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"Bellefonte, Pa., October 28, 1921.
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THE CARELESS SMOKER.
By Harris A. Reynolds.
A fool there was and his pipe he lit,
(Even as you and I)
On a forest trail where the leaves were fit, |
To become ablaze from the smallest bit |
Of spark—and the fool he furnished it !
(Even as you and I).
The forest was burned to its very roots,
Even beneath the ground,
With the flowers, the birds and the poor
dumb brutes,
Old hoary oaks, and the tender shoots
Which might have been logs but for such
galloots,
Allowed to wander round.
The lumber jack has now passed on,
His pay day comes no more,
And the Screech-owls haunt the camp at
dawn |
Where the cook’s tin pan woke the men of :
brawn; !
But the mill is silent, and the trees are!
gone, |
The soil and the forest floor.
A deadly sight are those hills of rocks
Which once were beds of green;
No hope for the human, no food for the!
flocks;
The floods must be held by expensive locks
While the harbor is silted to the docks—-
The ships no more are seen.
But the fool smokes on in the forest still,
Leaves camp fires burning too,
While the patient public pays the bill
And the nation’s wealth is destroyed for
nil.
If the law doesn’t get him, the devil will—
Smoker, it’s un to you!
Centre County Sportsmen Exercising
Greater Care.
Last spring an appeal was sent out
by this Association asking the sports-
men of Centre county to use greater
care about fires in the woods, etc.
and we want to take this opportunity |
to thank sportsmen for the splendid
response.
The forest fire loss from fishermen
for the spring season of 1921 was
1400 per cent. less than that of 1920,
which is a very remarkable showing,
considering that the fire season was
longer than for a great many years
and also that the lack of employment
greatly added to the number of fish-
ermen.
The percentage of fires classed as
“unknown,” a part of which are usu-
ally attributed to fishermen, were
even reduced to a greater extent, so
that altogether it is a wonderful
showing, and goes to show what can
be done if everybody charges his mind
with the rights of others.
There is scarcely a landowner who
would object to the true sportsman
hunting on his property, and when
more of us get into that class that
“No Trespass” sign will be as hard to
find as the elusive game.
The fall hunting season is now near
at hand and if everybody uses care
with fire in the woods and respects
the rights of those on whose land they
are permitted to hunt, they will be
welcomed back next year, we will
have better forests, more water, more
game and fish and there will be a
better feeling among all concerned.
If we once form the habit of being
careful with fire and respecting the
wishes of landowners it will become
just as natural as our heretofore care-
less habits have been, and it will mean
that coming generations will also
have some of the pleasures we now so
much enjoy.
CENTRE CO. CONSERVATION ASSN.
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Academy Road Improvement Fund.
It is refreshing and most pleasing
to observe that the good citizens of
Bellefonte are appreciating the wen-
_derful improvement Mr. Hughes has
made in the construction of the drive-
way through the Academy grounds
and the erection of the pillars at each
entrance.
The items below are most encour-
aging and much appreciated by the
Academy management, who are doing
all in their power to make Bellefonte
more attractive both from a business
and artistic standpoint.
Previously acknowledged
Geo. Schroeder, Pittsburgh
A. BE. Schad, Bellefounte............ 25.00
A. L. McGinley, Bellefonte......... 25.00
H. BE. Clevenstine, Bellefonte 25.00
George A. Kelley, Bellefonte 25.00
Russell Blair, Bellefonte.... ,. 385.00
G. Fred Musser, Bellefonte........ 15.00
Samuel Myford, Belle Vernon, Pa.. 15.00
W. R. Brachbill, Bellefonte........ 10.00
Bellefonte Republican ............. 10.00
Ota)... ees asin $1674.00
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Christmas Bazaar.
Don’t forget that the Woman's
Guild of St. John’s Episcopal church
will hold their annual Christmas ba-
zaar in the parish house Thursday,
December 1st, afternoon and evening.
Fancy work, Christmas cards, dolls,
practical gifts, food and candy. This
year’s display will surpass that of
previous years. Do your shopping
early.
