mere
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INK SLINGS.
— March came in like a lamb, sure
enough.
Tt won't be long until green will
‘be in vogue, for a day at least.
—In three linesletus say to those
who have not paid up to 1922 that we
need the money.
—Exeunt, Vis Count Lascelles.
Hereafter he will be known only as
the husband of Princess Mary.
It seems that the harder up we
get the more home talent schemes
there are to separate us from what’s
left.
—The new moon is lying well in
the northern heavens and them that
profess to know declare that it will be
a cold one.
—Of course there isn’t, but many
of us think there must be ice in the
Potomac because the Mayflower hasn’t
hauled those three Marionites who
haven’t had a ride yet.
—_The British having annulled the
Protectorate over Egypt, the Prince of
Wales had better be beatin’ it home.
He’s too nice a boy to take chances
with his life in a country where lives
don’t count for much.
~ —1In the light of recent enforcement
‘activities in this neck-"o-the woods we
have a sort of sneakin’ notion that,
weather being favorable, it will be
safer to set out onions at home than
angle for trout on April fifteenth.
That Harrisburg conference leads
us to believe that the Democrats of
Pennsylvania are more tractable than
was supposed. Apparently all that is
needed to completely harmonize us is
to lay off the Democrats and lay on
the Republicans.
— We're for any ticket with a
chance of winning, but a ticket com-
posed of men who have been actively
identified with any faction of our par-
ty in the past won’t have a ghost of
a show of coming through in Novem-
ber. A fifty-fifty plan would scarce-
ly solve the problem. Before the
campaign would be half over one side
or the other would claim it was being
double crossed and then it would be
cut, slash, trade. Every body for him-
self and the devil take the hindmost.
— While all the rest of us are work-
ing our wits to the thin end to grab
something out of the air that will re-
lieve us of the burdens imposed by the
war Germany is at the same job, but
in a much more practical way. She is
digging in working hard, giving no
heed to fake panaceas and has just
announced that she will be able to pay
her reparations at the rate of seven
‘hundred and twenty million gold
marks and a billion and a half in
merchandise annually. Germany is
work, We're dawdling.
—It is'a very informal way of do-
ing it, we'll admit, but as we haven’t
time to reply personally to all the
communications we_have received im-
portuning us to save Centre county:
and the Commonwealth by going to
Harrisburg as Assemblyman we want
to here announce. the demise of all am-
bition we may have had to render our
friends that distinguished service. We
had held the matter in abeyance up.to
Wednesday morning, when the an-
nouncement was made that the State
will no longer furnish pen knives,
fountain pens, hair brushes and what
not to her law makers in the form of
“gift packages” at the opening of the
sessions. That alluring perquisite re-
moved all desire to revel in the legis-
lative halls of Pennsylvania has died
a bornin.
—The sentence that the court gave
that college boy who opened his satch-
el so unwittingly to a state policeman
who would have had no authority to
open it himself, without a warrant,
has caused a lot of caustic criticism.
Post mortems never bring much com-
fort to any one, but a lot of sober
thinking ought to come out of one of
this sort. Have you ever really
thought that when you make just a
little dandelion, or grape or parsnip
or rhubarb or elder blossom and then
puff up because you have racked it off
until it’s so clear that some one just
must see and taste it and you take a
little bottle to a neighbor, merely to
gratify your vanity, that you are,
technically, just as guilty as was the
college boy who is in jail for six
months and will have to pay a fine of
five hundred dollars.
—An argus eyed Milesburg minis-
ter endeavored to draft a committee
of censors for a musical show that
disported to a packed house here Wed-
nesday night. He had lamped the ad-
vertising of the company and seemed
suspicious as to whether those “Cu-
ties in their underalls” would be prop-
er things for men susceptible to the
swish of an unholy skirt to gaze up-
on. We plead guilty as an accessory
before the fact, because we published
the very picture that has so disturbed
this good man of the cloth, but our
sated eyes failed to note the “Cuties”
at all and when we started to pass the
buck to the petticoat regime that holds
more or less control in this office they
came right back with the knock down
argument that it is no worse for the
girls to run around with less than half
of one per cent. of clothes on than it
is for boys and they had just seen a
track team beatin’ it out Spring street
with less on than the “Cuties.” So
there you are. We intended taking
sides with our ministerial critic, but,
well,’ you know “the hand that rocks
the cradle”—rocks most everything
«else in range.
ree”
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VOL.
