Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, November 19, 1920, Image 8
Dew fn. | i -_— | Bellefonte, Pa., November 19, 1920. { | —— 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. a rrny§y§€§€ — 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. Lae 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. Investors! If you are looking for a good first- class 7 per cent., first mortgage bond investment, interest payable semi-an- nually, please apply to BELLEFONTE TRUST Co, 145-1t nance providing for the licensing of | all vehicles operating on the streets | and $20 to $50 for the second offensc i Bellefonte, Pa. | her children. 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