Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, October 26, 1923, Image 4

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" Bellefonte, Pa., October 26, 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.
MANY PEDAGOGUES HERE.
County Teachers’ Institute Held In-
teresting Sessions This Week.
Over three hundred teachers were
in attendance at the seventy-seventh
annual teachers’ institute held in
Bellefonte this week. The first ses-
sion was held on Monday afternoon
when Rev. Frank B. Hackett, of Belle-
fonte, led the devotional exercises.
This was followed by a feast of songs
under the leadership of Mrs. M. R.
Krader. Greetings to the teachers
were extended by assistant county su-
perintendent H. C. Rothrock, who urg-
ed prompt and regular attendance up-
on the part of the teachers. He then
introduced as the first speaker Dr. L.
H. Beelar, of Chicago, whose subject
for discussion was “What’s the Mat-
ter with Education?”
Dr. Beeler submitted four proposi-
tions, as follows: America is the
most criminal nation on earth; our
country too free to the refuse of oth-
er countries; teach in present gener-
ation what you want in next genera-
tion; more teen age boys and girls in
schools of correction than ever before.
Dr. Beeler made the statement that
notwithstanding all the above more
money is now being spent on educa-
tion than ever before. Public schools
are more perfect than ever before.
Dr. J. F. Marsh, of the State Board
of Public Instruction, discussed teach-
ing as salesmanship. He advised the
teachers to study the physical and
nervous make-up of their pupils, their
ancestry, etc. Every individual has
twelve things to consider: Fear, an-
ger, curiosity, manipulation, play, in-
itiation, construction, ownership, ri- |
valry, fighting spirit, get something
to eat, and gang-spirit.
TUESDAY'S SESSION.
On Tuesday the institute split up
into three parts, the rural section be-
ing held in the court house, where Dr.
Beeler discussed the psychology of
the school subjects; Dr. Lee Driver
made a general address and Dr.
Marsh talked on the laboratory of a
rural school.
The grade section was held in the
High school auditorium where Miss
Zoe Thrall, of the Indiana State Nor-
mal, talked on geography in the
grades. She enumerated as the phys-
ical needs food, shelter, clothing,
tools, heat and light. To secure these
needs we must follow such occupa-
tions as farming, herding, hunting,
fishing, lumbering, mining, manufac-
turing and commerce, while among
the higher needs for music, art, liter-
ature, religion, government, and sci-
ence. She then related what deter-
mines these needs and stated that ge-
ography is the influence of the phys-
ical environment upon life. Discus-
sion of the same subject was contin-
ued by Dr. Marsh, while Dr. Beeler
continued his talk on the psychology
of the school subjects.
' The High school section was held in
room 13, at the High school building,
with Mr. Pletcher presiding.
Tuesday afternoon’s session was
again consolidated in the court house
where Dr.’ Driver lectured on “Jim,
That’s Good.” He showed how a
teacher may get into the life of a pu-
pil and make him what he should
grow to be. Dr. Marsh continued his
talk on teaching as salesmanship. He
stated that in the average school the
percentage of pupils who start in the
fifth grade and graduate from the
High school is comparatively small,
while the percentage of those who go
through college is still further re-
duced.
In his discussion of the subject,
“Ov~ Prowl Problem a National
Problem,” Dr. Beeler asserted that
the farm is the most important single
productive unit on earth, and the far-
mer the most important producer. He
also stated that the farmer is the only
person who does not set the price on
his products. The spirit of the Amer-
ican farmer must be Yevived. He
must be taxed fairly and judiciously,
and all other phases of American life
must be taxea similarly.
'WEDNESDAY’S SESSIONS.
Wednesday morning’s’ sessions of
institute was divided into three sec-
tions, Miss Thalls, Dr. Beeler and Dr.
Marsh being the speakers at the court
house.
A new instructor in the person of
Dr. J. A. Foberg, of Harrisburg, made
his first talk to the grade section in
the High school building. His sub-
ject was teaching mathematics in ele-
mentary schools. Dr. Marsh talked
on English composition and Dr. J.
Freeman Guy discussed the newer
view-point in teaching reading. He
advocated starting children to read at
the age of six years, but to be careful
not to harm the health of the child.