67.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
The Democratic Conference.
The conference of Democrats held
in Harrisburg last Friday may be
fashioned into 2 vehicle to carry the
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Mr. Beidleman’s Rough Road. |
Lieutenant Governor Beidleman’s |
political life is just one hard jolt after
another. Soon after his elevation to
Democratic party into control of the | the office he now occupies he outrag-
government of the State at the next | ed the public sentiment of the com-
election. In any event
a good purpose for the reason
of fairness.
were earnest, inspiring and forceful.
One self-appointed party boss pro-
jected factionalism into the early
stages of the proceedings, those in at-
The addresses delivered | praised this as a piece of good poli- |
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tendance intimate, but his plans were
defeated before harm was done.
far as the facts have been revealed
the proceedings were held strictly to!
the purpose of harmonizing, uniting
and heartening the party.
Under a resolution offered by Mr.
J. Frank Snyder, of Clearfield coun-
ty, a committee consisting of six men
and six women present was named by
chairman Sterling, to select a larger
committee which is authorized “to
canvass the State for the best possi-
ble candidates for Governor, United
States Senators and other offices that
are to be filled at the election next
fall.” Under a separate resolution
the several county organizations are
instructed to create local committees
for a similar purpose. Hon. Arthur
G. Dewalt, of Allentown, was named
as chairman of the committee of
twelve and his associates on the com-
mittee represented about equally the
former factions in so far as their pref-
erences are known. During a recess
the committee met and performed its
assigned work.
During the poceedings of the con-
ference all personalities were studi-
ously avoided. Only one ‘speaker
named a favorite and he got no en-
couragement from the audience. There
were at least four hundred present,
probably one-fourth of whom were
women. Two of the best speeches
were made by women, and they indi-
cated a complete understanding of
party principles if not of practical
politics. All in all the conference
was a success and justified the hope
of the achievement of the purpose for
which it was called. The spirit of
confidence increased as the work pro-
ceeded and if the atmosphere of the
convention spreads - throughout the
State a glorious Democratic victory
may be expected in Pennsylvania next
fall.
— Senator Lodge can imagine
nothing more unpatriotic than oppos-
ing the ratification of a treaty approv-
ed by the President.
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Senator Pepper and the Bonus.
Senator George Wharton Pepper is
generous as well as profuse in his
promises of help for the wounded or
infirm war veterans, but inexorably
opposed to extending assistance to
those who are sound in body and mind.
This sentiment uttered in ponderous
figures of speech sounds fine. It is
appealing music to the ear of selfish-
ness. It is literally the exaltation of
the contract. The soldiers entered
the war under agreement. The
amount of their recompense was fix-
ed by law and understood by both par-
ties to the transaction. The payment
of the wages was therefore the ful-
fillment of the contract. It is not only
absurd but dishonest, Mr. Pepper be-
lieves, for them to ask or expect the
government to give more.
With. corporations, however, Mr.
Pepper sees a difference. He can un-
derstand why the government may ex-
tend largesses to railroad or manufac-
turing companies. The corporation
managers may have been mistaken in
their appraisement of the product of
their operations. The cost of produc-
tion, owing to unpropitious conditions,
| may exceed their estimates and the
price fall. short. This imposes a
hardship upon those concerned that
the government may well and prop-
erly remedy. There are various ways
of accomplishing this. Protective tar-
iff is the favorite but loans and boun-
ties will do. Anything that will afford
relief may be resorted to in order that
crippled corporations and unfortunate
speculations may be saved from trou-
ble or distress.
The question of bonus of itself is
debatable. If the troops claiming the
favor have been volunteers entering
into a contract with the government
to perform certain service, however
hazardous or onerous, for a certain
consideration, the payment of their
wages might be a discharge of all ob-
ligations to them. But they were not
volunteers. They were selected and
compelled to obey the summons.
Meantime industrial conditions chang-
ed and those who remained at home
profited immensely by the absence of
the soldiers. They ask only such ad-
ditional recompense for their services
as will in small part equalize their re-
wards for work with those who re-
mained at home. Besides Mr. Pep-
per’s party promised such adjust-
ment.