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——Doughnuts, the real kind;
cakes, light and fluffy; hot coffee, the
real thing, and sandwiches, good sub-
stantial ones, Hallowe'en, sold on the
street by members of the Woman’s
‘nounced success.
' peatedly promoted until she ranked
"with the best instructors in that de-
club.
| KRUMRINE. — Miss Annabelle
' Weaver Krumrine, only daughter of
Sidney and Jane Bubb Krumrine, of
Philadelphia, died at noon on Tues-
day in the Episcopal hospital, Phila-
delphia, of peritonitis, following an
attack of appendicitis. She was tak-
"en sick about ten days previous but
her condition did not become alarm-
ing until Saturday when she was tak-
en to the hospital but nothing could
be done to save ner life.
| She was born in Bellefonte and was
| twenty-two years old last August.
Her childhood and early girlhood were
spent in Bellefonte the family later
‘ moving to State College where she
' graduated at the High school and had
| one year in College. Some four or
i five years ago the family moved to
| Philadelphia and she accepted a po-
! sition in the vocational educational
department at Wanamaker’s. She
was peculiarly adapted to the work
of teaching and had met with pro-
She had been re-
partment. She was a great lover of
‘ outdoor sports, such as horseback rid-
"ing, golf and tennis, and all her lei-
sure time was spent in that way.
Mourning her death are her pai-
' ents and one brother, Charles Krum-
rine, of Philadelphia. The remains
! were taken to Williamsport where
burial was made yesterday afternoon.
REDDING.—James Redding, a
well known coal operator, was found
dead in bed at his home in Altoona
on Monday morning. He was appar-
ently in good health ail day on Sun-
day and took an automobile trip in
the afternoon. Before going to bed
he complained of a pain in his chest
but it was not serious enough to cause
any alarm.
Mr. Redding was born at Snow
Shoe on January 21st, 1865, hence
was in his fifty-seventh year. His
boyhood days were spent at Snow
Shoe but when he grew to manhood
he moved to Clearfield and most of
his life was spent ihere. Some years
ago he became interested in the coal
business and had charge of extensive
mines at Dysart, and in the spring of
1920 he moved to Altoona in order to
be nearer to his mining operations.
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He was married to Miss Sarah F..
Smith and she survives with one son,
Edward J. Redding, of New Castle.
He also leaves one sister and a broth-
er, Miss Anna and Lawrence Redding,
of Snow Shoe. The remains were
taken to Clearfield on Wednesday
morning and burial made in the Cath-
olic cemetery at that place yesterday
| morning.
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GARBRICK. — Mrs. Mary Ellen
Garbrick, widow of John Garbrick,
passed away at her home at Coleville
at 11:30 o’clock on Saturday morning
following an illness of some weeks
with uremia.
She was a daughter of John and
Martha Houser Cole and was born at
Coleville in May, 1846, hence was 75
years and 5 months old. She was
married to John Garbrick about fifty-
four years ago, who has been dead
about twenty years, but surviving are
the following children: Curt Gar-
brick, of Mill Hall; Mrs. Edward No-
lan, of Coleville; Mrs. Alice Steven-
son, of Niagara Falls, and Harry E.
Garbrick, of Coleville. She also
leaves two brothers, Jacob Cole, of
Bellefonte, and Perry, of Coleville,
and two half-brothers and two half-
sisters, namely: Mrs. E. C. Tuten, of
Philipsburg; Amos G. Cole, of Lewis-
town; Frank, in North Dakota, and
Mrs. Harold Kirk, of Pine Crest farm,
south of Bellefonte.
Funeral services were held at her
late home at two o'clock Tuesday
afternoon by Rev. G. E. Smith, after
which burial was made in the Union
cemetery.
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SMEAD.—Mrs. Gertrude Smead,
wife of Howard Smead, of Bellefonte,
passed away at the Bellefonte hos-
pital, where she had been a patient
since August, on Tuesday morning.
Her illness dates back to a year ago.