The afternoon session was held in
the court house and one of the inter-
esting talks was given by Miss Thalls
on “China, the Nation of the 20th
Century.” She stated that China is
one of the civilizations that has ex-
isted for thousands of years and pre-
dicted a great future for that coun-
try. Among its ancient and interest-
ing objects of man’s handiwork are
the grand canal, the great wall, sus-
pension bridges and the mariner’s
compass. Its people discovered the
art of making gunpowder, paper,
porcelain, the printing press, silk,
while the Peking Gazette is the old-
est daily newspaper. China is rich in
coal, iron, tungsten, lead, zinc and
copper, but lacks transportation.
In talking on the problems of de-
mocracy Dr. Beeler said that there
must come a new condition of affairs,
a new fellowship, before world wars
will cease. There must come a new
philosophy of work, a new interest in
education. A christian religion must
come to the world before we are safe
in the spirit of democracy.
Institute sessions yesterday were a
continuation of discussion of the var-
ious questions brought to the atten-
tion of the teachers on previous days,
the afternoon diversity being special
talks by members of the boys’ potato
clubs of the county; who had a splen-
did exhibition of their work at the
Y. M. C. A. In the evening the Bus-
iness Men’s association entertained
the boys and their sponsors at a po-
tato supper at the Y. M. C. A.
The final session of institute
will be
held this morning. 2
New Masonic Body Established in
Bellefonte.
Another entrenchment of Free Ma-
sonry in Centre county was establish-
ed on Monday evening in the constitu-
tioh of Nittany Council No. 57, Roy-
al and Select Master Masons. The
body is an intermediary between the
Masonic Chapter and the Command-
ery Knights Templar, and starts out
with a membership of fifty. Master
Mason officers present were Edward
P. Bailey, of Philadelphia; Archibald
S. Maurice, of Athens; Charles W.
Wolfertz, of Allentown; Frank W,
Martenis, of Bethlehem, aand S. Car-
bon Wolfe, of Williamsport.
The new order was constituted an.
officers elected in the afternoon, fol-
lowed by a dinner in the Masonic Tem-
ple at six o’clock. In the evening the
officers were installed and initiated
into the mysteries of the order after
which a luncheon was served all pres-
ent. The officers include George T.
Bush, Dr. S. M. Nissley, Dr. James E.
Barlett, A. Clyde Smith and Donald
AC. Cochrane.
Gold Medal Contest.
A gold medal contest, under the au-
-spices of the W. C. T. U., will be held
in the Methodist church at State Col-
lege on Sunday afternoon, October
28th, at 3 o’clock. The following pro-
gram will be rendered:
Singing, “America.”
Devotions, Rev. Babcock.
Solo, “Good Bye Forever, Saloon,”
Song by a Junior.
Contest.
“The Spider and the Fly.”
“Today’s Imperative Task.”
“The Two Offerings.”
“The Foolish Man and the Wise Man.”
“Two Ears of Corn.”
“The Fence and the Ambulance.”
‘“Rastus’ Last Smoke.”
Solo, “Paean of Victory—Brown,”
J Mrs. Wilbur F. Leitzell
Address, “A Voice from the Cru-
sade,” - - - Mrs. .F. Gardner
Music, Student Y. P. B.
Address, “Women Aid the Bal-
lot,” - - - Mrs. A. S. Kocher
Awarding of Medal.
Offering.
Benediction.
Railroad Employee Killed.
Isaac Beck, son of Elmer E. Beck,
a former Centre countian but for
many years head farmer ut the Hunt-
ingdon reformatory, was instantly
killed in Huntingdon on Wednesday of
last week when a gasoline car used
by P. R. R. employees was derailed
while on a trip from the car shops to
the railroad yards. Beck was thrown
off and the car passed over him. He
was almost thirty-three years old.
Burial was made on Saturday in the
Lutheran church cemetery at Centre
Line, this county.
——Ralph A. Smith, a member of
the forest service company of Penn-
sylvania, and well known in this sec-
tion for his great interest in the
work, has moved from Sandy Ridge
to Tyrone, his present address being
1029 Lincoln avenue.
Franklin Heckman’
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SMITH.—John Smith, of Spring
Mills, one of the best known business
men in Pennsvalléy, died at the Belle-
fonte hospital at three o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, following an op-
eration the day previous for an ob-
struction of the bowels. He was in
his store as usual on Friday, was tak-
en sick on Saturday and by Monday
morning his condition was so serious
that he was brought to the Bellefonte
hospital for an operation, which, how-
ever, failed in saving his life.
