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Political Announcements.
FOR NATIONAL DELEGATE.
We are authorized to announce that John
F. Short is a candidate for Delegate to
the National Democratic Convention from
the 23rd Congressional District. Subject
to the primary election laws of Pennsylva-
nia and the Rules of the Democratic party
in the State and District.
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June 24th, 1924, in accordance with the
Primary Election Laws of Pennsylvania
and the rules of the Democratic party. I
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than the political fortune of any individu-
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that candidate who seems best able to car-
ry to victory the great and progressive
principles of the Democratic party and
the upholding of the constitution of the
United States.
JAMES G. PAUL, Bradford, Pa.
THE YANGTSZE JOURNEY.
The Norths Continue Their Trip
Westward Through China.
On the Upper Yangtsze,
November 6, 1923.
Dear Home Folks:
The Ox Liver gorge is not of long
extent, but it is grand—in the true
sense of the word. Next we came to
the Wushan gorge, the longest of them
all. It extends for about thirty miles.
Its magnificence outshadows that of
all the rest. Huge crags and perpen-
dicular cliffs rising for thousands of
feet beggar description. I put in a
full day ranging from one part of the
ship to another trying to find the most
favorable places from which to take
snapshots. When night came I was
thoroughly tired out. The last gorge
we visited that day, and the last
gorge of them all, was the Wind Box.
This is short, but full of picturesque
turns and sheer cliffs. We emerged
at the western portal to find ourselves
at the town of Kweichowfu, the first
walled city of Szechwan. Here we
anchored for the night. As usual
many sampans came alongside, bring-
ing venders trying to sell their wares.
We bought some carved chopsticks
and a pocket comb cut from the wood
by hand in a single piece. This lat-
ter cost us about 43 cents gold.
Yesterday we had less strenuous
sight-seeing, but the shores are still
mountainous, although not so precip-
itous or high. We found the farmers
cultivating the land almost to the
rivers edge. This land was, until a
few weeks ago, under water. By the
time the river rises again the crops
will be harvested. Some of the huts
we saw perched far up the mountain
side. The fields in some cases ap-
peared almost perpendicular. The
farther we go, the broader becomes
the valley, although it is narrow
everywhere. More land seems to be
under cultivation the farther we get
from the gorges. Bamboo groves,
occasional banana trees, sugar
cane, oranges, and many things
which I do not recognize grow on
either bank. As we go westward, the
number of trees seem to increase.
Few of these, however, seem to be
large. Cedars and banyans are about
the only ones I recognize.
Pagodas are picturesquely situated
on many of the most commanding
points, and can, in many instances, be
seen for miles. The temples are pie-
turesque, but hard to describe effec-
tively in a letter. I hope to send
some photographs later showing some
of the best of these. The water-worn
rocks along the river banks are also
picturesque. Fishermen use these
rocks as a basis for operation. They
have long bamboo poles to which are
attached nets that remind one in the
shape of their openings of a lacrosse
raquet. Otherwise they are much
like the landing-nets used at home.
Beginning up stream, the fisherman
swings his pole down stream, gives it
a little twist to imprison, I suppose,
the unlucky fish, and withdraws the
net. Then he repeats the operation.
I have never yet seen a fish caught in
one of them, but evidently they are so
caught, of the fishermen would not
continue this method. Fishing with
nets attached to boats does not seem
to be done in this part of the river.
Traffic by native junks seems to
have disappeared from the river since
the Northern and Southern troops
have been levying upon river trans-
portation. Hardly a junk do we pass,
except at anchor in some cove. We
see many soldiers as we get nearer
Chungking. These are the troops of
Yang Tsen, a subordinate of Wu Peh
Foo, of the Northern army, who were
recently driven out of Chungking by
the Southern army of Shiong Ke-wu
—I hope I have the names right.
They are gathering their forces to do
battle to regain the city. This morn-
ing we have passed long lines of them
hiking up river, on their way west-
ward. The Nertherners wear red arm
bands. The Southerners are suppos-
ed, I am told, to wear white ones, but
in reality wear none at all. The
Sczechmanese, on either side, wear
blue bands. The whole business seems
more like a big football game than
like a real war. The danger is ap-
parently very slight. Neither side
wants to get into trouble with foreign
powers.
came into a cove opposite the city of
Wanhsien. This is now the headquar-
ters of the Northerners, I am told.