She was a daughter of James and
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fluenza, which finally developed into
pneumonia. She was aged five years
and six months and in addition to her
bereaved parents is survived by one
brother and a sister. Rev. J. Max
Kirkpatrick, of the Presbyterian
church, will have charge of the serv-
ices which will be held at 9:30 o’clock
this (Friday) morning, burial to be
made in the Boalsburg cemetery.
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Christian Endeavorers Rally in Par-
adise.
Another enthusiastic Christian En-
deavor rally was held in the United
Brethren church at Paradise on Tues-
day evening. The rally theme was
“C. E. Foursquare,” and was discus-
sed as follows: “The four great di-
visions,” by Miss Mary Kauffman, of
Centre Line. “The four great prin-
ciples,” by the county C. E. president,
Clarence Williams. “The four great
spheres of action,” by L. C. Thomp-
son, and “The four great methods,”
by Rev. L. C. McHenry, of Houser-
ville. Each speaker was very emphat-
ic and sounded the right notes at the
right time and place. The president
made an appeal for more comrades
for the “quiet hour.” Miss Helen Em-
enhizer, of Houserville, brought echoes
from a great rally held at Port
Treverton. In addition to the enthu-
siastic congregational singing the
Centre Line quartette sang “Speed
Away” and James Schreck and wife,
of Lemont, and C. E. Smith, of Belle-
fonte, sang “Some Happy Day.”
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Rev.
George E. Smith, Bellefonte; vice
president, James H. Schreck, Lemont;
recording secretary, Roy H. Grove,
Bellefonte; assistant secretary, Miss
Mary Kauffman, Centre Line; treas-
urer, Miss Adaline Bathurst, Belle-
fonte.
There were present at the gather-
ing 63 from Paradise, 23 from Centre '
Line, 18 from Bellefonte, and 26 from
Houserville. The next rally will be
held at Runville. The congregation
at Paradise had their Harvest Home
services on Sunday and allowed their
elaborate and “fruitful” decorations
to remain for the rally.
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Fell Down Cellar Stairs and Broke
Her Neck.
About 2:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon Mrs. Catherine Solt, wife
of William Solt, living south of How-
ard, fell down the cellar stairs and
broke her neck on the concrete floor,
dying instantly. Mr. and Mrs. Solt
were busy making preparations to
move to another home. Mr. Solt was
out in the yard and Mrs. Solt was
busy in the house. She was making
a hurried trip down stairs when she
slipped and fell. It was perhaps fif-
teen minutes later when her husband
found her lifeless body. A large
gash on her head was mute evidence
of how she met her death.
Mrs. Solt’s name was ~ Catharine
Daughenbaugh and she was born near
Bellefonte about fifty-six years ago.
In addition to her husband she is sur-
vived by four children: Curtis, a
telegraph operator at Sandy Ridge;
Mrs. Schaeffer, of Bellefonte; Mrs.
Lester Leathers and Miriam, at home.
Funeral services will be held at her
late home at ten o'clock tomorrow
morning by Rev. Foss, of the Re-
formed church, and burial will be
made at Jacksonville.
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Young People’s Sunday School Con-
ference.
The fifth annual young people’s
' conference of Centre county Sunday
! 12th, ‘at 9:30 ‘a.- m.
schools will be held at the Bellefonte
High school on Saturday, November
Mr. Bonsal, of
Philadelphia, young people’s superin-
tendent, and Miss Netting, of Erie,
' assistant superintendent, will be the
principal speakers of the day. Mr.
Hule Dale, young people’s county
. superintendent, urges that every su-
Mary Evers Gallagher and was born
in Bellefonte on April 11th, 1884,
hence was 37 years, 7 months and 14 :
"Hill, Eleanor Gettig, Mark Hunter,
days old. Her entire life was spent
in Bellefonte.
On December 22nd,’
1903, she was married to Mr. Smead |
and he survives with five children,
namely: Ambrose, Marie, Elizabeth,
Joseph and John, all at home. She
also leaves one brother and two sis-
ters, Thomas Gallagher, Mrs. John
Derstine and Miss Mary Gallagher,
all of Bellefonte.
