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"Bellefonte, Pa., October 19, 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.
For 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.
An Error—Corrected.
Under the caption “Let the State-
ments Telf the Story,” published on
the front page of last week’s “Watch-
man” we inadvertently made a mis-
take that we here wish to correct.
Quite possibly many of you failed
to notice it, but whether you did or
not makes no difference. We don’t
want the value of the “Watchman” as
a truthful purveyor of facts impaired
by failure to prevent or neglect to
correct an error.
In our statement of the county in-
debtedness, both as to the amount at
the time the Democratic board of
Commissioners turned the office over
to their Republican successors and as
to the amount on January 1st, 1923,
after three years under the latter
management, we stated that it was
exclusive of the $100,000.00 bond is-
sue.
Such was not the case. In each
statement the bond issue should have
been included.
This misstatement, however, in no-
wise affected the facts we presented
as to what the former board did in the
way of reducing the county indebted-
ness and what the present board has
done.
Their relative achievements remain
exactly the same as was stated last
week.
Preparing to Press the Bonus.
President Coolidge has not thus far
indicated his purposes with respect to
the soldiers’ bonus but it is reasona-
bly certain that he will be compelled
to speak on the subject soon. The
Soldiers are preparing to press the
matter as soon as possible after the
assembling of Congress and are al-
ready organizing a movement on the
White House. They reason that crip-
pled soldiers of the war have as much
right to help from the public treasury
as crippled railroads, more especially
as there are serious doubts as to
whether the railroads were crippled
in serving the government or ham-
strung by selfish officials.
The claimants in the matter fondly
hope and firmly believe that Presi-
dent Coolidge will approve the legisla-
tion they ask. His predecessor in of-
fice vetoed the bill on the ground that
there was no money available to pay
the bonuses, But at the same time he
urged the payment of a subsidy to
the ship owners to an amount equal,
if not greater, than the bonus require-
ment would have been. The impres-
sion is that Coolidge is not committed
to the ship subsidy proposition and
therefore will easily find funds to pay
the bonus. Besides they firmly be-
lieve the bonus bill can be passed
over the® President’s veto.
The Republican party was commit-
ted to the bonus proposition by reso-
lution of the National convention that
nominated Mr. Harding and Mr. Cool-
idge. The Democratic National con-
vention pledged the party to justice
for the soldiers without specifically
declaring for a bonus. In the last
Congress a much larger proportion of
Democrats voted for the bonus than
Republicans and the present hope of
the veterans is based on the greatly
reduced Republican majority in the
next Congress. In this we believe
they will not be disappointed. Most
Democrats favor the bonus and there
will be no strings to prevent an ex-
pression of their views.
Sinie H. Hoy.
Sinie H. Hoy, candidate for Recor-
der of Centre County is a son of the
late H. K. and Mary Fishburn Hoy,
and was born in Benner township, on
June 19th, 1871. His early life was
spent on the farm and his education
acquired in the schools of Benner
township and at the Academies at
Spring Mills, Zion and Pleasant Gap.
After teaching school for five years
he married and went to farming, in
1890, on the Dale farm on which the
fish hatchery at Pleasant Gap is now
located. When it was sold to the
State he bought the Hoy homestead in
Benner township where he has been
very successful as a practical farmer.
He has been active in public affairs.
An auditor of the township for fifteen
years and of the county as well, so
that he already has had some exper-
ience in the routine of the court house
offices. Enough, at least, when sup-
ported by his natural ability, to guar-
antee that he would make a very ca-
pable and creditable official.
Mr. Hoy is married, has six sons
and is a member of the Reformed
church.
He is a courteous, energetic gentle-
man about whose competence for the
office he seeks there cannot be the
slightest question.
As Recorder of Deeds for Centre
epunty he would make a splendid offi-
cial.
Borough Council Held Brief Meeting
Monday Night.
