harris, of the Street committee,
reported that the work of opening up
the west High and Potter street sew-
er has about been completed and
another day or two will see the
work accomplished.
Chairman Flack, of the Fire and
Police committee, reported a slight
fire at the Pontius house on Curtin
street on February 6th.
There being no further business
bills to the amount of $365.87 were
approved and council adjourned.
County Supervisors Held Annual
Convention.
The road supervisors of Centre
county held their annual convention
in the court house on Tuesday and as
evidence of the interest these men are
now taking in improved road con-
struction close to sixty of the seven-
ty-five superviso=s in the county were
present. Milford Pletcher, president
of the association, presided, and sec-
retary W. H. Austin, of Blanchard,
looked after the minutes of the meet-
ing.
Hon. Ives L. Harvey, Centre coun-
ty’s member of the Legislature, was
introduced and not only told the su-
pervisors of the increased sentiment
in favor of good roads among the
members of the present Legislature,
but pledged his efforts toward looking
after Centre county’s interest. Quite
a number of interesting discussions
on road making, especially in regard
to township dirt roads, were indulg-
ed in as well as other questions of vi-
tal interest to road supervisors in
general.
The annual banquet was served at
the Garman house and was attended
by sixty people.
—F. H. Richard has traded in his
Franklin car for a new Cadillac.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Sheriff George HH. Yarnell went over
to Philipshurg om Sunday on a business
trip, returning om Monday.
—Miss Janet Potter came over from
Philipsburg on Saturday and spent Sun-
day at her home im this place.
—Mrs, John Porter Lyon has been with
her sister, Miss Grace D. Mitchell, in Phil-
adelphia, during the past week.
—Mrs. W. J. Emerick went to Danville
last week to enter the Geissinger hospital,
where she is a surgical patient.
—Mrs. Joseph X.ose, of Philadelphia,
was in Bellefonte for the week-end, a guest
of her sister, Mrs. Jacob Gross.
—Miss Alice Wilson went to Harrisburg
Monday, to be a Zwuest of friends for the
remainder of February and for the month
of March, :
—Mr, Joseph I». Mitchell, of Burnham,
spent several days in the beginning of the
week among his numerous friends in
Bellefonte,
—Ex-Sheriff Cyrus Brungard, of Centre
Hall, and ex-Sheriff Arthur B. Lee, of
Spring Mills, were business visitors in
Bellefonte on Monday.
—Miss Geraldine Noonan, a student at
the Williamsport business college, will be
in Bellefonte todas. coming home for the
Academy football dance.
—Thomas 8. Hazel, of Hazel Bros. dry
goods store, left Sunday to spend the week
in Philadelphia and New York, doing some
special buying for the store.
—Col. H. 8. Taylor, a special auditor in
the income departmment of the U. S. gov-
ernment, was summoned to Washington
on Monday morning and will be there all
week, ;
—Judge and Mrs. Henry C. Quigley re-
turned yesterday from Bbensburg, where
Mrs. Quigley visited while the J udge pre-
sided over the sessions of the Cambria
county. court,
—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Gray and
their two children have left Pittsburgh, to
make their home im Orviston, Pa., where
Mr. Gray has accepted a position with the
Orviston Brick company.
—Hemry 8. Linn went to Philadelphia
Monday, expecting to spend the week there
and to attend the ammnual luncheon of the
Society of the Cincinnati, to be held at the
Bellevue Stratford tomorrow.
—Miss Martha Hoover spent last week
in Bellefonte with Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
‘Washburn, returming to her home in
Unionville Saturday. Miss Hoover is one
of the well known professional nurses of
the community.
—Mr. and Mrs. ML. Ward Fleming came
over from Philipsburg on Sunday, Mr.
Fleming to attend aa meeting of the board
of road and bridge wiewers on Monday and
Mrs. Fleming to wisit until her husband
was ready to return home,
—Mr. and Mrs. ¥Sdward Shields, who
were married since Mr. Shields’ return
from France two weeks ago, have return-
ed from a short wedding journey and are
at present with Mr. Shields’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Shields, of Logan street.
—Mrs. John Harter, who has been
spending the winter in Texas with her
daughter, Mrs. Salsbury, will return north
the first of March. Mrs. Harter divides
her time between her twe children, Mrs.
McGill, of Westview, Pa., and Mrs. Sals-
bury, of Texas.
