Pr ———— “Bellefonte, Pa., February 17, 1922. P. GRAY MEEK, - - >? To Correspondents.—NO communications published unless accompanied by the real mame of the writer. Terms of Subscription.—~Until further motice this paper will be furnished to sub- scribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Published weekly, every Friday morning. Entered at the postoffice Bellefonte, Pa., as second class mail matter. Pm $1.50 “Information to the Public”—By a New Voter. When it became certain in the sum- mer of 1920, that women would vote at the approaching election, efforts were at once made to instruct them in regard to their new duties and privileges. The newspapers explain- ed, laboriously, how to mark a ballot, —not, after all, a very mysterious performance. Schools for political in- struction were started in some places, and at clubs and other gatherings, prominent men, some of them college presidents, delivered addresses on “The Education of Women for Citi- zenship,” and similar topics. But with all the instruction that has been given, there are some points that have not been explained, and that puzzle new voters. One of these is the matter of election expenses. There is an Act of Assembly which is enti- tled “An Act to regulate nomination and election expenses and to require accounts of nomination and election expenses to be filed, and providing penalties for the violation of this act.” That is its title, but it is generally called by the suggestive title, “The Corupt Practice Act.” Is it possible that corrupt practices in connection with elections had become so open and so general, and so flagrant, that an Act of Assembly was passed in an ef- fort to check them? Is it possible that there was danger that elections should register the amount of money that a candidate or a political party was willing to spend, instead of reg- istering the sovereign will of the sov- ereign people? We get our Presi- dents and our Governors, our Nation- al and State Legislators, our judges of various courts, by way of elections. Is it possible that those who reach these responsible positions have some- times reached them by the illegal us of money at elections? : Do those!who aspire to be law-mak- ers begin by being law-breakers? . The passage of the Act under con- sideration suggests that they have done so in the past. New voters have heard whispers " that candidates are scored and scori- ed as “tight wads,” if they fail te put up a'generous amount of money be- fore an election. Such whispers are very disconcerting to those who have read, with admiration, the words of the immortal Lincoln concerning “A government of the people, by the peo- ple, and for the people.” 3 Any information that will clear up this subject will be thankfully receiv- ed Judge Head, of the Superior court, says of the “Corrupt Practice Act,” “It was the legislative response to a vigorous demand by the people that a remedy be found to stop the corrup- tion fast becoming an incident of our popular. elections, which, if uncheck- ed, would soon destroy the free and honest expression of the will of the people.” The Act recognizes “lawful expens- es” in connection with the nomination and election of candidates. These law- ful expenses are divided into eight classes, as follows: First. For printing and traveling expenses, and personal expenses inci- dent thereto, stationery, advertising, postage, expressage, freight, tele- graph, telephone, and public messen- ger services. Second. For dissemination of in- formation to the public. eo Third. For political meetings, dem- onstrations and conventions and for the pay and transportation of speak- ers. Fourth. For the rent, maintenance and furnishing of offices. Fifth. For the payment of clerks, typewriters, stenographers, janitors, and messengers, actually employed. Sixth. For the employment of watchers at primary meetings and elections, to the number allowed by law. ; Seventh. For the transportation of voters to and from the polls. Eighth. For legal expenses, bona fide incurred, in connection with any nomination or election. For these purposes only may mon- ey be legally spent by any candidate. And the candidate is required to file, not only a full account, but also a de- tailed account, of all the money spent by him, unless he spends less than fif- ty dollars. Candidates sometimes pay in ad- vance, in a lump sum, large sums of money for their nomination or elec- tion expenses. This puzzles new