So |
it must serve munity in which he lives by appoint- |
that in | ing a colored man to the position of i
most part it was conducted in a spirit | private secretary. No doubt he ap-:
tics. There are probably 2500 colored
voters in the city of Harrisburg and,
many of them were complaining that :
{ only menial jobs came as a reward :
for their fidelity to the machine.
Moreover the appointee, W. Justin
Carter, is a lawyer in good standing !
and of considerable ability. But even
Republicans have prejudices and re-
sented the idea of a negro in such an
office. %
Time works wonders and the good
behavior of Carter. had reconciled !
even his white neighbors to the situ-
ation when another shock came. It
was in even graver form. It was dis-
covered that during the period he held
commission as Lieutenant Governor
Mr. Beidleman had accepted a check
for $5,000 from the Auditor General
in recompense for nothing. He has
since explained that it was given in
compensation for legal services but
as the law forbids an official from
taking compensation for services to
the State outside of the salary pro-
vided by law, his alibi has not been
favorably received. It is not ethical,
the lawyers say, and they may be
right.
However, the criticism that follow-
ed this exposure failed to dismay the
candidate, though it certainly dis-
couraged some of his friends. But
the campaign was moving forward
under the impulse of Harry Baker’s
energy and skill until the other day
when some one dug up the fact that
upon his induction into the office of
Lieutenant Governor he overdrew his
salary as State Senator to a consider-
able amount and appropriated the
money to his own use. The salary of
Senator for a term is $1500. He had
served two days in the session of 1919
and drew salary for the entire session. |
This exposure seems to be “the blow
Leaning on a Broken Reed.
The chairman of the Republican
National committee, in a statement
made public the other day, comforts
the voters of that party with an as-
surance that the majority of 170 in
the popular branch of Congress will
not be overcome at the next election
and that the majority of twenty-four
in the Senate is safe for another term
at least. He bases his opinion on
plans he has organized to make a
strenuous campaign for the coming
election in every State in the Union.
The achievements of the present Con-
gress are to be “featured” in the
newspapers and by the speakers and
the work of the Washington confer-
ence for the limitation of armaments
is to be held up as the principal ac-
complishment of the party.
Unless the voters of the party are :
mentally ossified the program of their
national chairman will not get them
far. The achievements of the pres-
ent Congress are simply nil. During
an almost constant session of nearly
a year it hasn’t accomplished a single
thing of value to the people of the
country. A temporary revenue bill
has been enacted but by common
agreement its principal effect will be
the creation of a deficit which will
make the $40,000,000 shortage in
Pennsylvania look like a candy toy
pistol alongside of a sixteen-inch gun.
It was hoped while the measure was
pending that the facts wouldn't be
found out until after the coming Con-
gressional elections, but that hope has
already vanished.
The work of the Washington limita-
tion conference affords no greater
support for the party. The only mer-
it in that is in the scrapping of naval
forces in equal ratio with four other
powers and the League of Nations
would have done that in a better way.
China and Japan came to an agree-
ment upon several disputed questions
under the auspices of the conference
but the President has declared that
this country is under neither moral
nor legal obligation to anything un-
der the treaties and consent to a sim-
ilar delaration on the part of the Sen-
ate as a prerequisite to ratification.
that killed father.” At least news-|So the Republican chairman is leaning
paper gossip indicates that he is abous
to withdraw from the fight.
——The farmers of Centre county
might offer the reward of a leather
medal to any one who will discover
any good the farmers of the country
have derived from the recent agri-
cultural conference at Washington.
sp A ———————
Labor Leaders Aroused.
Mr. Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, is
of the opinion that wage earners may
be compelled to take an unusual part
in politics this year. “Congress,” Mr.
Gompers says, “is in the midst of an
amazing kind of muddling with tax
and tariff questions, where little re-
gard is shown for the interests of the
great masses of our people and is no
more constructive in dealing with
transportation than it has been in
other fields.” State labor organiza-
tions are already preparing details,”
he adds, “and the standing committee
has been authorized by the executive
council to take up and co-operate in
the work.”
This purpose on the part of labor
has been induced by the action of the
administration in Washington in the
treatment of employees in the navy
yards. Without a day’s notice or a
moment’s warning ten thousand men
employed in the various navy yards
were dismissed, and this heartless in-
crease in the army of unemployed has
caused a great amount of suffering.
