Bellefonte, Pa., April 15, 1921.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
——Beginning “Bull Dog Drum-
mond.”
——In 1919 Centre county raised,
through the sale of tuberculosis
Christmas seals, $1264.77. In 1920
our sales amounted to $2105.98.
——The Thimble Bee of the ladies
of the Reformed church will be enter-
tained Friday afternoon of this week
at the home of Mrs. Nelson Robb, on
east Curtin street.
——1In this issue the thrilling serial
story “Bull Dog Drummond” is begun.
Read the opening chapters and then
hand your paper to some neighbor
who doesn’t get the “Watchman” reg-
ularly.
——After you have read the first
installment of “Bull Dog Drummond”
which appears in this issue, give your
paper to some one who doesn’t get it
regularly. This story is so good that
everybody ought to have a chance to
enjoy it.
The Buick car
tainers of booze captured on the Dia-
mond one night last week by Belle-
fonte officials, was taken away last
Thursday by Lloyd Smith, a deputy
U. S. marshall, without the owner-
ship of the car being ascertained.
: The Y. W. C. A. girls will give
a dance and card party in the Logan
Fire company hall this (Friday) even-
ing, from 8 to 12 o’clock. Music will
be furnished by the Academy orches- |
ta. Admission, 75 and 50 cents. The
proceeds will go to China to furnish
a room for Chinese girlsin a Y. W. C.
A. house.
: The deferred drive next week,
for the uplift of conditions in our
muchly neglected cemetery, will give
you an opportunity for showing your
interest in the cause. It is the rest-
ing place of those who gave you Belle-
fonte. Don’t you think it is due them
that you should contribute of your
means to at least put it in order.
= Sunday school workers and
readers of the “Watchman” generally
with two con-
ALLEGED DARING HOLD-UP.
Edward A. Bullock, of Milesburg,
Tells Thrilling Tale of Robbery.
Edward A. Bullock, of Milesburg,
claims to be the victim of one of the
most daring hold-ups that has ever
been perpetrated in Centre county.
According to his story he spent the
fore part of last week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wood, who oc-
cupy a house on the penitentiary
grounds, Mrs. Wood being a niece of
Mr. Bullock. Just about dusk last
Thursday evening, as Mr. Wood was
about to leave home to go on duty as
guard at the penitentiary, a young
man drove up to his house in an auto-
mobile and asked if Edward Bullock
was there. Mr. Wood called Mr. Bul-
lock, who was in the rear of the house,
and when he appeared the young man
asked him if he wasn’t a brother of
Forest Bullock, of Bellefonte. On be-
ing answered in the affirmative he
stated that Forest had met with an
accident and was in the Bellefonte
hospital and that he had been sent up
to take him to Bellefonte.
Mr. Bullock, who had been working
in the garden, told the young man to
wait until he changed his clothing,
and hurried into the house. Mr.
"Wood then asked the driver of the car
how badly Forest Bullock had been in-
jured, and he replied that he did not
know. That he had simply been asked
to go up and get his brother and knew
comparatively nothing about the in-
| jured man. Mr. Wood started across
i to the penitentiary to go on duty and
: by the time Mr. Bullock was ready to
‘leave it had grown quite dark.
He got into the car and the driver
i started toward Bellefonte. When he
| got down in the hollow some distance
beyond the residence of Warden Fran-
i cies he came across two men sitting
| alongside the road, stopped and took
Jizan in, they taking the rear seat.
! The car had gone but a short distance
{ further when one of the men grabbed
i Mr. Bullock, pinioning his arms to his
i side while the other applied a hand-
i kerchief saturated with chloroform to
| his nostrils. He struggled in vain to
| get loose and attempted to call for
{help but the anesthetic was powerful
; and he was soon overcome.
i The next thing he knew was awak-
——1If you enjoy reading a thriller
start “Blue Dog Drummond” which
begins in this issue of the “Watch-
man.”
——=See “The Nut,” when he steals
the dummies and stops street traffic.
Douglass Fairbanks makes a great
hit. Opera house Friday and Satur-
day nights, April 15 and 16. Satur-
day matinee at the Scenic. 15-1t
——Just one year ago everybody
was wondering where and how they
would get enough of sugar to put up
the abundant berry and fruit crop in
prospect. Since the cold snap of Mon-
day and Tuesday the most natural
query now is will there be any fruit
or berries this year to put up with the
sugar easily obtainable ?
