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Bellefonte, Pa., March 12, 1920.
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ARE YOU A CANDIDATE?
H. I. Philips in the Oil City Blizzard.
Elections never bother me—
There's no place I would “rawther” be
Than some place else when candidates
are spouting;
But this year I am in the race—
I'm running for a public place—
Upon a platform all my own I'm shout-
ing:
CHORTUS.
I want to be ambassador
Where the sweet rye highball blooms
And the barboys have a certain open |
manner;
Where people never pass a door
Of a place where drinking booms—
Oh, I'm out to be the envoy to Havana!
No public office have I sought,
No nomination have I bought
Throughout a life that’s spotless white
—or nearly;
But now my hat is in the ring—
In politics I'll take a fling—
I see a post that’s suited to me, clearly.
CHORTS.
Make me ambassador
Where a corkscrew’s not a crime,
And the rye plant has replaced the fair
banana;
Where they never serve you water
Nor pinch barboys for manslaughter—
I'm a candidate for envoy to Havana.
My platform’s merely “Drink ‘er down”
(I'll buy most every other round),
I'll promise all the drinks are well se-
lected ;
And my password will be, “Brother,
In Havana have another”’—
That is, of course, sir, if I am elected.
CHORUS
Make me ambassador
Where a man can take a drink
Without a long prescription from a doc-
tor;
Where one can jazz some more,
Where the tinkling glasses clink—
'Tis there I'd be ambassador or proctor.
A RACE WITH A FLOOD.
The Sumpscott Valley Railroad—
people called it the Valley Road for
short—is an electric line that connects
Ayresboro, where the great cotton
mills are, with Summerfield, seven
miles below. For the first two miles
below Ayresboro the electric railway
follows the northern bank of the
Sumpscott, but at Smith’s sawmill it
crosses the river on a bridge just be-
low the dam, and continues on the
southern bank. The bridge below the
dam was of wood until a flood made
room for the present iron structure.
Charlie Clark’s father was the su-
perintendent of the Valley Road, and
Charlie took a lively interest init. He
lived at Summerfield, but went up-riv-
er every day to the Academy at
Ayresboro. He was supposed to stu-
dy on the cars, but in such circum-
stances a twelve-year-old boy of high
spirits and an inquiring mind finds
time to become acquainted with the
conductors, the motormen, and with
such facts as that No. 11 is a hard
car to make time on, and that No. 14
is the easiest-running car in the barn.
Sometimes, on the level stretch of
track below the bridge, where there
were no houses and few stops the mo-
tormen let him run the car until they
reached the long, descending grade
outside Summerfield. That, of course,
was against all rules, but exceptions
are easily made in favor of the “su-
per’s” son. Charlie soon became fair-
ly expert in managing the car.
“I'm going to be a superintendent
myself some day,” he informed big
Jack Floyd, the driver with whom he
generally made the afternoon trip,
“and of course the super ought to
know just how to run a car.”
The old power station of the com-
pany was at Ayresboro, but they
were building a new one down river,
about a mile above Summerfield, in a
wild spot, where the river brawled
over stones and ledges through a nar-
row gorge. There the dam had been
laid the year before, and now, in the
middle of March, the walls of the
power house were completed, and
workmen under the direction of the
superintendent were putting in the
dynamos.
For several days it had been rain-
ing hard, the air had been unreasona-
bly warm; the ice in the Sumpscott
had broken up, and the river was
roaring at freshet pitch over its stony
bed. It had submerged the new dam,
and the yellow spray from the torrent
there splashed against the brick walls
of the power house. Ice cakes, tree
trunks and debris of every description
were hurrying down to the sea.
The superintendent, at work on the
new downriver power house, looked at
the flood with some anxiety. “It’s
pretty high,” he said, “but I don’t
think it will rise any farther. We
must get that No. 2 dynamo set up to-
night at all events.”
And so, when the gray day grew to
dusk, half a dozen electricians were
busily at work in the power house,
and Charlie Clark’s father was with
them. He had told his wife that
morning in Charlie’s hearing that he
should not return home until the next
morning.
Charlie was delayed at the academy
that afternoon by a rehearsal for the
prize speaking, and when it was over
he found that he had missed his car;
so he made his way to the house of his
Uncle Robert and had supper there.
“It’s a bad night, Charlie,” his aunt
said.” “Hadn’t you better stay with us
tonight?”
“Thank you very much, auntie, but
I guess I'll take the seven o’clock
home with Jack Floyd. Mother might
be anxious. The telephone wire’s
down, so I couldn’t let her know.”