Of course it gave force to the pledge
made by the Washington conference
that no naval construction work will
be done. But it was hardly necessary
to be so literal in the matter. The
men might have been kept at work
through the winter months in dis-
mantling the ships that are to be
scrapped or in performing some other
kind of work.
President Harding makes great pro-
fessions of friendship for the wage
earners. But his treatment of them
doesn’t run in line with his pretenses.
He gives generous lip service in ex-
tolling the patriotism and courage of
the soldiers, but is not willing to ex-
tend a helping hand in practical re-
lief of their sufferings. There is no
money in the treasury to pay bonuses
to the soldiers or furnish employment
to labor. But there is abundance to
pay bounties to railroads or subsidies
to ship owners. The railroad mana-
gers and ship owners have been ready
to “step on the gas” when campaign
funds got low and they must be re-
imbursed.
Soden
——The French people are running
true to form. They cordially approve
an agreement between Poncaire and
Lloyd George which they condemned
his predecessor in office for even sug-
gesting.
“upon a broken reed in his plan of
campaign to save the party from dis-
aster.
—1If the movement for harmony
in the Democratic party achieves no
other result than to compel the Re-
publicans to nominate for Governor a
man of the type of Attorney General
Alter, it will be worth while.
Former President Wilson Gratified
with Message from Centre
County Democrats.
At the big Democratic banquet held
at the Brockerhoff house last week
the presiding officer, John Blanchard
Esq., was authorized by a unanimous
vote of the assemblage to send a let-
ter of greeting to Woodrow Wilson,
former President of the United States.
Last Saturday Mr. Blanchard receiv-
ed in reply a letter which shows how
much the former President appreci-
ates the kindred feeling of his fellow
party workers in Centre county. The
letter in full follows:
Washington, D. C,,
24th February, 1922.
My dear Mr. Blanchard:
The message (for it was virtu-
ally such) which your letter of
February 22nd brings me from
the Democrats of Centre county
has cheered and gratified me very
much indeed.
It is delightful to learn of the
friendship and confidence of my
fellow Democrats, and I hope
you will have some opportunity
to express to those who were as-
sembled the other evening my
sense of gratitude and pride in °
being associated with them in
planning high and lasting serv-
ices to the country by our great
party.
With best wishes;
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
Mr. John Blanchard,
Bellefonte, Penna.
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— State Teasurer Snyder issues
statements from one set of books and
Auditor General Lewis makes excep-
tion to them based on the figures in
another. And the person most inter-
ested, the tax payer, looks on in
amazement that such glaring discrep-
ancies could be possible in any well
managed, honestly administered de-
partment of the State.
ee —— i —————
— The vote of the women of Penn-
sylvania will decide the election of
the next Governor of the State if they
are influenced by conscience in cast-
ing their votes.
—It is now up to the Democrats
of Centre county. If they will get
together and pull together the result
of the next election will be all they
can desire.
MAARH 3, 1922.
NO. 9.
DESPAIR.
By Will Truckenmiller.
The drifted snow lies deep
Over hill and plain; i
And the wind goes moaning by,
Seeking for rest in vain,
December, the saddest month, “
Dreary, and dark, and cold,
Nothing of warmth and cheer,
And we and the year are old.
Was it so long ago
That we and the year were young?
Twelve months, or three score twelve,
And what has Old Time brung?
Gray hair and dimming eyes,
And sorrow and regret,
Longing for other days,
And cankering care and fret.
Under the drifting snow
Soon we shall make our bed,
Forgotten, as we forget, :
And we and the year be dead.
The Fight is On!
! That the people of Bellefonte in-
: tend to clean up the town by driving
‘out the bootleggers and closing the
| one open saloon may be taken as a
| foregone conclusion from the results
of the last three meetings held to con-
' sider the subject.
Last Tuesday night, at the W, C. T.
U. room, the attendance was such that
a number of extra chairs had to be
brought in to accommodate those who
| came. Like the court house meeting
{ last Friday night, when Dr. Tope de-
! livered his remarkably telling and
' forceful address, the conferece Tues-
day night was opened and closed with
prayer. Steps were taken to gather
together a committee representative
of a number of different county and
local organizations, two or more dele-
gates appointed by the president of
each. The Centre county Sunday
school association, with its eighteen
thousand members, the ministerium of
the town representing the various
churches, the men’s bible classes and
brotherhoods, the Centre county W.
