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Bellefonte, Pa., September 12, 1919.
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Keep Out of the Trout Streams.
During the past week several young
men have engaged in grappling suck- |.
ers in Spring creek, opposite the Bush
house, one young man in one day se-
curing a string of twenty-six. While
so far as known no trout were taken
by the young men who had been en-
gaged in the grappling, and it is al-
leged they carried with them a per-
mit granting them the right to take
food fish from streams as they were
doing during the four months from
July to October jinclusive, yet such
permit expressly states that the
“holder of such a permit is not al-
lowed to spear or gig in streams in-
habited by trout;” and further ex-
plains that “trout streams are those
where trout are commonly fished for
and caught.” Now the word grap-
ple” is net even used in the permit,
but if spearing and gigging are for-
bidder in trout streams, the Depart-
ment of Fisheries advises that it al-
so includes grappling or taking fish
by any means whatever.
Another nractice that has been in-
dulged in pretty freely and unchecked
by anyone recently is the stoning of
the big trout that lie in the stream
below the falls by boys and young
men. This also is an open violation
of the law and the offender is just as
liable to arrest and punishment as if
he caught the trout. Inasmuch as an
officer from the Department of Fish-
eries is liable to visit Bellefonte most
any day it would be a wise thing on
the part of boys and young men to
refrain from doing anything that
might land them in his clutches.
Interesting Convention of Sunday
School Workers.
The seventh district Sunday school
convention was held in the Methodist
church at Pleasant Gap last Thurs-
day and the two sessions proved very
interesting. The convention opened
at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon with
devotions by Dr. A. M. Schmidt. J.
Kennedy Johnston then gave a talk on
the stewardship of time and money,
"and he was followed by Rev, Fox, of
Duncannon, Pa., who discussed the
teachers and their responsibility. The
balance of the afternoon session was
devoted to business. :
The evening session opened at 8
o'clock with prayer by Rev. George E.
Smith. Dr. A. M. Schmidt gave a
talk on the latest in Sunday school
work and he was followed by Rev. M.
C. Piper in a brief but interesting ad-
dress. The following officers were
elected: President, C. C. Shuey; vice
president, Edward R. Owen; secre-
tary, Adaline Kline; treasurer, Darius
Waite; temperance superintendent,
V. BE. VonGunden; missionary super-
intendent, Mrs. D. L. Shuey; cradle
roll superintendent, Mrs. J. A. Wood-
cock; home department superintend-
ent, Mrs. N. E. Wolford; elementary
department superintendent, Mrs. D.
R. Foreman.
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Annual Sunday School Convention.
The Pennsylvania State Sunday
school association will hold its 57th
annual session at Wilkes-Barre Octo-
ber 8th, 9th and 10th, 1919. Centre
county Sunday schools should elect
their delegates and send their names
to Darius Waite, county secretary, in
good time to get their proper creden-
tials for reduced car fare, and their
entertainment provided for. It is
hoped there will be a large delegation
from Centre county.
There will be a young people’s con-
ference at the same place, in ils
fourth annual session, on October
10th, 11th and 12th. All young peo-
ple who will be delegates to this con-
ference should be elected and their
names sent to the county secretary
for credentials. Let the schools at-
tend to this promptly so the commit-
tee of arrangements will not be held
back in their work.
Bridge
Contract Awarded George
Rhoads & Son.
At a meeting of the Centre County
Commissioners on Tuesday morning
the contract for the building of a
bridge over Spring creek at Lemont
was awarded to George Rhoads &
Son, of Bellefonte, for $5,495.00, that
being the lowest bid submitted. The
bridge will be of reinforced concrete,
48 feet long and a 24 foot roadway.
The bridge is to be built this fall.
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and Mulford Haines, of Union town-
ship, were both quite badly hurt in an
automobile accident about a mile be-
low Unionville on Tuesday. So far as
the facts could be ascertained young
Haines purchased a Ford car and he
and Keatley went out on Tuesday to
try it out. In some way Haines lost
control of the car and it ran into a
ditch at the side of the road and turn-
ed completely over. Keatley sustain-
ed a bad cut on the back of the head
which required a number of stitches
to close, but that is his most serious
injury. Haines sustained an injury
of his back and was unconscious for
several hours. In fact it may be sev-
eral days before the full extent of his
injuries are definitely known. The
car was considerably damaged.
