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Bellefonte, Pa., November 19, 1920.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY
— The Basket Shop will open its
Christmas sale at Schlow’s quality
shop, November 22nd and continue un-
til December 24th.
— Turkey plate dinner at the
Bush house, Thanksgiving, 12:30 to 2
p. m. at $1.25 per plate. Kindly make
reservations early.
~The Thimble Bee of the ladies
of the Reformed church will be held
at the home of Mrs. John M. Harts-
wick this (Friday) afternoon.
Rev. R. E. Johnson, the mili-!
tant pastor who superintended the
raid on two Bellefonte hotels last
week, will lecture in the court house
on Friday evening of next week.
Not militarism but “meekness”
shall inherit the -earth. The gospel
for the present day. Hear this mes-
sage at the Methodist church Sunday
at 7:30 p. m. The male quartet will
sing.
— The public health film, “An
Even Chance,” will be shown free, un-
der the nursing activities committee
of the Red Cross, this (Friday) after-
noon at four o’clock, in the Scenic.
Everyone is urged to go.
— Acting under orders received
from headquarters in Harrisburg the
state police in Bellefonte have trans-
ferred their headquarters from the
Garman house to the home of J. I.
Deckman, on east Bishop street.
The annual Thanksgiving mar-
ket will be held by the ladies of the
Reformed church on Wednesday, the
day before Thanksgiving, in Petrikin
hall. The usual assortment of home-
made articles will be offered for sale.
Word was received in Belle-
fonte yesterday of the birth of a son
to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Mayes,
Monday, at the Mendenhall sanitar-
ium, Johnstown. Mr. and Mrs. Mayes
were former residents of Bellefonte
and well known in Centre county.
The venerable William J. Dale,
of Pine Grove Mills, made sale of his
personal effects on Tuesday intending
to go to Pittsburgh to make his fu-
ture home, but at the conclusion of
the sale he was stricken with paraly- |
sis and is now in a very serious con-
dition.
——The first snow fall of the seca-
son occurred on Monday when about
two inches ef the beautiful fell to the
ground. Sunday morning there was a
heavy frost. with the thermometer
down to twelve degrees above zero. |
Of course we all hope that winter wil! |
not set in vet awhile.
The many friends of Mrs. John
Dubbs, of Bush Addition, will be
pleased to know that she is now recov- |
ering from a quite serious illness |
which one time threatened to develop |
into pneumonia. But it is now believ-
ed that she is past all danger and on
a fair way to permanent recovery.
The associated business men of
Bellefonte enjoyed a banquet in the |
basement of the Lutheran church last
evening, served by the women of the.
congregation. In addition to satisfy-
ing their appetites they heard inter-
esting addresses by Dr. John W. Rus-
kin and Robert O. Litchfield, of Wash-
ington, D. C.
Mrs. N. A. Miller, of south
Water street, is mourning the death
of her mother, Mrs. Thomas Radcliffe,
who passed away at her home in Phil-
ipshurg last Friday morning as the re-
sult of a stroke of paralysis sustained
on Tuesday. She was a native of
England, and was seventy-three years
old. Burial was made at Philipsburg |
on Monday afternoon. i
——Bellefonte friends of Miss Sal-
lie Fitzgerald will be inte-ested in
learning that she has been chosen su- |
pervisor of music in the Vallamont
building schools, Williamsport. She
will have supervision over eight
‘grades, and as she already has con-
siderable work will be kept quite busy.
Mr. Fitzgerald is not quite as well as
he has been most of the time since
moving to that city.
Philip D. Waddle, who left
Bellefonte two weeks ago with an eye
on another hotel clerkship in Charle-
roi, has accepted the management of
the Elks club in that place, one of the
biggest clubs in the State. The club
has over nine hundred members and
has a regular dining room service,
serving meals in quite an elaborate
style. Orchestra music accompanies
the Sunday evening dinner. The club
gives a dance once a week and a
monthly dance for the older members.