She was a faithful member of the
Catholic church all her life and fun-
00 | eral services will be held in that
church at ten o’clock this morning by
Rev. Father Downes. Burial will be
made in the Catholic cemetery.
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McCORMICK.—Robert B. McCor-
mick, of Lock Haven, president judge
of the judicial district comprising the
counties of Clinton, Cameron and Elk,
died on Sunday following six months
illness with heart trouble, aged 48
years. He was a graduate of Lafay-
ette College and was admitted to the
Clinton county bar in 1894. He seiv-
ed two years as district attorney of
Clinton county and was appointed
judge by Governor Brumbaugh to suc-
ceed the late judge, Harry Alvan Hall,
deceased. He was also elected for a
full term on the bench in 1918. He is
survived by his widow and two daugh-
ters. Burial was made on Wednesday
afternoon.
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BRADFORD.—Grace Irene Brad-
ford, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Bradford, of Lemont, passed
away on Tuesday night following an
illness of two weeks or more with in- |
j afternoon which will
perintendent return his registration
card promptly.
The local committee in charge of
the conference is as follows: H. C.
Menold, general chairman; Mary Dale,
secretary; Ella Harvey, Grace Shope,
Lois Foreman, Dorris Cobb, Marjorie
Leslie Thomas, William Keller, John
Dubbs, Harold Wion, Earl Teaman
and Otto Smith.
American Legion Carnival.
The Brooks-Doll Post of the Amer-
ican Legion will hold a three day’s
carnival in celebration of Armistice !
day. On Wednesday and Thursday,
November 9th and 10th, the carnival
will be held in the armory in the even-
ings only. On the 11th, Armistice
day, there will be an all day celebra-
tion. There will be a parade in the
include five
bands and every organization in Cen-
tre county is invited to participate.
The parade will be followed by a foot- |
ball game on Hughes field and a big
dance in the armory at night. At the
armory on Wednesday and Thursday |
nights there will be a mammoth ba- |
zaar, to include fortune telling, re- |
freshments and music all the time. |
The public is asked to extend their
patronage.
Fifth Red Cross Roll Call. - |
The fifth annual enrollment of |
members of the American Red Cross |
will take place November 11th to 24th.
No words are necessary to convince
you of the value of this appeal. Our
local Red Cross throughout the year |
has given aid where aid was needed |
and the organization and its humane |
work can live only if it is remember-
ed by a big enrollment of members. |
Haler—Weston.—A pretty wedding
was celebrated on Wednesday even-
ing at the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. C.
Weston, in Miss Rebecca N. Rhoads’
new bungalow on west Linn street,
when their daughter, Miss Eleanor
Weston, was united in marriage to
Philip J. Haler, of Pittsburgh. Only
the immediate members of the two
families, and a very few close friends
of the bride and groom were present
to witness the ceremony which took
place at six o’clock, and was perform-
ed by Rev. Dr. A. M. Schmidt, of the
Reformed church, the beautiful ring
service being used. The bride was
‘given in marriage by her father, Dr.
Weston.
The bride wore a gown of white
Canton crepe de chine, with a bridal
veil, and carried a bouquet of bride’s
roses. She was attended by Mrs.
. Germantown.
' Fine and Jail Sentence for Booze
Richard Weston, as matron of honor,
who was attired in blue and carried a
bouquet of chrysanthemums. The
bridegroom was assisted in the cere-
mony by his younger brother, Mr.
Haler. Following the ceremony and
congratulations delicious refreshments
were served and later Mr. and Mrs.
Haler were taken to Tyrone by auto-
mobile for a brief wedding trip west.
The bride is very well known and
universally admired in Bellefonte. A
great lover of children she has for a
number of years past been interested
in kindergarten and health work
among the school children and two
years ago she developed the character
of “San Tan,” on the lines of the
“Cho Cho” tales, and in this way
gave health talks in the grade schools
of Bellefonte. She was peculiarly
adapted to this line of work and filled
engagements along a similar line in
Philadelphia and other places in the
State. She has also been deeply in- |
terested in missionary and Y. W. C.'
work and in both capacities wll be
greatly missed by her co-workers.