Charlie was soon jolting and rat-
tling on his way down river to Sum-
merfield. Looking out the window of
the car, he could see the broad reach-
es of the stream, filled with broken
ice, hastening onward almost as fast
as he. On the front platform Jack
Floyd’s broad back loomed up, clad in
glistening rubber.
“Looks bad, Charlie,” said the con-
ductor. “They say that Smith’s dam
is likely to go out. If it does, the
bridge will be carried away. It may
not be safe for us to cross it.”
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Then he stopped
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in dismay. “My
My father’s in the power
If the dam
they will all be caught and
Oh, do something, quick!”
The conductor stood with his mouth
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'the bridge at Smith’s,” he said to
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time to warn the men!”
Then he flung open the front door
of the car and said, “Jack, the super
{ and the gang are working in the new
power house—Charlie, here, says so.
If the dam at Smith’s goes all of a
sudden,—and them not expecting it,
they’ll be caught like rats in a trap.”
Big Jack instantly gave faithful
old No. 14 more “juice,” the speed in-
craased, the car swayed round the
curves, and the trolley overhead buz-
zed like hives of swarming bees.
The few passengers who had board-
ed the car at Ayresboro had left it be-
fore it stopped at Smith’s. There an
agitated group of men with lanterns
surrounded the car. “It’s no good.
You can’t cross the bridge!” they
cried. “The dam will go any minute.
It’s cracking already, and the ice and
logs jammed above it will take the
bridge sure!”
The roar of the angry waters near-
ly drowned their voices, and a fierce
gust of wind blew Charlie almost off
his feet. But he was heedless of the
wild elements. In his mind’s eye he
saw his father and the men, uncon-
scious of danger at work in the pow-
er house.
“Q, Jack,” he cried, “please go on!
We've got to get to my father and the
men.”
“’d try, Charlie,” Floyd replied,
“but it would be of no use. Even if
the car did get across, the bridge will
go soon, and that will snap the wire.
Can’t run without power.”
He was interrupted by a shout:
“There it goes!” and everyone rushed
up the bank to witness the catastro-
phe. But it was a false alarm. The
strong fabric of the dam still resist-
ed the tremendous strain.
Charlie left to himself and his
thoughts, suddenly came to a resolve:
He would try to save his father! The
chance was only a slender one, but a
chance is a chance. Springing upon
the front platform, he kicked loose
the racket that held the brake and
turned on the power.
Instantly No. 14 ran toward the
bridge. Faster! A hurricane of wind
and rain and spray almost blinded the
boy. He heard shouts behind him,
but did not heed them. The next mo-
ment No. 14 was rumbling over the
planks.
Charlie dared not look up the
stream toward the huge face of the
torrent that threatened to crush him.
He imagined that he heard the dam
cracking under the flood, and he turn-
ed the power lever as far as it would
go. Faster and faster! What if that
wall of water behind the high dam
should roll down now? But it was
only half a minute before the car was
safe across the bridge.
Charlie looked back, the dam was
still holding, and every second gained
was a reprieve. :
For half a mile the track was an
upgrade. Then came the level, and
then the lorig incline. One advantage
that the boy would have in a race
against the flood was that the road
ran in a nearly straight line, while the
river bed wound in several long bends.
But of course if the bridge should go,
the power would go with it, and the
car would stop. But at present No.
14 was speeding along gloriously. It
was a bad “rail,” as motormen say,
the wheels never slipped once.
At last the car came to the long
level stretch and flew faster than ever.
Still its lights burned steadily. At
the oceasional turnouts Charlie did
not slacken his pace, but sent the car
pounding ahead at full speed. It was
2 marvel that No. 14 kept the rails.
Bleak and bitter was the lonely
road. In the intervals of the gale the
growl of the river sounded menacing.
Not aware that his hands were white
with cold and that he was drenched to
the skin, Charlie stood at his post and
peered anxiously ahead.
At last he drew near the long down
grade to Summerfield. He could al-
ready see the great elm that marked
the place where the motormen “shut
off the juice.” If he could only pass
that before losing power! But he
could not. In an instant the electric
lights of the car went out, and the pe-
culiar rattle of the motors told him
that the power was gone.
Charlie screamed and twisted his
lever helplessly. He knew that the
dam had gone, and that terrible fury
of water was roaring after him at
race-horse speed. But in the very
midst of his blackest despair came a
ray of hope. Perhaps the momentum
of the car would carry it over the
brow of the hill.