Eight members were present at the
regular meeting of borough council on
Monday evening. The secretary re-
ported that in a telephone communi-
cation with John F. Ginter, of Tyrone,
treasurer of the Pruner Orphanage
fund, that gentleman stated that he is
perfectly willing to give a bond but
had not done so because the Finance
committee of the Tyrone council had
objected to paying the premium. Ac-
cording to the will of the late Ed-
ward Pruner the premium on the
bond is to be paid out of the funds
in the hands of the treasurer, and the
Finance committee of Bellefonte
council was instructed to see that the
treasurer-gave bond.
The Street committee reported the
ditch ‘dug for a sewer line on Cherry
alley.
The Water committee reported that
the Coleville water line has been com-
pleted with the exception of the in-
stallation of a meter at the American
Lime & Stone company line.
The Fire and Police committee re-
ported the purchase of two new traf-
fic regulation signs.
The Finance committee reported a
balance of $4,000 in the borough
treasury and requested the renewal of
two notes for $1,000 each, which was
authorized.
The borough manager stated that
he expected to build the concrete steps
up Halfmoon hill within a week or ten
days, and that nothing definite had
been done regarding the sewer on
Lamb street, along the High school
grounds.
Henry S. Linn appeared before
council in regard to the burning ref-
use at the dump on their property on
Beaver street. He stated that they
have done everything they know to
put out the fire and prevent people
from dumping stuff there that will
burn, and suggested that a good way
to prevent dumping there would be to
open the street. He stated that they
will give the land to the borough free
of charge if the street is opened. Mr.
Linn also called attention to the fact
that last winter the most of the water
from the roof of the Masonic Temple
overflowed onto their pavement and
froze into ice, making it very dan-
gerous for travel. This was occa-
sioned because of no proper outlet
from the spouting on the Masonic
building. The Street committee was
instructed to request the trustees of
the building to make the necessary
changes so that the water can be tak-
en care of. y
Mr. Cunningham called attention to
the fact that the Elks’ Hallow-een
carnival will be held before another
meeting of council and suggested that
the chief fire marshall with his fire
patrol be asked to serve as extra po-
licemen on that occasion. There be-
ing no dissenting opinions the Fire
and Police committee was instructed
to take the matter up with the bur-
gess.
Joseph Thal asked permission of
council to increase the size of his
store on High street by making it
some three feet wider and extending
it back some distance in the rear.
The matter was referred to the Fire
and Police committee to arrange with
Mr. Thal.
Bills to the amount of $3492.79
were approved and council adjourned.
-———The ladies of ‘the Lutheran
church will hold a bake sale at Schaef-
fer’s hardware store tomorrow, Sat-
urday. All are invited to patronize
it and assured of many delicious edi-
bles for the home.
The Militia is Called Out.
The Bellefonte Republican last week launched a great flanking
movement against the Taylor army that has been marching so stead-
ily and ominously against the public buildings of Centre county in
which captain-general Bill Brown has entrenched himself.
It wants the world to know that when it comes down to soldiers
It fai ly exudes pride as it points to the
“long, honorable military career of Brown.”
through a quarter of a century of service in the National Guard of
that’s what Bill is most.
Pennsylvania.
Far be it from us to detract one jot or tittle from the lustre of
his service; from his motives or his methods.
It is an old saying that “there is no competition among gentle-
men” and we agree with the Republican in its assertion that the same
is true among soldiers. But then there are soldiers and soldiers. All
gallant fellows, to be sure, but with vast differences in what they
have done.
It is not to bring out the difference in the service rendered by
Taylor and Brown that Capt. Dick’s record has been published in this
campaign. It was only to fairly present to the public what this man
has done voluntarily because we believe the public wants to know it
and reward him.
Dick Taylor has given five years and two months to his country.
He doesn’t count his service in the National Guard. He was in the
Philippines, he was on the Mexican border and he was in the world’s
war. A volunteer every .time and in 1898, when he went out with old
Co. B, of the 5th, and Bill staid to join the emergency Co. M, he was
only four months younger than Bill and the country’s call for 500,000
men was never filled.