vot- ers. How do they know beforehand, what their expenses will be? How is a detailed account of such money to be given? If there is no contest for a nomination, why should there be any expense? The second class of lawful expenses is a puzzler to new voters,—“For dis- semination of information to the pub- He.” Infermation is usually disseminat- ed, in these days, by means of the pub- lic press, the mails, telegraph, tele- phones, personal interviews, and pub- ' eats.” lic addresses. All these ways are rec- . ognized as the “lawful expenses,” and Editor | they are all used by candidates. But “For dissemination of information to the public” is put in a class all by itself. It must refer to a different way of “disseminating,” different from all the usual ways, and that is what is puzzling. How is the “infor- mation” referred to in class two, “dis- seminated,” and why cannot it be “disseminated” in the ordinary ways? It must be very important to candi- dates, as expenses of this class some- times constitute a large proportion of their sworn accounts. Individuals are sometimes paid for “disseminating in- formation” in sums of from one dol- lar up. What is a dollar’s worth of “information” and how is it “dissem- inated 7” Men have been voting for many years. Women have voted at but two general elections. Perhaps some of those who have been long time voters, especially those who have been candi- dates, can “disseminate information” to the women public, on the subject of “information to the public.” M. HB. Olewine Scholarship Awarded to Miss Sara Rishel. Sara Rishel, the nineteen year old Centre Hall girl whe wo years ago won first place and the State cham- pionship in boys and girls cattle judg- ing at the State College young far- mers’ week, has made good as a stu- dent at Penn State. She has just been awarded the Olewine scholarship, valued at $100, and awarded each year by Mrs. M. Elizabeth ®Olewine, of Bellefonte, to the Centre county girl student at the coliege who makes the best showing in the first half of the Freshman year and in a competitive examination. As a result, she has convinced her father that she shall continue her college career in voca- tional home economics through to graduation. Miss Rishel attended the Spring Mills vocational school and while there became a member of the calf club or- ganized by the Farm Bureau and won a place on the school’s dairy cattle judging team. After winning the in- dividual honors at the State College contests in 1920, she accompanied the winning team to the Eastern States Exposition, at Springfield Mass., in September of that year. Her team won second honors in the contests there. Others on the team were Sara Goodhart and Byron Decker, of the Spring Mills school. Decker is also a Penn State Freshman now. The scholarship award will make it possible for Miss. Rishel to com- plete her first year at College at the .| lowest possible cost to herself, as she earns all of her living expenses in the town. Two Hundred Centre Countians Ban- quet in Philadelphia. Two hundred former residents of Centre county, composing the Centre County Association of Philadelphia, held their eighteenth annual banquet at the Aldine hotel in that city on Wednesday evening. While no for- mal speakers were announced, there were many who rose at their places for short talks to sing the praises of the section of the State which all agreed held for them “the memories most dear.” "Warner Underwood, president of the association, acting as toastmaster, reviewed the history of the associa- tion, telling of the inspiration which was responsible for its founding. “The thought of association,” he said, “was given birth by several of the old-timers who once foregathered at a dinner to talk over the old days back in Centre county. Afterward they many times recalled the evening as being one of the most pleasant in their memory, and it was then decided to gather all possible in this section who had migrated from old Centre county and form an association. And, friends, that is what we are here for tonight. We are here merely to meet again the ones who can bring back to us each year memories of the happiest days of our lives, those we spent in LUCAS.