—“Some Girl” drew a fair crowd
at the opera house on Wednesday
night and the only regrets among the-
atre goers were among those who fail-
ed to attend. As a musical show it
outclassed anything seen in Bellefonte
this season. The stage settings were
extremely pleasing, the costumes
beautiful, while the company of thirty
people included some splendid come-
! dians and the chorus, girls who really
could sing. All in all it was “Some
Girl.”
In the neighborhood of ninety
men attended the monthly supper en-
! joyed by the Presbyterian church
Brotherhood at the chapel on Monday
! evening. The attractions
| the Penn State quartette as the music-
ial offering, and the supper of baked
beans, baked ham, fried eggs, ice
| cream, cake and coffee. As it was,
| well along on the shady side of nine
| o'clock when the gathering broke up
| it is quite evident that the members |
jof the Brotherhood enjoyed the pro-'
i gram.
|
i -——Twenty-eight
degrees
above
i zero, or four below the freezing point,
!was the weather record for Monday
"morning and there naturally is little :
{ hope that the early fruits escaped.
The rather unseasonable weather be-
| gan with a hard rain on Friday night
i followed by very much cooler temper-
are urged to bear in mind the fact that | ening in a dazed condition and finding | ature on Saturday. Sunday it rained
the fourth annual observance of chil-
| himself lying alongside the road, mi-
‘and snowed and Sunday night the
dten’s week under the direction of the | nus his cap and both sets of false teeth. | mercury dropped ten degrees and the
International Sunday school associa-
tion will be held in Bellefonte the
week of April 24th to May 1st. Every-
body interested in the welfare of the
children should manifest an interest
in this great work.
‘——Rev. J. Max Kirkpatrick, of
Ohio, has accepted the call to the
Centre Hall charge of the Presbyter-
ian’ church, which includes the church-
es of Centre Hall, Boalsburg, Lemont
and Pine Grove Mills. He was releas-
ed by the Ohio Presbytery yesterday
and will move with his wife and little
son into the manse at Centre Hall,
which is being thoroughly overhauled
and put in condition for himself and
family.
.——The Bellefonte Academy nine, ;
which, by the way, is very. strong this
year, will open the season at home to-
morrow (Saturday) on Hughes field.
Their opponents will be the State Col-
lege reserves. An interesting and ex-
citing game can be looked for. Game
will be called promptly at 3 o’clock.
All lovers of the great national game
in this section should plan to be there.
The Academy boys will surely appre-
ciate your patronage.
. ——~Centre county is again in the
lead, this time with the first forest fire
patrol-woman in the State, Miss L. S.
Sheffer, of Paddy Mountain, having
been appointed to that position on
Tuesday by George E. Wirt, chief of
the fire protection bureau of the State
Forestry department. It will be her
duty to patrol the forests in her home
region on the lookout for forest fires.
The young forestress is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Herb. Sheffer, formerly
of Bellefonte.
—J. N. Boyd, of Scranton, repre-
senting The Sprucks company, con-
tractors, arrived at Pleasant Gap last
Saturday and on Tuesday began work
on the state highway at Pleasant
Gap. It is the expectation of the con-
tractors to put from fifty to seventy-
five men at work just as fast as they
can secure them so as to rush the job
to completion as fast as possible. The
starting of this road will give every
idle man in and about the Gap work,
and naturally they are all pleased at
the prospect.
——That magnificent picture, “Way
Down East,” will likely draw big
houses at the opera house next Mon-
day and Tuesday, but don’t overlook
‘the fact that there will also be good
pictures at the Scenic. Hence, if the
opera house is crowded go to the
Scenic and take in the next showing
of “Way Down East.” Bringing this
wonderful picture to Bellefonte is in
line with manager Brown's policy of
giving the people of this community
the very best pictures obtainable and
the Scenic is the place to see them.
———Monday was rather an unlucky
day in railroad circles hereabouts.
About 8:30 o’clock in the morning the
tender of the yard engine jumped the
track at the southern leg of the Y and
a draft of freight cars ran into the
engine and piled up pretty generally.
The result was when the Lewisburg
‘passenger train pulled in the crew and
engine were called upon to do some
shifting to help clear the tracks. On
its outward bound trip in the after-
noon the pony wheels of the engine on
the Lewisburg train jumped the track
at Axe Mann and the wreck train had
to be sent out to put it back again.
