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Bellefonte, Pa., October 5, 1923.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
For Judge of the Superior Court,
CHARLES D. McAVOY,
of Montgomery County.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For Sheriff,
E. R. TAYLOR, of Bellefonte.
For Prothonotary,
S. CLAUDE HERR, of Bellefonte.
For Treasurer,
LYMAN L. SMITH, of Centre Hall.
For Register,
FORREST S. OCKER, of Miles Twp.
For Recorder,
SINIE H. HOY, of Benner Twp.
Fer County Commissioners,
JOHN S. SPEARLY, of Benner Twp.
JAMES W. SWABB, of Harris Twp.
For District Attorney,
ARTHUR C. DALE, of Bellefonte.
For County Auditors,
JONATHAN S. CONDO, Marion Twp.
HERBERT H. STOVER, Miles Twp.
For Coroner,
Dr. E. L. JONES, of Philipsburg.
For County Surveyor,
H. B. SHATTUCK, of State College.
Dr. Grover C. Glenn First Golf
Champion.
Dr. Grover C. Glenn is the first golf
champion of the new Centre Hills
Country club at State College. On
Saturday he won first honors from
Mr. Ray H. Smith, the runner-up, in
the first annual tournament of the
Club, which has been played during
the past week. !
Six flights of eight each qualified
for match play. Winners in other
flights were Neil Fleming, second
flight, H. W. Stuart, third flight, W.
P. Rothrock, fourth flight, F. D. Kern,
fifth flight, and David F. Kapp, in the
sixth flight. At the annual golf din-
ner on Saturday night cups were
awarded these winners, and a presi-{
dent’s cup, put up by dean C. W.
Stoddart, the club president, was giv-
en into the possession of Dr. Glenn,
the club champion, until the next an-
nual tournament.
On Saturday, October 6th, Centre
Hills players will be hosts to players
from eight other Central Pennsylva-
nia clubs in an invitation inter-club
tournament. Four players from each
of the following clubs will partici-
pate: Clinton (Lock Haven); Nitta-
ny (Bellefonte); Tyrone, Altoona
Cricket Club, Blairmont (Altoona);
Clearfield, Lewistown, Philipsburg,
and Centre Hills (State College).
Following the tournament and supper,
these representatives will hold an in-
formal discussion of a proposed plan
for a central counties golf association.
“Blondy” Cannon, of Altoona, the
Central Pennsylvania champion, who
played only one stroke more than
Walter Hagen in a recent exhibition
tournament at Blairmont, will be one
of Altoona’s representatives.
Examination of Candidates for Ap-
pointment to West Point.
Congressman William I. Swoope
has been requested by the War De-
partment to nominate a candidate for
appointment to the United States
Military Academy at West Point, and
two alternates, in time to take the ex-
amination at the Academy on the first
Tuesday in March, 1924. As there are
quite a large number of applicants for
this appointment, Mr. Swoope has re-
quested the Civil Service Commission
to hold an examination of the candi-
dates at Clearfield, and they have fix-
ed Saturday, October 27th, 1923, at
nine o’oclock in the morning, at the
Clearfield High school, as the time
and place for holding this examina-
tion. The examination will be on the
same subjects on which the success-
ful candidates will be examined when
they apply for admission to the Acad-
emy. All candidates must be actual
residents of the district, not under
seventeen nor over twenty-two years
of age on the date of admission to the
Academy, not less than five feet, four
inches in height, and of good moral
character. Full particulars in regard
to this examination can be obtained
by writing to Mr. Swoope, at Clear-
fleld, and a letter from him will ad-
mit the candidate to the examination.
More Japanese Relief.
The following additional subscrip-
tions have been received by the Belle-
fonte Chapter American Red Cross
for the Japanese relief fund:
Previously Reported .............. $1654.14
Willing workers, Lutheran Church,
Bellefonte .....c.veevrcrrnrirensse 5.00
Sutton-Abramsen Engineering Co.. 25.00
Zion Union Sunday School.........