Just above the city, at a narrow point
of the channel, the soldiers had built
the pontoon bridge of boats that held
up our boat on its downward trip.
When we reached there we found it
gone, except for a few soldiers, some
coils of cable, and the junks moored
along the bank. We anchored for the
night just above the point. Don’t
believe the reports that appear in the
home papers about conditions out
here. We found every one in Shang-
hai ready to scare us, telling us that
it was likely that we could not get
through. The farther west we went,
the less the scare; until now that we
are in the midst of what is called the
danger region, there is no trouble at
all. We have a guard of American
sailors on board with machine guns,
riot guns, rifles, and grenades. On
the last down trip they were not fired
upon. On this up trip we have not
been fired upon, although firing on
steamers is a favorite sport of the
soldiers. We have a bridge covered
with armor plate. If any firing is
done, all rush to the bridge, where the
bullets have no effect. No one has
ever been killed by this promiscuous
firing, so we look on it as merely
something to break the monotony.
With the “gobs” about us, and the
Stars and Stripes floating from our
stern, we feel almost as if we were at
home. The crew and the sailors are
all most agreeable.
Unfortunately I ran out of films on
Saturday night.
for pictures yesterday, which was the
first sunny day since we left Ichang.
I have borrowed today, one of Blanch-
ard’s camera’s, but the atmosphere is
so hazy that picture-taking is almost
out of the question.
The river grows narrower as we go
westward. It seems almost as muddy
as it did at the mouth. Great piles of
silt or rock are strewn along the
shores as the water recedes. Soon
the water will be so low that such
boats as the Robert Dollar will have
to discontinue their schedule until
spring. At present the river is about
twenty-five or thirty feet above the
low water level. At times it reaches
in some places a height of 150 feet at
high water. It is a wonderful river.
BILL and SARA.
Centre County Women Prominent
in D. A. R. Activities.
The Fort Antes chapter D. A. R,,
of Jersey Shore, gave a unique enter-
tainment last ‘Saturday night, for
members of the Col. John Chatham
chapter and other guests.
Following a luncheon for which
thirty covers were laid the ladies pre-
sented an historical pantomime enti-
tled “An Old Chimney Corner, or Bits
of Early Pennsylvania History.” The
story was written by Mrs. John Wolfe
and adapted by her for presentation
in tableau. It was a blending of his-
tory and romance beginning with
Penn’s purchase from the Indians and
ending with the early days of the
Revolution. The pantomime was in
five scenes the back ground being an
old fire place almost a hundred years
old; with blazing logs and dim candle
light it made a most realistic scene
of by-gone days.
The regent and secretary of the Col.
Chatham chapter are both Centre
county women. Mrs. John Bowes, the
regent, and Mrs. Gardner, the secre-
tary, both being residents of Eagle-
ville.
Patriotic Mass Meeting at State
College.
Washington's birthday a week from
today will be celebrated by the State
College camp P. CG. S. of A. with a
big patriotic mass meeting in the au-
ditorium at seven o’clock in the even-
ing. Congressman W. I. Swoope will
be the stellar attraction and make an
address on “The Duty of Patriotic
Citizens, Washington the Great Ex-
emplar.” The State College band will
render several patriotic selections and
members of the student quartette will
sing a number of appropriate songs.,
The public is urgently invited to at-
tend the gathering.
Y. M. C. A. Bowling League.
The third series of the bowling
league will open on Monday evening,
February 18th. All the alleys will be
in shape by that time and games will
be played each evening of the week
excepting Saturday, with two games
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday as
heretofore. This will leave two alleys
for open rolling each evening.
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——We are sorry to note the fact
that Capt. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove
Mills, is again quite ill, and as a con-
sequence “Watchman” readers will
miss his always interesting letter
from the columns of the “Watchman”
this week. He was brought to the
Bellefonte hospital last evening where
it is hoped relief can be given for his
rather serious trouble.
——One of the most exciting of the
basket ball games of the season will
be played at the armory tomorrow
(Saturday) night, between the Indi-
ana Normal and the Bellefonte Acad-
emy, playing to begin at 7:30. It
will be well worth while for those in-
terested in the sport to see this game.
Yesterday afternoon we
I had no films left
. RHOADS.—The very sudden and |
unexpected death of George E.