—John Toner Lucas, for many years one of the best known residents of Moshannon, passed away at his home in that place on Sunday, following only a few days’ illness with pneumonia. He was a son of William H. and Margaret Bathurst Lucas and was born at Curtin on September 9th, 1842, hence had reached the age of 79 years, 5 months and 7 days. His boy- : hood days were spent in going to school and assisting his father in his work at the old Eagle iron works. In September, 1861, he enlisted for serv- ice in the Civil war as a private in Company D, 45th regiment, under Capt. Curtin. He served three years and in that time participated in many important battles and skirmishes, among them being the battle of Fred- ericksburg, Vicksburg, Jackson, Blue Springs, the siege of Knoxville and the battle of the Wilderness, where on May 6th, 1864, he was wounded in the right shoulder. He was incapaci- tated from active service for two months but remained with his compa- ny. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned home and went to work at the Eagle iron works where he remained until his marriage to Miss Annie P. Isenberg, of Hunt- ingdon, on June 16th, 1866, when he went to work for the McCoy & Linn Iron company at Milesburg. He worked for that company until 1873 when he went to Curtin as superin- tendent of the iron works there. In 1881 he located at Moshannon and embarked in the milling business, lat- er erecting a saw mill and opening a general store. He was also postmas- ter there for many years, though a few years ago he retired from all ac- tive business enterprises. Mr. Lucas was a life-long member of the Meth- odist church and an unswerving Dem- ocrat. He was a member of the Belle- fonte Lodge Royal Arcanum. Mr. Lucas is survived by the fol- lowing children: Edith and James, at home; Mrs. Cronover, whose where- abouts could not be learned; John, of Moshannon; Mrs. Blanche Zimmer- man, of Altoona; Albert, who has been in the west but recently returned home; Mrs. Roy Lucas, of Moshan- non, and Clyde C., of Howard. He al- so leaves one brother, Nelson A. Lu- cas, of Washington, D. C. Funeral services were held at his late home at Moshannon at ten o’clock on Wednesday morning by Rev. Stephens, of the Methodist church, of Snow Shoe, after which burial was made in the Askey cemetery. RICE.—John Gamill Rice, a well known resident of Bellefonte, died at his home opposite the old Phoenix mill at four o’clock on Wednesday morning as the result of a stroke of paralysis. He was stricken upwards of six years ago but recovered to the extent that he was able to be up and around until about a month ago when he suffered a second stroke while at- tending evangelistic services at the United Evangelical church. Since then he had been entirely helpless and sank gradually until the end. He was a son of Samuel and Cathe- rine Rice and was born in Bald Eagle valley on December 8th, 1859, hence was 62 years, 2 months and 7 days old. Most of his married life was spent in Bellefonte. He was a labor- er by occupation and until overtaken by illness a hard working and honest gentleman. On July 18th, 1882, he married Miss Nora Wilson who sur- vives with the following children: Samuel Rice, of Elwood City; Mrs. Lulu Gingery, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Jennie Miller, of Niagara Falls; Har- ry, in the United States army; Calvin, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Elvina Brandon and Miss Blanche, of Detroit, Mich., and Chester, at home. He also leaves eight grand-children, two sisters and two brothers, namely: Mrs. Alice Hockenberry, of State College; Mrs. Jacob Shirk, David and Henry Rice, all of Bellefonte. Funeral services will be held at his late home at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon by Rev. Reed 0. Steely, of the United Evangelical church, burial to be made in the Sun- nyside cemetery. 1 1! GARBRICK.—Amos Garbrick, a life-long resident of Centre county and a veteran of . the Civil war, passed peacefully away at the home of 18s grandson, Edward Garbrick, at Coleville, last Friday evening. His death was the result of a general de- cline. He had been quite feeble the past two years and had not been able to leave his bed since last July. Mr. Garbrick was a son of George and Anna Garbrick and was born near Jacksonville on February 14th, 1837, hence was within four days of being eighty-five years old. His early life was spent on a farm in little Nittany valley and later up in the vicinity of State College. It was while living at the latter place he enlisted for service in the Civil war on August 27th, 1862, in Company C, of the 148th regiment. The company was raised by Captain Foster and with little preliminary