LE Bellefonte, P’a., November 12, 1920. \ SO — i WEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY The Lauderbach—Zerby compa- "ny has invested in another big Mack, - a PEE delivery truck to meet the demands of their wholesale grocery in this place. “Buck” Taylor, the spectacular cowboy farmer, has tired of tilling the soil in Centre county and will sell his farm in Harris township and leave for some other clime where it is warmer : .5 ‘ec than the Centre county winters gen- erally are. Prothonotary Roy Wilkinson brought his family to Bellefonte on ~ Saturday and they have been busy this “week fixing up in their new home : which Mr. Wilkinson recently pur- ” chased from Charles F. Cook, on north Spring street. 3 M. R. Johnson had a serious at- 7 tack of illness last Thursday night which his attending physician ascrib- i! ed to congestion of the nerves. He : has improved very decidedly during . the week andis ableto situp ina + comfortable chair a portion of the _- time. 2 J r . . : Last week the “Watchman” _ gave the names of the women who * cast the first ballot in the three wards * of Bellefonte and up at Pine Grove : Mills Mrs. W. H. Fry was not only the . first woman to vote but put the first * ballot in the box in the eastern pre- . cinct of Ferguson township. Charles M. McCurdy, president of the First National bank of Belle- , fonte, Hard P. Harris, Dr. Hiram M. . Hiller, Robert F. Hunter and Dr. J. J. Kilpatrick hied themselves to the woods on Wednesday for a two week’s : hunt for small game. They are locai- ed in Decker valley, south of Potters "Mills. : Clothing merchants in Belle- fonte have made another decided cut in the price of clothing, according to their advertisements published in this issue of the “Watchman.” Coal prices are scheduled for a fall, but up to the present writing there has been no in- dication of any material change in the . price of meats in Bellefonte. . A big covered truck with cur- tains tightly drawn passed through Bellefonte 6n Monday morning, and from the look of it had all the symp- toms of carrying a cargo of wet goods. Of course the truck did not stop to give anyone a chance to investigate its contents, and this was looked upon as one more suspicious reason. ———While two remarkably clever pictures have been shown at the op- era house during the week there have also been some good ones at the Scen- ic. T. Clayton Brown, who has charge of both places of amusement, is giv- ing the people of Bellefonte the very newest and best entertainment in the motion picture line that it is possible to get. One of the most unique exhi- pitions that has beea in the “Watch- man’ ‘office window for some time is that this week of three parrot eggs laid by an eighteen year old bird own- ed by Mrs. Satterfield. The eggs are white in color and about half as large as a small hen’s egg. The three eggs were laid by the parrot during the past three weeks. —-—The Indies of the United Brethren Sunday school will serve a chicken and corn supper in the base- ment of the church on Thursday even- ing, November 18th, from 5 to 7 p. m. Full supper will cost 50 cents, and ice cream and cake will be served extra. It has been several years since such a supper has been held and it is expect- ed many will attend, as they have proven popular when held befare. ~——Those of our readers who did not see “Tea for Three” when it was shown here several weeks ago will have an cpportunity tonight to see this exceptional play. In the actors and scenic investiture it is away be- yond anything usually seen in one night stands like Bellefonte and the dialogue is unusual. It is a play that appeals strongly to those with intelli- gence enough to follow the author, and is more like the reading of an in- fensely absorbing book. The fall of the year is not a very attractive time for farm sales ‘But the big sale to be held next Thurs- day on the Brockerhoff farm, a mile and a half east of Bellefonte on the Jacksonville road, will undoubtedly at- €ract a large crowd of buyers. Seven head of the best kind of farm horses ‘and eighteen head of graded milk cows should tempt many bidders, while the offering of farm implements includes about everything that anybody could possibly need on an up-to-date farm. . ——A peculiar accident happened 80 the morning train east on the Bald ¥agle Valley railroad on Monday snorning. As the train was speeding along just east of Curtin the engine gender jumped the track in some inex- plicable way and the train ran a half hile before the crew was wise to the act that the tender was riding the ties instead of the rails. And strange as it may seem no special damage was ‘done and no accident occurred as the wesult of the tender’s peculiar prank. .