Reformed 8. 8., Hublersburg...... 16.20
Total Contributions......... $1745.34
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Bomorealic Waldponi.
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WRIGHT.—Mrs. Mary K. Wright,
widaw of Charles Wright, died at her
home in South Altooria gf six o'clock
on Saturday evening, following a long
illness with rheumaticm and other
Complications.
She was a daughter of William and
| Sarah Bloom Garner and was born
near Pine Hall on March 31st, 1852,
hence was in her seventy-second year.
In the fall of 1879 she married
Charles Wright and all their wedded
life was spent on a farm in Ferguscn
township. Since the death of her hus-
band fourteen years ago she lived
with her children, five of whom sur-
vive, as follows: John Wright, cf
Boalsburg; Ira, of Bellefonte; Mrs.
Randolph W. Stover, of Akron, Ohio;
Howard and Mrs. Margaret Clark, of
South Altoona. She also leaves the
following brother and sisters: Alfred
Garner, of Hunter's Park; Mrs. W. K.
Corl and Mrs. Olive Martin, of State
College, and Mrs. J. D. Tanyer, of
Pine Grove Mills. Her descendants
also include twelve grand-children and
one great grand-child.
She was a member of the Re-
formed church at Pine Hall for many
years prior to moving to South Al-
toona. Funeral services were held at
her late home at 7:30 o’clock on Mon-
day evening and on Tuesday morning
the remains were taken to Pine Hall
for burial.
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DEAKIN.—Thomas Deakin, a well
known resident of Philipsburg, died
on Monday morning as the result of a
general breakdown, aged 75 years.
He was born in England but came to
this country almost fifty years ago.
He had been a resident of Philipsburg
for forty years. In his early life he
was a miner but losing an arm in a
mine accident he finally opened a pool
room and shooting gallery which he
conducted until his death. He filled
the office of judge of election for a
number of years. He was a member
of the Episcopal church and the Loyal
Order of the Moose. His survivors
include his wife, four children, one
brother and a sister. Burial was
made in the Philipsburg cemetery on
Wednesday afternoon.
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GIBBONS.—Mrs. William Futhey
Gibbons, wife of Prof. Gibbons, in-
structor in English at State College,
died at five o’clock on Tuesday even-
ing while undergoing an operation for
the removal of a tumor of the spine,
at the University hospital, Philadel-
phia. Mrs. Gibbons had been a semi-
invalid for some time and voluntarily
submitted to the operation in the hope
of being restored to complete health.
In addition to her husband she is
survived by four daughters, Miss Re-
Chicago; Miss Eleanor, a missionary
in India; Miss Margaret, studying
medicine in Philadelphia, and the
youngest at home. Burial will likely
be made at West Chester, Pa.
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FLANIGAN.—Mrs. Mabel Mildre
Flanigan, the three month’s old bride
of Arnold Flanigan, of Snow Shoe
township, died at the Lock Haven hos-
pital on Wednesday of last week fol-
lowing a brief illness with typhoid fe-
ver. She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McHenry, of Lock Ha-
ven, and was twenty-eight years old.
In addition to her husband she is sur-
vived by a little daughter, Leah, by
a former marriage; her parents, onc
sister and two brothers, Mrs. Stanley
Yorkes, of Snow Shoe; Lee McHenry,
of Lock Haven, and Arthur, of Flem-
ington. Burial was made in the Ce-
dar Hill cemetery on Sunday after-
noon.
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CORL.—Wilbur Corl, four year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Corl, of
Ferguson township, died at the Belle-
fonte hospital last Wednesday night
following an operation for appendici-
tis. Just two months previous, or on
July 27th, Mr. and Mrs. Corl lost their
ten year old daughter Elizabeth, as
the result of an attack of tetanus and
this double bereavement is a serious
blow, not only to the parents but the
five brothers and three sisters sur-
viving. The funeral was held on Sat-
urday, burial being made in the Pine
Hall cemetery.