The bridegroom is a graduate of
The Pennsylvania State College in the discovered from the top of the new |
department of forestry, and is now an
instructor in forestry at that institu- |
tion. Returning from their wedding
trip they will go at once to their al- |
ready furnished apartments at State
College. i
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Maurer — McDonald. — Clyde M.
Maurer and Miss Myra McDonald,
both of Martha, were married at the
parsonage of the United Brethren
church, at noon on Monday, by the
pastor, Rev. George E. Smith. The
young couple left on the Pennsylva-
nia-Lehigh train to spend their hon- |
eymoon in Washington, D. C., and re-
turning will locate at Martha.
Kline—Levi.—Harrison G. Kline, :
son of ex-sheriff and Mrs. Henry
Kline, and Miss Barbara Levi, a
daughter of Mrs. M. C. Levi, were
married on Wednesday evening at the
home of the bride’s mother on Spring
street by Rev. Wilson P. Ard, of the
Lutheran church. The young couple
left the same evening on a wedding
trip to New York city and Washing-
ton, D. C. The bride is very well
known in Bellefonte and for a num-
ber of years has been one of the effi-
cient employees in Katz & Co’s store. |
The bridegroom is in the employ of
the State Highway Department. i
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In Society.
Mrs. H. C. Yeager was hostess
Tuesday night for the card club of
which she is a member, two tables be-
ing in play.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Twitmire will
entertain tonight at their home on
Water street, with a dinner of nine
covers.
The Misses Helen and Roxanna
Mingle and Mr. and Mrs. John Marks
were originators of the masked dance |
given at the new Masonic camp at
Snow Shoe Intersection last night.
Between fifty and seventy-five invita-
tions were issued; cider doughnuts
and pop corn being the refreshments
served. !
The annual Hallowe’en dance and
card party was given by the Catho- !
lic Daughters of America in Knights !
of Columbus hall last night. Good
music, elaborate decorations and good :
refreshments made the party a great
success. |
Mrs. H. E. Fenlon entertained Sat-
urday afternoon in compliment of
Mrs. Richard’s friend, Mrs. Moyer, of
Thieves.
In the federal court at Scranton,
on Wednesday, Robert B. Montgom-
ery, of Bellefonte, was convicted of
"instigating and planning the steal-
ing of whiskey from the federal de-
pository of confiscated liquors in the
cellar of the Bellefonte postoffice, and
was sentenced by Judge C. B. Witmer
to pay a fine of $100 and undergo im-
prisonment in the Centre county jail
for a period of one year.
Joseph Garis, John Morrison, Orrie
Morrison and John Showalter, who
plead guilty to stealing the liquor,
were each sentenced to pay a fine of
$50 and undergo imprisonment in the
Centre county jail for a period of six
months.
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——Lovers of football will have an
opportunity to see a good game to-
morrow when the Bellefonte Acade-
my eleven will play the Carnegie
Tech Freshmen on Hughes field.
Game will be called at two o’clock and
admission will be only 25 cents. The
crowd that saw last Saturday’s game
got their money’s worth in the action
of the Academy eleven and the game
tomorrow will be just as interesting
and exciting. Go and encourage the
local team.
ties.
The Return of the Swarthmore
Chautauqua to Bellefonte. -
It will be of interest to the people
of this community to learn that the
Swarthmore Chautauqua contract for
1922 has finally been consummated.
Last week a representative of that as-
sociation was in Bellefonte and secur- .
ed the necessary number of guaran-'
A sufficient number of guaran-!
tors not having been secured in Sep-'
tember, Mr. George P. Bible and Rob-
tors.
ert S. Walker made an effort to bring
the Community Chautauqua to Belle-
fonte, but when there was an oppor-
tunity for the return of the Swarth-
more Chautauqua, Mr. Bible and Mr.
Walker dropped their work in behalf
of the Community association and!
heartily supported the Swarthmore
association.
The Business Men’s Association has
generously supported the movement '
The
by signing as ten guarantors.
Order of Elks as five guarantors, and
the Women’s club as two guarantors,
making a total of 113 guarantors.