Running through the car to the
rear platform. Charlie caught the wet
trolley rope, pulled it down, hand over
hand, and tied it to the brass rail of
the dasher. That lessened the fric-
tion a little. Back he flew to the front
platform. The speed was slackening,
but the big tree was close at hand.
He ran breathlessly to the rear
again, and, jumping to the ground,
pushed with all his strength. Perhaps
those few pounds of additional ener-
gy won the day. Just as No. 14 was
coming to a standstill, Charlie gave
one desperate heave, and then—O joy!
—he felt the speed increase. Still
pushing, he went from a slow walk to
a fast, and then to a trot. Swinging
himself aboard, he seized the brake
handle; he was in control of the car
again.
But the race was far from won. The
power house was two miles away.
While Charlie was covering that dis-
tance, the raging flood would have to
cover only five miles of twisting river.
The car, now fairly launched on the
down-grade, rushed over a high cause-
way overlooking the Sumpscott far
below. Above the increasing roar of
the wheels Charlie heard a dull boom-
ing behind him. The water was com-
ing with appalling speed.
Unchecked by the brake, the car
swooped down the hill. Its wild plung-
es almost threw Charlie from the
platform.
gy in his path; the next he had sped
past it, with only a few inches to
spare, and heard the cry of the fright-
ened driver far behind him. Sweep-
ing round a curve, he saw the lights
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of Summerfield glittering in the dis-
tance.
Here the river made a wide bend,
whereas the car line ran straight. The
new power house was not far ahead,
and Charlie intently watched his land-
marks. Two long houses flashed by,
and then the boy applied the brake
with all his force. He threw his full
weight against the handle, and soon
No. 14 was sliding more slowly over
the wet rails.
As he passed a high bluff, Charlie
made a flying leap into the dark and
fell sprawling in the mud. Down,
down, flew the car as he picked him-
self up and rushed toward a flight of
temporary stairs that wound down the
bank toward the river. It was pitch
dark, and he went three steps ata
time.
Mr. Clark was studying a plan and
the men were working busily when
they heard outside a shrill boyish cry:
“Father! Father!”
“Why, bless me! It’s Charlie!” the
superintendent exclaimed.
“QO father, come up, quick! Run!
It’s a flood—the dam has gone and it’s
coming! Quick!”
They understood instantly. The
men dropped their tools and ran for
their lives. Up the shaky stairs they
clambered, helter-skelter, and never
stopped until, out of breath, they
reached the top of the bluff. Last of
all came the superintendent. He held
in his arms a dripping, muddy bundle,
from which a white face looked up in-
to his own.
“My boy! My brave boy!” was all
that he could say.
Three minutes later the dreadful
contorted wall of water and cakes of
ice, logs and wreckage thundered
through the gorge. It plucked at
great trees and tore them up by the
roots; it rolled great boulders as eas-
ily as chips; it struck the power
house and battered it for a moment.
Then the structure collapsed and van-
ished as if it had been built of solu-
ble sugar blocks. At that place was
the culminating might of the torrent.
Below the ravine it spread out, ex-
panded its violence on the meadows
and did no harm to the town.
“Father,” said Charlie as he sat be-
fore the open fire that night, toasting
his toes, “I guess I broke the rules cf
the company by running away with
No. 14. Must I go to prison?”
“Not this time,” answered his
father, smiling. “In view of the fact
that this is your first offence the di-
rectors will overlook it, I am sure.
Besides, I can’t spare you at all.”—
Youth’s Companion.
The birthplace of St. Patrick still
continues a subject for dispute, and
the historians cannot agree as to the
country to be honored. “Iveragh,”
writing in the New York Sun, thinks
it is doubtful if St. Patrick’s birth-
place can ever be fixed with certainty.
All the historians who have written
of St. Patrick agree that he was by
kinship connected with France; that
his mother was a sister of the Bishop
of Tours, and that he himself receiv-
ed his first training for the priesthood
from his uncle. It is a fair inference
then that St. Patrick was a native of
Gaul. -
A study of Irish history dealing
with the period immediately preced-
tianity gives strength to this theory.
Irish adventurers pushed into Gaul,
and it is recorded that in one of those
expeditions King Dathi was killed by
lightning at the foot of the Alps. The
adventurers carried home to Ireland
nurnercus captives and rich booty, and
it is not improbable that St. Patrick
was brought in the train of those
christian captives.
At the same period Ireland and
Scotland were known as Scotia. Un-
der those circumstances could a na-
tive of that portion of Scotia north of
the Sea of O’Moyle be captured and
sold by foreigners as a slave to his
own people who lived directly across
a narrow channel ?