training it was sent to the front and was soon in the thick of the Virginia campaign. On May 2nd, 1863, Mr. Garbrick was wounded at the battle of Chanceliorsville, where the regiment’s | losses were staggering. He was in | the hospital for some time but promptly upen his recovery rejoined his command and served until the end ! of the war, being discharged on June 1st, 1865. Returning home he engaged farming and later located at Coleville and established a milk route in Belle- | fonte. He eventually disposed of his milk route and went into the ice bus- iness which he followed until advanc- ing years compelled his retirement. He was a member of Gregg Post, G.' A. R. and the Centre county Veteran Legion, and was always in the fore- front of anything of interest to the old soldiers. His wife died many years ago but surviving him is one daughter, Mrs. Snyder Tate, of Coleville. Rev. Wil- son P. Ard had charge of the funeral services which were held at two o'clock on Monday afternoon, at the Garbrick home in Coleville, burial be- ing made in the Union cemetery. il i in | | Big Doings of the Bellefonte “Y.” i ' dents of the Bellefonte Academy were entertained at the Y. M. C. A. Bowl- ing and pool were among the attract- ive features enjoyed by them and re- , freshments were served during the | afternoon. : The first meeting of the acting i Board of Directors to be held since | the launching of the campaign which . so successfully ended last week, was {held at the Y. community room on | Monday evening last. Some very im- | portant matters were taken up and | acted upon, including the arrangement | of a gymnasium schedule and facts | pertaining to membership enrollment | and classification. Everything is be- | ing done to have the physical depart- | ment, including the showers, in good | working shape for opening next week. Definite periods for the various groups | have been decided upon, excepting | business men’s classes, which will be | arranged according to the time most - suitable to the majority. Sergeant Steltz, who has charge of the armory, is an expert bowler and is assisting the general secretary in lining up teams for a bowling league, “and an effort will be made to have at ‘least one division of six teams, and if i necessary, a second division for the novices will be organized. A meeting is to be held at the Y. this (Friday) ‘evening, at eight o’clock, for those | interested in the organization of this ! bowling league. It is desirable that | one representative of each of the or- | ganizations in town and line of bus- iness be present to work out the plans. i Alleys will be reserved at stated per- : iods when league games will be played ‘off. It will be necessary to have res- | ervations in early. {| A song service will be held in the lobby of the Y. on Sunday afternoon | from three to four. A special singer ; will be here and the meeting will be open to the men and young men of the | town. All are welcome. | Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5 i o'clock, open house will be held for ‘ and over, and their parents. Gymnas- i Last Saturday afternoon the stu- HOMAN.—Henry Brandsl lolian. | grammar school boys, 10 years of age | a well known farmer of Pennsvalley, ii. games will be played in the gym. dropped dead of heart failure at his pyeq tickets will be distributed at the home just below Centre Hall, former- | y this afternoon from 4 to 6 and Sat- A ER ET RR DY WRT RA SS Re RRR Treasury Savings Certificates Popular The new treasury savings certifi- cates, which were first put on sale in the latter part of December, have made an immediate hit, according to George W. Norris, governor of Phil- adelphia Federal Reserve bank. “People who like to see their sav- ings grow, but feel that alow rate of interest on a small sum of money does not amount to much, are quick to see the advantage of investing $80 in a security, fully protected from loss or theft, for which Uncle Sam agrees to give them $100 at the end of five years,” said Mr. Norris. Reports from all over the country are that the sale of these certificates has exceed- ed expectations. In this Federal Re- serve district, with reports not entire- ly complete, it appears that in the month of January 1944 certificates of the $25 denomination were sold, 3763 of the $100, 363 of the $1000, and 2674 of the $1 treasury stamps. This represents $632,994 paid in for certifi- cates or stamps, which will be worth $790,574 at