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STRUBLE.—Harry S. Struble, a
native of Centre county, died at his
home in Altoona last Saturday morn-
ing as the result of an abscess on the
brain, following an illness of eight
months. He was born at Snow Shoe
almost fifty two years ago, and since
his residence in Altoona had been em-
ployed at the Pennsylvania railroad
round house. He is survived by his
wife, two children, his mother, one
sister and two brothers. Burial was
made in the Rose Hill cemetery, Al-
toona, on Tuesday afternoon.
Woman’s Auxiliary Meeting.
A “get together” meeting of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A.
has been called for this (Friday)
evening, at 7:30 o’clock. Every mem-
ber is urged to attend, and if possible,
take an additional member. The dues
of fifty cents a year are light but the
results of membership go far towards
supporting a work that is such a cred-
it to our community. The fact that
the women have paid their assessment
does not excuse them from further re-
sponsibilities. They still should con-
sider themselves co-partners of the
Association and not allow indifference
to dominate and thus reduce possibil-
ities that rightfully and righteously
belong to this institution.
Light refreshments will be served
during the evening and a most cordial
and urgent invitation is extended to
every woman in the town and adjoin-
ing homes to be present. “Come and
we will do thee good.”
HELEN E., C. OVERTON, President.
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Sunrise for
Dick Taylor.
: Following we publish a letter from Joseph H. Thompson, attor-
ney, of Pittsburgh, Col. Thompson is a Republican. He was the com-
manding officer under whom. Capt. Dick Taylor fought on the Marne
follows:
Captain E. R. Taylor,
Bellefonte, Penna.
My dear Captain Taylor: —
do.
of this county, four years ago, he wro%¢ o%
five years ago. When he learnea of the Cabtiin's defeat for Sheriff
of his sympathy and hopes as
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November 17th, 1919.
"Ne
I sincerely sympathize with you in your defeat for Sher-
iff. I know you must feel this very keenly—this must be
doubly true if you look at it from the same view point that I
I know the good people of Centre county have not for-
gotten the service you rendered—they just don’t understand.
The American public never forget, sometimes we grow impa-
tient and think they have forgotten. When they understaand
the facts they always do the decent thing. Perhaps at some
later time -if you still desire to run for public office and the
facts are impartially submitted to the voters of Centre coun-
ty I know they will not forget.
I fought in some of the bloodiest conflicts in the World
War with the sons of Centre county. I know that the parents,
relatives and friends of these boys will not forget. Do you
recall the night of July 14th?
know you will never forget, none of the boys will ever forget
that night when we were first baptized with the enemy fire, a
few minutes after twelve, midnight, and the heaviest barage
Oh, why do I ask this—I
was laid down, and the south bank of the Marne River, where
Paris and the war ended.
were.
see fit.
me.
you were stationed and how the fire kept up all night—and
then do you recall at dawn on the morning of the 15th the
enemy believing that no one could live through such a Hell
of fire—you recall that five times that morning the Germans
tried to put down their Pontoon bridges so that a great horde
of the Germans might cross over in front of our sector.
you further recall that five times the Germans were repuls-
ed, principally by the sons of Beaver and Somerset counties
who were under your command. And do you further recall
that how we believed that the day had been won and the ene-
my had not been permitted to cross the river—when those of
less valor retired the enemy coming over where these men
retired and then marching in column squads came the enemy up
along the South bank of the railroad and shutting off escape
for all who were between the railroad and the Marne River.
Just because you were unfortunate to be placed in this stra-
tegical point you paid the penalty of being taken prisoner.