‘While considerable damage was done
"in the wreck at the Y nobody was in-
| jured,
He managed to get onto his feet and
| tumbled along the road until finally
i he saw a light and made for it. He
managed to reach the house, stumbled
up onto the porch and knocked at the
Having lost his cap he had tied :
door.
his handkerchief over his head, and it
just happened that the house he reach-
ed was the warden’s residence. A la-
dy came to the door and when she saw
Mr. Bullock she screamed for a guard.
Of course that frightened him and he
left the house and made his way on
“down the road, over Rishel’s hill to
the state highway. Intuitively he
turned toward Bellefonte and when he
“reached the bridge at Axe Mann he
had so far recovered that he knew
where he was.
He walked into Bellefonte and ¢ame
lin the Water street highway. When
| he reached High street he met police-
i man Elmer Yerger and in explanation
{ of the condition he was in stated that
{ he had fallen down out the road apiece
and lost his cap.. The policeman took :
{him into Finkelstine’s
pool room
| going to Milesburg and he went down
there for the night. It was about
i eleven o’clock when he reached Belle-
. fonte and elose to midnight when he
{ left for Milesburg.
| On Friday morning he came up to
| Bellefonte, returned the borrowed hat,
then went to the office of the district |
i attorney and told the above story of
his thrilling experience, claiming that
the highwaymen got away with about
ets. But he was unable to give any
description of the men that might
help in identifying them. The state
police have been working on the case
since, going on the assumption that
the highwaymen were men who knew
staying and that he generally carried
a roll of money on his person. Sev-
being run down and it is just possible
that arrests may be made most any
time.
While the general impression is that
the job was committed by persons in
this section it is just possible it might
be otherwise, as on Sunday evening
three men in an automobile held up
Tony Griffith, a truck driver of Phil-
ipsburg, out near the Penn Public
Service company power plant and
robbed him of forty dollars.
The commission of such bold crimes
right in the heart of civilized commu-
nities should be a warning to every-
body to be suspicious of strangers.
Don’t fall into any easy trap, no mat-
ter how well baited, without fully in-
vestigating it. .
The Centre Hall Room at the Hospital
Remembered.
Recently the ladies of Centre Hall
have been very enthusiastic in refit-
ting the room in the Bellefonte hos-
pital which bears the name of their
town. In addition to a table light sent
several weeks ago the equipment of
the room has recently been renewed
by the contribution of 14 sheets, 2 bed
spreads, 8 bureau covers, 15 towels, 2
dozen pillow cases, 1 dozen wash
cloths and 3 rugs.
——Don’t forget that hig dance
Saturday, April 16th, in the Bush Ar-
cade. Sourbeer-Meyers peerless dance
orchestra, of Harrisburg, will give you
a treat you don’t want to miss.
| where he borrowed a hat, then with
i the did of the policeman found a car
sixty-five dollars he had in his pock-
all about Mr. Bullock, where he was
eral clues of suspected parties are!
i result was a hard freeze. Late blos-
| soming apples may not be affected but
the chances are that all the early
, fruits have been killed.
Dr. H. M. Hiller suffered a
stroke of paralysis at his home in this
place last Thursday afternoon about
5:30 o'clock. Mrs. Hiller was in Phila-
delphia at the time and during the day
the doctor had been superintending
some work being done in his garden
and on the lawn surrounding the
house. Mrs. Hiller returned home on
Saturday and Dr. Eynon, partner of
Dr. Hiller during his active practice
in Chester, came here and remained
over Sunday. Dr. George Hayes, of
* Pittsburgh, was also here on Satur-
day and came back on Wednesday, ac-
companied by Dr. Johnston, and their
diagnosis of Dr. Hiller’s condition is
a slight improvement.
. tired from active practice a year ago
last August although on occasions
since then he has responded to calls
' for consultation.
The Shamokin Lumber and
. Construction company are making re-
markable progress on the remodeling
:of the Bellefonte Trust company
building. In just one week after
George Carpeneto vacated the room
he occupied, the place had been en-
' tirely overhauled, a new ceiling put
ron, walls papered, woodwork painted
and cellar dug out almost two feet
deeper and on Monday of this week
The Index stationery store was moved
into the building and the contractors
i began work tearing out the dividing
i wall between the old banking room
| and the room heretofore occupied by
| The Index. The lowering of the floors
; also necessitates the lowering of the
1 windows and the old windows and
brown stone facings have been torn
out so that all that remains is the brick
walls and a number of big, gaping
holes. Of course in due time the holes
will be filled up with windows and the
transformation will so change the
building that it will hardly look like
the same corner.