We promised ourselves at the opening of this campaign that the
“Watchman” would not indulge in personalities and we don’t propose
to be drawn any further into them. But since the Republican insists
on the ridiculous plan of inventing a comparison of the military rec-
ords of Taylor and Brown we shall go so far as to ask whether it can
produce a discharge that will show that Mr. Brown ever was in the
If it can we'll publish it and admit that
we are wrong in saying that he has nothing in the way of real service
to compare with that of Capt. Dick Taylor.
service of the United States.
Centre county would probably have never known what a great
soldier Dick Taylor was had it not been for this campaign. He is so
modest, so diffident, so self-effacing in all that he does. He hasn’t
wrapped the star-spangled banner about him and strutted over the
It would take a press bigger than was
ever built to squeeze out of Dick the fact that he had ever served his
country. Others are doing it, hcwever.
Only a few weeks ago we published the wonderful letter that Col.
Thompson, of the 78th wrote him. Col. Thompson is a Republican, a
lawyer, was a Senator from Allegheny county, is the only Congression-
al medal of honor man in the 78th Div., has the croix-de-guerre, and
the Legion of Honor of France and was wounded four times. He told
of the kind of soldier Dick Taylor was over seas.
Col Wilbur Leitzel, of State College, a Republican, whose shoul-
der was shattered while he was standing with his arm on Col. Thomp-
son’s shoulder at the time Dick was captured, will tell you what his
valor meant to France and the world.
The thirty-five over seas men from Osceola, the seventy-seven
from Bellefonte, the twenty-five from State College who have loyally
banded themselves together for aid of their old comrade are telling his
county proclaiming his valor.
story.
And just as we were writing this came a special delivery letter
from Detroit, Michigan, in which the story is told again.
the country the eyes of former residents are looking back to see
whether the old home county is going to do what they would have it do.
Read what “tall, skinny, red-headed Dick did when things were
hottest:”
The Editor,
The Democratic Watchman,
Bellefonte, Pa.
Dear Sir:
With a great deal of pleasure, I read in the columns of the “Dem-
ocratic Watchman,” that E. R. Taylor, (“Dick,” as I affectionately
think of him) has been nominated for the office of Sheriff of Centre
county. The pleasure I felt was more or less dampened by the thought
of what happened when the same man was a candidate for the same
office just a few years ago.
Frankly, and I hesitate to write this on account of my many and
valued friends in Centre county, I was ashamed of the electorate who
refused office to a man eminently fitted for it in every way and whose
life has been unselfishly given to his country, not once, but many
times.
It is not for me to suggest that any one should be rewarded with
public office because of a splendid military record. However, I can-
not help but have the absolute belief that if a man, on account of his
experience, is pre-eminently fitted for the office for which he is a candi-
date,—and that same man does have a military record which any one
with red blood in his veins envies, he should be elected, even in a coun-
ty where the bulk of the voting public is of the opposite party.
Surely there is some sense of justice and gratitude, even in pol-
itics. Might it therefore be suggested to the voters of Centre county
to exercise both, and give to E. R. Taylor the office of Sheriff?
cannot dare to hope that it is a fitting reward for the service he has so
ably rendered them.
Other men served their country during the world war, but it is
my humble opinion that no man anywhere made greater sacrifices to
serve, or in that service gave more.
there is one figure that stands out in my memory above all others, and
that is the tall, skinny, red-headed “Dick;” when things were hottest
and the men, untrained through no fault of theirs, were in confusion,
his cool and calm direction restored order and ‘started them toward
the right goal.
Captured by the Germans, because he held his position when
commanders on both flanks fell back, he spent months in prison camps
and it was my pleasure to see the reception given him by his men on
his return. Ask any of them what they felt when their Captain came
back.
Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to have the
lege of telling the people of Centre county about it all,—if they knew,
there could be but one answer,
Sincerely,
And then parades him
All over
Detroit, Mich., October 15, 1923.
They
In the thick and muck of it all,
i can leader some time before the pri-
rivi-
FRED YEAGER.