+The health clown has proven an
attractive feature of the crusade to
children in the lower grades and, un-
der the new name of “San-Tan” and
with a new outfit and new health sto-
sles, will give his first appearance for
this year next Tuesday and Wednes-
day afternoons. Since last June, San-
Tan has given performances in Bryn
Mawr, Watsontown, Milton, _Philips-
burg, Lewistown, Cresson and is
booked for Johnstown and for a sec-
ond performance in Watsontown in
December.
— Elmer C. Straub, better known
to his many friends as “Waxey,” has
been wearing a black eye the past
week but it was not the result of get-
ting mixed up in a fisticuff or being
kicked by the Democratic donkey. He
was down on Philip Beezer’s farm
helping to haul in corn fodder and as
he and Arthur Beézer were in the
act of tying a load of fodder the
spring pole slipped and struck “Wax-
ey” on the left eye. Fortunately the
eye was not injured but the flesh was
cut open and badly bruised, hence the
discoloration.
BELLEFONTE HOTELS RAIDED
FOR BOOZE.
Raiders in Charge of Rev. R. E. John-
son, Militant Parson, of Phil-
adelphia.
Two Bellefonte hotels, the Haag
house, Henry Kline proprietor, and
the Garman house, August Glinz pro-
prietor, were raided last Friday morn-
ing by Rev. R. E. Johnson, the mili-
tant parson, and his wrecking squad,
of Philadelphia, assisted by Lieut. A.
M. Murray, of Washington, D. C. Rev.
Johnson, who is pastor of the Twenty-
ninth street Presbyterian church,
Philadelphia, holds the position of
federal prohibition enforcement offi-
cer for Pennsylvania and adjoining
States and his wrecking squad con-
sists of Mr. Headley, H. R. Thompson,
W. C. Smith and A. S. Morrow, all of
Philadelphia. The latter gentlemen
came to Bellefonte earlier in the week,
two of them stopping at the Haag
house and two at the Garman house.
Their business was to get evidence of
the illegal sale of liquor at these ho-
tels. Just what evidence they got has
not yet been disclosed, and probably |
won’t be until the cases are called for
trial.
Rev. Johnson and Lieutenant Mur-
ray came to Bellefonte last Thursday
afternoon and so quietly did they go
about laying their plans for the raid
that not an inkling of it became
known until they walked into the
Haag house at 9:35 o'clock on Friday
morning, ordered the doors locked and
threw their net around everybody in
the house. An immediate search of
the premises was made and a quart
bottle of whiskey was found behind
the bar and portions of four cases in
the cellar, or thirty-seven quarts in
all. The liquor was confiscated and
at the completion of the search the
doors were opened and those caught
in the spread-net were allowed to de-
part. .
From the Haag house the party
went to the Garman house where the
procedure was similar to that at the
Haag house. At the Garman house
whiskey was found in room No. 31,
one or two quart bottles and a dozen
or more half pints. The whiskey was
confiscated along with a lot of wines
of various kinds stored in the cellar
of the hotel, but which had all been
properly declared by landlord Glinz
when federal prohibition went into ef-
feet on July 1st, 1919. Everything in
the nature of liquor found by the raid-
ers was confiscated and hauled to the
postoffice where it now reposes in the
cellar. Lieut. Murray estimated the
selling value of the liquors confiscated
at about $3,000. >
The information on which the raids
were made charged the landlords of
the two hotels, their bartenders and
agents with the illegal sale of liquor
under the Volstead enforcement act,
and arrangements were made for a
preliminary hearing before justice of |
the peace J. M. Keichline, at two
o'clock the same afternoon, but when
all the parties met there it developed
that Rev. Johnson had neglected to
i prepare the specific charges of infor-
mation and as a hearing could not be
held without those legal documents
the militant pastor announced that he
would certify the cases over to the
United States Commissioner at Wil-
liamsport and leave them to be dis-
posed of by the federal court.