——Bill Doak, the deaf and blind
man who has been such a familiar fig-
ure on the streets of Bellefonte for so
many years, met with an accident yes-
terday morning that might have prov-
en very serious, but fortunately re-
: sulted in nothing worse than a lacer-
ated scalp, a slight abrasion on his
side and a few bruises. Bill was on
his way down south Allegheny street
just at the time when Mr. M. J. Da-
vis, a traveling man of Johnstown,
was in the act of taking his car out of
Wion’s garage, where he had it hous-
ed over the night. Mr. Davis, before
starting to back out, looked out and
did not see anyone. He tooted his
horn as a signal to anyone passing by,
but of course Bill could not hear the
horn, and the result was he was struck
by the car and knocked down, the car
passing over him. Mr. Davis did not
know he had run over a man until he
saw Bill lying on the driveway, when
he promptly stopped his car, called for
‘help, got him in the car and took him
to the hospital. From the nature of
his injuries it is hardly likely that any
of the wheels passed over Bill, but
that he was knocked down in such a
way that the car passed over him. In
all the years that Bill has been roam-
ing the streets of Bellefonte this is the
Brat time he met with such an icci-
ent.
included
Rev. Wilson P. Ard as chief speaker;
Dr. Hiller re- |
ASA
Fishing on the Penitentiary Grounds.
Rumors have been current for
some time to the effect that that part
of Spring creek flowing through the
grounds of the new western peniten-
tiary is to be closed to fishing.
The “Watchman” has been informed
by Warden John Francies that while
the matter has been under advisement
for some time no action has yet been
taken by the prison board looking to
the exclusion of fishermen from the
penitentiary grounds.
There appears to be several good
reasons for denying the public the
right to continue fishing through the
property; the principal ones being the
wanton destruction of fences and
gates, petty thieving, and the use of
dynamite and nets by some who seem
to have no regard for law or the con-
sequences of their malicious acts.
For a long time there have been re-
ports of illegal fishing on Spring
creek, and in fact, specific charges
have been made against persons who
have been caught in the act, but when
prosecution impended witnesses in-
variably have gotten cold feet and de-
clined to back up their charges with
. sworn information. The penitentiary
, authorities have been trying to break
up the illegal fishing, but have been
unable to effect prosecution for the
reasons stated above. They feel that
' the expense of private wardens is un-
warranted and unless these practices
"are ended the only alternative is clos-
ing the stream.
i Warden Francies is inclined to take
no action until the results of this an-
nouncement are seen. If fishermen
| act like real sportsmen and do not de-
stroy property or resort to unlawful
methods for taking fish the stream
will be left open but if there is a re-
‘currence of the destructive practices
of last year the stream will certainly
be closed.
So, it is now up to those most in-
terested. If the wanton acts of a few
outlaws are to deprive hundreds of
others of the pleasure of fishing
through those splendid waters it
' vould seem that all the real sports-
men should resolve to prosecute to
conviction any whose actions are in
violation of law. If they have no re-
; gard for the rights or pleasure of oth-
ers why should anyone condone or
conceal their selfish and destructive
practices ?
A Sensible Appeal to Fishermen.
| Mr. Fisherman:
Do you know that it cost property
owners on some streams in this sec-
tion as much as $9000.00 per mile to
let you fish last spring. They did not
have to pay this in cash but lost it
through forest fires caused by fisher-
men. Besides this fishermen are cred-
ited with many fires caused otherwise.
You know very well that this cannot
go on very long without the State and
landowners taking action to stop it
and this spring is the time for fisher-
men to stop it. Not more than one
percent of our fishermen have caused
these fires but all must suffer for
them. Disregard for the rights of
property owners is the father of that
“No Trespassing” notice and the only
way to get it down is to eliminate its
cause. : :
Therefore, I wish every member of
this Association, and fishermen gen-
erally, would personally see to the fol-
lowing:
(1) That no campfire, cigar or
cigarette be left where it may cause
a forest fire and that if a fire is dis-
covered every effort should be made to
den.
(2) That nothing whatever shall
be put in streams that contami-
nate them for human consumption or
for fish.
duct himself on other’s property as
becomes an invited guest in another’s
home.
(4) That we adopt the motto,
“Sport for Sport’s Sake” and co-op-
erate not only with the Fish Depart-
ment but with the Game and Forestry
Departments at this time.