He was a son of Henry I and Mary
M. Smith and was born near Tussey-
ville on March 6th, 1856, hence was 67
years, 7 months and 17 days old. Dur-
ing the past thirty years or more he
and his brother William have con-
ducted a furniture store and under-
taking establishment at Spring Mills,
in which they were quite successful.
Mr. Smith was a member of the
Lutheran church, the P. O. S. of A.
and Ladies Temple of the Golden Ea-
gle. In politics he was a staunch
Democrat and had always been one of
the best and most dependable party
workers in Pennsvalley.
As a young man he married Miss
Hannah Poorman, .of Tusseyville,
who died many years ago, but surviv-
ing him is one daughter, Mrs. Win-
dom Gramley, at home; one grand-
son, John Gramley, two brothers and
two sisters, namely: Michael Smith,
of Potters Mills; William, of Spring
Mills; Mrs. D. Geiss Wagner, of Cen-
tre Hall, and Mrs. H. S. Alexander, of
Fairville, Mifflin county.
Funeral services will be held at his
late home in Spring Mills at 10 o’clock
tomorrow (Saturday) morning by
Rev. C. F. Catherman, assisted by
Rev. Keener, burial to be made at
Centre Hall.
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DUGAN.—Joseph Dugan, for a
number of years a well known resi-
dent of Philipsburg, died at the Cot-
tage State hospital, in that place, on
Sunday morning as the result of com-
plications developed through injuries
in a fall he sustained on Monday night
of last week at the home of William
Rapsey.
Mr. Dugan was born at Arnot, Ti-
oga county, on March 21st, 1868, but
went to Osceola Mills as a young man
and for years had been employed as a
mine foreman. About ten years ago
he moved to Philipsburg and became
proprietor of the Continental hotel
where he remained until last spring
when he moved to Homestead with his
family. He had mining interests in
the Clearfield region and his trip back
to Philipsburg at this time was on
business connected therewith.
He is survived by his wife and two
sons, Raymond and Arthur. He also
leaves five brothers and one sister,
Martin S., Thomas, Patrick and John,
all of Osceola; William, of Altoona,
and Mrs. Thomas Stead, of Pitts-
burgh.
Requiem mass was held in the Im-
maculate Conception church at Osceo-
la Mills, at 9 o’clock on Wednesday
morning. Five priests assisted in the
celebration which was conducted by
Rev. Father Dugan, of Erie, a neph-
ew of the deceased.. Burial was made
in the Catholic cemetery at that place.
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BOTTORF.—Mrs. Angelina Moser
Bottorf, widow of the late Jacob Bot-
torf, died at her home at Lemont at
4:20 o'clock Saturday morning, of
complications due to her advanced
age.
She was a daughter of Daniel and
Anna Marie Moser, an old-time family
of Harris township, and was born at
Boalsburg on November 1st, 1840,
hence was almost eighty-three years
of age. As a young woman she mar-
ried Jacob Bottorf and practically all
their life since had been spent in Col-
lege township. She was a life-long
member of the Lutheran church, a
woman of many lovable and delight-
ful traits of character and her death
is mourned by a large circle of friends.
Her husband passed away seventeen
years ago but surviving her are the
following children: D. Hall and El-
la M. Bottorf, of Lemont; Willis M.
and Mrs. John I. Olewine, of Belle-
fonte, and Mrs. R. R. Reed, of Iowa
City, Iowa. She also leaves two sis-
ters and one brother, Mrs. J. M. Stu-
art, of State College; Mrs. W. A. Ja-
cobs, of Centre Hall, and John Moser,
of Wilkes-Barre. x
Funeral services were held at her
late home at Lemont at 2:30 o’clock
on Tuesday afternoon by Rev. W. J.
Wagner, assisted by J. Max Kirkpat-
rick, and burial was made at Boals-
burg.
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CLARK.—birs. Mary Clark, widow
of William Clark, former residents of
Bellefonte, died at her home in Davis,
West Virginia, on September 23rd, at
the advanced age of 82 years. Her
maiden name was Mary Gillighan and
all her girlhood life was spent in
Bellefonte. In 1865 she married Wil-
liam Clark, a Civil war veteran, who
passed away a number of years ago.
Surviving her, however, are four chil-
dren: John Clark, of Clifton Heights,
Pa.; P. C. Clark, Mrs. James Kelly
and Miss Bid Clark, all of Davis, W.
Va.
Funeral mass was held in St. Ve-
ronica’s Catholic church at Davis on
the morning of September 25th, after
which the remains were taken to
Blandburg, Pa., for interment in St.