Geergia--to-make his. home. but the
home town?
= There were strawberry festivals in June, ]
mother always used to bake a cake for the strawberry festival and
Jim Bond's mother was in charge of the ice-cream,
and strung them from tree
square, and you went and met everyone you knew and had the best
the Japanese lanterns,
kind of a time.
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2 Frederick Heydecker read the Declaration.
1
E one agreed. You could hear every
2 the crowd, where the
d There was the Harvest Home, too,
fol
pumpkins, and
OE ny pl i
a simple, friendly, semi-rural life.
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facturing nation as well as a great
caused the great
S| stagnate—and yet—we paid a price
the loss of that old neighborly life.
care less.
in the old town, with riots
There are observers,
life of America is one of the nation’s saddest.
and going their way,
They believe, and have good grounds for believing,
ing it idly and sentimentally,
to find a remedy.
= they have found it.
In 600 cities near soldiers,
camps, in fifty or so big war industry centers,
In the camp towns,
5 thas been brought to life again.
2 desire to provide hospitality for men in uniform in their brief periods
Men and women united to entertain the boys in service, and
= of leave.
thus folk met who never had become acquainted before,
had lived, so to speak, next door
Community Houses,
tainments of all sorts,
service.
In the war industry towns, the building up of a community spirit
groups that had been interested theretofore only
in the jobs the town had to offer, was one of the marvels of war-times
among diverse racial
in America.
kindly mission on in peace times.
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AEE EE EERE ERE ERR REE ARERR
: The Home Town
O you remember the old-fashioned good times in the little
Then there was the Fourth of July celebration, when the Hon.
because he had a Prince Albert coat, and a fine speaking voice, every=
balloon peddler pushed his way along.
out again, but supplemented this time with jack o’lanterns made out of
shocks of corn and heaps of squashes.
the same old folks, all friendly and neighbor-like.
Well, it’s all changed now, isn’t it?
There's a baby carriage factory, and a typewriter factory, and the
canning factory that uses up the pumpkins that
and the town is full of “foreigners.
nowadays and not see a soul you know,
That is an epitome of the history of America. Once we were
all neighbors and friends, all pretty much the same kind of folks living
and our wonderful industrial expansion. We became a great manu-
drift of population from country to town and from
: small town to great city. Great industries called for labor from across
5 the sea, and got it, thouands and millions in strange incoming hordes.
It was worth while, of course. We had to go in; we could not
El nd whole blocks of the population of which we know nothing, and
Yet we sigh, now and then, for the old spirit. The change
has affected us more than we realize.
and lawlessness.
who believe this loss of the old community
sailors and marine corps training
parents and boys and girls rubbed elbows at enter-
drawn by their common kinship to men in
And now a national organization has been formed to
d to co-operate nationally. If it
can, beginning in such tangible ways as by developing neighborhood
playgrounds, neighborhood clubs,—all sorts of leisure time activities—
build up again the old American spirit of equality and common social
life, it will have performed no trivial service to the nation.
remember? Your
and they got out
to tree on the town
They always chose Fred
‘whereas” even out at the edge of
with the Japanese lanterns
Again you met
The old town has boomed.
once made lanterns,
You can go down Main street
hardly.
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Then came the age of invention,
agricultural nation. The factories
for it all. Part of the price was
There are whole sections of town
There was an ugly strike, right
But instead of deplor-
they have cast about
the neighborhood spirit
it was born of the
though they
to each other for years. In the
carry the
It is called Community Service
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TAYLOR.—Samuel Bryson Taylor,
of Milesburg, died at the Bellefonte
hospital on Friday of last week, of
general debility, aged almost eighty-
five years. Born in Milesburg his boy-
hood life was spent there but at the
age of sixteen years he left home and
went to Clearfield where he learned
the trade of a blacksmith. He married
Miss Mary Irwin, in that town and all
their married life was spent there.
About hine years ago, following the
death of his wife Mr. Taylor went to
southern climate did not seem fo
agree with him and three years ago
he returned and had since been mak-
ing his home with his sisters in Miles-
burg.
His surviving children are Ralph B.