Rheads, at his home at Coleville,
at 7:30 o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing, was not only a terrible
‘shock to the immediate members of
“his family but to his numerous
friends in Bellefonte and throughout
Centre county. A man of rugged
' physique and apparently strong con-
stitution, he was stricken down al-
most in the twinkling of an eye. A
contractor by occupation he worked
all of last week including Saturday
and the only complaint he made was
embodied in a remark on Saturday
that his stomach was a “little out of
order.” Sunday morning he awoke
apparently as well as ever and talked
|and joked with his wife. Suddenly
| his head fell back upon the pillow and
that was the end. Chronic heart
trouble of a year’s standing was giv-
en as the cause of death.
He was a son of William and Lydia
W. Eckley Rhoads and was born at
Coleville on December 19th, 1871,
hence was 52 years, 1 month and 22
days old. As a young man he learned
the trade of a stone mason but later
, took up concrete work and in time be-
'came one of the leading contractors
in that line in this section. He not
only did work in Bellefonte but at
State College and various places
| throughout the county. He was a
member of the Methodist church and
prominent in Masonic circles, being a
268 Free and Accepted Masons; past
high priest of Bellefonte chapter No.
241 Royal Arch Masons; a member of
Constans Commandery No. 33 Knights
Templar, and a charter class member
of Nittany Council No. 57 Royal Se-
lect Master Masons.
In 1891 he married Miss Esther
Purdue who survives with four sons,
namely: Albert W. William GG.
: Leonard E. and Lee Ellis, all of Belle-
fonte.
three brothers, Mrs. William Jodon,
Harry, William and Charles Rhoads,
all of Bellefonte.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at two o’clock on Wednes-
day afternoon by Rev. E. E. McKel-
vey, after which burial was made in
the Union cemetery.
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PECK.—Mrs. Mary E. Peck, widow
of the late Solomon Peck, passed
away at the Peck home at Huston, in
Nittany valley, on Monday, following
an illness of four months with urae-
mic trouble. It was the first illness
she had had during her long life, and
unfortunately the last.
Mrs. Peck was a daughter of John
and Rebecca Wise Wolf, well known
| pioneer residents of Miles township,
: where she was born on August 18th,
1 1838, making her age 85 years, 5
months and 23 days. In 1860 she
| married Solomon Peck and the first
‘ year of their married life was spent
in Brush valley but in 1861 they mov-
led to Nittany valley and located -at
Huston where she had lived: ‘ever
since. In her younger life she was a
j member of the German Reformed
church but of late had not been affil-
iated with any of the churches near
her home. Her husband died i
April, 1921, and her only survivors
are two grandsons, Earl and Ralph
Peck, of Huston, and one sister, Mrs.
W. H. Corman, of Williamsport.
Rev. Gauss, of Howard, had charge
of the funeral services which were
held at 11 o’clock yesterday morning,
burial being made at Jacksonville.
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THOMPSON.—Mrs. Emma Cathe-
rine Thompson, widow of James W.
Thompson, died on Monday morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Ralph Haag, in Bellefonte, following
complication of diseases, most of
which time she was confined to her
bed.
She was a daughter of Eli and Ann
Clemson and was born at Baileyville,
this county, on October 18th, 1864,
hence was in her sixtieth year. The
greater part of her married life was
spent in the western part of the State,
her husband dying in Greensburg
fourteen years ago, since which time
she had been making her home among
her children, four of whom survive,
as follows:
Harold, of LaJose; Mrs. Ralph Haag,
son, of Baden. She also leaves her
aged mother, now past ninety-two
years of age, and the following broth-
ers and sisters: Mrs. Flora Wike, of
La Jose; Elmer Clemson, of Spangler;
William, of Irvona, and Mrs. Charles
Nixon, of New Jersey.
Rev. E. E. McKelvey had charge of
the funeral services which were held
on Wednesday afternoon, burial being
made in the Union cemetery.
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LANDIS.—Mrs. Mary Woodring
Landis died at the home of her son,
Charles W. Landis, at Crum Lynne,
Delaware county, on Tuesday morn-
ing, as the result of a stroke of par-
alysis sustained seven years ago.