Immediately after the raids had
been made Lieut. Murray called Miss
Rebecca N. Rhoads by telephone and
told her what had been «one, and it
later developed that Miss Rhoads had
gone to Washington especially to
make complaint: against the illegal
sale of liquor in Bellefonte, as was
manifest from the number of intoxi-
cated people seen on the streets of
the town, and it was undoubtedly be-
cause of Miss Rhoads’ persistent com-
plaints that the raids were made. Fol-
lowing the raids made in Bellefonte
Friday morning several members of
the party went to Hecla and made
soma investigations down there but
failed to find anything.
One of the party told the “Watch-
man” reporter that they also had ev-
idence of more or less bootlegging be-
ing done in Bellefonte and that they
intended to personally warn the sus-
pected parties to cut it out in the fu-
ture, which was probably done.
While the raiding party was in
Bellefonte information was made
against Rev. Johnson by Leo P. Con-
nor and Miss Mary Carroll, of Sun-
bury, charging him with drawing a
revolver and pointing it at them a few
days previous when he superintended
a raid in Sunbury. The militant pas-
tor and his party left Bellefonte Sat-
urday morning and going to Sunbury
Rev. Johnson gave bail in the sum of
$1,000 to appear before the December
term of court in that place to answer
to the charge of Mr. Connor and Miss
Carroll.
Whether the above raid will put an
end to the illegal handling of intoxi-
cating liquors in Bellefonte or do
away with intoxicated individuals on
the streets is very problematical. In
fact there seems to be so many dif-
ferent ways of getting a “jag on”
now that the mere absence of whis-
key doesn’t seem to count a great
deal. In fact it is now stated that by
merely smoking Mother’s oat: moist-
ened with a few drops of oil of cinna-
mon a real old-time jag can be accu-
mulated, but of course, we can’t
vouch for the truth of it.
— Charles A. Pelter, driver of the
bus between Bellefonte and Lewis-
town, went into the latter place last
Saturday with the carcass of a bob-
cat that measured four feet from tip
to tip. He claimed to have shot the
cat on Nittany mountain about two
miles south of Pleasant Gap, as the
animal was in the act of crossing the
road ahead of the bus.
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— Turkey plate dinner at the
- Bush house, Thanksgiving, 12:30 to 2
| p. m. at $1.25 per plate. Kindly make
| reservations early.
— Pennsylvania railroad officials
have issued orders for the cutting
Juniata shops to pre-war numbers,
which will mean the actual discharge
of about 1300 men. The seniority rule
will prevail in the weeding out pro-
cess. Just now, with winter weather
so imminent, it will be a little tough
on the men who are thus turned out
with no work in sight.
——Announcement has been made
by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stevens Arm-
strong, of Williamsburg, of the mar-
riage of their daughter Frances, to
Henry Francis Bosley, the wedding
having taken place Tuesday, the ninth
of November, at the bride’s home in
Williamsburg, Pa. Mrs. Bosley is well
known in Centre county from frequent
visits here with relatives and friends.
Her mother, who is a daughter of Geo.
Y. Meek, was born and raised in Fer-
guson township.
——The State Health School les-
sons are now being used in the public
schools and “The Health Officer” will
be the subject of a short talk to be
given to the High school pupils next
Tuesday afternoon by Dr. Seibert,
head of the state health activities in
Centre county. Mr. Arthur Dewees,
executive secretary of the Pennsylva-
nia Tuberculosis society, who will ad-
dress the Woman’s club at the Novem-
ber meeting, will also speak to the pu-
pils in the public schools the follow-
ing day.
——Ralph Eyer, an employee of the
Potter—Hoy Hardware company, was
summoned to Tyrone on Saturday ow-
i ing to the death of his father, How-
i ard Blair Eyer, who passed away on
Friday night as the result of an acute
attack of Bright’s disease. Mr. Eyer
was employed in the Tyrone shops of
the Pennsylvania railroad and al-
though he had not been feeling well for
a few months past, worked up until
the day before his death. He was a
native of Warriorsmark and was in
his sixty-first year.