Taylor, living in the State of Wash-
ington; Arthur, in Ohio; Lloyd, of
DuBois; Edith Flegle, of Great Falls,
Mon., and Lillie Flegle, of Indiana,
Pa. He also leaves two sisters: Mrs.
M. S. Peters, in Kansas, and Mrs. S.
W. Hahn, of Williamsport; and one
half-brother and three half-sisters,
namely: W. F. Taylor, of Tyrone;
Mrs. Agnes Fowler, Misses Florence
and Lida Taylor, of Milesburg. Fun-
eral services were held at the Taylor
home in Milesburg on Monday even-
ing and Tuesday morning the remains
were taken to Clearfield for burial in
Hill Crest cemetery.
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BRETT.—Mrs. Laura R. Graf
Brett, widow of the late Robert G.
Brett, died on Monday, September 1st,
at the home of her son-in-law, E. F
Haley, in Pittsburgh, following an ill-
ness of some months, aged sixty-sev-
en years. She was born at Manor-
ville, Pa., and when a girl went west
and located at Perry, Kansas. She
was married in that place to Robert
G. Brett and in April, 1871, they re-
turned to Pennsylvania and located at
Pine Grove Mills where they lived un-
til after Mr. Brett’s death. Shortly
thereafter Mrs. Brett returned to
Kansas where she lived until two
years ago when she returned to Pitts-
burgh and had since made her home
with her daughters in that place. She
is survived by three sons and three
daughters, namely: J. E. Breit, of
Seattle, Wash.; O. A. Brett, of Perry,
Kansas; F. P. Brett, Mrs. G. W. Ward
and Mrs. E. F. Haley, of Pittsburgh,
and Mrs. C. A. Bradford, of Perry,
Kansas. Burial was made in Pitts-
burgh.
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BROWNE. — Thomas Beaver
Browne, a well known bond broker
and member of the Philadelphia stock
exchange, died on Monday night in
the Bryn Mawr hospital following two
operations for appendicitis, one on
Saturday night and one on Sunday.
His death is of interest to Bellefonte
readers of the “Watchman” from the
fact that he was married to Miss Mar-
cia Curtin, a daughter of the late An-
drew Curtin Jr. Mr. Browne was for-
ty-three years old and lived at
Wynnewood. He was quite active in
Philadelphia social circles, being a
member of the Racquet, University
and other clubs in Philadelphia as
well as a member of New York clubs.
He was also a director in the Ardmore
National bank. His father was Wil-
liam Hardcastle Browne, a prominent
lawyer and author of Philadelphia.
Mr. Browne is survived by his widow
and three children, two of whom were
the result of his first marriage.
MURRAY.—Miss Katie Murray
died in the Altoona hospital on Mon-
day of blood poisoning. Almost a
year ago, while living with her sister
in Philadelphia she ran a needle into
her finger. At the time she went to
a hospital and every effort possible
was made to locate the needle, but in
vain. Almost two weeks ago she
went to Tyrone to visit friends, was
taken ill last week and removed: to
the Altoona hospital on Saturday.
Her ailment was diagnosed as blggd
poisoning, and the cause the needle
she ran into her hand about a year
ago.
Deceased was a daughter of Ter-
rence and Jane Cone Murray and was
born in Bellefonte over fifty years
ago. Her entire life was spent here
until the death of her father early in
January, 1918, after which she went
to Tyrone to make her home with an
aunt. The aunt died some months
later when she went to Philadelphia
to be with her sister, Mrs. Mary Dow-
ling, her only survivor. The remains
were brought to Bellefonte on the
Pennsylvania-Lehigh train on Tues-
day afternoon and taken to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. William Daley, on
east Lamb street. The funeral serv-
ices were held in the Catholic church
at 10:45 o'clock on Wednesday morn-
ing by Rev. Father Downes. Burial
was made in the Catholic cemetery.
Among the out-of-town people here
for the funeral were her sister, Mrs.
Dowling, of Atlantic City; Mrs. P.
McDonnell and Francis Laughrey, of
Tyrone, and William Healey, of Cuba.
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KLECHNER.—Mrs. Lydia Orndorf
Klechner, wife of C. W. Klechner,
died at her home at Mill Hall last
Saturday evening following a pro-
longed illness with cancer. Her maid-
en name was Orndorf and she was
born in Haines township, this county,
and was aged 62 years, 8 months and
23 days. She is survived by her hus-
band and two daughters, Mrs. F. P.