C. T. U., with its between six and sev-
en hundred members; the Centre coun-
ty Civic committee numbering one
hundred and fifty, the Bellefonte
Woman’s club of one hundred and
seventy-five members, and the P. O.
later, such as the Y. M. ‘CY. AY.
C.” A., ‘the’ Belléfonte public schools
and Academy, the Roman Catholic so-
cieties and patriotic orders. This
committee will call on the local offi-
cials upon whom, under the latest law-
enforcement code, the Woner Act, lies
the responsibility for upholding the
Eighteenth amendment. These offi-
cials are the judge, the district attor-
ney, the burgess, the sheriff and the
constables. Before calling upon these
men the committee will be instructed
and become conversant with the pro-
visions of the State law-enforcement
code. Results of the call will be giv-
en due publicity.
Another matter that was taken up
at the meeting Tuesday night and
acted upon was that proper authority
be obtained from the State prohibi-
tion director to carry out the order
issued by Judge Witmer some ‘months
ago, as published in the newspapers
at the time, to utterly destroy, empty
into the sewers, the remainder of the
confiscated liquor now stored in the
Centre county jail.
Matters pertaining to the coming
primaries were also discussed. It was
recalled that at the former conference
in the same place last Friday after-
noon, and again at the Friday even-
ing meeting, all present were impress-
ed with the necessity to “get the
vote” at the May primaries—that all
voters must see that they are duly
registered, advisedly in one or the
other dominant parties. In case of a
change being desired by any voter
from the way he or she was registered
last fall it will be necessary to make
his or her desire known to the assess-
or several days prior to the registra-
tion dates.
The registration dates for the May
primaries are March 14th and 15th.
That the right and fair thing to do
was to stand for those men who are
running for re-election who supported
the cause espoused, was emphasized.
The good records of both Mr. Jones
and Mr. Beaver were brought out.
Also, those present were reminded of
the politically wet record of Mr. Scott.
His disdain and scorn of the temper-
ance people were recalled and the
warning sounded—not to be deceived
by his diligent seeking now for the
favor of the church and temperance
folk while at the same time receiving
unqualified support from his wet
friends,
tions mentioned. More may:
Contriduted by * * *
—They say we were all wrong
about the possibility of the Hon. Ives
Harvey going to the mat with the
Hon. Tom Beaver in the legislative
fight. If he goes for anything he’s
going for the Senate and the Hon.
Harry Scott is in for this catch as
catch can bout.
—Get your job work done here.
S. of A. were a few of the organiza-
— Flemington and Mill Hall were with
out water for some time a few days ago
when a main laid from Lock Haven in the
river bed was broken by the ice as it went
out. An auxiliary line was put into serv- :
ice. #
—Sunbury will be 150 years old soon
and a sesqui-centennial celebration, the
first four days of July is being planned.
An energetic committee is at work and the
old town will have an old home week of
large proportions. i
—On a petition of members of the bor-
ough council, the Clinton county court last
week appointed Mrs. R. Jane Kessinger an
overseer of the poor at Mill Hall, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of her
husband, W. K. Kessinger.
—Because of lack of funds, the Red
Cross Chapter at Punxsutawney on Wed-
nesday, March 1st, closed its offices. On
April 1st the visiting nurse will quit and
the baby clinics will be ended. Only work
for former service men will continue.
—By the will of Max Hess, merchant and
philanthropist, of Allentown, the em-
ployees of Hess Brothers’ store will share
in a bequest of $50,000, the amount for
each being determined by the length of
service. Charitable bequests total $90,000.
—Liborie Senew, a French veteran of
the world war, who had survived the hor-
rors of a German prison camp, was fatal-
ly injured in a mine at Clymer, by being
run over by a mine car while sitting down
eating his lunch. He was 24 years old and
leaves a wife and baby.
—A system whereby farmers seeking
hands for their spring work can make their
wants known to the chiefs of the state em-
- | ployment agencies in various parts of the
State has been worked out at the Harris.
burg district headquarters, and the first
question blanks will be issued in a few
days.