Lastly, would St. Patrick if he were
a native of Scotland or Britain neg-
lect to begin his missionary labors at
home and devote his life to a people
having less claim on his charity? It
is conceded that the successors of St.
Patrick established christianity and
learning in Scotland and northern and
central England.
A work entitled “St. Patrick’s Con-
fession” has often been quoted as an
authority on St. Patrick’s life. This
work, however, has not been accept-
ed as authentic, as it was not known
until several centuries after the death
of St. Patrick.
To assert that St. Patrick was born
in any particular place or country
would mark the person making such
a statement as indifferent to accuracy.
_ HISTORIC ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
Irish American residents, who have
a double reason for celebrating March
tron saint of Ireland, but it is also
the anniversary of the evacuation of
Boston by the British soldiers in 1776.
Here is the story of the historic St.
Patrick’s day as told in the diary of
Timothy Newell, a selectman of Bos-
ton:
“17th, Lord’s day. This morning,
at 3 o'clock, the British troops began
to move. They all embarked about 9
o'clock, and the fleet came to sail.
Every vessel
ry off they rendered unfit for use.
Not even a boat to cross the river left.
“Thus was this unhappy, distressed
town (through a manifest interposi-
tion of Providence) relieved from a
wickedness, profanity, debauchery and
cruelty is inexpressible, enduring a
siege from the 19th of April, 1775, to
the 17th of March, 1776.”
The diary says also:
“The General immediately ordered
a detachment of 2,000 troops under
General Putnam to occupy the town,
and who the next day began their
works in fortifying Fort hill.
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“A number of loaded shells with
trains of powder, covered with straw,
were found in houses left by the reg-
ulars near the fortification.”
Had Howe's troops been fired upon
he would by this means have set fire
to Boston and left it a smoking heap
of ruins. ;
— Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
Boston has a large percentage of
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A TRIBUTE TO AMERICA.
At the last graduation exercises of
the English High school, of Provi-,
dence, R. I., Miss Sadie Wunsch, a |
girl of 18, read the following essay |
on “What I Owe to My Country:” !
There is one race which owes more |
to America than any other. That is|
the Jewish people, who have been for |
centuries tortured and driven wher- |
ever they have tried to establish
themselves. To them America is Par- |
adise. Here they breathe the pure air
of freedom, and are allowed that |
which is dearest to the human being, |
Liberty.
My earliest experience of recollec- |
tion is of a small hut with thatched |
roof in a village across the Atlantic.
This hut was scantily furnished and |
contained a living room, kitchen, and |
two bed-rooms. Surrounding the
house was a small plot of land from
which we earned our livelihood.
Groups of men gathered about our
house and talked of the “Golden
Land” where one could make money
easily and their children have great
educational opportunities.
Many times I would picture that
land and hope that I might live there.
I could not hope even to enter school |
in my native land. Girls did not need |
an education; if they could do farm
work and house work that was suffi-
cient.
When I was seven years old we sail-
ed for America. We set out with’
small means but high spirits. How
distinctly do I remember that last
night aboard the ship. Almost all the
passengers were assembled on the
deck with happy thoughts of arriving
at our destination. People of all na-
tionalities were there, all with earn-
est gaze towards the land that prom-
ised food and shelter.
1 entered a primary school, and my
teacher was very kind to me because
I could not speak an English word.
The years sped by and I received a
grammer school diploma. English
High school has been my choice, and
in perfect truth it has been a second
home to me. The four years that I
have spent within these walls have
given me an education and have help-
ed to make me an American.
This and more has America done
for millions of emigrants. She re-
ceives them all with open arms and
offers them employment, education,
citizenship, everything. What does
she ask in return? Nothing but loy-
alty and devotion. What a small pay-
ment for so great a debt?
You cannot know the gratitude that
I feel. I love every star on that field
of blue. I love every stripe of blood
red and snow white, for America has
given me an education, a home, a
country and a future.
EX-SOLDIERS TO STUDY FARM-
ING AT PENN STATE.
Thirty ex-service men will take a
short course in agriculture at The
Pennsylvania State College this
spring. The course extends from
March 8 to April 5 and is especially |
designed by the college to instruct ex-
soldiers who have been granted schol-
arships by the Y.M. C. A. These!
men have been selected from all parts
of the State by Y. M. C. A. commit-
tees. Most of them live on farms and
intend to make farming their occupa-
tion. The scholarships allow each!
man $35 for expenses and pay his tu-
ition and car fare one way. In line
with the general policy of preparing
the ex-soldier to meet the changed
conditions which he is encountering in
civilian life, the college plans to crowd
as much information about the prob-
lems of general farming in Pennsyl-:
vania into this special course as is |
possible during the limited time of |
one month. i
The course will be intensive and!
will take up all phases of food pro-|
duction, including dairying, animal |
husbandry, horticulture, poultry rais-,
ing, soil management, fertilizers and |
crop production. Efforts will be made |
to give the student a broad knowledge |
of the principles of scientific farming
which he can use to advantage in this
season’s farm work.