——Arnold Bechtol, aged seven- teen years, of Pine Glen, is in the Cotlage State hospital, Philipsburg, undergoing treatment for a gunshot wound in the left thigh, the result of aw accident while out hunting rabbits along the ' Susquehanna river near Belfort, He climbed on a rock and as 4he did so his gun slipped, the hammer ‘striking the rock causing the gun to ‘be discharged, the entire load of shot catering his left thigh. While his condition is regarded as serious it is : ot necessarily fatal. A Great Birthday Celebration. It is seldom that the anniversary of the birth of a citizen of a community, however distinguished he may be, calls forth more public recognition than is given through personal and written felicitations and social func- tions of some sort. But then it is sel- dom that a citizen reaches the age of | eighty-six years in full possession of every faculty and with “pep” enough to personally manage a hazardous in- dustry that employs more than a thousand men. The Hon. Alexander G. Morris was eighty-six years young last Friday. While we have other men who can match him in the span of life we think we do none of our other octogenarians | injustice when we say that Mr. Mor- ris is in a “Let’s Go” class all of his own. The celebration that took place on the streets of Bellefonte the night of his anniversary must have taken him completely by surprise. It was fit- ting, however, and, no doubt, very pleasing to him that his fellow eciti- zens, mostly Republicans of course, ' from all walks of life should have | turned out to make the day a mem- orable one. ! There were three bands, delegations | from State College, Snow Shoe, : Spring township, Bellefonte and St. Paul street, all marching and cheer- | ing, and following them a division of | floats representing the great industry | that Mr. Morris has developed in this | community. And just to show that business rivalries and competition are i all forgotten, as they properly should | be on joyous occasions of this sort, : John S. Walker turned out a lot of ' men and floats from the Chemical ; Lime company’s plant to do honor to the “grand old man” of the lime in-! dustry. i It was an unusual demonstration. | But, as we have said before, it was an unusual occasion because Mr. Morris | will never have another eigthy-sixth | birthday and our Republican friends will never celebrate another victory like the one some of them thought they were celebrating last Friday night. ———— ee — Music in the Public Schools. The teaching of music in the pub- lic schools of Bellefonte is likely to materialize in - the near future. A fund is now being accumulated to de- fray the expense of same and if the expectations of superintendent A. H. Sloop do not miscarry, and there is no reason to believe they will, regular lessons will be inaugurated after the Holidays with a competent teacher in charge. Though the plans are so far only tentative, the schedule being con- sidered will be one lesson a week in all the grade schools and four lessons in the High school. The teaching of music in the public schools, especially in towns able to af- ford a special teacher for that pur- pose, is a study that ought to be en- couraged. Thirty or forty years ago when the late Philip H. Meyer, of Cen- tre Hall, and John A. Weaver, of Pine Grove Mills, were in their palmy days night singing schools throughout the country were no novelty and both gen- tlemen conducted large classes at var- | ious places throughout the winter sea- son. But of late years there are no such singing schools anywhere and the only way young people now have of learning even the rudiments of music is from a private tutor or by taking a course in some conservatory of musie, and both ways are too expensive for the average family. But a course of music in the public schools will at least start the development of many a child’s talent in this direction which ! otherwise might lie dormant and un- discovered. : Corn, Potato and Apple Show. A corn, potato and apple show will be held in connection with the annual meeting of the Centre county Farm Bureau on Thursday, December 23rd, 1920, in the court house, Bellefonte. Start now to select your exhibits. An exhibit of corn shall consist of ten ears, an exhibit of apples five apples, an exhibit of potatoes five potatoes. A premium of $5.00 will be given for the best exhibit each of corn, po- tatoes and apples. The best exhibits in this show will be sent to Harris- burg to compete in the State farm product show in January. Send or bring your exhibits to the Farm Bureau office between December 10th and 21st. Plan now to have sev- eral exhibits and to attend the annu- al meeting of the Farm Bureau on December 23rd. Child Scalded to Death. Frances Jeannette Wert, only child of Mr. and Mrs. John Wert, of Smull- ton, died on Sunday as the result of falling into a tub of scalding water on Friday afternoon. Mrs. Wert was washing in the kitchen and the little girl was joyfully playing about the room. In some way she toppled back- wards into the tub of boiling water and was terribly scalded before she could be rescued. The child was a lit- tle over four years old. Burial was made in the Rebersburg cemetery on Wednesday. It Pays to be Insured. On the 17th day of August, 1920, William L. Young insured his grain, hay and feed for six months on the cash plan in the Lebanon Mutual In- surance company, through the J. M. Keichline agency. On October 9th his entire crop was destroyed by fire and on November 3rd, less than a month later Mr. Keichline gave him the Leb- anon company’s check for $1754.10 to cover his loss. | found in the delicatessen shop, will be | | party