She was born in Bellefonte on Au-
gust 18th, 1848, hence was in her sev-
enty-sixth year, Her husband died
twenty-four years ago, but she is sur-
vived by six children and six brothers
and sisters, one of the latter being
Mrs. John Woodring, of Port Matil-
da. The remains were taken to Al-
toona where burial will be made this
afternoon.
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McCORMICK.—William W. McCor-
mick, a long time resident of Potters
at 11 o’clock Wednesday night follow-
ing a long illness. He was close to
seventy years of age and is survived
by one son, George McCormick. The
funeral will be held at two o'clock to-
morrow (Saturday) afternoon, burial
| to be made in the Sprucetown ceme-
tery.
CAMPBELL.—Samuel -W. Camp-
bell, a watchman at the High street
crossing of the Pennsylvania railroad
in Bellefonte, died very suddenly and
unexpectedly in the office of Dr. Da-
vid Dale, about ten o’clock last Fri-
day morning, as the result of an at-
tack of angina pectoris. He lived in
Milesburg and came to Bellefonte
that morning with John Scholl, in the
latter’s car. He complained of not
feeling well and the latter advised
him to go and see a physician. He
walked up to the office of Dr. Dale
but the physician being out he return-
ed to his post of duty and worked un-
til the morning trains had come in
and gone out, when he again went to
the doctor’s office. The doctor was at
the hospital and remarking that he
felt very bad Mr. Campbell sat down
in a chair and expired before the phy-
sician could reach his office.
Mr. Campbell was sixty-two years
old and most of his life was spent in
Boggs township. In his early life he
was an iron worker and was employed
, in the rolling mills at Curtin and Mec-
{Coy & Linn’s, but later worked for
the Pennsylvania railroad
past master of Bellefonte lodge No. |
He also leaves one sister and
an illness of fourteen months with a :
Eugene, of South Fork;
of Bellefonte, and Mrs. A. L. Jami- |
Mills, died at his home in that place
iin her thirty-second year. Surviving
and during the past two or three
vears had been a crossing watchman
in Bellefonte. He is survived by his
| wife and two children, H. Lester
Campbell, of Tyrone, and Mrs. Joseph-
ine Campbell, of Pittsburgh. He also
i leaves one brother, Hiram Campbell,
, of Tyrone.
He was a member of the Methodist
charge of the funeral services which
Milesburg cemetery.
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WALTERS.—Mrs.
1]
June A. Wal-
eight o’clock on Tuesday evening fol-
nia, the result of an attack of the
grip.
She was a daughter of D. A. and
Lydia Shreffler Musser, and was born
in Penn township on August 5th,
1855, making her age 68 years, 6
months and 7 days. In May, 1877,
she married Mr. Walters and all their
married life was spent in Millheim.
She was a life-long member of the
| Methodist church, a member of the
| Bellefonte Chapter D. A. R., the East-
ern Star, and the Royal Neighbors,
| being quite active in both church and
organization work.
Her husband died ten years ago and
Jee only survivors are Mrs. Ward
| Gramley, whom she raised from child-
hood, two brothers and one sister, H.
C. Musser, of Cedar Falls, Towa; M.
0. Musser, of West Union, Iowa, and
Mrs. T. R. Stamm, of Latonia Beach,
Florida. Rev. C. W. Catherman will
have charge of the funeral services
which will be held at ten o’clock to-
morrow morning, burial to be made
in the Millheim cemetery.
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| MARKLE.—Mrs. Mary Emma Mar-
kle, wife of J. C. Markle, of Orchard
| Crossing, Blair county, died on Sun-
day afternoon of cerebral hemor-
| rhage, following an illness of over
three weeks.
| She was a daughter of Peter and
| Sarah Fleck and was born at Port
Matilda on August 12th, 1854, hence
was in her seventieth year. In March,
: 1872, she married Mr. Markle and for
: twenty years or longer they lived on
‘a farm in Halfmoon township, Cen-
county. Surviving the deceased are
her husband and the following chil-
dren: James L. Markle, of Fostoria;
George H., of Tyrone; A. C., of Char-
lotteville; Herbert C., of Beaver
: Falls; John M., of Fostoria; Mrs. J.
M. Johnson, of Pine Grove Mills; Mrs.
(J. M. Keller, Mrs. C. E. Wilson and
Mrs. W. M. Keller, all of Pittsburgh;
Mrs. R. C. Salkeld, of Mt. Lebanon,
Allegheny county, and Mrs. Don Da-
vis, of Waynesburg.