Forests are necessary to fish as well
as to game and the general well being
of our country and sportsmen today
are doing a great deal for their pro-
tection. Let us show land owners
that their interest is our interest.
RALPH A. SMITH, President,
Centre Co. Conservation Ass'n.
David Potter a Rear Admiral.
Secretary Denby, of the Navy, has
just announced the appointment of
Capt. David Potter, U. S. N., as pay-
master general of the navy and chief
of the bureau of supplies and ac-
counts, with the rank, pay and allow-
ances of a rear Admiral.
While Admiral Potter was born in
New Jersey the home of his maternal
forebears was in this county; his
grandmother having been Jane Bar-
ron, a daughter of Susanne Ferguson,
of Ferguson township, this county.
As a young man, the new Admiral, be-
ing a cousin, visited at the home of
the late Mrs. P. Gray Meek, in this
place.
Eclipse of the Moon Next Week.
A total eclipse of the moon will oc-
cur next Thursday night, or rather at
an early hour on Friday morning,
April 22nd. The moon will enter the
shadow at three minutes after one
o’clock and will be total at 2:24. The
eclipse will disappear in forty-one
minutes, and the moon be entirely out
of the shadow at 8:05.
——Go to the dance and card party
to be given by the Y girls this (Fri-
day) evening in the Logan Fire com-
pany hall. Admission, 50 and 75
cents. Proceeds for relief of Chinese
girls. ‘
extinguish it and notify local fire war-.
(8) That each fisherman shall con-
prt ————— =
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. James K. Barnhart went to Punx-
sutawney yesterday to spend a week with
her sister, Mrs. Loeb.
—Miss Mabel Allison, of Spring Mills,
spent Tuésday in Bellefonte, looking after
some business interests.
—Mrs. Howard Rearick, of Lewisburg,
‘spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Wil-
liam Crawford, of Coleville.
—Mrs. John Sommerville, of Roberts-
dale, was in Bellefonte for a day’s visit
this week, being a guest while here of Miss
Linn.
—M. L. Emerick, of Centre Hall, one of
Potter township's best known citizens,
made one of his occasional business trips
to Bellefonte Saturday.
—Mrs. S. D. Burris, of Centre Hall, made
her annual visit to Bellefonte, by spendihg
her trip to Japan. From there Mrs.
iel Eberhart and his daughter, Miss Mary.
—After spending two weeks at his work
in Pittsburgh, Ellis O. Keller, at the ad-
vice of his physician and employers, has
returned to Bellefonte for an indefinite
stay.
—Mrs. A. Clyde Smith and Mrs. Thomas
Hazel represented the local organization,
at a meeting of the ladies of the Oriental
Shrine of Jobel Court, held yesterday in
Altoona.
—Miss Grace Royer, of Niagara Falls, is
expected in Bellefonte Saturday to spend
Sunday with her sister, Miss Pearl Royer,
prior to entering for training as a nurse
in the Children’s hospital in Philadelphia.
—DMrs. R. 8S. Brouse was at Aaronsburg
I'riday, going down to give her talk on
her trip to Jopan. From there Mrs.
Brouse went to Rebersburg, where she
spent Sunday with relatives of her mother.
—Mrs. C. U. Hoffer, of Philipsburg, has
been in Dellefonte for a week, a guest of
both her father and her daughter, C. T.
Gerberich and Miss Louise Hoffer, who
makes her home with Dr. and Mrs. M. A.
Kirk.
—Mrs. G. Fred Musser went to Phila-
delphia Wednesday to be under the care
of ear specialists for a week or ten days.
Mr. Musser will join her there next week
and accompany her home the following
Sunday.
—G. Fred Musser, of the G. I. Musser
Co., wholesale grocers, will go to New
York next Wednesday to attend the annual
convention of the “Serv—Us’’ corporations,
large commission grocers with whom he
does considerable business.
—Charles Noll left Bellefonte Wednesday
to return to Philadelphia, after spending
the greater part of a week here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs John Noll. On ac-
count of the stress of business, Mr. Noll's
visits back home are not frequent.
—Thomas W. Murray, of Wingate, who
was in Bellefonte Tuesday transacting
some business, stopped long enough to dis-
cuss the business condition of the country,
for a few minutes. Mr. Murray is a
staunch Democrat and a great admirer of
Mr. Wilson.