—Mrs. J. Frank Bradford, of Centre
Hall, was in Bellefonte last Thursday do-
ing a little shopping and calling on some
of her numerous friends. On Tuesday of
this week she left for a trip to Philadel-
phia where she will visit with friends a
week or ten days.
—Hardman P, Harris will leave next
week for §t, Petersburg, Ilorida, to spend
the month of Marelr, having arranged to
make the trip South with Joseph Baker,
of Philadelphia. Before returning to
Bellefonte, Mr, Harris will visit with his
sister, Mrs, William Galway, at Radford,
Virginia,
—A. P. Krape, of Centre Hall, was a
“Watchman” office caller on Monday, hav-
ing brought to Bellefonte Mr. and Mrs.
Ellery Krape, who were on their way
home to Waterford, Irie county, from at-
tending the funeral of Mr. Krape’s father,
Samuel A, Krape, at Centre Hall on Mon-
day morning.
—Mrs, R. M. Power left a week ago to
join Mr, Power in Olean, N. Y,, where they
have taken an apartment for the present,
intending to live there while Mr. Power's
business necessitates his remaining in that
section of the country. Mrs. Power had
been with relatives in Bellefonte for the
greater part of a year.
—Mrs, J. H. Harts wick and son Millard
went down to Knox wille, Tenn,, last Fri-
day to see Mrs. Hartswick’s sister, Mrs,
J. C. Meyer, who last week was reported
as critically ill. When they arrived they
were naturally relieved to find that her
condition was not as serious as reported
and since then there has been some im-
provement,
—W. M. Grove, ¢f Spring Mills, was 3
Bellefonte visitor om Monday and in call-
ing to express his sympathy and regret
over the death of the editor of the *“Watch-
man” stated that he had been a constant
reader of the paper for fifty years and a
subscriber himself for over thirty-five
years, Incidentally it might be mentioned
that Mr, Grove contemplates moving to
Berwick along about the middle of March,
—George M. Harter, the well known
Marion township farmer, was in town yes-
terday attending to some business and
calling on friends. Ir. Harter is consid-
ering the suggestion of many of his friends
that he become a candidate for County
Commissioner, It is rather an interesting
political incident that Marion township
has not had a county official since Adam
Yearick was county treasurer away back
in 1878,
—Togged out in a brand new hat A. A.
Dale Esq, boarded the train east on Mon-
day and naturally there was considerable
speculation as to his probable destination,
seme venturing the opinion that he had
been summoned to XXarrishurg by Gover-
nor Sproul for a conference in connection
with a good appointment of some kind.
But the fact finally developed that he had
gone to Philadelphia to consult a special-
ist regarding his health.
—Arthur Ward, who has been in New
York city since coming north from Camp
Greenleaf two weeks ago, will arrive in
Bellefonte next weels. Mr. Ward had spent
several years in the mining districts of
Chili, §, A, and came home less than a
year ago to enter the service. During the
epidemic of last fall he had an unusual-
ly serious attack of imfluenza, from which
he is only now comnvalesting and Mr.
Ward's visit to Bellefonte with his parents,
Dr. and Mrs, J, E. Ward, is expected to
cover a period of time until his former
vigorous health is restored.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. Harrison Walker re-
turned a week ago from Philadelphia and
a short stay at Alaniic City.
—Mrs. James Noonan has been visiting
in Unionville for a part of the week, a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Earon.
—Lieut. John Harper has been in Pitts-
burgh this week, going out to look after
a position that had been tendered him.
—William McFarlane, recently discharg-
ed from service at Camp Meade, spent a
few days this week with friends in Belle-
fonte.
—DMiss Helen M. Schaeffer, who spent
the week-end at Centre Hall, was a guest
of Miss Laura M. Runkle, at the Centre
Hall hotel.
—Mrs. William P. Seig is in Harris-
burg, having gone early in the week, ex-
pecting to spend several weeks with rela-
tives there and at York.
—Mrs. M. I. Gardner, of Clearfield, has
been with her mother, Mrs. Cyrus Strick-
land, this week, while Mr. Gardner is on
a business trip to Pittsburgh.
—W. F. Bradford, D. A. Boozer and
Clem Deininger, of Centre Hall; Lawrence
Redding, of Snow Shoe, and Ira Burkett,
of Stormstown, were among the men from
over the county, whose business interests
brought them to Bellefonte Tuesday.