was enjoyed by all members of | | feast was just as delicious as it was | ! and confined himself almost exclusive- — The ladies of St. John’s Epis- One Hundred Bushels More Potatoes opal church will hold a X-mas bazaar | Per Acre. on the first day of December in the : . parish house. Fancy work, plain sew- | That is what spraying has meant to ing and everything good to eat, to be | several farmers in Centre county this fall, according to accurate records ; on sale. i turned in at the Centre county Farm ‘ Bureau, as reported by farm agent — Pennsylvania day exercises and | Joseph N. Robinson. This is the first the Penn State—Nebraska football | attempt of the Farm Bureau to put game drew another large crowd to °0 demonstration work in potato State College last Saturday. The | SPraying and the results have exceed- State team continued its winning | €d expectations. Several farmers co- streak by defeating the heavy Ne- |oOpeérated with the Farm Bureau, braskans by the score of 20 to 0. State | sprayed as directed, and left as a has but two more games on her sched- | check four rows unsprayed. ule, Lehigh next Saturday and Pitton = Lhe purpose of these demonstra- Thanksgiving day. ! tions is to show the value of spraying oo l'as a control for late blight. It might | be well to state that perfect control masquerade ; was not achieved, due to the fact that the last shipment of spray material ——A very pleasant the Y. W. club, on Tuesday evening, '?". sy November 2nd, given at the home of : did not arrive in time for the last two Miss Eleanor Weston by the “White” | SPTa¥S hence farmers had to quit membership team. The costumes spraying too soon, However, the fol- were very pretty and the house was! lowing results show an average in- decorated most artistically for the oc- | crease of about 100 bushels per acre casion. At the close of the evening | 2 2 cost of about $10.00: the girls strolled down town in single | 2h ColYea, on eX Tion. file to hear the election returns. | 3rd Col.—Increase due to spraying. 4th Col.—Percentage of increase. i W. C. Smeltzer..... 209 135 4 od ——The male quartette of the State Lloyd White. ea 310 152 188 124 3 i J Milo Campbell..... 27! 214 3 25 College glee club will sail from New 0 “GRATE: 324 120 201 17 York on December 9th for the Pana- Harry Garrick... 170 118.3 51.7 131 3 33 i ('liffor. Mose. .....182.2 50.6. 1322 261.3 ma canal zone where it will provide jG, c00" 0 1043 666 377 _ 56 entertainment for soldiers and gov- J. H. Bailey....... 127 58.6 684 116.7 ernment employees during the holiday week. The trip will be under the au- spices of the government and will be the third time within seven years that such trips have been made by Penn State musical organizations. The quartette will be in charge of C. C. Robinson, director of music at the col- lege. If any farmer or group of farmers desire to spray their potatoes next year the Farm Bureau will be very i glad to co-operate in any way possi- ble. It has been demonstrated many | times that spraying is a very profita- . ble operation, even in years when late , blight is not serious. Mr. Hommon. Sechler. brongil American Legion Celebrated Armis- tice Day. to this office on Friday a basket of fourteen quinces that in size and qual- ity surpassed anything in the line of that delicious fruit that the writer Armistice day was celebrated in ! Bellefonte yesterday with a big pa- ) : y . rade in the afternoon, a football game ever saw. Notwithstanding their un- on Hughes field and a dance in Bush usual size not a spot or blemish was Arcade hall last evening. The exer- to be found on one of them. The | cises were under the auspices of the quinces were out of his own garden | Brooks—Doll Post of the American and were fruit from a small tree that | [,egion. came up from the roots of an old tree | The parade moved from the High some years ago, and were never gchool building south on Allegheny to grafted as a means of improving the | Howard, thence to Spring, to High, quality thereof. | High to the railroad and counter- | marched to Spring, thence to Bishop, ——A new, up-to-date burglar |to Allegheny and the Diamond where alarm system has been put in place | the reviewing stand was located. in the First National and Centre| Major H. Laird Curtin and Robert County banks of Bellefonte which can | Willard led with aides representing be heard over half the town. This the air, the infantry and cavalry does not mean that the bank officials branches of the service. Then the are apprehending any unlawful raid State College town band, veterans of upon their strong money box, but ’61 and 1898 in motors, veterans of the rather that they believe in taking | world war, Bellefonte chapter Red every precaution in protecting the in-. Cross, Daughters of Isabella, Logan terests of their bank’s depositors. Fire Engine Co., Wetzler’s girl's The Bellefonte Trust company will hand of Milesburg, Undine Fire com- also install the alarm system but will pany, I. O. O. F. band, the Odd Fel- not do it until its building is remodel- lows, P. O. S. of A., the children of the ed as planned. | public schools, the Milesburg band, the | Loyal Order of the Moosé and*flofts: . ~ ” re 5