Royer, of Woodward, and Mrs. Sadie
Ludlow, of Mill Hall. She also leaves
five sisters and one brother, namely:
Mrs. Lincoln Confer, of Loganton;
Mrs. Harvey Garrett, of Greenburr;
Mrs. James Beck, of Spring Mills;
Mrs. Harvey Hoover and Mrs. Aaron
Stover, of Woodward, and Samuel
Oradorf, of Mill Hall. The remains
were taken to Millheim where funeral
services were held on Tuesday after-
noon by Rev. C. F. Catherman, burial
being made in the Fairview cemetery,
Millheim.
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MUSSER.—Henry Dale Musser, a
son of C. Dale (deceased) and Eliza- |
beth Musser, died at Girard College, |
Philadelphia, at 10 o’clock on Monday
morning following a siege of rheuma-
tism which finally affected his heart.
He was thirteen years old and was a
grandson of the late W. H. Musser, of |
Bellefonte. His father died about sev-
en years ago but surviving him are
his mother, living in Camden, N. J.;
one brother, George Q. Musser, a stu-
dent at the Scotland orphans’ school,
and one sister, Elizabeth, who makes
her home with Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Woods, in Lincoln, Neb. The deceas-
ed boy was a nephew of Mrs. John M.
Bullock, of Bellefonte, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bullock went to Philadelphia on
Tuesday night to be present at the
funeral which was held from Girard
College on Thursday morning, burial
being made in the beautiful cemetery
at Willow Grove.
SENSOR.—George W. Sensor, a
Curry—Glasgow.—John J. Curry, a
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native of Centre county, died at his ' well known Salvation Army worker,’
home in Tyrone on Tuesday evening |
following an illness of two years. He |
and Elizabeth |
was a son of Frederick
of Tyrone,
of Centre Hall, were married in the
Salvation Army barracks in Tyrone
and Miss Anna Glasgow, !
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Sensor and was born in Unionville on | last Thursday evening and it being |
January 26th, 1861, hence was in his | the first wedding of the kind to take |
fifty-ninth year.
eight years held a position in the |
maintenance of way department,
working up to the responsible position |
of foreman of carpenters. He was a |
member of the Presbyterian church of |
Tyrone, the Allegheny Gateway ,
Lodge L 0. O. F., the Tyrone Lodge |
I. 0. O. M. and the Tyrone club. |
In May, 1873, he was married to
Jennie F. Campbell, of Unionville, |
who survives with two daughters and |
one son, Mabel B. and Helen E,, at |
home, and Scott Sensor, of Palmyra, |
Pa. He also leaves one brother and |
three sisters, William B. Sensor, of |
Tyrone; Mrs. Alfred Ammerman, of !
Blue Ball; Mrs. David T. Hall and |
Miss Minnie Sensor, of Unionville.
Funeral services will be held at his |
late home in Tyrone at 10 o'clock thi» |
(Friday) morning, and the remains |
will be brought to Unionville on the |
Pennsylvania-Lehigh train for burial
in the cemetery at that place.
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MEESE.—Jacob O. Meese, a native
of this county, passed away last Fri-
day at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Ralph Beck, in Reading, following an
attack of ursemic poisoning. He had
been ill but a short time and bedfast
only three days.
He was a son of George and Mary
Fultz Meese and was born at Fillmore
on February 13th, 1862, hence was in |
his fifty-eighth year. His “boyhood
life was spent in Buffalo Run and
Halfmoon valleys. When he grew to
manhood he learned the painting and
paper hanging trade and worked at |
that occupation in various sections of
the State. His wife died seventeen |
years ago but surviving him are one
daughter and two sons, Mrs. Beck, of
Reading; Harold and Robert Meese,
in Altoona. He is also survived by
one brother and four sisters, namely:
William Meese,” of Philipsburg;
Mrs. D. W. Eves, of Halfmoon valley;
Mrs. W. C. Weston, of Tyrone; Mrs. |
Wilson Ghaner, of Scotia, and Mrs. |
Miles Wrye, of Loveville.
The remains were brought to Cen-
tre county on Saturday and the funer-
al held on Sunday afternoon, burial |
being made in the Friends burying
ground in Halfmoon valley.