If the ticket committee meets with
the response that has been shown by
the guarantors it will be an easy ef-
fort to successfully put over Chautau-
qua next summer.
The Swarthmore Chautauqua assc-
ciation is not a profit making concern.
It does not pay a war tax. There ale
many people in Bellefonte who get
pleasure and profit from it. It is
helpful to the children. It is a good
thing for 600 Bellefonters to get un-
der one tent. If you can not go next
summer, see that some one goes in
your place.
Moonshiner’s Still Discovered from
Top of Fire Tower.
The following dispatch appeared in
the Philadelphia Public Ledger on
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Sunday:
Harrisburg, Oct. 22.—The first fire
sixty-foot fire towers, fifty of which
have just been put in place by the
used in connection with a moonshin-
er’s still in Centre county.
That particular tower was completed
yesterday and the observer had hard-
ly crawled to the top when he saw
dense smoke issuing from the timber-
land a few miles away. He got the
exact location and telephoned to the
forest warden who called out his fire-
fighting crew.
Upon arrival at the location whence
the smoke came the firemen found a
still in full blast. The warden report-
ed the matter to the federal authori-
The Department of Forestry
has not yet heard what the -prohibi-
tion officers of the district have done.
The only fire tower located in Cen-
tre county is in the Snow Shoe region,
and that one was just completed last
week. The people of that section nat-
urally believed it would be a great aid
in nipping fires in the bud and thus
saving so much ruthless destruction
of young timber, but if the above dis-
patch is true it will probably be the
means of uncovering some things in
the woodlands of that section that
some of the people at least would like
to see lie still.
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Committee to Pass Upon Bear Mead-
ows Park.
Under the act passed at the last
session of the Legislature some five
or six parcels of land in various parts
of the State are to be set aside as
public parks for the enjoyment of the
' people of the Commonwealth, and one
of the tracts which has been suggest-
ed lies in the Bear Meadows. The
Commissioner of Forestry has se-’
lected as a committee to examine and
report on the Bear Meadows tract the
following persons:
Dr. J. T. Rothrock, West Chester.
Mrs. Edward Lyon, Bellefonte.
Col. J. L. Spangler, Bellefonte.
Miss Mary Gray Meek, Bellefonte.
Dr. E. E. Sparks, State College.
Prof. Frank D. Kern, State College.
Prof. Nelson F. Davis, Lewisburg.
Supt. D. O. Etters, State College.
Prof. James R. Hughes, Bellefonte.
Mrs. G. D. Green, Lock Haven.
Mrs. Thomas N. Wynn, Lock Haven.
Hon. Henry Meyer, Rebersburg.
S. Ward Gramley, Millheim.
John H. Chatham, McElhattan.
The date for the inspection of the
above tract has not yet been selected .
but it will probably be in the near fu-
ture, as the Department is anxious to
have a report on same within sixty
days.
A Record Breaker on the Tyrone
Division.
All traffic records in the history of
the Tyrone division of the Pennsylva-
nia railroad were broken on Sunday,
October 23rd, when, in an interchange
between the Tyrone and Middle divis-
ions, a total car movement of 2,928
cars were recorded during the twen-
ty-four hour period from midnight
Saturday until midnight Sunday
evening. The figures include both
east and westbound traffic.
During the day an average of 112
cars an hour, or two cars every min-
ute, were handled, the movement be-
ing principally coal, although all oth-
er varieties of freight was also han-
dled. The previous high record was
“established one day during the world
war when a total of 2,800 cars passed
east and west over the division.
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Today and tomorrow Mrs. J. J.
Carson, of Lock Haven, will give the
‘public a second opportunity for meet-
ing Mr. Riggs, a scientific foot expert
from the headquarters of the Wizard
system of foot relief, who will ex-
! amine your feet without charge or ob-
ligation. The Wizard - method for
treating the feet is one of the most
successful now before the public.
Fred Hull’s Body Brought Home an
Buried.
The body of Fred M. Hull, killed in
action in the Argonne Sector, in
France, on September 26th, 1918, ar-
rived in Bellefonte on Sunday morn-
ing and was taken to the home of the
young soldier’s sister, Mrs. W. W.