maturity. During the last two weeks of December, the sales in the district amounted to $135,600 at maturity value, so that the total sales in the district to January 31st exceed- ed $926,000. Of the above maturity value of $926,000, Centre county investors, dur- ing the period above set forth, invest- ed in these treasury savings certifi- cates to the maturity value of $24,- 900. This form of government security is without question the most attractive ever offered to the public. These se- curities may be had at any postoffice in Centre county or requisition for them may be made in denominations of $25, $100, or $1000 (maturity val- ue) to W. Harrison Walker, assistant to director, Bellefonte, Pa. ——In last year’s issue of the “Watchman” for the current week in ‘ February comment was made on the wild geese already flying north- ward and also how promising the wheat looked. So far as the wheat is concerned this year nobody has had a chance to see it since early in Jan- uary and no wild geese have been ly the Ben Arney farm, at 10:15: o’clock on Sunday morning. While he | had not been in the best of health the ' past year he was up and around all the time, even on Sunday morning. | He was a son of John and Anna’ Royer Homan and was born in Fergu- son township on October 16th, 1859, making his age 62 years, 3 months and 27 days. His entire life was spent on the farm. He was a member of the Lutheran church for many years and an upright, christian man. Surviving him are his wife and the following children: Miss Cora, at home; John D., on the Homan farm below Centre Hall; Mrs. Chester Ho- man and Mrs. William Rice, of State . College, and Warren A. Homan, of Centre Hall. He also leaves one brother and three sisters, namely: Benjamin F., of State College; Mrs. Mary Brungart, of Zion; Mrs. Alice Miller, of State College, and Mrs. Jacob Rice, of Pennsylvania Furnace. Funeral services were held in the Lutheran church in Centre Hall at ten o’clock on Wednesday morning. Rev. M. C. Drumm had charge of the serv- ices and was assisted by Rev. J. F. Bingman, burial being made in the Centre Hall cemetery. ( ll i urday morning from 9 to 11. Presbyterians Active in Pennsvalley. Members of the Presbyterian church at Centre Hall as well as of : the other churches within the pastor- ate of Rev. J. Max Kirkpatrick have | been quite active in good work of late. They recently presented their pastor with $200 to help him pay for an au- tomobile. A few members of the Centre Hall church gave him two nice robes and the ladies of the church equipped his study with a desk light and the living room and parlor of the parsonage with beautiful chandeliers. The same group of ladies put 2 pulpit lamp in the church. : On Tuesday night of last week there was a meeting of the elders and ! ' trustees at the manse, those present being Messrs. Joshua T. Potter, D. Rearick, G. O. Benner, I. A. Sweet- wood, Charles Arney, John Heckman, : Frank V. Goodhart and J. C. Good- hart. They took up the question of i the New Era movement and planned | to meet the obligations placed upon | the church by the Presbytery. Ladies ing with Mrs. Kirkpatrick sewing rugs and at ten o’clock the two groups BUGBEE.—Mrs. Mary Meyer Bug- | joined in the dining room and partook | bee, a native of Centre county, died at | of refreshments of ice cream and | her home at Stockton, Cal., on Febru- | cake, The ladies present were Mrs. | ary 8th, as the result of an operation. | Charles Arney, Mrs. Frank. Goodh ; She was a daughter of the late John : ahi Charles Slack, Chan Gc. 2 ha ! and Mary Klose Meyer and was born | ner, Mrs. I. A. Sweetwood, Mrs. W. S. | at Rebersburg, this county. Most of | Slick, Mrs. John Heckman, Mrs. her married life had been spent in| George Emerick, Mrs. Daniel Daup, California. Her husband died a num- | Mys, Mary Goodhart and Misses Em- pep o JEOIs ago io SaTviving her 2% ‘ma McCoy, Martha and Elsie Boal, wo daughters, Mrs. Alvin Long, of Smith M ; ut Ts | Jroce Buh 3nd Mary Daviess oie of Stockton. She also leaves one | One day recently the ladies of the brother and a sister, David J. Meyer, ' Centre Hall and Spring Mills church- of Centre Hall, and Mrs. C. M. Bow- o5 met at the parsonage and made er, of Bellefonte. Burial was made at thirteen shirts for the Wanless hos- Blodktem. pital. Each one of the fifteen ladies : ; i took along enough good things to eat ideo, Mrs. Julia ii Ti to supply two persons and when their € best known women In