—— Dr. R.L. Weston, formerly:
general secretary of the Bellefonte
Y. M. C. A., has been selected to sup-
ply for Bill Martin as athletic train-
er at State College.
Rev. R. Leighton Gerhart, who
has been pastor of the Reformed
church at Lewisburg since 1900, has
notified his congregation that he will
give up active ministerial work after
next Easter. After that he will move
to Shippensburg where he will devote
his time to editorial work on the |
three church papers with which he is |
connected. Rev. Gerhart at one time |
was pastor of the Reformed church in |
Bellefonte. i
——The blackbirds have started |
their migration southwards. Their |
first appearance in Bellefonte in any
unusual number was on Sunday even-
ing when they came in in flocks of |
hundreds and made the trees on Linn |
street their roosting place for the:
night. On Tuesday evening they!
came by the thousands and after |
roosting during the night started on |
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their flight about seven o’clock Wed-
nesday morning. The birds flew in a |
south, south-easterly direction and |
when the writer watched them go he;
was led to wonder where they would |
stop for breakfast, as it would natur-
ally require considerable food to fill
up the thousands of little stomachs in |
the flocks of birds in transit.
— The rain that fell on Wednes-
day came as a welcome boon in cool-
ing the atmosphere and relieving
parched vegetation, but there was not
enough of it to relieve the scarcity of
water situation throughout the coun-
ty. Residents of Bellefonte never ap-
preciate what a protracted drought
means to other portions of the county,
especially where farmers and others
have to depend upon the small
streams and cisterns as their entire
water supply. In many places
throughout the county the small |
streams were about dried up and the |
cistern water supply exhausted. As
an illustration, over at Grange park
the Centre Hall water supply was so
low that it has been impossible to get |
all the water needed out at the park, |
but the tenters there made the best |
use of what they could get and nobody |
has actually suffered.
——Notwithstanding the fact that |
there has been no great manufactur- |
ing boom in Bellefonte recently the
housing situation here was never more |
acute than it is at the present time. '
Every week there are a number of in- |
quiries at this office for houses to
rent or rooms to let, and every time
the seeker after a home has to be
turned away without getting any in- |
formation. For a town the size of |
Bellefonte there are probably fewer
desirable houses changing tenants
year after year than in any other
town in the State. This fact is prob-
ably due to the reason that so little
building is being done. Not a dozen
new houses have been erected in the
past decade, and with the price of all
kinds of building materials high as
they are now, there is little likelihood
of any new building being done in the !
immediate future. In the meantime
the scarcity of houses as much as any- :
thing else is keeping people away
from Bellefonte who would likely set-
tle here if they could geta good
home. .
When a young man |
he went to work for the Pennsylvania |
railroad company and for twenty-.
' Blue Ball, Pa.
| Mr.
' Bald Eagle, and Miss Verna Kelly, 2 |
| daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Peter Kelly, |
of Port Matilda, went to Cumberland, breathed his last. It was said by his
place in that city it attracted consid-
erable attention. The ceremony took |
place at 8:30 o'clock in the evening
and at the appointed hour the bridal
party, consisting of Capt. and Mrs.
Schneider, of the Salvation Army, two
little flower girls and the bride and
bridegroom marched onto the stage
between two flag bearers, one with
the Stars and Stripes and one with
the Army flag. On the stage they
were met by Rev. A. S. Fasick, pastor
of the First Methodist church, who
pronounced the solemn ceremonial that
made them man and wife. Prior to
the wedding the Army held a brief
song and testimonial service. For the
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present Mr. and Mrs. Curry will be |
located in Tyrone.
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McCullough—Gearhart.—The home
Pine Grove Mills, was the scene of a
quiet wedding at 2:30 o’clock on Sun-
day afternoon when their daughter,
marriage to John T. McCullough, of
Only the immediate
| the
Centre county had a per capita of
Te. for the week ending August 30th,
or a total per capita of $2.04.
Every school teacher in Centre
county is expected to organize a wide-
awake thrift and savings society.