——Announcement was made at the
Adjutant General’s office in Harris-
burg on Friday of the appointment of
Capt. Pierre Boal, of Boalsburg, com-
mander of the machine gun troop of
the First Pennsylvania cavalry to cap-
tain in command of the air service
unit of the Pennsylvania National
Guard. The airplanes will be supplied
by the U. S. war department, but just
where the flying field will be located
has not been designated. Capt. Boal
machine gun troop by Capt. Charles
E. Shohl, of the Adjutant General's
department,
——Gifford Pinchot, active state
chairman of the Chirstmas seal and
health bond campaign, has appealed
to the various Granges throughout the
State to take an active interest in the
sale of seals and health bonds. He is
especially interested in seeing 1920
being made the banner year of all
years for the sale of Christmas seals.
Granges throughout Centre county
are requested to get into communica-
tion with Miss Helen Overton, Belle-
fonte, in regard to their supply of
seals and bonds. Don’t put off this
work, but get busy at once and boorn
the sales of stamps in your home
community.
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The Philadelphia papers last
Friday carried a story detailing the
fact that Mrs. Robert McDowell, who
prior to her marriage was Miss Elinor
Cook, daughter of Mr. Charles TF.
Cook, of Bellefonte, with her husband,
were among the group of Near East
relief workers held as hostages by the
Turks at Samsoun, Asia Minor, but
Mr. Cook is in receipt of a telegram
from Col. James P. Coombs, directo:
of the overseas relief organization,
saying that the report as published is
incorrect, and that there is no cause
for any apprehension over the safety
of Mrs. McDowell and her husband.
——On Monday morning Maurice
Broderick, accompanied by Mr. Mitch-
ell and Miss Virginia Healy, daugh-
ter of the deputy warden and Mrs. F.
B. Healy, were on their way to Belle-
fonte from the western penitentiary,
and just this side of Doll’s ice plant
his car skidded on the new highway,
which was covered with snow and
slush, and headed right over the bank
into the creek. Fortunately the front
wheel caught in the ledge of rock and
held the car, but it was already tip-
ped up at an angle of forty-five de-
grees. None of the occupants were
thrown out and they all got out with-
out a scratch. The services of a truck,
rope and tackle were secured and the
car pulled back onto the roadway.
Nothing was damaged but it was a
narrow escape.
— On Wednesday of last week the
big motor which operates the electric
pump at the water station burned out.
All efforts to repair it proved futile
and as the steam pumps at the station
have not been in commission for some
time, the town was in bad shape for
water, especially the high points. Fi-
nally connections were made with the
big pump at the plant of the Pennsyl-
vania Match company and it was used
to pump the water until the steam
pumps at the station were put into
commission on Tuesday. As to the
electric motor, an examination reveal-
ed the fact that the coils were entire-
ly burned out and it is necessary to
get new coils. This will require two
weeks or longer, and in the meantime
the steam pumps will be used to keep
up the water supply.
down of the force in the Altoona and
will be succeeded in command of the!
Interesting Proceedings of Borough
Council.
James R. Hughes, headmaster of
the Bellefonte Academy, appeared be-
fore borough council at a regular
meeting on Monday evening and asked
co-operation of the borough in the
matter of a skating pond on Hughes
field. Mr. Hughes stated that the ex-
cavation and embankments for the
pond are almost completed, and the
co-operation desired on the part of
borough- council is in connection with
the question of water to fill the pond.
He stated that the basin is 65x300
feet in size and there ought to be
about two feet of water in it. He
stated that he can arrange with the
fire companies to pump the water if
the borough will agree to furnish it.
Mr. Hughes, however, was unable to
state definitely the amount of water
it will take to fill the basin. Asked
whether the pond will be open to the
public he stated that inasmuch as the
expense of constructing it will be in
the neighborhood of five thousand dol-
lars, when finally completed, he has
considered charging a nominal admis-
sion to skaters, but that it will be open
to anyone. The matter was referred
to the Water committee for investi-
gation and report.