—Mr., and Mrs. Charles Hiller, of Kaho-
ka, Miss., came east within the week, call-
ed here by the illness of Mr. Hiller's broth-
er, Dr. Hiram Hiller, later going on to
Philadelphia for a short stay. Mrs. Harry
H. Bubb, of Williamsport, a sister, of Mrs.
Hiller, has also been in Bellefonte with the
family since Dr. Hiller was taken sick.
—Mrs. Donner, who had been in Belle-
fonte since July, with her daughter and
her husband, Mrs. and Mr. John Marks, of
west High street, returned Thursday to
her home in Somerset. Mrs. Donner was
accompanied by Mrs. Marks and her son
Keith, who will visit at Mr. Marks’ former
home in Derry, before their return to
Bellefonte.
—Frank M. Fisher, of Centre Hall, and
John B. Goheen, of Pennsylvania Furnace,
were “Watchman” office callers on Monday,
both gentlemen coming to Bellefonte for
the annual meeting of the Farmer's Mutu-
al Fire Insurance eompany. Mr. Fisher is
the very efficient secretary of the company
and Mr. Goheen is one of the oldest mem-
bers of the board of directors.
—Mrs. Sara Mattern and Mrs. William
Kendall came over from Philipsburg the
latter part of last week for a visit of sev-
eral days, being house guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Schad. Mrs. Mattern has been
with the family of her nephew, John Bai-
sor, in Philipsburg, since November and
probably will remain there indefinitely.
Upon leaving here Mrs. Mattern and Mrs.
Kendall went to Hollidaysburg, expecting
to visit there and in Altoona before re-
turning home.
—William H. Noll Jr., of Pleasant Gap,
spent a few minutes in the “Watchman”
office on Monday while in Bellefonte on a
business trip. His visits to town now are
not as frequent as they used to be when
he was a member of the board of County
Commissioners, as he is devoting all of his
time to his various business interests at
the Gap, and now that work has been re-
sumed on the state highway at that place
he naturally anticipates a busy season in
that neck o’ woods.
—DMiss Agnes McGowan came up from
Philadelphia Saturday night, to spend
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. William Mec-
Gowan, who has been ill at her home near
Roopsburg. Miss McGowan has been
nursing John Kelley, at The Adelphia, in
Philadelphia, through an attack of scarlet
fever, followed by pneumonia, and has
gone to Atlantic City this week, where Mr.
Kelley will spend three weeks, while con-
valescing from his recent illness. At the
end of that time Mr. Kelley expects to re-
turn to Snow Shoe.
—Mr. Irving D. Baxter, owner of the
Western Maryland Dairy enterprise, made
his first visit to Bellefonte on Tuesday.
Mr. Baxter came up from Baltimore by
way of Tyrone and there his country man-
ager, John Collins, began to personally
conduct the trip. In order that he might
see and enjoy the country a motor was en-
gaged for an overland trip to this place.
A blow-out first, then a broken axle and
torn-up Bald Eagle valley roads didn't au-
gur well for the impression that Centre
county was to make on the big milk mag-
nate; especially when he is a sufferer with
rheumatism and can’t stand the rough
stuff like he did when a boy. He was so
pleased with his Bellefonte plant, however,
even though John Collins spent $58,000 on
it after betting ‘the boss” a hat that he
would complete it for $40,000, that he rafis-
ed everybody’s wages about the place and
was still chucklin’ when he left Bellefonte
for home that night at 8:16. Mr. Baxter
was accompanied by his private secretary,
Mr. Lisle, and both gentlemen were charm-
ed with Bellefonte. In fact the former
thought he would like to live here and after
a trip through Nittany valley in a regular
car he had completely forgotten his rheu-
matics and was so happy that he was
planning the best way to motor back for a
real stay at an early date.
——————
—Miss Louise Wallace, of Akron, has
been a house guest of Mrs. M. B. Garman
this week.
—Mrs. Russell Blair went to Philadel-
| phia ‘Wednesday, for a ten day’s visit with
friends.
—Rev. M. DeP. Maynard is among those
from Bellefonte who have been in Phila-
delphia this week.
—John Klinger, of Ambridge, visited ia
Bellefonte for the week-end, a guest of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klinger.
—Mrs. 8. W. Kerstetter, of Curwensville,
was an over Sunday guest of her mother,
Mrs. Furey, and other members of the
family.
—The Misses Bessie and Mary Sommer-
ville returned to their home in Winburne
this week, after having spent the winter in
Florida.