Do not forget that the boys rendered a service second to none
that had been rendered up to that time. Three days later when
the Germans were driven from the Marne River we found
their maps—our Regimental P. C. was their objective for noon
on July the 15th, 1918—a few kilometers was their objective
for that night and their objective for the next morning was
Do
When the History of the World conflict has been written
nowhere will there have been a more brilliant service render-
ed than the service that was rendered by you and the boys
under you on the Marne River in the Conde en Brie Sector,
July 15th, 1918. These boys saved the advance of the enemy
giving the units in the rear a chance to reorganize and re-
pulse their attack, and as your Commander on this memorable
occasion I know that if these facts are brought to the atten-
tion of the voters of Centre county they will not forget. I
speak that which I know, not what some one told me, and
permit me to further testify in your behalf—there was no
‘ officer in the 28th Division more beloved by his men than you
You had a right to be respected by your men, you
never asked them to do that which you would not do yourself.
You are at liberty to use this letter in any way you may
Please let me impress upon you this one thing—if
at any time in the future I can be of service to you command
lease do not take your defeat too hard. I feel sure the
people did not understand or it could not have been possible.
Remember the sun never sets but what it rises again. I am
Sincerely yours,
JOSEPH H. THOMPSON.
The people of Centre county have not forgotten. They have only
neglected and if we sense the public sentiment aright are going to
fulfill Col. Thompson’s prophecy that though the sun set for Capt.
Dick four years ago it is going to rise with a glorious victory for him
‘on the morning of next Novemper 6th.
The County W. C. T. U. Resents the
“Watchman’s” Imputation of
Inconsistency.
Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 2, 1923.
To the Editor Democratic Watchman,
Bellefonte, Pa.
Dear Sir:
We, the members of the W. C. T. U.
of Centre county beg leave to correct
you on a statement made in a recent
issue of your worthy paper, to the ef-
fect that our Organization during the
past, has supported “Wet” candidates.
We are not “party blind” Mr. Editor,
but profess to be able to select from
all parties, candidates, who are abso-
lutely “Dry” and worthy of our sup-
port, for whom we work and vote.
This has been our policy from the
beginning and always shall be. Had
you perused more carefully the report
of the Centre county W. C. T. U. con-
vention you would have noted the par-
agraph you referred to read as fol-
lows:
“The policy of the W. C. T. U was
reiterated that “dry” candidates, en-
tirely irrespective of party, should re-
ceive the support of all W. C. T. U.
members.”
You evidently failed to note the
word “reiterated.”
A clipping from the Toledo Blade,
an Ohio newspaper of wide circula-
tion, referring to the W. C. T. U,,
reads as follows:
“This patriotic crowd is doing good
work to promote good citizenship and
to hit the curse of booze and drunken-
ness. It teaches respect for the flag
of our country. It helps to keep the
home fires burning. It keeps step to
the music of the Union.”
Please publish this in your next is-
‘sue, and oblige,
Yours sincerely,
REBECCA NAOMI RHOADS,
Pres. Centre Co. W. C. T. U.
Mrs. NANNIE F. WILLIAMS, (per R.)
Cor. Sec’y Centre Co. W. C. T..U.
The Centre County Civie Committee
Declares for Dale.
Be it Resolved:
1st. That we believe in the Amer-
ican form of government, and stand
for the United States Constitution
and the laws thereunder, as well as
the laws regularly enacted by the
State of Pennsylvania. ;
2nd. We believe in electing to pub-
lic office only such men or women as
those who adhere to our laws and that
are in favor of the just enforcement
of the same.
3rd. We are opposed to any officer
who has heretofore wilfully and
knowingly violated our laws, or who
has been instrumental in causing oth-
ers to violate same.
4th. We are opposed to the elect-
ing of any person to public office who
has heretofore, or may be inclined
hereafter, to violate his or her oath of
office.
bth. We are especially opposed to
the election of any person, for the im-
portant office of District Attorney,
who has disregarded the law or caus-
ed others to disregard or violate the
same. :
6th. Having confidence in the prin-
ciples and integrity of Arthur C.