In his report the borough manager
stated that a sewer connection had
been made at the Cook property on
Bishop street by a certain plumber of
the town without securing a permit.
Inasmuch as various plumbers have in
the past been prone to make such con-
nections without securing a permit,
notwithstanding the fact that a bor-
ough ordinance provides a penalty of
$25.00 for anyone making a connec-
tion without a permit, council decid-
ed it was time to enforce the ordi-
nance and the case in question was re-
ferred to the Water committee and
borough solicitor.
The Water committee reported the
burning out of the big motor that op-
erated the electric pump at the water
station and the probability that it will
be two weeks before it can be repair-
ed. The Pennsylvania Match compa-
ny pumped the water until the begin-
ning of this week when the steam
pumps were put in service.
The Finance committee asked for
the renewal of notes for $1500 and
$2000, which were authorized.
William Mulbarger, of Bush Ad-
dition, through Mr. Flack, asked if
council would grant him permission to
fill his cistern with water from the
borough mains, and what the cost
would be? The matter was referred
to the Water committee.
The ordinance providing for the sale
of approximately fourteen hundred
acres of mountain land belonging to
the Pruner estate, located in Worth,
Taylor and Rush townships, to a
Pittsburgh party for $2.50 an acre,
was taken up and passed finally.
Burgess Walker submitted an ordi- |
of Bellefonte for money or hire, and
providing penalties for the enforce-
ment thereof. The license fees decid-
ed upon are $5.00 for a one-horse ve-
hicle and $7.50 for two horses. Motor
trucks for freight and express, from
$10 to $50 according to capacity. Pas-
senger cars, $10 to $15.00, according
to carrying capacity. Motor busses
capable of carrying ten or more pas-
sengers, $20; for three or more, $50.
For failure to take out a license, $10
to $25 and costs for the first offense
within any one year, or from ten to
thirty days in jail. It was the request
of the burgess that the ordinance be
passed so it can become effective Jan-
unary 1st, 1921.
Bills to the amount of $4981.31
were approved and council adjourned.
Special Armistice Day Service,
Last Sunday morning an unusually
interesting Armistice day service was
held in St. John’s Reformed church.
A specially prepared service, “Our
Faith and Our Flag,” was used. The
Sunday school entered in procession-
al, preceded by one of the service men
bearing a large, handsome silk flag.
This flag was presented to the congre-
gation by Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Ott and Mr. and Mrs. James Miller as
a memorial to their sons, Harry K.
Ott and Luther D. Miller, who made
the supreme sacrifice during the late
war. The pastor, Dr. Schmidt, rever-
ently dedicated the flag, after which
the audience saluted the flag and join-
ed in singing the “Star Spangled Ban-
ner.” In his address the pastor laid
emphasis on the need of Christian pa-
triots in time of peace as well as in
time of war. A representative dele-
gation of the. American Legion was
present and took part in the service.
Missionary Society Meeting.
One hundred and thirty delegates
attended the annual meeting of the
Woman’s Home Missionary society of
the Central Pennsylvania Methodist
conference held in the Bellefonte
Methodist church Wednesday to Fri-
day, inclusive of last week. The pro-
ceedings conformed closely to the pro-
gram published in the “Watchman”
two weeks ago. The officers elected
for the ensuing year were as follows:
President, Mrs. William Lee Wood-
cock, Altoona; corresponding secreta-
ry, Mrs. E. R. Heckman, Harrisburg;
recording secretary, Mrs. John W.
Finton, Harrisburg; treasurer, Miss
Sarah J. Richardson, Harrisburg. The
convention adjourned Friday morning.
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NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Miss McGovern, who had spent last
week in Philadelphia, returned to Belle-
fonte Sunday.