The President of the Centre Hall Boro
~ Council Has More to Say.
Editor The Democratic Watchman,
Bellefonte, Pa. ;
Dear Sir:
Replying to the statements made
by the Centre Hall Reporter, in its is-
sue of October 11th permit. me,
through your columns, to state that
the editor of the Reporter is evidently
suffering with failure of memory.
A few years ago, when the old wa-
ter plant was purchased by the bor-
oug council his. paper, the Reporter,
advocated the purchase as being a
very advantageous one for the tax
payers, but now 'a different ox seems
to be gored. .
As to the different springs furnish-
ing the water supply the one desig-
nated as the Mountain spring of the
old plant always was regarded as be-
ing the most dependable along the
mountain, and is yet.
The spring known as Meyer’s spring
always supplied from twenty to twen-
ty-five families. Today it has a flow
that will fill a two inch pipe but it
happens to be the one in question.
The borough derives no benefit
from.it for the reason that the old
wooden reservoir is rotted beyond
service for impounding its water and
certainly it should be renewed or re-
built. Many communities would be
only too glad to have such a supply of
water as is wasting there and would
hasten to conserve it.
The Borough road, known to us all’
as the mountain end of the state high-
way that passes through Centre Hall,
is under repair now. The last Gener-
al Assembly, on May 18th, passed an
Act regulating that. When we had
notice of it from our attorneys in
Bellefonte we had interviews—not
one, but several-—with the Highway
Department at Bellefonte, and made
all necessary arrangements to put it
on the map by getting repairs under
way. This is the same piece of road
that was improved a year ago by
council ,under the supervision of the
State Highway superintendent and for |
which we were called tn account by
the senior editor throug! is club, the
Reporter, for squanderin~ the tax
payer's money. It prove’! -t. how- |
ever, and we were commence: hy the:
public for having done the -vork. |
It cost only $360.00 or 18 cent® ner
lineal foot. |
Possibly these explanations il
suffice for awhile and we now tum
our other cheek for more censure. We
do not claim to be infallible. |
E. M. HUYETT, |
President Boro. Council of
Centre Hall.
——On October 15th the ronduc- |
tors, brakem~n ond other uniformed
For Register, Forrest S. Ocker.
From a group of men, all of whom
are as clean and capable as that com-
posing the Democratic nominees for
county offices in Centre county this
fall it is impossible, of course, to pick
one more outstanding than the others
in character and ability.
Talking with a prominent Republi-
maries as to the probable make up of
the tickets of the two parties he ex-
pressed himself as being eager only
for one eventuality. “I want,” said
he, “our party to name men whom we
won’t have to spend the whole cam-
paign apologizing for.” i
It appeared to us as a mighty cred- |
{itable hope the gentleman was ex-
pressing. And if we were to tell you
who he is some would look with cre- |
dulity on the credit we give him for
it. We know he has been disappoint-
ed. Not so with us, for there isn’t a
man on the Democratic ticket who has |
a thing to hide, either in his private |
or public life or about whose wei
to fill the office he seeks there can be
the slightest question. !
Among this group of unusually,
clean candidates is Forrest S. Ocker,
who aspires to the office of Register
of the county. Mr. Ocker is a native
Centre countian; having spent most of
his life in Miles township. As a very
young man he became a school teach-
er, but at the age of twenty-four gave
up his vocation as a pedagogue to
embark in the mercantile business at
Centre Hall, with the firm of Wolf
and Crawford. After two years serv-
ice there he came to Bellefonte to ac-
cept a clerkship in the store of Joseph
Bros. & Co., with whom he remained
for eight years. He left them to take
a position with J. D. Gast and Son, of
Mifflinburg, and from there joined the
sales force of Clauss Bros., of Allen-
town, jobbers of shoes and shoe find-
ings. His present employment is as
salesman of the G. F. Musser Co.,
wholesale grocers of this place.
By education, by nature, by exper- |
1
ience Mr. Ocker is equipped to fill the
office of Register to the satisfaction
of every one.
