“V” BUTTONS AND FLAGS ARE READY IMost Striking Emblems of All Loans to Be Used in Last Campaign. _ Buttons for subscribers to the Vie- jtory Liberty Loan and pennants for {their homes and places of business are ready for distribution throughout this oe When the three-weeks’ cam- )pign begins, April 21, every locality ill be supplied; every buyer who ares this last popular loan of the iwar will be able to wear his badge of honor, The “V” buttons are the most strik- ing of all that have been devised in the five campaigns. They are of dark blue with a white “V” in the center. ‘About the letter are the words “Lib- erty Loan.” The window honor emblem for the home carries a large blue “V” under the word “subscriber” in red. Another {emblem with “100 per cent” enclosed lin a circle will be hung in homes Household - oils ne YICTORY LIBERTY LOAN SYTHE where all have subscribed. The inGure- trial honor flag is square with & bee der of red, and will be awarded gay business institution where 75 per vcrd or more of the employes subscrive. The community honor flag which goes to every city or town upon 6% ‘taining its quota has a large “V” upon ‘a white background with a border oi red. Li Bi el For this loan there has been mad @ “Beginning to End” honor flag, t be awarded to every city and town which has raised its quota in all five campaigns. It carries five blue stripes on a white background, the fifth stripe perossing the others in @ diagonal line. There is a deep border of red, SOLDIERS ANSWER CALL OF | BACK TO THE FARM. Washington, D. C.—The “back to the farm” movement which has been advocated for many years by econ- omists, who feared ill results from the constantly growing shortage of farm labor and consequent falling off in production of foodstuffs, appears to be gathering real momentum with the homecoming of the soldiers. Sec- retary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, who is father of the plan to have the government turn its re- claimed land over to the discharged soldiers and sailors on easy payments, and who is the author of the bill which seems to effectuate the plan, re- ports that he is receiveing on the av- erage 1000 inquiries each day from soldiers who are interested in the idea and want to know the details. The opn-air life led by the men whether in camp in this country or on the battle lines, has given them a keen hankering for the great outdoors. It js worth noting that while employ- ers are hunting vainly for office help in many sections, the soldiers are re- ported as busy trying to get informa- tion about the farm situation. Many of them say they have had enough ex- citement to suffice for a lifetime and the bright lights of the cities no long- er lure them. Assistant Secretary G. I. Christie, representative of the United States Department of Agriculture on the Committee on Employment of Sol- diers and Sailors, substantiates the statement of other observers that the discharged soldiers and sailors are asking to be shown the way to the farms. “Reports from the farm help specialists of the United States De- partment of Agriculture,” says Mr. Christie, “indicate large numbers of returning soldiers and sailors are tak- ing up work on the farms. During the last two years the labor shortage on the farms has been such that these young men are welcomed by the agri- cultural people and are given every opportunity and encouragement to take up the work. “Through the States’ relations of the Department of Agriculture and the extension service of the agricul- tural representatives have been plac- ed in demoblization camps, where they are conferring with the soldiers and giving them needed information as to openings and opportunities in agri- culture. It is true that some of the men who left the farm for the army will not return to the land. This is neither unusual nor unexpected. Reports from our specialists, county agents and other agricultural people indicate that the large majority of men who came from the farms and who are given any reasonable opportunity are again taking up this work. It is found too, that the large body ef men who left the farms to take up war work in connection with the building of cantonments, war industries, ete., are returning in large numbers. “Farmers are offering good wages, in many cases a partnership in the business, and are building suitable homes and supplying better living conditions: “All of this is appealing to men who have experienced hardships in the city as a result of poor living and other unusual expenses. “For a number of years farms have been short of labor. Much work has been allowed to go undone. There is now an opportunity for farmers to get a supply of labor which can be used in placing drains, building fences, clearing lands, repairing build- ings and in other ways making im- provements and placing the farm in the condition in which they wish to see it.—Record. Plagues Not KReiated. H. De Brun (Bulletin de I’Acade- mie de Medicine), having had several years’ experience in Syria with plague, including an epidemic of pneumonic plague, protests against the yiew that pneumonia following influenza may be related to the eastern disease. In pneumonic plague the cough is charac- terized by a quiet, spasmodic expira- tion, repeated continuously for long periods every ten to thirty seconds, and might be termed a “whispering cough.” Instead of the optimism frequentiy manifested on the day before death tu influenza there is a distressing con- sciousness of impending death in the preumonic plague patient. Nearly ali cases of the latter plague end fatally. ofoefoofosfuofe cfecuefureefocfucforfanfe cfuefuriocfecte VICTORY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS ON INSTALMENT PLAN om——— Uncle Sam will accept part payments and allow six months’ credit to those who wish to take advantage of the partial payment plan. 1st Payment—10 per cent on or before May 10, 1919. 