The question of food production is
fundamental and has been brought to
the public’s attention in a most strik-
ing manner since the war. What to
do with the returned soldier is anoth-
er big problem that must be solved.
When these two combine to work out
their own salvation, the situation
may be regarded as a decidedly for-
tunate state of affairs. Believing the
best way to keep men on the farm 1s
to make farming profitable, the Y. M.
C. A., The Pennsylvania State College
and the Pennsylvania State Board of
Vocational schools have combined to
assist those who desire information
about methods which will make the
business of farming more profitable
for them.
How to Make Emerald Cake.
To make a cake that is especially
fine on St. Patrick’s day cream one
cupful butter, add two cupfuls fine
granulated sugar and cream again.
Add one-half cupful sweet milk, three
and one-half cupfuls of flour, in
which sift four level teaspoonfuls
baking powder. Lastly, fold in whites
enough green vegetable coloring to
tint a delicate green and one tea-
almond extract. Bake in
layers. When cool put together with
a boiled white icing filled with chop-
ped raisins, currants and nut meats.
Cover the outside with icing tinted
grean. Place a wreath of chopped
pistachio nuts on the top and sides.
With a cornucopia trace a shamrock
The 'Limestone Question.
Burnt lime and finely ground lime-
stone give quick results but their ef-
fects do not last more than a year or
two. Coarse limestone shows up
slowly the first year but has a more
lasting effect. The experiment sta-
tion at The Pennsylvania State Col-
lege finds that an application of all
material which will pass a 10 mesh
screen, including all the material in-
cident to grinding, is sufficient for soil
improvement if the raw limestone is
applied somewhat in excess of the im-
mediate needs of the soil. A heavy
application of ground limestone is not
wasted as may be the case if too much
burnt lime is applied.
. State College.
Lucky.
“My husband and I never quarrel,
cxcept occasionally over the food.”
“You're lucky to have your family
jars confined to the pantry.”
Shorter and Uglier.
“Those lamping eyes,” sang Spen-
cer. Those “lamps,” say we moderns.
Greatest Foes.
Every household should have its life-
guards. The need of them is especially
great when diseases, the greatest foes of
life, find allies in the very elements, as
colds, influenza, catarrh, the grip, and
pneumonia do in this stormy month.
The best way to guard against these
diseases is to strengthen the system with
Hood’s Sarsaparilla—one of the greatest of
all life-guards. It removes the conditions
in which these diseases make their most
successful attack, gives vigor and tone to
the vital organs and functions, and im-
parts a genial warmth to the blood.
Remember the weaker the system the
greater the exposure to disease. Hood's
Sarsaparilla makes the system strong.
If the liver is torpid or the bowels are
| sluggish, causing billiousness or constipa-
tion, Hood’s Pills will be found of great
service. They are especially made to be
taken with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. 65-11
Political Announcements.
DELEGATE TO NATIONAL DEMOCRAT-
IC CONVENTION.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Col. J. L. Spangler, of Bellefonte, as a
candidate for district delegate to the
Democratic National convention to be held
at San Francisco on June 28, 1920, subject
to the decision of the Democratic voters of
the 21st Congressional District as express-
ed at the primaries to be held May 18th,
1920.
J. Frank Snyder, Clearfield, Pa., an-
nounces that he will be a candidate, at the
Spring Primary Election, for Delegate
from the 21st Congressional District of
Pennsylvania to the Democratic National
convention, and states that, if elected, he
will support that candidate for President
who shall have received the highest num-
ber of votes cast in said District by the
voters of the Democratic party for said of-
fice, and will use all honorable means
within his power to aid in securing the
Rouinaiion of such candidate for
ent.
DELEGATE TO NATIONAL REPUBLI-
CAN CONVENTION.
We are authorized to announce that
Mellville Gillett, of Smethport, McKean
county, Pa., is a candidate for Delegate to
the Republican National Convention, to be
held in Chicago, in June, 1920, subject to
the decision of the JteBiblican voters of
the 21st Congressional District as express-
ed at the primaries to be held May 18th,
1920. 65-2-Adv.