The public records are matters in
which we are all interested. Conse-
quently we should all be interested in
selecting men of integrity and com-
petency to keep them. Knowing that
Mr. Ocker is one of that class we urge
you to vote for him in November.
Marriage Licenses.
Dolan Cogan and Violet A. Thomp-
son, Pine Trough, Pa.
Ernest J. Musser, Lemont, and
Esther M. Carner, State College.
Russell Kanarr and Clara Robb,
Flemington.
Samuel R. McCartney and Lucy El-
len Confer, Mount Eagle.
George S. Hume, Ottawa, Ont., and
Marguerite L. Bailey, State College.
Charles M. Houser and Ida L.
Whiteside, of Bellefonte.
William Williamson, South Philips-
burg, and Laura E. Williams, Philips-
burg. v
John E. Burd, Coburn, and Tileiah
A. Vonada, Millheim.
——M. A. Landsy, landlord of the
Brockerhoff house, does not believe in
hiding his light under a peck measure,
hence has erected on the top of the
south end of the hotel a large sign for
the hotel, which is brilliantly illumin--
ated at night and can be seen a mile
away. He is also having made two
new signs to adorn the tops of the
lamp posts in front.
——Word has been received in
Bellefonte of the marriage at Detroit,
Mich., last week, of Robert Taylor,
son of R. B. Taylor, of Bellefonte.
——Some interesting cases will
likely be heard at a special session of
court to be held this (Friday) morn-
ing.
|
DOLAN.—Mrs. Sara McDowell Do- |
lan died in the Geisinger hospital,
Danville, on Thursday, October 11th, |
after having been a patient in that.
institution for two months or more,’
suffering from the effects of a goitre.
It was hoped when she was taken
there that an operation might be per-
formed for its removal but she could
not gather enough strength to make
such an attempt at a cure possible. :
Deceased was a daughter of Wil- |
liam and Susan McDowell and was
born at Nittany on January 16th,
1874. After her marriage to William
Dolan they moved to a farm below
Jacksonville which has been her home
ever since.
Surviving her are her husband, and
five children: Mrc. Fred Swartz and |
Miss Susan, ef Akron, Ohio, 2nd John,
~isther and Fred at home. She leaves
the followiny: brothers and sisters: D.
A. JeDowell, of Axe Mann: Mrs. C. |
A. ‘Dolan, of Nittany; - Mrs. R. F.
Hood, ¢” Akron, Ohio, and Mrs, Hall
C. Campke’l, of Mifflinburg.
Funeral cecvvices were held in the |
Evangelical c! rch at Jacksonville, on
ALEXANDER.—Mrs. Eliza Alex-
'| ander, widow of the late James Alex-
ander, died quite suddenly at her
home in Centre Hall, at 2:30 o’clock
on Tuesday morning, of congestion of
the lungs. She had been in apparent-
ly good health all day on Monday and
up until shortly before twelve o'clock
on Monday night when she was taken
violently ill and passed away at the
hour above stated. :
She was a daughter of William and
Mary Emerick and was born in Pot-
ter township on December 11th, 1844,
hence was almost seventy-nine years
old. After her marriage to Mr. Alex-
ander they took up their residence on
a farm not far from Centre Hall
where they lived until eleven or twelve
years ago when they quit the farm
and moved into a comfortable home
in Centre Hall where she had lived
ever since. She was a life-long mem-
ber of the Lutheran church and one
of the best types of christian woman-
hood. :
Her husband died nine years ago on
October 2nd, but surviving her are
one son, Abner Alexander, of Centre
Hall, and one daughter, Mrs. Elmer
Royer, on the home farm. She also
leaves two sisters and one brother,
Mrs. Cyrus Brungard, Mrs. Carrie
Ruhl, and George Emerick, all of Cen-
tre Hall.
Rev. M. C. Drumm had charge of
the funeral services which were held
at ten o'clock on Thursday morning,
burial being made in the Centre Hall
cemetery.