2d Payment—10 per cent on or before July 15, 1919. 3d Payment—20 per cent or or before August 12, 1919. 4th Payment—20 per cent on or before September 9, 1919. 5th Payment—20 per cent on or before October 7, 1919, 6th and Last Payment—20 per cent on or before November 1, 1919, Those who subscribe on this plan pay a small amount of in- terest for the accommodation. Full payment of subscrip- tions may be made on May 20 or on any instalment date thereafter. se ofeeforfosfontecfestssfectsofacfe feces shosfo fo forfocforfonfecfoctonfecfecforfocfecfecfecteafeciecterioegs focfeciele esfesfortofesfesfestesfesfeeforfestsofortoroofectorosiesfonesfeciectocfoctuefofoctecfectsofecfococeciocfe clooeclenls : | Poison Bait for Rats. Salt Lake City.—Last year 100,801 pounds of poison bait were used by 1703 co-operative farmers in Utah to stop the enormous losses sustained annually from rodents. This poison was applied on 86,104 | acres of infested land, and the far- mers reported 892,179 rodents de- stroyed with an estimated saving in crops of $702,368. Estimates of the savings accomp- lished were made by specialists of the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, who aided State and local workers in the enterprise. Farm bureaus al- ready have ordered quantities of strychnine to carry on similar work in the immediate future, and - have prepared to mix poison bait at. cen- tral places and supply it to farmers who agree to use it according to di- rections and make reports of results. The bureau says that if the work could be properly financed they could use five times the amount of poison they now have. “Picking” Easter Eggs. There is an Easter custom among beys in and around Philadelphia and other parts of the country of “pick- ing” eggs. A boy will go over the eggs in the pantry (with his mother’s consent, it is hoped), and, by gently knocking the ends on his teeth, will select one or more of the strongest. Then he goes out among his play- mates and soon is challenged, or he himself will invite another boy to “pick.” Before daring to risk this, each boy will try the other’s egg on his teeth and if he thinks his chances are good he will accept the challenge. The boy challenged will then hold his egg so as to expose only the very point, while the challenger lightly raps the egg with the point of his own until the shell of one or the oth- er is slightly cracked. The eggs are then reversed and the “butts” are picked in the same way. The winner gets the broken egg.—Saint Nicholas. Airplane Hunter. We are glad to see, by the Wash- ington Evening Star, that the shoot- ing of wild fowl with machine guns from airplanes has been forbidden by order of the director of military aero- nautics. Instead of countenancing this cruel practice, in which the birds have so little chance of escape, the orders are that all flights wherever migratory fowl may be found, shall be conducted in such a way as to in- {aries as little as possible with the irds. Relieved His Mind. “Your rich uncle nearly fell the victim to a bear.” “Where?” “In the Maine woods.” “Oh! 1 was afraid it was in the stock market.” Why the Lily Means Easter. The lily is typical of Easter because | § of its whiteness and personification of purity. In its natural state it blooms about Easter time in France, its na- tive home. Kitchen in Mourning. “Here, waiter. This steak is pos- itively burned black.” “Yes, sir. Mark of respect, Our head cook died yesterday.” ——Subsecribe for the “Watchman.” ANNOUNCEMENTS. The following are the prices charged for announcement in this column: Sheriff, $8.00; Prothonotary. $8.00; Treasurer, $8.00; Register, $6.00; Recorder, $6.00; All other county offices, $5.00. An- nouncement will not be made for any candidate unwilling to pledge himself to abide by the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the primaries. FOR SHERIFF. We are authorized to announce the name of William A. Carson, of Haines township. as a candidate for the nomination for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Dem- ocratic voters of Centre county as express- ed at the general primaries to be held Wednesday, September 17th, 1919. FOR REGISTER. We are authorized to announce the name of J. Frank Smith, of Bellefonte, as a can- didate for the nomination for Register, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of Centre county as expressed at the general primaries to be held Wednes- day, September 17, 1919. FOR RECORDER. We are authorized to announce the name of D. Wagner Geiss, of Bellefonte, as a candidate for the nomination for Recor- der, subject to the decision of the Demo- cratic voters of the county as expressed 2% ine general primaries September 17th, sir. COUNTY TREASURER. We are authorized o announce the name of James E. Harter, of Penn township, as a candidate for the nomination of County Treasurer subject to the decision of the Democratie voters as expressed at the gen- eral primaries to be held Wednesday, Sep- tember 17th, 1919. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. We are authorized to announce the name of George M. Harter, of Marion township, Nittany postoffice R. F. D. No. 1, occupa- tion farmer, for the nomination for Coun- ty Commissioner subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the general primaries to be held Wednes- day, September 17th, 1919. A Vast Array of Advantageous Easter Offerings Misses’ and Women’s Stunning OUTERWEAR DISTINCTIVE STYLES—CREDITABLE QUALITIES—ATTRACTIVE PRICES These values are convincing evi- dence that handsome Easter garments can be bought for considerably less cost here than elsewhere. Women's Serge CAPES 23.50 have full sweep back, belted jacket front, slashed pockets, string belt tying in sash, rows of braid and bone buttons. Navy, pekin, blue, garnet, brown and tan. COHEN & CO. Department Store i niversary. 