—Dr. Eloise Meek will come to Bellefonte
from Akron, Ohio, next week, to spend
Thanksgiving with the family.
—Miss Hart and her sister, Miss Eliza-
beth, have been in Bloomsburg this week,
going over for the funeral of an aunt.
—Miss Luey Potter spent a part of the
week in Pittsburgh in the interest of the
Children’s Aid society of Centre county.
—Miss Sara Barnhart left Wednesday
for a two week’s visit with friends in Ha-
zleton, and with her aunt in Allentown.
—Mrs. Andrew Morrison, of Williams-
port, was a guest of Mrs. John Meese last
week, a delegate to the Missionary conven-
tion.
—Martin Dale, of Akron. Ohio, is iu
Bellefonte for a vacation of several weeks.
Mr. Dale's time will be divided between
visiting and hunting.
—Mrs. Samuel Harris will close her
house in Mill Hall the first of December,
expecting to spend the winter with her
danghter, Mrs. Willis Hartsock, at Harris-
burg.
—Mrx. C. C. Shuey and her daughter,
Miss Rachel, have been with Mrs. Shuey’s
sister and brother, Mrs. Riley and Ru-
dolph Mulholland, in Altoona, this week,
having gone over Tuesday.
— William W. Curtin, of Philadelphia,
accompanied by one of his grand-sons, was
an over Sunday visitor in Bellefonte, com-
ing up for a short visit with Mr. Curtin’s
sister, Mrs. George ¥. Harris.
-—Bdward A. Woods, president of the
Edward A. Woods Co. Equitable Life As-
surance Society, of New York and Pitts-
burgh, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
McCargar, while spending a part of the
past week in Bellefonte.
Mrs. James W. Herron has been at her
former home in Pittsburgh for a week.
Mr. Herron, who accompanied her there
last Friday came home early in the week,
going right on from here to Philadelphia.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Herron will return to
Bellefonte tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. David Chambers and
daughter, Miss Verna, of Snow Shoe, went
down to New York last Friday evening on
a shopping tour, being accompanied as far
as Philadelphia by Miss Sarah Longwell,
who spent her week's vacation visiting
friends in that city and Lancaster.
-——Dr. and Mrs. George Hayes, of I'itts-
burgh, spent Sunday in Bellefonte as
guests of Dr. Hayes’ sister, Mrs. Hiram
Hiller. Dr. Hayes is among the number
of Bellefonte boys who have made good,
being one of the best known specialists
and foremost surgeons in Pennsylvania.
—The Bush home on Spring street will
be closed this week, Mrs. Bush and Mrs.
Callaway having arranged to spend two
months with Mrs. Callaway’s daughter,
Mrs. George I. Thompson, and the family,
at Alto. Mrs. Bush left Wednesday, Mrs.
Callaway remaining in Bellefonte unt®
Saturday.
—Mrs. John Meese and her daughter,
Mrs. J. Will Conley, are arranging to close
their house on Logan street in December,
expecting to go to Washington, Pa. for
the holidays. Their plans for the winter
are indefinite; it is probable, however, that
they may remain as guests of Mr, and Mrs.
Wullis for the winter.
— Mrs. John McSuley, of Philadelphia, is
rapidly recovering from the shock and
slight injuries received when struck by an
automobile while on her way home from
work a week or more ago. Although
thought serious at first, Mrs. McSuley's in-
juries were found to be only bruises of the
body and cuts about the face and head.
“Mrs. H. M, Wetzel accompanied her
mother, Mrs. Himmelwaite, to her home in
Bethlehem two weeks ago, remaining there
for a visit. Mrs, Himmelwaite had been in
Bellefonte with her daughter since July.
Before they left Mrs. Wetzel's son, Harry,
who is a student in the Philadelphia school
of Pharmacy, visited here with the family
over Sunday.