NIWWany | rk was concluded a bountiful spread ‘flirting around in this neighborhood as yet. Last year fruit trees blos- somed early and were killed by heavy frosts, but if this kind of weather con- : tinues a few weeks longer the trees . will be retarded to a late date, which , promises well for a good fruit crop this year. ——The drive to help the destitute in the Near East is to be launched to- morrow. While many of us may feel that we need relief at home just now we know nothing of misery as suffer- ed by the Armenians and others whom this call for funds is to relieve. Real Estate Transfers. | Estella E. O’Brien to John Keoske, tract in Snow Shoe township; $400. Estella E. O’Brien to John Koske, tract in Snow Shoe township; $900. . C. H. Pressler to W. C. Stitt, tract _in Millheim; $525. Adam N. Krumrine, et ux, to Katie P. Reed, tract in State College; $1. i Rose Rudy, et bar, to W. F. Taylor, , tract in College township; $500. | _J. Herbert Waite, et al, to Joseph { Nyman, tract in Curtin township; { ‘of the church spent the same even- | $4,5 | I. G. Gordon Foster, et al, to Arvil- la B. Heberling, tract in State Col- lege; $750. Fannie A. Aley, et al, to Rose Sones, tract in Howard township; Jacob W. Sunday, et ux, to Harry D. Sunday, tract in Ferguson town- ship; $4,800. L. E. Kidder, et ux, to A. K. Yo- cum, tract in State College; $2,500. Amos N. Copenhaver to Eleanor Ne¥omgal, tract in Taylor township; Alton G. Steiner, et al, to Harry G. Steiner, et al, trustee, tract in Taylor township; $1. George H. Keller to Faith Reform- 23 Goureh, tract in State College; Fred Sawtelle, et ux, to John Saw- telle, tract in Philipsburg; $725. dear old Centre county.” i Other speakers were Dr. John C. C.. KREPS.—David Edward Kreps died Beale, secretary, and S. Gray Mattern, A on Monday at the home of his daugh- treasurer. . ter, Mrs. E. F. Young, on Phoenix av- ——————————— | enue, Bellefonte, following an illness Memorium. | of some weeks. He was born Octo- ‘ber 1st, 1854, hence was 67 years, 4 In sad but loving remembrance of our dear parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nason, of Julian, who departed from months and 12 days old. In 1876 he married Miss Mahala Bickel, who survives with the following children: this life one year ago, February 13th and 17th, 1921. “Dearest parents, you have left us, How we miss you none can tell; Your vacant chairs we view with sadness But God doeth all things well. Mrs. Arrena Young, of Bellefonte; | Elmer K., of Oneida, N. Y.; Mrs. Ka- | tie B. Pursell, of Lewisburg; Calvin | R., of Alliance, Ohio; John E. of i Brownsburg, Ind., and James Arthur, ! of Laurelton. He also leaves nine | grand-children and one sister, Mrs. R. | W. Kerster, of DuBois, Pa. | Funeral services were held at the Every day brings deeper memories Of the ones we loved so well, Cherished hopes forever broken, But God doeth all things well.” ANNA ANDREWS. .——The Bellefonte Camp P. O. S. of A. is doing a commendable thing in offering prizes of $5.00, $3.00 and $2.00 for the best essays on George Washington written by pupils of the Bellefonte public schools and submit- ted to competent judges selected by the Camp. The only string attached to the eontest is that essays must be written by pupils fifteen years of age or under, and must be in their own handwriting. This is an opportunity for the boys and giris to win a prize and at the same time enter a most worthy contest. The prizz winners will be announced at a regular meet- ing of the P. O. S. of A. on the even- | ing of February 24th. ——Bake sale Saturday morning at Runkle’s drug store, by the ladies of the Reformed church. “Say it with | Young home at 10:30 o’clock yester- ; day morning by Rev. Reed O. Steely, | pastor of the United Evangelical church, after which burial was made | in the Union cemetery. | DECKER.