ASSEMBLY.
We are authorized to announce the name
of Frank KE. Naginey, of Bellefonte, as a
candidate for nomination for Assemblyman
for Centre county, subject to the decision
of the Democratic voters of the county as
expressed at the primaries to be held on
| May 18th, 1920.
FOR ASSEMBLY.
We are authorized to announce the name
of I. L. Harvey, of Bellefonte, as a can-
didate for the Legislature, subject to the
decision of the Republican voters as ex-
pressed at the primaries on May 18th,
20.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OR SALE.—Combination china close
and buffet, period design. H. C,
EMERICK, west Lamb St. 10-2t¥
OUNG MEN WANTEDP—for Railway
Mail Clerks. $110 month. Exper-
ience unnecessary. For free par-
ticulars examinations, write R. Terry
(former Government examiner) 1164 Con-
tinental Bldg., Washington, D. C. 65-10-2t*
OR SALE.—A block of two (2) double
houses and a single house, corner
I"airmount Ave. and Pugh St.
Inquire of
H. D. MEEK
I 121 S. Allen St.,
65-1-tf. . State College, Pa.
\ARMERS TAKE NOTICE.—I will in-
sure dwellings at $1.00 a hundred.
and barns at $1.60 a hundred, on
the cash plan for three years, and dwell-
ings 50 cents a hundred, and barns at 80
cents a hundred on the assessment plan
for 5 years as against fire and lightning.
64-28-1y J. M. KEICHLINE, Agent.
DMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.—Letters
testamentary on the estate of P.
Gray Meek, late of the borough of
Bellefonte, deceased, having been granted
to the undersigned all persons Knowing
themselves indebted to said estate are no-
tified to make immediate settlement and
those having claims will present them,
properly authenticated, to the undersign-
ed for payment.
MARY GRAY MEEK,
GEO. R. MEEK.
Administrators
651616t
XECUTOR’S NOTICE.—Letters testa-
mentary upon the estate of Har-
riet T. Kurtz, late of Bellefonte
borough, 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
preseat them, duly authenticated, for set-
tlement.
NELSON E. ROBB,
Executor,
Bellefonte, Pa.
65-8-6t
Harry Keller,
Attorney.
XECUTOR’S NOTICE.—Letter testa-
mentary upon the estate of Sarah
C. Green, late of Bellefonte bor-
ough, deceased, having been granted to the
undersigned, all persons knowing them-
selves indebted to said estate are request-
ed to make prompt payment, and those
having claims against the same must pre-
sent them duly authenticated for settle-
ment to
CATHERINE M. DINGES,
W. HARRISON WALKER,
Executors,
Bellefonte, Pa.
65-6-6t
PPLICATION FOR CHARTER.—No-
tice is hereby given that an appli-
cation will be made to the Gover-
nor of the State of Pennsylvania on Mon-
day, the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1920, at
ten o'clock a. m., by G. F. Musser, Richard
Brouse, E. B. Bower, A. J. Heverley,
Thos. S. Hazel, J. Frank Smith, and For-
rest Ocker, under the provisions of an Act
of Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, entitled, “An Act to Privide
for the Incorporation and Regulation of
certain Corporations,” approved April
29th, 1874, and the supplements thereto,
for the charter of an intended corporation
to be called THE G. F. MUSSER COM-
PANY, the character and object of which
is to conduct a general mercantile business
at wholesale, consisting of groceries, sta-
ple notions, flour and feeds, produce, can-
dies, tobaccos, hardware, wood and wil-
low ware, and articles of a similar and
cognate nature, and for these purposes to
have, possess, and enjoy all the rights.
benefits and privileges of the said Act of
Assembly and its supplements.
SPANGLER AND WALKER,
65-9-4t Solicitors.
Court of Common DIleas of the
County of Centre, State of Fenn-
sylvania, No. 76, May: Term, 1918. 5
Henry J. Kohlbecker vs. Frank C. Kohl-
becker, Stella M. Kohlbecker, Frances A.
Kohlbecker, Josephine A. Kohlbecker and
Alois Kohlbecker, Jr., of Charleston, West
Virginia; Henry J. Kohlbecker, Guardian
of Emma Kohlbecker, of Boggs $grushiv,
Centre county, Pa.; and Mary C.. Vall
mont and Felix Vallimont her husband, of
Coudley, Pa.