Il I
GHERRITY. — Distressingly sad
was the sudden and untimely death of
Miss “Betty” Gherrity, daughter of
Patrick H. and Mary Dowling Gherri-
ty, at an early hour on Monday morn-
ing. She was taken ill with acute
indigestion while ‘on her way to
church, on Sunday evening, and was
taken into the home of Martin Coo-
ney, and a physician summoned. She
partially recovered from the first at-
tack only to suffer a second one of
greater severity, with the result that
she passed away about three o’clock
on Monday morning,
“Betty,” whose christened name
was Elizabeth Angelus, was born in
Bellefonte on December 11th, 1904,
hence was almost nineteen years of
age. She took the full course in the
parochial school and after graduating
there entered the Bellefonte High
school and was in her Senior year. A
girl of many lovable and delightful
traits of character her death is deep-
ly mourned by a large number of
friends.
In addition to her parents she is
survived by the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. J. C. Davis, of Ty-
rone; Miss Agnes, Walter, Robert and
Anne, all of Bellefonte.
Funeral services were held in the
Catholic church at ten o'clock on
Wednesday morning by Rev. Father
Downes, after which burial was made
in the Catholic cemetery.
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COLLINS.—MTrs. Md A. Kittel
Collins, widow of the late Philip Col-
lins, died at her home in Ebensburg
on Monday morning following an ill-
ness of several days with pneumonia.
She was a daughter of William and
Margaret McDonald® Kittel and was
born in Ebensburg on September 21st,
1845, hence was a little past seventy-
eight years of age. She was twice
married, her first husband having
been John E. Scanlon Esq., a promi-
nent member of the Cambria county
bar. Following his death she married
Philip Collins, who also passed away
a. number of years ago. She leaves
no children but is survived by one
sister and two brothers, namely:
Mother Bernadine, of the Order of
Sisters of Mercy, located at St. Xa-
vier’s Academy, Beatty, Pa.; Rev.
Ferdinand Kittel, rector of St. Mi-
chael’s Catholic church at Loretto;
Monsignor William Kittel, rector of
the Holy Family Catholic church, at
Latrobe, and attorney M. D. Kittel, of
Ebensburg, cashier of the First Na-
tional bank of that city.
Funeral mass was held in the Ho-
ly Name Catholic church in Ebens-
burg at nine o'clock on Thursday
morning, after which burial was made
in the family plot in the old church
cemetery in that place.
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LONER.—George W. Loner, an old
| Civil war veteran who for more than
half a century lived. at Stormstown,
Centre county, died at the home of
Mrs. Charles Farber, in Altoona, last
Friday afternoon, following a short
illness with heart trouble.
He was born in Reading on Octo-
ber 18th, 1835, hence was within a
few days of being eighty-eight years
old. As a young man he learned the
wagonmaker trade and located in
Stormstown where he followed that
vocation’ many years. : During ' the
Civil war he served in Company E,
45th regiment, Pennsylvania volun-
teers and made a brave and gallant
soldier, serving as coli: ‘ergeant dur-
ing his enlistment. Xe was an earn-
est and life-long niember of ie Meth-
odist church and for years an exhort-
‘er and !~cal preacher.
His wife died eoven years ago “ince
hich time he had made his home with
Mrs. Farber, in Altoona. His sur-
vivors include two sons avi two
dauciters, William: R. -Ticner, of
<oumstown; Harry L., Mrc.. Anna
Way and Lydia, all of Altecra. Fun-
eral services were held al Liz late
home at ten o’clock on M~vi¢': + morn-
ing, after which the vemains were
taken to Gatesburg for burial.
emam—— Aa eet ee
The Last Resort is now serving
a H5c. plate lunchesn from 11:20 to
| 1:30. Supper from 5:20 to 7. 68-40-4t
en .—
Now that the public is assured
trainmen of the Pennsylvania railroad ' Monday, and ir‘erment was made at of the return of Ambassador Geddis
donned their winter attire.
that place.
“we may be happy yet, you bet.”