Dale, candidate for the office of Dis-
trict Attorney, we would respectfully
recommend his election to said office,
and would appeal to the patriotic vot-
ers of Centre county, those who love
this great country of ours, her insti-
tutions and her laws to use all honor-
able means for his election to said
office.
The W. C. T. U. is for Dale.
At a joint meeting of the W. C. T.
U., of Centre county, and the Centre
county Civic Committee held in Belle-
fonte October 2nd, the following res-
olution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we use all honora-
ble means to secure the election of the
dry candidate, Mr. Arthur C. Dale,
for the office of District Attorney of
Centre county.
To the Voters of Centre County.
In order that my position relative
to law enforcement may not be fur-
ther misconstrued, I desire to state to
the voters of Centre county that if
elected to the office of Ditsrict Attor-
ney I shall and will perform my full
duty in the enforcement of all laws,
State and Federal, conscientiously
and honestly, to the utmost of my
ability, in the detection of violations
of the law and in the prosecution of
persons charged with such violations.
JOHN G. LOVE,
Republican Nominee for District Attorney.
Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 3, 1923.
Odd Fellows Install Officers.
The
installation of officers of
| Pennsvalley lodge, No. 276, I. O. O.
F., of Pine Grove Mills, took place on
Wednesday evening, district deputy
grand master John Shope, of State
College, being in charge. Visiting
delegations were present from other
lodges and the officers installed are as’
follows: ;
Noble Grand—Clifford E. Close.
Vice Grand—Ralph Rudy.
Fin. Secretary—D. 8. Peterson.
Rec. Secretary—James A. Gummo.
Treasurer—Elmer C. Musser.
Trustee—John Bailey.
Warden—W. H. Fry.
Conductor—J. H. Bailey.
Chaplain—R. M. Krebs.
R. 8. to N. G.—A. L. Boversox.
L. 8. to N. G.—R. E. Irvin.
R. 8S. to V. G.—W. A. Reich.
L. 8. to V. G.—R. L. McDowell.
R. 8. S.—P. E. Sunday.
L. 8. 8.—I. G. Harpster.
0. G.—R. W. Sunday.
I. G.—Charles Gates.
Samuel E. Goss, C. Milton Fry and
J. A. Fortney were all presented with
twenty-five year jewels, the presen-
tation being made by chaplain R. M.
Krebs. An oyster supper and smok-
er followed the business meeting.
——In another column of this pa-
per the Department of Horticulture
at State College is advertising apples |
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Reminiscences of Sousa and-the Wiz-
zard Edison.
The approaching engagement of
John Philip Sousa 2’ nis band at
. wear
State Colles” is avidence of what the
* development of Penn State means to
this community outside its direct ed-
ucational advantages. With the re-
markable growth of the institution
has come the demand for and ability
to finance entertainment features
rarely seen or heard outside the large
centres of population. The Y. M. C.
A., and the Department of Music at
Penn State have been the agencies
that have secured lecturers and artists
for appearance there who might oth-
erwise never have been heard in Cen-
tre county or by more than a very few
residents of the county.
Of course many of us have heard
Sousa and his band, but there are
many, many more to whom the great
band master is nothing more than a
dream never expected to come true.
To those his appearance at State Col-
lege on the afternoon and evening of
Thursday, October 11th, ought to
mean much; for the opportunity will
be there for them to hear the band
that the man who directed the Marine
band under Hayes, Garfield, Arthur,
Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley and
Roosevelt has built for himself.
Recently there has been given to
the public the gist of a conference be-
tween Sousa and Thomas A. Edison
on the subject of music. It is rather
a long story, but as several phases of
it have so much real news value and
as the thoughts of such eminent men
are always worth knowing we give the
story space here.