64-15-1t BELLEFONTE, PA. 1 Why? prices necessary. Traced to Pagan Ceremony. It was through the efforts of the priests and teachers of the early Christian church that the Easter sea- son was shorn of its pagan ceremo- nies and converted into a Christian an- These priests, finding it impossible to induce the German and axon tribes among whom they la- bored to renounce their worship of the Goddess of Spring—variously known as Ostera, Eostre and Eastre —gkilfully managed to give the cere- monies another turn, proclaiming that the season celebrated the rising of Christ from the dead. Gradually, as the new religion gained ground, the old heathen superstitions died out. The goddess Eastre was no longer re- vered, but her name was retained to designate what had now become the festival of the Resurrection. For the first three centuries of the Christian era Easter was celebrated on the same day as the Jewish Passover, but after much dissatisfaction had been ex- pressed at this coincidence of the two feasts the council of Nice devised, in New Advertisements. INE PROPERTY FOR SALE.—Very desirable location. Inquire of . HAMMON SECHLER, Bush House Block, Bellefonte. IRA D. GARMAN DIAMONDS, MILITARY WATCHES AND JEWELRY. FINE REPAIRING 11th Street Below Chestnut, 63-34-6m. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 64-12-tf put a new top on your car Let us re-cover your top with Neverleek, the guaranteed top material. You'll want a new set of curtains, too, ready for rainy weather. We use only the best quality of materials and our work- manship is warranted. Drive in and see us about it. J WIELAND BROS. & CO. Auto Painting BELL PHONE 64-12-tf 1890 1891 1892 1893 EM E95 18% 1897 = CATTLE : STEERS GOOD TO CHOICE (H-CAG | ~~ DRESSED BEEF . Why Beefsteak Is High (698 1899 1900 1S01 1002 1903 1004 100 OF 1007 mem ofr ere eee fe —t— rfpermre nt 2 him bb pte A — — a} ii NATIVE SIDES .NEW YORr io fasted liin anf fn =t > tum err pets esta ap ree me i \ i \, This chart was copied from Bulletin No. 226, U. S. Bureau of labor Statistics. It is the latest that has been issued. 100-1916 price. Remember when beefsteak was 20c a pound? Now it’s 40 and 50 cents a pound. This chart shows that the price packers have had to pay for cattle has gone up with the price received for beef. In fact, it shows that the “spread” between cattle and beef prices has been gradually reduced during the past 30 years—owing to competition among packers, their increased efficiency, bigger volume, and elimination of waste. 825 A. D., the present mode of deter- mining the date of Easter. This, as every one knows, provides that it shall fall on the first Sunday after the full moon which occurs upon or next after March 21, the vernal equinox.—Ex. ——Put your ad. m the “Watch- man.” : ANTED.—Local New Advertisements. representative for the most popular motor Truck line in America. Write for terms to “Truck,” care of Watchman. 64-16-3t XECUTOR’S NOTICE.—Letters testa- E mentary upon the estate of J. Har- ris Green, late of Bellefonte bor- ough, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned, all persons ‘knowing themselves indebted to said estate are re- quested to make prompt payment, and those having claims against the same must present the same, duly authenticated, for settlement. EMMA WISTAR GREEN, W. HARRISON WALKER, Executors. 64-16-6t 1908 100G 1910 ptt : re emmy : | $n eee —————— ae 9111912 1913 19M INS 1916 freee: rerfe Li The packer’s profit of only a fraction of a cent per pound of meat has helped to narrow this “spread.” Increased farm-production costs have made higher cattle Swift & Company, U. S. A. sonst ——For high class job work come to the “Watchman” office. New Advertisements. RPHAN’S COURT SALE.—By virtue of an order issued April 9, 1919, out of the Orphan’s Court of Cen- tre county, the undersigned executrix_ of the last will and testament of Julia Mc- Dermott, late of Bellefonte borough, de- ceased, will sell on FRIDAY, MAY 2nd, 1919, at 1:30 o'clock p. m., at the court house in Bellefonte borough, the following describ- ed real estate: All that certain house and lot situate in Bellefonte borough, Centre county, Penn- sylvania, bounded and described as fol- lows, to wit: Beginning on Bishop street at corner of lot of W. C. Heinle, now Ed. Gehret, thence along same south 120 feet to a post; thence west along lot of W. H. Thompson 45 feet to lot of W. G. Morri- son estate; themce along same north 120 feet to Bishop street; thence along Bishop street east 4H feet to place of beginning. Thereon erected a two-story stone dwell- ing—a very desirable home. Terms of Sale:—Ten per cent. of bid on day of sale and balance of ninety per cent, on confirmation of sale. JOSEPHINE McDERMOTT, W. G. Runkle, Executrix, 64-15-3t Attorney. <4 fo Night BOALSBURG, PA. Only Tuesday April 22nd Picture U* Roosevelt REAL STUFF 7 REELS A Mighty Drama of the Life OF A Mighty Man This approved by himself picture of our famous ex-Pres- ident’s life from the cradle to the grave is historical as well "| an interesting story of a wonderfully human character, con- taining Drama--Comedy--Action--Thrills--Suspense--Pathos We guarantee this picture worth coming miles to see Scenic Theatre Monday April 21st Matinee 10 and 15 Night 10 and 20c Night Only
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