—Mrs. R. 8. Brouse, who landed at Se-
attle on the fourth of November, arrived
unexpectedly in Bellefonte Monday, hav-
ing stopped on her way east to visit with
relatives in Newton, Kansas, Mrs. Drouse
had been traveling for four months in the
Orient, where she attended the world's
Sunday school convention of the Reformed
church, held at Tokio, in October.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cromer have re-
turned east from Boise City, Idaho, and
are at the Algonquin hotel, New York
city, expecting to remain there until Mr.
Cromer is assigned a new territory. The
company's business not being confined to
this couniry, there are great possibilities
as to Mr. Cromer’s future location, how-
ever, before leaving for the new field of
work, Mr. and Mrs. Cromer hope to make a
short visit in Bellefonte with Mrs, Cro-
mer’s father, W. Homer Crissman, and the
family.
—Among the guests Mrs. Odillie Mott
has been entertaining during the .past
week, was her daughter, Mrs. McMillan,
of Yonkers, N. Y., and her sisters, Mrs.
James Bayard and Mrs. Legge and her
daughter, of Williamsport, the latter of
whom came for the anniversary of the
Daughters of Isabella, Sunday. Before
leaving Mrs. McMillan will be joined by
her husband, A. G. McMillan, who is now
head of an automobile supply station at
Yonkers, which is recognized as one of the
largest in America.
—Miss Jennie Reifsnyder, of Millheim,
left Bellefonte Wednesday to spend the
winter in California. The trip will be brok-
en by a three week's visit with friends in
Pittsburgh, Chicago and Auburn, Neb,
getting her to Riverside early in Decem-
ber. Miss Reifsnyder has been anticipat-
ing this trip to California for some time,
looking forward to a return visit, after
spending a winter there with friends six
years ago. Before leaving Miss Reifsny-
der visited for several days in Bellefonte
with Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. MecCargar.
—Rev. and Mrs, Willis Hartsock, of Har-
risburg; Rev. and Mrs. Frank Hartsock,
of Scranton, and Mr. and Mrs. Linn Mur-
phy, of Ithaca, N. Y., were all up Buffalo
Run last week for the funeral of John C.
Hartsock. Mrs. Murphy will remain with
her mother, Mrs. Hartsock, until the lat-
ter closes her house in anticipation of
spending the winter with her son and his,
family in Scranton, then she will go to vis-
it her step-daughter, Mrs. Thomas Noye,
in Steubenville, Ohio. Mrs. Willis Hart-
sock has been visiting at her former home
on the farm, with her mother, Mrs. Isaac
Gray. Mrs. Hartsock senior's leaving
marks the going of one more of the old
families from Buffalo Run valley, whose
ancestors have made that country their
home for nearly two centuries, Mrs. Hart-
sock will in the future make her home with
i —Mrs. A. M. Reeser returned to Lancas-
ter Saturday, after a two week's visit liere
_ with her brothers, Robert and J. D, Hun-
ter, and with relatives at State College.
—Mrs. Maynard H. Murch Jr. returned
| to her home in Cleveland Sunday, after a
| ten day’s visit in Bellefonte with her un-
| cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Wells L. Dag-
gett, at the Bush house. sy
—John A. McGinley went to Conneaut,
Ohio, on Sunday, in answer to a telégram
| received from his sister, Mrs. Pearce, tell-
"ing of the death of her husband, Stewart
Pearce, who had been killed in an accident
| Friday of last week, details of which have
| not been received by Mrs. Pearce’s family v
in Bellefonte. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pearce
are native Pennsylvanians and have many
relatives and friends in this section. ..e
—C. A. Lukenbach and his sister, Mrs.
M. B. Garman arrived in Bellefonte yes-
terday morning from Detroit, Mich., where
Mrs. Garman had been with her brother
for a three week's visit. Mr. Lukenbach
came east expecting to be here for several
months with Mrs. Garman, who has ar-
ranged to keep her home on Curtin street
open for the winter. In view of remain-
ing in Bellefonte Mrs. Garman has pur-
chased a new Studebaker car.