Text books are now being prepared by
the Treasury Department, at Wash-
ington, and will be mailed to every
school teacher in the United States
within a very short time. It is of the
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gearhart, in utmost importance that every pupil
attending the public and parochial
schools in the nation should belong to
organization formed in the
| schools.
| Miss Helen Gearhart, was united in
members of the family were present |
to witness the ceremony which was
performed by Rev. L. V. Barber, of
the Presbyterian church.
evening Mr. and Mrs. McCullough me-
‘tored to Tyrone where they took the
train for the bridegroom’s home. Mr.
MeCullough is serving Uncle Sam as a
marine and his term of enlistment
will not expire for two years, but he
was given a furlough to return home
\ for his wedding but was under orders
to report at Camp Dix, N. J., yester-
day.
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McElwain—Sourbeck. — Announce-
' ment has been made of the marriage
Lewistown an August 23rd of
. Joseph McElwain, of Marengo, this
. county, and Mrs. Sourbeck, of Lewis-
in
town, the ceremony being performed
by the Baptist minister of that city.
They will make their home in Lewis-
| town, Mr. McElwain being employed !
| at Burnham.
Way—Kelly.—John H. Way, son of |
and Mrs. William M. Way, of
Md., on Wednesday of last week and
| were united in the holy bonds of mat-
i rimony.
Carson—=Stover. James Ww. Car-
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Lulu M. Stover, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. M. O. Stover, of near Woodward,
were married on Sunday evening by
Rev. J. J. Weaver, of Aaronsburg.
Westbrook—Bastress.—Joseph El-
mer Westbrook, of Williamsport, and
Miss Elizabeth W. Bastress, of State
College, were united in—-marriage at
Lewisburg last Saturday by Rev. R.
L. Gerhart, pastor of the Reformed
church.
Wanted.—Two girls for general
kitchen work, at $8.00 per week. Ap-
ply to Miss Huntley, McAllister Hall,
State College. 36-1t
BIRTHS.
Kelley—On August 1, to Mr. and
The purpose of this great move-
ment—thrift and savings—is to make
people savers of money—to teach our
people the value of money—how to
use it, and how to invest it. “I
should think ill of any man who did
not leave his children a little better
off materially than himself.”—Theo-
dore Roosevelt. “Provision for oth-
ers, is a fundamental responsibility of
human life.”—President Wilson.
Death of John Mitchell, Labor Leader.
New York, September 9. — John
Mitchell, former president of the
United Mine Workers of America and
one of the most widely known labor
leaders in the United States, died at
5 o’clock this afternoon at the Post
Graduate hospital. Mr. Mitchell was
only 49 years old. Although he un-
derwent an operation ten days ago
for the removal of gall stones, his
condition had been reported as entire-
ly satisfactory and his death was
wholly unexpected by his friends, as
he had been ill only a few days be-
' fore he was taken to the hospital.
With Mr. Mitchell when he died
were his wife, one son and daughter.
_ Governor Smith, who had called to
inquire about his condition, arrived
only a few minutes after he had
physicians that while there has beeh
every reason to expect his recovery,
Mr. Mitchell had failed to rally from
the effects of the operation.
Since 1915 Mr. Mitchell had been
! chairman of the New York State In-
| dustrial Commission. He also served
Carson, of near Aaronsburg, and Miss
: education by studying at night.
as president of the State Food Com-
mission, chairman of the Federal
Food Board, president of the New
York state council of farms and mar-
kets, and as a member of the federal
milk commission for the eastern
States. While his office was in New
York his home was at Mount Vernon.
Mr. Mitchell was born in Braid-
wood, Ill., February 4, 1870, the son
of Robert and Martha Mitchell.
At the age of 11 years he began
work in the coal mines, obtaining his
He
| soon developed an interest in labo¥
problems and a deep sympathy for
workers in the coal mines.
Feeling that some time he would
, become a champion of the laboring
. man’s cause, he began the study of
Mrs. George A. Kelley, of Bellefonte, |
! mines, he joined the Knights of La-
a son, George A. Kelley Jr.
Bloom—On August 10, to Mr. and
Mrs. George M. Bloom, of Walker
township, a daughter, Joyce Marie.
Colpetzer—On August 23, to Mr.
and Mrs. William H. Colpetzer, a
daughter, Hazel May.
Smith—On August 27, to Mr. and
Mrs. Nevin Royer Smith, of Belle-
fonte, a daughter.