—While in Bellefonte over Sunday, Miss
Mabel Knecht, of Lock Haven, spent tlie
time with her cousin, Mrs. Earl Kline, at
the Haag house. Mrs. Kline is at pres-
ent entertaining Mrs. H. R. Allison and
her grandson, Richard Allison, of Survey-
or, Pa.
—Mrs. William Dawson left Wednesday
for Philadelphia, where she will visit for
an indefinite time with her daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Moore, while under the care of
specialists. Mrs. Dawson has been ill the
greater part of the winter at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. T. Clayton Brown.
—W. H. Beck, of Snydertown, was in
Bellefonte yesterday and in talking of the
inconvenience occasioned by the loss of
their railroad he said that the fine state
highway is some compensation, though
very difficult for horses to travel over. It
suggests the ‘“Watchman's” oft repeated
belief that brick roads are the ideal ones;
for they cost less for maintenance and
while hard and smooth afford safer foot-
ing for horses.
Special Conference for Sunday School
Workers to be Held Here.
Mr. R. A. Waite, of the Internation-
al Sunday School association, of Chi-
cago, and Mr. Preston G. Orwig, of
the Pennsylvania association, of Phil-
adelphia, are touring the State of
Pennsylvania and have given Centre
county March 5th and 6th.
An all day conference will be held
in he United Brethren church of
Bellefonte on March 5th, for all Sun-
day school workers of the county.
A conference for the older boys and
girls will be held in the Methodist
church on March 6th. Delegates
from every Sunday school in the coun-
ty are expected and invited to attend.
Committee on arrangements will
make all preparations for the enter-
tainment of the delegates.
Pastors and Sunday school superin-
tendents please announce from pul-
pits and Sunday school rooms and ap-
point delegates.
Those Who Entertained.
Mrs. Michael Hazel entertain-
ed at cards Tuesday evening, the hon-
or guests being her nephew and his
bride, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shields.
Thursday evening Mrs. John M.
Bullock was hostess at a card party
given at her home on Curtin street.
We Don’t Want the Bacon
We Want a Slice of the Rhine.
This is only a song, and one would
think it shows a very selfish spirit,
but when you stop to consider, noth-
ing is too good for America. Our ar-
my is the best in the world, because
every man must be fit. The first es-
sential is perfect vision. How about
your eyes? If you have sleepy, or
that uncomfortable feeling after read-
ing, it’s an indication of a hyperofic
condition that should be corrected.
Better consult CASEBEER, register-
ed optometrist. You will not regret
it. 8-1t
No. 1 flashlight, complete, for
49c., for one week beginning Satur-
day, Feb. 22nd.—Potter-Hoy Hard-
ware Co. 8-1t
Sale Register.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13.—At his farm at
Axe Mann, D. M. Kline will offer at pub-
lic sale horses, cattle, hogs, 816 Interna-
tional farm tractor, International hay
press, full line of farm implements and
household furniture. Sale at 9 o'clock
a. m. Il. Frank Mayes, auctioneer.
The Best Advertising Medium in Cen.
tral Pennsylvania.
A strictly Democratic publication with
independence enough to have, and with
ability and courage to express, its own
views, printed in eight-page form—six col-
umns to page—and is read every week by
more than ten thousand responsible peo-
ple. It is issued every Friday morning, at
the following rate:
Paid strictly in advance......$1.50
Paid before expiration of year 1.75
Paid after expiration of year. 2.00
Papers will not be sent out of Centre
county unless paid for in advance, nor will
subscriptions be discontinued until all ar-
rearages are settled, except at the option
of the publisher.
Advertising Charges.
A limited amount of advertising space
will be sold at the following rates:
Legal and Transient,
All legal and transient advertising run-
ning for four weeks or less,
First insertion, per linme.............10 cts
Each additional insertion, per line.. 5 cts.
Local Notices, per line..............20 cta.
Business Notices, per line...........10 cts.
No discount allowed on legal advertise-
ments.
Business or Display Advertisements.
Per inch, first insertion.............50 ets.
Each additional ingertion per inch..23 cts.
The following discounts will be allowed
on advertisements continued for
Four weeks, and under three mos.10 per ct
Three mos. and under six mos....15 per ct
Six mos. and under 12 mMoS,..sc..
Twelve moBthS ....coceeeeen
Advertisers, and especially advertising
Agents are respectfully informed that no
notice will be taken of orders to insert ad-
vertisements at less rates than above, nor
will any notice be given to orders of par-
ties nown to the publisher unless ac-
companied by the cash.