—In sympathy with the Presbyterians,
whose church at Canton was burned re-
cently when just ready for dedication, all
the other churches in the town, Protestant
and Catholic, are taking offerings this
week to aid them in the rebuilding. A
substantial sum is on hand and will be in-
creased.
—A mysterious explosion at Brenizer, a
mining village near Blairsville, blew Paul
Amergouch to pieces. He got up at 1:30
to go to work and a little later his com-
panion was hurled from bed by the force
of the blow up. When he was able to in-
vestigate he found Amergouch had been
hurled into eternity.
—No appeal will be filed in the case of
Daniel Benner, of Turkey Valley, convict-
ed in Juniata county court last week of
manslaughter in connection with the slay-
ing of constable Thomas S. Ulsh, of Liv-
erpool, in Benner's home. His lawyer,
W. Justin Carter, had asked ten days in
which to file his reasons for a new trial,
but is now satisfied with the verdict.
—A valuable driving horse owned by
Charles Snyder, a farmer residing in Fer-
guson Valley, reared, plunged and fell
dead on Valley street, Lewistown, last
Friday night when the band attached to
an “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” show blared forth
the music of the street parade. The ani-
‘mal was hitched to a post along the street
when the sound of the music smote its
ears.
—A search of the home of J, H. Patter-
gon, at Punxsutawney, .revealed -geods
missing after a number of robberies in
that town covering a period of six
months. The man was arrested for re-
celving stolen goods. Two sons are sought
for the actual robberies. Both are fugi-
tives, one having given the officers search-
ing the house the slip while they were at
work.
—Kenneth Preisler, of New Bloomfield,
vice principal of the Duncannon schools,
has been having an enforced vacation on
account of severe burns. Mr. Preisler was
cooking potatoes in a skillet when the fat
took fire and an explosion followed that
set fire to the kitchen in a number of
places. He was alone, but managed to ex-
tinguish the flames, being badly burned
about the face, neck and arms.
—In return for the loss of his wife's af-
fections, Theodore Robinson, a blacksmith,
of New Kensington, will receive 1,202 rolls
of wall paper, 10 gallons of varnish, 320
gallons of paint, 24 dozen cans of paper
cleaner and 125 feet of linoleum. Reobin-
son was awarded a verdict against Merle
E. Christy, who told the judge he éouldn’t
pay money, so he was ordered to turn over
the stock of his wall paper. store te Rob-
inson in lieu of cash. Be
—There is no intention of putting a ban
on bobbed hair at the Bloomsburg State
Normal school, Dr. Charles H. Fisher, the
principal, declared last Friday. “We don’t
intend to interfere with the rights of the
girls to wear their hair the way they
want to,” he said. “It is theirs to do with
as they see fit. I know there is a lot of
agitation against bobbed hair, but it is
only a fad, and if we let it go, it will soon
run its course and be forgotten.”
—S8itting quietly in his home a few
evenings ago, J. W. Grubb, near Millers-
town, was startled to see it so light out-
side. He investigated and found his barn,
which he had left less than an hour before,
was in flames. He and his daughter suc-
ceeded in getting the horses and cattle out
and his wife released the chickens, but
had her face and neck burned in doing so.
A pet dog, “Collie,” had been put up in
the barn for the night and was burned to
death. The fire is thought to be incen-
diary.
—Although a week has passed since a
battered and bleeding stranger shoved a
package containing $2000 into the hands of
Howard Shipley, of Brownsville, Pa,, and
suddenly disappeared, no clue has been
obtained to the identity of the owner.
Shipley had stopped on a West side cor-
ner when the man accosted him and said,
“will you be here a minute?” When Ship-
ley replied in the affirmative the man dis-
appeared. In less than two minutes he re-
turned, battered and bleeding, thrust the
money in Shipley’s hands, and fled.
—At a meeting of the Central Pennsyl-
vania League of Red Men, held at Lewis-
town last week, with seventy-five dele-
gates representing the councils, plans were
considered that will further the building
of a home and orphanage for aged mem-
bers of the Order or their dependents. The
committee on location made a report on a
farm of 100 acres that can be secured at a
fair price. Every council represented vot-
ed 100 per cent. for the home and orphan-
age and many suggested $1 per capita as
an assessment as a means of providing
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funds.’ Dr. John Ferley, great sachem, of
Philadelphia, addressed the meeting.