—N. A. Homan and his brother were
down from Pennsylvania Furnace yester-
day to attend the Dr. Brockerhoff farm
sale. They came to buy the corn-husker
and we went to buy the threshing machine
and we all come home without anything.
The writer doesn’t know how it was with
the Homan boys, but when somebody clse
bid higher than our limit all there was to
do was to let them have it and console our-
selves with the thought that by the time
there is another crop to thresh maybe new
threshers won't cost much more than Dr.
Brockerhoff’s sold for.
Nab Big Cargo of
Whiskey.
On Wednesday afternoon the squad
of state police now stationed in Belle-
fonte received a tip that a cargo of
State Police
county during the day and to be- on
the lookout for it. Between four and
five o’clock they learned that a sus-
picious looking truck was on its way
up Bald Eagle valley and requisition-
ing a car the five members of the state
officers started on a chase for the
truck. They overtook it at Bald Ea-
gle, just as it was turning off the val-
ley highway to go over the mountain,
and captured the outfit, which was in
charge of three men. The truck was
turned around and headed for Belle-
it was necessary to leave it there un-
der guard until a member of the po-
lice came to Bellefonte for another
truck, so that it was quite late Wed-
nesday night when the cargo of whis-
key was landed in Bellefonte. Ac-
cording to the best information ob-
tainable there were thirty cases and
a barrel of whiskey, although some
people who saw the truck aver that
there were two barrels inside of it.
The three men were taken to the Cen-
tre county jail where they will be held
pending disposition of their case.
The truck and its liquid cargo ‘Was
this writing /it is under guard of the
state police, but its'final destination
will likely be the old wine cellar in the
basement of the postoffice, where
there already is a good supply of in-
toxicants. Just who the whiskey was
for is not known but it is understood
it came from Wilkes-Barre and was
consigned to Osceola Mills.
Foresters Empowered to Issue Camp-
‘ing Permits.
For the convenience of sportsmen
who want to camp on State forest
lands while hunting deer this fall,
Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania’s chief
forester, has arranged for the local
foresters and forest rangers to issue
the necessary camp permits. Hereto-
fore the permits have been issued on-
ly through the office of the Depart-
ment of Forestry, at Harrisburg.
Under the former plan there was
much delay and sometimes confusion
in handling the rush for camp sites
just before the deer hunting season
opened. Now the gunners can go with
their camping outfits to the region
they wish to hunt over, and there pro-
cure the required permit.
Mr. Pinchot’s arrangement empow-
ers the foresters and forest rangers
to give permits for temporary camps,
good for three weeks and subject to
renewal. They may also allow hunt-
ers to remain over night on State for-
ests by verbal permission. But sites
for permanent camps, lodges and cab-
ins are leased only through the Har-
risburg office of the forestry depart-
ment. Those leases are now good for
ten years, with renewal privileges.
From all indications quite a
number of Bellefonters will go to
Pittsburgh next week for the big foot-
ball game between State and Pitt on
Thanksgiving. The State team re-
ceived its first blow of the season at
Bethlehem last Saturday when it was
held to a tie score by the Lehigh ag-
gregation. Over-confidence was un-
doubtedly the reason for State’s poor
showing, but it will probably have the
effect of demonstrating the fact to
the players that they are not an in-
vincible aggregation and spur them
on to their very best efforts on Thanks-
giving. The result should be a won-
derful exhibition of football at Pitts-
burgh next Thursday and naturally
there is a desire on the part of many
Bellefonters to be in at the finish.
——A new store is to be located in
Bush Arcade on or about December
first, in the room formerly occupied
by Bush’s stationery store. It will be
a cut price store for the sale of work-
men’s clothes of all kinds. What
Bellefonte is badly in need of is cut
price stores on all the necessities of
life.
For Sale.—Sixty houses and lots.—
J. M. Keichline. 65-40-3m
whiskey would pass through Centre
fonte but at Julian it broke down and
driven into Wion’s garage where at