Richards’ church ce.netery.
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WRIGLEY.—John W. Wrigley, a
prominent business man of Clearfield,
died in the hospital at that place last
Wednesday night, following an illness
of two weeks, aged 74 years. As one
of the largest stockholders in the |
State-Centre Electric company he
made frequent business trips to Belle-
fonte. He was also a stockholder in
the Electric Supply company, and be-
cause of his death the store in this
place was closed until after the fun-
eral on Saturday. Mr. Wrigley mar-
ried a daughter of the late William A,
Wallace who survives with two chil-
dren.
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GOHEEN.—J. M. Goheen died at
his home in Tyrone on Wednesday
afternoon, following an illness of two
years. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Goheen and was born at Rock
Springs, Centre county, March 26th,
1860, hence was in his 64th year. In
1886 he married Elizabeth Gardner
and a year later went to Tyrone and
engaged in business with his brother.
He was a director of the Farmers and
Merchants bank, of Tyrone, and at
one time served in the Tyrone coun-
cil. :
He was a thirty-third degree Mason,
a member of Jaffa Temple Order of
the Mystic Shrine, the J. O. U. A. M.,
Odd Fellows, Heptasophs, Royal Ar-
canum and Woodmen. He is survived
by his wife and four daughters, Mrs.
E. L. Study, of Hollidaysburg; Misses
Helen B. and Sarah Alice, at home,
and Mrs. Frank K. Troutwine, of Hill
Crest. He also leaves two sisters and
one brother, Mrs. Ella Gardner, Miss
Belle and Robert Goheen, all of Fer-
guson township. Burial will be made
in Tyrone on Saturday afternoon.
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HUNTER.—William S. Hunter, an
old soldier of the Civil war, died last
Friday at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. James H. Wilson, of Pleasant
View, following an illness of several
months. He was a son of William
and Margaret Hunter and was born in
Halfmoon township in 1838, being al-
most 85 years old. During the Civil
war he served as a member of Com-
pany G, 6th Pennsylvania cavalry. He
married Miss Martha Heverly, who
died twenty years ago but surviving
him are the following children: Mrs.
James H. Wilson, of Pleasant View;
Mrs. Harry Sampsel, of Axe Mann;
Mrs. John S. Markley, of Altoona,
and Boyd L. Hunter, of Lewistown.
He also leaves one brother, Frank
Hunter, of Axe Mann, and one sister,
Mrs. Margaret Vantilberg, of Elkhart,
Ind. Burial was made at Pleasant
Gap on Monday.
Vote for Stover and Condo for
Auditors.
Six Men Arrested for Bootlegging
Held for Court.
John Haldeman, Fred Meyers and
Jeff Tearney, of Bellefonte; “Idaho
Bill” Musser, of Miles township; Paul
Gasper and Emro Pachicko, of Snow
Shoe township, the six men arrested
by state police about two weeks ago
on the charge of bootlegging, have all
been held in one thousand dollars
bail for trial at the December term of
court, though any or all of them have
the option of going before the court
at any time, entering pleas of guilty
and accepting any sentence the court
may see fit to give.
© In fact it was generally supposed
that the bootlegging cases would come
up at the special session of court held
last Friday and the court house was
crowded all day, but the cases were
not called. Friday afternoon, how-
ever, all the men arrested were noti-
fied to appear for a hearing before
’Squire Woodring that evening. Mr.
Musser was the first man to respond,
and he waived a hearing and gave
bail for his appearance at the Decem-
ber term of court, stating, however,
that he would probably appear earlier,
enter a plea of guilty and submit to
the sentence of the court.
Haldeman, Meyers and Tearney all
demanded hearings and the full squad
of state police was on hand and one of
them, William P. Henshel, told of.
having come to Bellefonte in August
and spending most of his time since
in the county, gathering evidence
against bootleggers. He testified to
having bought liquor from Haldeman,
Tearney and Meyers, and had the
liquor with him in a suit case, all
properly labeled, as evidence. At the
conclusion of the hearing the three
men were held for court, William
Kline going on Haldeman’s bond and
A. C. Gingery on the bonds of Meyers
and Tearney.
The two men from Snow Shoe
township could not be reached in time
to have them at the hearing but the
state police told of their arrest and
exhibited the moonshine confiscated,
and S. D. Gettig, attorney for the men,
offered to secure bonds for them.
The six members of the state police :
who figured in the arrests were Capt.