Sousa was. invited by Edison to
go to his laboratories at Orange,
N. J, for a conference over some
plans which Edison had drawn up for
industrial musiec—the organization of
musical units—among the employees
of his various enterprises. He was in-
vited because of his experiences in the
greatest musical organization ever at-
tempted in America, the training of
several thousand bluejackets at the
Great Lakes Naval training station,
during the world war.
“Mr. Edison, of course, does not
pretend to understand the technique
of musie,” said Sousa, “and his view-
point, therefore, might be that of any
other individual who has no particular
technical training, but rather a nat-
ural appreciation of musical values.
He rather shocked me by the state-
ment that of all the waltzes he had
heard during his career, but four were
of particular significance to him.
“He also surprised me by the state-
ment that of all the records made by
his company, the best-selling song
was a rather old-fashioned melody en-
titled ‘Take Me Home Again Kath-
leen.” As is generally known, Edison
is rather deaf, and it struck me as a
coincidence that the old song is also
the favorite of another great genius,
who is also deaf, Walt Mason, the
prose poet, whose prase jingles ap-
pear every day in several hundred
American newspapers. Like all per-
sons who have been deprived of a
portion of their hearing, Mr. Edison
has been recompensed with a remark-
able sense of rhythm, and I think that
his real appreciation lies in his sense
of rhythm rather than in its melodic
sense.
“Naturally, our talk turned to pres-
ent day musical tendencies, and that
means to a discussion of jazz music,
which every one knows is noise with
rhythm, if not melody. He remarked
that he had in his laboratory a device
by which it was possible to play a rec-
ord backwards, and smilingly he re-
marked, ‘jazz doesn’t sound so bad
that way.’ I earnestly urged him to
get his device upon the market at
once and suggested that it be done on
a Henry Ford scale of production.
“I asked Mr. Edison what sort of
music he would write if he ever de-
cided to compose, and he promptly
responded that he would write melo-
dy. This was another surprise be-
cause with his sense of rhythm, it
seemed natural that he would write
rhythmic music. Then he added that
if he composed he would write music
which would be entirely independent
of the E string. Since more love—
sensuous as well as holy, it must be
admitted—has been told on the E
string than has been written in all
the books in the world, I confess my-
self unable to classify Mr. Edison's
musical nature in any way but under
the general head of ‘unorthodox.’
“Whatever the nature of Mr. Edi-
son’s musical theories, it must not be
forgotten that Edison through the in-
vention of the talking machine has
done more to promote good taste in
music than any other agency in the
world. I have found this particularly
emphasized in my own work. Wher-
ever I go with my band, I find that
| the phonograph has created a lively
sense of musical appreciation. Peo-
ple in isolated communities who have
never heard a grand opera company,
or a symphony orchestra in their
lives, through talking machines and
talking machine records, have been
able to familiarize themselves with
good music. One of my aims of thir-
ty years as a conductor has been to
present good music, and I am frank
to admit that I am finding apprecia-
tion in a greater degree because peo-
ple over the country have familiariz-
ed themselves with good music.”
Many of our readers will recall that
Sousa made fun of the phonograph
when it was first placed on the mar-
ket. He called its reproduction “can-
ned music” and predicted utter fail-
ure for it as even a fair substitute for
the real thing.
It is gratifying to note from the
above acknowledgement of its present
value to the public that he is a man
for sale—either for cider making or | not afraid to admit that his first im-
winter use.
pression was wrong.
oY Borough
Business Transacted
Council.
Eight. members were present at the
régutat Meeting of borough council on
Monday evening. No verbal nor writ-
ten communications were presented
for consideration.
The Street committee reported that
the State Highway Department had
secured the use of the road roller and
that ten dollars had been collected
from John Dubbs for breaking the
guard rail over the race at Keich-
line’s store.
The Water committee reported the
placing of a meter at the swimming
pool on Hughes field, and that over
one-half the pipe has been laid on the
Coleville water line.