—Mrs. Jennie Decker, wife of Calvin Decker, of Tyrone, died at the Altoona hospital last Thursday afternoon following an emergency op- eration the day previous. was 52 years old. She is survived by her husband and three children, Je- rome Miller and Miss Marian Decker, of Mountain Orchard, near Tyrone, and Mrs. 8S. F. Graffius, of Sunbury. She also leaves two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Anna Schell and An- thony Sherry, of St. Mary’s; Mrs. | Michael McAvoy, of Kane, and George |W. Sherry, of Bellefonte. Funeral ' services were held in the Catholic church at Tyrone at nine o’clock on Saturday morning, burial being made in the Oak Grove cemetery. she was born in Centre county twen- { ty-six years ago. She is survived by Her maid- | en name was Jennie Sherry and she valley, passed away at her home at Hublersburg, as the result of general infirmities. She was born at Hub- lersburg eighty-two years ago, and her entire life had been spent in that vicinity. She was a life-long mem- ‘ber of the Reformed church and a good, christian woman. Her husband ' died several years ago but surviving . her are three sons, John, Boyd and Paul, all of Hublersburg. Funeral services will be held at her late home at ten o’clock this (Friday) morning, by Rev. Charles Faust, burial to be made in the Hublersburg eemetery. il I GIBBONEY.—Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gibboney, widow of Frank Gibboney, of Altoona, died at the Mercy hos- | pital, Altoona, last Wednesday, as the ! result of cerebral embolism. Her maiden name was Mary Smith and two children, her mother and three | brothers, all of Altoona. Burial was | i made in Rose Hill cemetery, Altoona, | on Saturday afternoon. Il Il EVANS.—C. Delancy Evans, a | member of the banking firm of Town- | send, Scott & Son, of Baltimore, died on Tuesday of last week as the result of heart trouble. Mr. Evans married a Bellefonte young woman, Miss Clara Valentine Milliken, and because of this fact had frequently visited here. His wife and one daughter survive. rr ————— A —— ———— ——Some repairs and adjustments were made to the town clock on the court house this week and the proba- bility is it will keep better time in’ the future. ' was served and enjoyed by all. | Evangelistic services are now be- i ing held in the Centre Hall church. : Philipsburg Boys Jailed for Robbery. Joseph Stitt and Walter Osewalt, of Philipsburg, and Peter Doran, of Os- ceola Mills, all boys sixteen years of age, were brought to the Centre coun- ty jail on Tuesday in default of one thousand dollars bail to answer at . the next term of court to the charges {of burglary and robbery. James | Wood, of Philipsburg, a lad of four- | teen years, is also implicated but he , was able to give bond for his appear- | ance. During the past month or two there have been a number of cases of rob- bery reported at Philipsburg and on | Monday the boys mentioned above | were arrested. At a hearing before evening, The P. O. S. of A. illustrat- Squire Thomas Byron they admitted ing of February 10th and told where their loot was hidden, all of it being recovered. Other robberies in which the boys were implicated were the McCrory & Co. store on January 1st, the Booth & Shontz bottling works 'and picking the pocket of an intoxi- | cated individual of twenty dollars. ——The Penn State orchestra gave a deligthful concert in the opera house last evening under the auspices of the Lutheran Brotherhood. Following the concert the members of the Brother- hood and ladies of the church enter- tained the orchestra with sandwiches, ice cream, cake and coffee in the spa- cious assembly room of the church. CENTRE HALL. John Rossman, of Mifflinburg, spent Monday in our town. Miss Grace Smith spent several days at State College recently. _ Mrs. T. L. Smith and daughter Lou- ise spent Sunday at State College. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shoop visited in Lewistown, Altoona and Tyrone over Sunday. Robert Meyer, from Altoona, spent Sunday at the home of his mother, Mrs. P. H. Meyer. Prof. Keener, of Selinsgrove, gave | | robbing the Globe store on the morn- | i a lecture-recital in the Lutheran ; church on Thursday evening. New pews were placed in the Meth- ! odist church this week. They are quite an addition to an already great- ly improved church. Rev. M. C. Drumm gave a lecture on “The Panama Canal” on Friday ed it with their lantern slides. Henry Homan died very suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday morning. He was buried in the Centre Hall cem- etery on Wednesday morning. A number of people in and about town are sick, suffering from colds in some form. C. A. Spyker had a se- vere attack of quinsy, but is again on the mend. A number of our young people who are employed away from home spent Lincoln’s birthday at home. Among them were Miss Miriam Huyett, Miss Ethel Rowe and C. F. Deininger. T. A. Hosterman is slowly regaining his former health. Mrs. J. H. Puff is somewhat improved, but does rot re- gain her strength very rapidly. Miss a Moore does not improve very much.