Paul B. Stout, William P. Henshel,
the operator who spent two months in
Bellefonte gathering evidence; Chas.
E. Miller, Edwin Stroman, William
M. Lewis and Charles Freudenberger.
At the time the arrests were made
it was the general opinion that they
were the result of a sudden invasion
of the county by Pinchot’s squad, but
such is not the case. The properly
constituted authorities of Centre
county were back of the raids. It
was through information furnished
from Bellefonte that operator Hen-
shel was sent here to get the evidence
and the raid was made with the full
knowledge of the law officers of Cen-
tre county. And it is just possible
that the end is not yet.
The beautiful story of a Count
falling in love with a pretty little or-
gan grinder, pathetically and artict-
ically told in nine reels, revolvin~
around the Austrian court of Empe-
ror Joseph, a true work of art is
“Merry Go Round.” Scenic Monday
and Tuesday, 29th and 30th. Opera
house, one show, 8 p. m. the 31st.
Look for matinees. 42-1t
'—Vote for Herr for Prothono-
tary.
———Vote for Ocker for Register.
John S. Spearly.
Possibly to John S. Spearly, above
all candidates on the ticket of either
party, should be given credit for hav-
ing made a success in life over obsta-
cles that would have discouraged most
of us. He is a son of Charles and
Anna Spearly and was born at Snow
Shoe, December 25th, 1871. His
mother having died when he was a
mere boy he was sent out to work
on farms for his board and schooling.
For fifteen years he worked on farms
in Buffalo Run valley farming for the
Brennans, Breons and Reuben Crust.
When large enough to stand the
gaff of such work he went to Tay-
lor ore mines and put in three
years at the munificent wage of 80
cents a day. After that he went into
the quarries of the American Lime
and Stone company, where the wage
was then ten cents an hour, and work-
ed there eighteen months; leaving to
enter the employ of C. Y. Wagner, at
the Roopsburg mill. After four years
in the milling work he rented one of
the Reynolds farms and after ten
years bought it, He has been living
on the farm ever since.
He has been school director, regis-
tration assessor, assessor and tax col-
lector of Benner township; having
held the latter office for the past fif-
teen years and every time since his
first election he was returned to of-
fice without opposition. That is a
wonderful record in itself, but when
it is known that all of his duplicates
but two are settled in full, with only
small balances due on them, and that
he has never had a tax sale there
must be general admission of his at-
tention to business and tactfulness in
doing it.
As we intimated in the beginning
Mr. Spearly is a graduate of the
school of hard knocks. He knows how
hard he has worked to get what he
has and because of that can be relied
upon to be most prudent in handling
the money of the tax payers if elected
Commissioner.
He is a member of the Evangelical
church and has five children.
——Vote for Dale for Ditsrict At-
torney.
High Scores Being Made on the Y.
Alleys.
From all indications bowling is
going to be a fast sport this winter.
The Y. alleys have been in use four
times as much this season so far than
last. October shows a 300 per cent.
increase. Scores are higher and the
record of last season of 227 by Shu-
gert has been outdone several times.
Paul Reber made 234 last Saturday,
beating Doc. Shusters’ 233 record of
the previous week. Charles Roth has
been in charge of the alleys for over
a month and the players appreciate
the excellent condition he keeps them
in and attribute part of their success
to their fine shape. Coco pit mats
have been supplied for two of the pits
and a new set of pins will be on hand
for the opening of the League.
The representatives of the teams in
the league will meet this (Friday)
evening to outline the schedule of the
sixty league games to be played this
season, starting Friday, November
2nd. Twelve teams will enter, six in
each division. The American Legion
is the present holder of the trophy and
will have to go some to hold it this
year.
Woman’s Club Program.
The Woman's club offers a big feast
of good things in its program for the
year, to which the public is cordially
invited. The entertainments of this
program will be in the auditorium or
directors’ room in the Allegheny
street school building and are as fol-
lows:
October 29, “Peace.”—Mrs. Mildred
Scott Olmsted, Executive secretary of the
Woman’s International League for Peace
and Freedom.
November 26, “Egypt,”
Miss Daise Keichline.
January 28, “Education.”—D. G. Cham-
bers, Dean of Summer session and of Edu-
cational Extension, State College.
February 25, “The Romance of the Old
California Mission,” (Illustrated).—Mrs.
Gregg Curtin.
March 31, “The European Situation.”—
A. E. Martin, Professor of American His-
(Illustrated).—
| tory, State College.