Mr. Fauble, of the Finance commit-
tee, stated that he had consulted the
borough solicitor in regard to the de-
mand of council that the treasurer of
the Pruner orphanage fund be requir-
ed to give bond, and he gave it as his
opinion that it was council’s duty to
insist on a bond being given. If the
treasurer declines then appeal should
be made to the court to require the
treasurer to show cause why he
should not give bond. The secretary
was instructed to notify the treasurer
of the action of council.
The Street committee reported that
Eben Bower had requested a grade
for curb and gutter in front of his
property on Howard street, and the
president instructed the committee to
have the borough engineer give same.
Mr. Waite stated that better pro-
vision should be made before cold
weather sets in for the residents of
Halfmoon hill to get down into Belle- -
fonte, inasmuch as the old wooden
steps were torn away under instruc-
tions from council. Inasmuch as the
land belongs to Haupt and Brown
there may be a question as to coun-
cil’s rights to construct steps there,
but the matter was referred to the
Street committee and borough solicit-
of for investigation and with power to
act.
Mr. Flack reported that the Potter-
Hoy hardware company declines to as-
sume the responsibility of removing
the hitching posts on north Water
street, and the Fire and Police com-
mittee was instructed to have them
removed, as well as some posts on
Spring street.
Mr. Cunningham stated that some-
thing should be done to keep the
pavement in front of the Scenic open
for traffic on Saturday nights, when
it is generally so crowded that peo-
ple going up and down street are com-
pelled to go out into the street. He
stated that he had spoken to the po-
lice but they did not co-operate as
they should. This started a rather
heated discussion on the police, traf-
fic regulations, ordinances, ete., which
ended in the usual way, no definite
goal being reached.
Mr. Flack stated for the benefit of
council that the Fire and Police com-
mittee had ‘two bills for winter uni-
forms for the police, one of which
cost $30 and the other $65.
Bills were approved to the amount
of $6263.85 after which council ad-
journed.
Death Ends Career of Oval Ledger.
With the death on Monday of H.
Jones Moore, of Oval, Lycoming coun-
ty, there passes away all hope of the
revival of the Oval Ledger, for years
the only one man newspaper in Penn-
sylvania. For twenty-three years
“Jonesy” Moore, as he was widely
known among the fraternity, publish-
ed his little paper in a hamlet of less
than a dozen houses. He was repor-
ter, editor, type-setter, pressman, job
workman and devil combined. His
four page paper was a welcome visit-
or to many editorial sanctums, and
had a very creditable circulation in
his home community. Several times
the editor was compelled to suspend
publication temporarily until he could
recoup his finances then the paper
would appear once more. Recently
the illness of the editor again com-
pelled suspension, and he was looking
forward to its resumption when he re-
covered his health, but death inter-
vened and the Ledger has probably
passed out forever. :
In addition to publishing the Ledg-
er Mr. Moore found time to’ conduct
a general store, operate a grist mill,
run a blacksmith shop, was postmas-
ter and justice of the peace, filled dif-
ferent township offices at various
times, and still found time to be ac-
tive in church and lodge work.
——The election is only one ‘month
away and naturally men and women
are already figuring on the best men
for the various county offices. In do-
ing so don’t overlook Forrest S. Ock-
er, candidate for Register. He is a
man who will be a credit to the office
and is entirely capable to handle the
business.
Chickens Always Come Home to
Roost.
This has been proven many times
Whether lost or stolen chickens will
make every effort to get back home at
resting time. It’s just the same with
the human family, only we fail to re-
alize that there is a resting time. De-
fective eyes are working from the
time they awake in the morning until
they retire at night, and are only at
rest when asleep or when wearing
properly fitted glasses.
If in doubt about your eyes consult
me.
Dr. Eva B. Roan, Optometrist. Li-
censed by the State Board.
Bellefonte every Wednesday after-
noon, and Saturday 9 a. m. to 4:30 p.
m. Rooms 14 and 15 Temple Court
building.
State College every day except
Saturday. Both phones. 68-1