To Frank C. Kohlbecker, Stella M. Kohl.
becker, Frances A. Kohlbecker, Josephine
A. Kohlbecker, and Alois Kohlbecker, Jr.
of Charleston, West Virginia, Mary
N “on BY PUBLICATION.—In the
CL
Vallimont and Felix Vallimont her hus-
band, of Coudley, Pa.
You are hereby notified and required to
be and appear at the Court of Common
Pleas to be held at Bellefonte, in the
County of Centre, and State of Pennsylva-
nia, on the third Monday of May, 1920,
next, being the 17th day of May, to ans-
wer the plaintiff in the above-stated case
of a plea wherefore, whereas the plaintiff
and the defendants, in said action, to-
gether and undivided, do hold ten certain
certain messuages, tenements and tracts
of land situate in Centre county, Pennsyl-
vania, bounded and described as follows,
to wit:
No. 1. All that certain messuage, tene-
ment and tract of land situate in the
Township of Boggs, County and State
aforesaid, beginning at a walnut corner,
thence North 2814 degrees West 130 perch-
es to a white oak stump corner, thence
South 56 degrees West 80 perches to stone
corner, thence South 32 degrees East 52
perches to a stone, thence South 56 de-
grees West 18 perches to a stone corner,
thence South 30 degrees East 56 perches to
stones, thence South 59 degrees West 16
perches to stone, thence South 32 degrees
Bast 5 perches to a fallen cherry on the
bank of Bald Eagle creek, thence North
74 degrees East 37 perches to a post,
thence North 50 degrees East 14 perches
to a post, thence North 30 degrees East 16
perches to post, thence North 18 degrees
West 294-10 perches to post, thence
North 77 degrees East 19 perches to the
place of beginning, containing 68 acres
and 78 perches net. Being part of a larger
tract of land originally surveyed in the
name of Christian Spade, see Patent Book
“AA” Volume 13, page 212, and being the
same premises which Jacob Kidlinger and
Mary his wife, by their deed dated Janu-
ary 1, 1864, recorded in Centre County in
Deed Book “Y,” page 502, etc., granted
and conveyed to John Bronoel (the name
of said Bronoel in said Deed having bcen
incorrectley spelled Brunewell), and the
said John Bronoel having been so thereof
seized died leaving to survive him a wid-
ow, Mary E. Bronoel, (afterwards inter-
married with John Rolly and the said
John Rolly now being dead), and eight
children which by deed from the heirs of
John Bronoel bearing date the 11th day
of December, 1883, and recorded in Centre
County in Deed Book “V” No. 2, page 633,
became vested in Alois Kohlbecker except-
ing, however, two tracts heretofore con-
veyed to R. R. company containing .789
acres and about 10 acres respectively.
No. 2. All that certain messuage, tene-
ment and lot of ground situate in Central
City, in the Township of Boggs, County
and State aforesaid, and designated as
Lot No. 112 in the general plan of said
Central City, bounded and described as
follows: On the South and West by pub-
lic road leading from Miiesburg to Union-
ville, on the North by the said Bald Eagle
Valley railroad, and on the East by lot of
Samuel Orris, it being the same lot of
ground which E. C. Humes and Adam
Hoy, administrators of James T. Hale, de-
ceased, by their deed dated March 14,
1867, conveyed to Rebecca Linn, which by
Louverances became vested in Alois Kohl-
ecker.
No. 3. All that certain messuage, tene-
ment and tract of land situate in Central
City, Boggs Township, County and State
aforesaid, numbered 115 according to the
plot or plan of the said town, and bound-
ed on the West by Lot No. 114, on the
North by an alley, and on the East by
Lot No. 116, and on the South by the turn-
ike, being the same premises which John
, Swires, et ux, and C. C. Swires convey-
ed to Alois Koblbecker, said deed being
recorded in Centre County in Deed Book
No. 66, page 68, ete. 3
No. 4. All that certain lot or piece of
ground situate in Central City, Boggs
Township, bounded and described as fol-
lows, to wit: On the North by the old
turnpike, on the East. by the western line
of Lot No. 11 extending across the turn-
pike to the Bald Eagle creek, on the
South by Bald Eagle creek, and on the
West by lot of Daniel Mahone, being Lhe
same premises which E. C. Humes and
Adam Hoy, administrators of James T
Hale, conveyed to "Alois Iohlbecker by
their deed dated September 1, 1883, record-
ed in Centre County in Deed Book ‘V2,”
page 632, ete.
No. 5. All that triangular piece of
ground lying at the junction of the Snow
Shoe pike, Bald Eagle creek and Bald Ea-
gle Valley railroad, west end of Central
City, Pa., bounded on the North by alley
in town plot of Bald Hagle railroad, on
the South by Bald Eagle creek and Snow
Shoe turnpike, on the East by alley on
town plot, and on the West by B. ¥. V.