April 28, “Scholarships for Women of
State College.”—Miss Charlotte . E. Ray,
Dean of Women, State College.
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——Vote for Hoy for Recorder.
Rockview Penitentiary Prisoners En-
roll as State College Students.
Approximately 130 out of the 500
prisoners at the Rockview penitentia-
ry have enrolled as State College stu-
dents, but their work will be done
within the prison walls under the tu-
toring of the college engineering ex-
tension department. The classes were
organized and instruction started on
Tuesday evening of this week. Prof.
C. G. Gaum is in charge of the work.
The largest class enrolled is in read-
ing and writing, it being estimated
that one-half the prisoners are illit-
erates. Other classes include shop
mathematics, mechanical drawing
and blue print reading, automobile
machinery, English grammar and
composition, electricity, heating and
ventilation, business salesmanship,
chemistry and horticulture. Classes
wi'l be held in the evenings in the big
dining hall.
——Vcte for Smith for Treasurer.
——A five hundred card party will
be given in St. John’s parish house, |
Tuesday evening, November 6th, at 8
o'clnal Admicainn @fky nents,
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James W. Swabb.
The senior of the two splendid men
who are aspiring to be Commission-
ers of Centre county is James W.
Swabb who was born in Harris town-
ship September 20th, 1863.
Though he has never been in pub-
lic life it might be said that he is one
of the best known men in Pennsvalley,
where intimate association has given
opportunity of measuring his sterling
integrity and general usefulness as a
citizen.
Mr. Swabb has farmed all his life.
The only public offices he has filled
have been as auditor of his township
for twelve years, three terms as Jus-
tice of the Peace and clerk to John A.
Rupp when he was Register of the
county.
He is a most affable man, up to the
minute in general information and
ideas of doing things. Being a far-
mer he is naturally very practical and
his business experience in other lines
than that of agriculture fit him most
admirably for the office he seeks.
Centre county would go far before
finding a man better qualified to give
the 'Commissioner’s office more intel-
ligent and practical attention. He is
of the type that is not swerved from
duty, knows the county and its needs
and can be trusted to get a dollar’s
worth of return for every dollar of
public money expended.
r——— Aims,
Special Meeting of Pomona Grange.
There will be a special meeting of
the Centre county Pomona Grange,
Tuesday evening, October 30th, in
room 100, horticultural building, State
College, at 7 o’clock.
The Fifth degree will be conferred.
All Fourth degree members wishing
to take the Fifth should be present.
Any other business that might be
Properly presented will be disposed
of.
The William Houser family
have leased Mrs. Robert Cole’s dou-
ble house on Water street, to be va-
cated by the Jacob Knisely family
when they move their furniture to the
Garman house; while sheriff Duke-
man and his family will occupy the
Cole double house the Houser’s leave,
expecting to take possession of it at
the expiration of his term of office as
sheriff.
——Vote for Taylor for Sheriff.
Marriage Licenses.
Jacob E. Gates, Monongahela City,
and Sarah B. Way, Stormstown.
Joseph Cawell and Pasqualine Pres-
ta, Bellefonte.
William R. Mattern, Port Matilda,
and Lyda M. Hicks, Stormstown.
——It might be interesting to foot-
ball fans to know that five former
Bellefonte Academy students took
part in the Pitt-Syracuse game at
New York last Saturday, four play-
ing on the Pitt team and one with
Syracuse, and it was the latter who
made the score that defeated Pitt.
Only starved people freeze to
death. Refreshments, hot dogs,
doughnuts, cake, candy, coffee, every-
thing that’s good, will be served by
the Woman's club from stands along
the sidewalk, on October 31st, during
the Hallow-een celebration given by
the Elks.
——The third presentation of “The
Coming of Ruth,” at the opera house
on Monday night, netted $86.25, which
added to the $329.66 realized from the
two nights last week makes $415.91
as the total receipts, and the W. C. T.
U’s contribution to the Bellefonte hos-
pital.
Vote for Smith for Treasurer.
——$265.00 was realized from the
rummage sale held in the Undine hose
house, Wednesday afternoon and
evening, by the hospital auxiliary; it
being the first fall sale since before
the war.
——There will be services in the
Presbyterian church, Bellefonte, next
Sunday both morning and evening,
conducted by the Rev. John Milton
Thompson, of Far Rockaway, Long
Island.
The women of the Lutheran
church will hold the second of a series
of all day Saturday bake sales, in
Schaeffer’s hardware store, tomorrow.
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