Bicketts, where it was kept until the
time of the funeral vn ‘Tuesday morn-
ing. The Brooks-Doll Post American
Legion attended in a body and the
services were in the Catholic church
at ten o'clock, Rev. Father Downes
officiating. Burial was made in the
Catholic cemetery.
Private Fred M. Hull was a son of
Mrs. Joseph Hull and was born in
Bellefonte, being 82 years and 5
months old. He was called for serv-
ice and sent to Camp Meade for train-
ing on February 27th, 1918. He went
across in July of the same year and
was assigned to Company K, 314 in-
fantry. He met his death in the early
part of the last big drive.
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Dr. R. M. Campbell Given Pathetic
Farewell.
Dr. R. M. Campbell, who on Sunday
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' State Forestry Department, was one preached his farewell sermons at his
various appointments on the Spruce
‘Creek charge of the Presbyterian
church, was given a rousing as well
as pathetic farewell by his parishion-
ers at the Graysville church last Sat-
urday. The laides of the church fur-
nished an elaborate dinner and it was
thoughtful of them to prepare with a
lavish hand as an unusually large
crowd was present.
Rev. D. S. Curry, of Mount Union,
moderator of the Huntingdon Pres-
bytery, was the presiding officer of
the gathering, while prayer was of-
fered by Rev. J. W. Francis, of Al-
toona. Addresses were made by Rev.
Samuel Barber, of Bellwood; Rev. R
P. Daubenspeck, of Huntingdon; Rev.
Samuel Martin, of State College, and
Rev. R. P. Miller, of Philipsburg. The
latter made the closing address and
on behalf of the ministers and elders
in the Presbytery presented the vet-
eran pastor with a purse of one hun-
dred dollars. Dr. Campbell was deep-
ly moved by this manifestation of es-
teem on the part of his co-laborers in
the church and made a splendid talk
in accepting the gift. ?
Dr. Campbell retires from the act-
ive ministry after a continuous serv-
ice of fifty-four years and seven
months, all of which time was spent
on three charges, Port Royal, Belle-
ville and Spruce Creek, by far the
longest time being at Spruce Creek.
On Monday he moved to Altoona and
will make that city his future home.
Board of Trade Resolutions.
Whereas, a nation-wide strike has
been called for November 1st by the
railroad operatives; and
| Whereas, the public would suffer
great inconvenience and incalculable
loss by such tie-up of the transporta-
tion systems of the country; be it
: Resolved, that the Bellefonte
Board of Trade deprecates the action
of these operatives in inflicting this
hardship on the public at a time when
most conservative and constructive
action is imperative; and, further,
urges the railroad managements of
the country to refuse to accede to de-
: mands that will merely defer the set-
“tlement of a difficulty that affects the
public so vitally.
The Bellefonte fire department
responded to an alarm last Saturday
afternoon and in some way misunder-
stood the report as to where the fire
was located. The fire was out at Wil-
liam Crawford’s, at Coleville, and was
a small building that years ago had
‘been used as a little store room. Some
of the firemen, however, when they
learned that the fire was at Craw-
fords, naturally thought of Frank
Crawford’s home, on Curtin street,
and beat it for there pell mell. They
even went so far as to unreel their
hose and were ready to attach it to
the fireplug when Mrs. Crawford ran
iout and told them there wasn’t any
| fire there. In the meantime the build-
{ing at Coleville burned to the ground,
but that wasn’t the firemen’s fault,
i as the fire had gained too great head-
way, and then the only water in that
section is in Buffalo Run, and it is too
. far away.
The Plum Grove school house
in Union township, located along the
{ public road between Snow Shoe Inter-
| section and Unionville, was entirely
| destroyed by fire about midnight Mon-
' day night. Various reports have been
| circulated as to the probable cause of
the fire but nothing definite is known,
' and it is just possible it was the re-
! sult of an overheated furnace. With
| no adequate facilities for fighting the
' flames the house burned rapidly and
‘was soon only a pile of ashes. Even
' the various outhouses were burned.