Railroad and Bald Eagle creek and turn-
pike crossing, at which point the land ter-
minates in sharp point, thereby making it
three-cornered, containing 20 square feet
more or less. Being the same premises
which KE. B. Lipton, et al, by their deed
dated April 18, 1890, recorded in Centre
County in Deed Book 64, page 178,
veyed to A. Kohlbecker.
No. 6. All that certain messuage, tene-
ment and tract of land situate in Union
Township, County and State aforesaid,
beginning at a chestnut oak on line of
land of Reuben Iddings’ heirs, thence
along same South 60 degrees West 102
perches to stones, thence along land of
Joseph Hoover 30 degrees East 82 perches
to a chestnut oak, thence along land of
William P. Fisher 60 degrees East 102
perches to a post, thence along land of
Jacob Hoover's heirs North 30 degrees
West 82 perches to chestnut oak, the place
of beginning. Containing 52 acres and 44
perches neat measure. Being the same
premises which William ¥. Way by deed
dated October 28, 1899, recorded in Centre
County in Deed Book 82, page 198, convey-
ed to Alois Kohlbecker. I'or right of way
in connection with this property see deed
last recited.
No. 7. All that certain lot of ground
situate in Bagleville, County and State
aforesaid, beginning at a point in center
of public road, thence joining lots of Mrs.
Maggie McCloskey 280 feet to a post,
thence joining lands of David Kunes 10
feet to a post, thence by S. M. Hall 280
feet to a post in the center of the public
road 10 feet to the place of beginning,
containing 2800 square feet, being the
same premises which Sarah McCloskey by
her deed dated March 16, 1897, recorded in
Centre County in Deed Book No. 76, page
40, conveyed to Alois Kohlbecker.
No. 8. All that certain lot of ground
situate in the Village of Eagleville, Coun-
ty and State aforesaid, beginning at a
stone corner in the center of the public
road, thence along the line of Samuel H,
Kunes and James I. Kunes 280 feet toa
post, thence along land of David
Kunes, Sr., 43% feet to a stone cor-
ner, thence along land of McCor-
mick Hall 280 feet to the center of public
road, thence along said public roa 4214
feet to the place of beginning, containing
a quarter of an acre more or less. Being
the same premises which Sarah McClos-
key by her deed dated March 16, 1897, re-
corded in Centre County, Volume 76, page
41, conveyed to Alois Kohlbecker.
No. 9. All those four certain
ground situate in Central City,
Township, Centre County, and State afore-
said, fronting on the Township Road lead-
ing from Milesburg to the Ridges, being
designated in the general plan of Central
City as Lots Nos. 28, 29, 30 and 27, there-
on erected a two and one-half story frame
dwelling house and other temporary build-
ings. The same was conveyed to Alois
Kohlbecker by deed poll of Robert Cook,
Sheriff, August 20, 1888, recorded in Cen-
tre County in Deed Book Volume 54, page
con-
lots of
Boggs
No. 10. All that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land situate in Central City,
Boggs Township, County and State afore-
gaid, fronting on Railroad Street 50 feet
and running back to an alley 190 feet, ad-
joining lot of Benjamin Snyder, and being
numbered in the general plan of said
Central City as Lot No. 165. Being the
same premises which John G. Uzzle con-
veyed to Annie M. Kohlbecker, by deed
dated October 18, 1895, recorded in Centre
County in Deed Book Volume 73, page bl.
With the appurtenances, they the said
defendants partition thereof between them,
according to the laws and customs of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to he
made do gainsay and to the same to be
done do not permit very unjustly and con-
trary to the same laws and customs, ete.,
the same Frank C. Kohlbecker, Stella M.
Kohlbecker, Frances A. Kohlbecker,
Josephine A. Kohlbecker, and Alois Kohl-
becker, Jr., of Charleston, West Virginia;
Henry J. Kohlbecker, Guardian of Emma
Kohlbecker, of Boggs Township, Centre
County, Pa.; Mary C. Vallimont and Felix
vVall’mont her husband, of Coudley. Pa.
thereof between them to be made accord-
ingly to the laws and customs and have
you then and there this writ and the sum-
moners.
By order of the
Court, this 27th day of
February, A, D., 1920.
HARRY DUKEMAN,
Sheri
Sheriff’s Office, Bellefonte, Pa.
March 2, 1920. . 65-10-6¢
So