—Several of Mrs. Ellen Meese's children
are with her at her home on Thomas street,
called to Bellefonte by the critical illness
of their mother.
—Mr. and Mrs. Shay spent Wednesday at
Howard with Mr. Shay’s mother, who fell
down stairs Wednesday morning and broke
‘her leg, arm and shoulder.
—DMiss Alice Waite has had as a guest
this week, Miss Stella Moran, of Altoona,
whom she has been entertaining at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Waite,
—The Misses Helen and Roxy Mingle left
Thursday for a two week’s visit in Phila-
delphia, expecting to spend the time while
there with relatives of both Mr. and Mrs.
Mingle.
—Thomas E. Mayes, of Johnstown, is
among the fishing enthusiasts who have
made their appearance in Bellefonte this
week, coming over to spend a day along
the streams of the county.
—Mrs. Dunkle and her grand-daughter,
Huberta May Bernhart, who have been
guests of Mrs. Dunkle’s brother and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hughes, returned to
Pittsburgh yesterday. Mrs. Dunkle and
the child have been in Bellefonte since
February. '
—George N. Good, of the Bellefonte post-
office force, was summoned to Somerset last
Saturday owing to the critical illness of
his father, Gabriel Good, who passed away
on Sunday at the age of seventy-four
years. Mr. Good remained for the funeral,
returning home on Wednesday evening.
—The Misses Rebecca and Mary Forbes,
of Chambersburg, will come here today to
be with their sister, Mrs. J. A. Woodcock,
while she is arranging for her sale and
preparing to leave the Dr. Nissley house
on Spring street. The Rev. J. A. Wood-
cock will join his aunts here next week, in-
tending to remain with his mother until
after the sale Saturday.
DE © S—
Indications of Illegal Fishermen on
the Job.
For some time past scores of people
have admired the many big trout
which have inhabited the waters of
Spring creek just below the falls, a
short distance above this office, but
yesterday morning comparatively few
of the big trout were in evidence. This
circumstance in itself was suspicious
but more emphatic evidence of the
fact that illegal fishermen were at
work in the stream some time Wed-
nesday night was found by J. Frank
Smith when he discovered a fly book
lying on the little plot of grass at the
Water street side of the creek just be-
low the falls. Climbing down over
the wall to get the fly book he discoy-
ered a lot of foot prints in the soft
ground and the grass all tramped
down, as if some person had been
pretty active there for quite a time.
The fly book secured was an almost
new book and filled with a choice se-
lection of flies, but unfortunately
there wasn’t a thing about it to indi-
cate the owner. However, putting all
the circumstances together there ap-
pears to be no doubt but that some
fisherman of small principle and with-
out any regard for the law deliberate-
ly went into Spring creek thirty-six
hours before the opening of the sea-
son and caught the big trout that have
been such a wonderfully enticing nat-
ural attraction for weeks past.
Dale—Pierson.—Jerome R. Dale, of
Bellefonte, and Miss Louise A. Pier-
son, of Renovo, were married at the
United Brethren parsonage last Sat-
urday morning by Rev. G. E. Smith.
After a brief wedding trip to Hunt-
ingdon they went directly to Renovo,
where Mr. Dale has been employed for
some time past.
——The first public request ever
made for assitance to improve condi-
tions in the Union cemetery of Belle-
fonte will be put to you next week.
Do not try to relieve your mind by
thinking your lot is cared for, but give
your share to help us help others.
Why not put it all in perpetual care?
——See that your next pair of
shoes or oxfords come from Cohen &
Co. Every pair sold with our guaran-
tee to satisfy you or a new pair in ex-
change. 15-1t
The New Meat Market.
Former sheriff Henry Kline has tak-
en charge of the old Lyon meat mar-
ket on Allegheny street and intends
to make service and quality his bid for
patronage. He is carrying a fine line
of fresh and smoked meats and fowls
and respectfully solicits a trial by
those who are looking for tender, jui-
cy meats at reasonable prices.
Public Sale.
Mrs. Anna C. Woodcock will offer a
piano, range, refrigerator, carpets,
rugs and all kinds of household goods
at public sale on Saturday afternoon,
April 23rd, at 1:30 o'clock. The sale
will be at her residence on Spring
street. L. F. Mayes will be the auc-
tioneer.
———See Douglass Fairbanks in
“The Nut,” his latest picture. Some
funny stunts. Opera house Friday
and Saturday nights, April 15-16.
Saturday matinee—Scenic. 15-1t