. bined
| ments and labor.
law, but soon gave it up to perfect
his knowledge of economics and labor
questions.
In 1885, while still employed in the
bor, subsequently traveling exten-
sively through the west in the com-
interest of mining develop-
3 In 1891 he married
Katherine O'Rourke, of Spring Val-
. ley, I1l., and shortly after this was ap-
pointed secretary of the United Mine
Workers of America, becoming nres-
ident of this organization in 1899 and
' serving without
Casper—On August 25, to Mr. and ,
Mrs. David E. Casper, of Bellefonte,
a daughter.
Immel—On August 10, to Mr. and
Mrs. James T. Immel, of Bellefonte, a
son, Arthur Dale.
Richard—On August 24, to Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel C. Richard, of Bellefonte,
a daughter, Elizabeth Marie.
interruption until
1908.
He relinquished this office to accept
an appointment as chairman of the
trade agreement department of the
National Civic federation, serving in
i this office until 1911, when he decided
to expound the cause of labor from
the lecture platform, which occupied
his attention until 1913.
Gummo—On August 15, to Mr. and
Mrs. Benner Gummo, of Bellefonte, a
son, Harold Richard.
Shuey—On August 30, to Mr. and
Mprs.*Paul C. Shuey, of Bellefonte, a
daughter, Adaline Marie.
Ichkowitch—On August 13, to Mr.
and Mrs. Ichkowitch, of Bellefonte, a
son, Joseph.
Sharpe—On August 19, to Mr. and
Mrs. Constance C. Sharpe, of Belle-
fone, a daughter, Melissa Rose.
Showers—On August 26, to Mr. and
Mrs. Merrill Showers, of Zion, a son.
Crider—On August 24, to Mr. and
daughter, Cecelia.
Andrew Thall, Bellefonte, a
! daughter.
ove
—Four prisoners were taken back
- president of the national body.
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His affiliation with the American
Federation of Labor began in 1898,
with an appointment as fourth vies
e
became second vice president in 1900
and continued in this office until 1914.
He was invited to become a mem-
ber of the New York state industrial
commission in 1915 and was chair-
‘ man of the commission at his death.
i
i
| Mrs. Albert Crider, of Bellefonte, a
During the war his activities were
centered in work connected with the
state food commission, of which he
{ was appointed president.
During his strenuous life as a la-
bor leader and organizer Mr. Mitchell
found time to write numerous books
on the subject nearest his heart.
Among his works were “Organized
Thall—On September 11, to Mr. and | Labor, Its Purpose and Ideals,” and
| Mrs.
“The Wage Earner and His Prob-
lems.”
to the Pittsburgh penitentiary from
| Rockview on Saturday, two colored
men for fighting and two white men |
caught in a cornfield where they had
hidden in an effort to make their es-
' cape from the Rockview institution.
i Under such circumstances
it was
deemed that the best place for them
was behind bars and stone walls
portunity to.escape.
——The highest bid made for the
Meyer farm near Centre Hall, when
offered for sale recently, was one for
$14,500 submitted by Clifford S.
Thomas, of Potters Mills. Inasmuch
"as the farm contains 282 acres, and
is equipped with good buildings, the
bid was deemed too low and the sale
was continued until a later date.
—A general strike of steel work-
ers has been called for September
22nd.
— Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
where they will not have the same op- | 219¢ prominent.
| forts of the British Goat Society, con-
Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wid-
ow, a daughter, Katherine, and three
sons. The burial will be made in
Scranton, Pa.
The Goat as a Milk Supplyer.
The goat is a useful milk-producing
animal for the cottager and small-
holder, and the war, with a consequent
scarcity and high price of cow’s milk,
has made the merits of the animal
Thanks to the ef-
| siderable progress has been made in
goat-keeping during the last 40 years.
Thirty years ago a little more than
three quarts was the record daily
yield of a good specimen of goat,
while at the present time it is not un-
common to find goats giving 4 gallon
and, in exceptional cases, nearly five
quarts a day. Children thrive on the
milk, which is eminently suited for
culinary purposes.
The housing and feeding of the
goat is, in addition, very economical.
it was so long ago as 1875 that the
late Baroness Burdett-Coutts set the
. example of rearing goats on large es-
tates, an example well worthy of im-
itation.—The Lancet.
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