She was a member of the Grazier-
ville Methodist church where funeral
services were held on Wednesday
afternoon, burial being made at Char-
lotteville.
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WIKE.—Mrs. Margaret Wike, wid-
ow of William H. Wike, died on Sat-
urday evening at the home of her son,
'!G. W. Wike, in Altoona, of general
debility. She was born in Halfmoon
township, Centre county, on August
: 5th, 1829, hence was in her ninety-
fifth year. She was twice married,
her first husband having been John H.
Farber, who lost his life during the
Civil war. Of their six children only
two survive, John and Jerry Farber,
both of Philipsburg. Her second
husband, William H. Wike, died twen-
ty-six years ago and the only survi-
vor by this union is one son, G. W.
Wike, of Altoona. The greater part
of Mrs. Wike's life was spent in Half-
moon township but during the past
twenty years or so she had lived in
Altoona. She was a member of the
Third United Brethren church, of that
city, and the pastor, Rev. H. A. Buf-
fington, had charge of the funeral
services, which were held on Tuesday
afternoon, interment being made in
the Oak Ridge cemetery.
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BATCHELOR — Mrs. Esther B.
Batcheler, wife of Lewis S. Batcheler,
of Philipsburg, died at the MecGirk
sanitorium in that place on Sunday,
following an illness of six weeks with
inflammatory rheumatism and cther
complications. She was a daughte» of
James and Susannah Goss and was
born on August 14th, 1892, hence was
{her are her husband and one son,
James W. Batcheler; her parents, two
| brothers and two sisters. Burial was
‘made in the Philipsburg cemetery on
{ Wednesday afternoon.
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
ters, widow of the late Alfred Wal- | .
ters, of Mi im, at the home of her son-in-law, L. P. ;
ers: 0 fllheis,, passed away ut Bower, about a mile west of Mill-
lowing a week’s illness with pneumo- ' heim, as the result of general debili-
tre county, finally moving” to Blair
SHARP.—James Kenneth Sharp,
son of Charles and Laura Ingram
Sharp, died at the family home at
Hublersburg on Monday morning fol-
lowing three days’ illness with cere-
bral meningitis. The fact will prob-
ably be recalled that late on Christ-
mas evening the young man was
walking along the road on the out-
skirts of Hublersburg when another
young man came along in an automo-
bile and asked him to take a ride.
company
rather diffident young man, he was in- ,
dustrious and well liked by all who
to his parents he is survived by one
church and Rev. J. Fred Andreas had .
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' the skull.
Sharp got into the machine but they
had gone only a short distance when
they had an accident, he was thrown
out and sustained a slight fracture of
The owner of the car dis-
appeared leaving Sharp lying by the
roadside where he was found the next
morning by the bus driver. His inju-
ry and exposure kept him confined to
the house through January. Previous
to the accident he had been employed
at the Bellefonte silk mill and last
week, believing himself sufficiently
recovered came to Bellefonte and went
to work. He worked but three days
when he again became ill and his
death followed.
He was almost eighteen years old
and the family moved to Hublersburg
from Butler two years ago. A quiet,
knew him. He was a charter member
of the Penn-Centre chapter Order of
DeMolay, of Bellefonte. In addition
sister, June Sharp.
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Funeral services were held at the
home at 3:30 o’clock yesterday and
were held at two o'clock on Monday | the burial in the Hublersburg ceme-
afternoon, burial being made in the tery was in charge of the Order of
DeMolay.
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BUBB.—Mrs. Frances
widow of John Bubb, died last Friday
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ty. Her maiden name was Frances
Stoner and she was born in Bedford '
county on May 9th, 1851, hence was
in her seventy-third year. In 1871
she married John Bubb, who passed
away several years ago, but surviv-
ing her are three children, Mrs. H. H.
Leitzell and Mrs. L. P. Bower, of Mill-
heim, and Mrs. H. E. Bible, of Altoo-
na. She also leaves one brother, Da-
vid C. Stoner, of Green Springs, Ohio.
She was a life-long member of the
Reformed church.
Funeral services were held at the
Bower home at 10 o’clock on Tuesday
morning by Rev. John S. Hollenback,
assisted by Rev. F. H. Daubenspeck,
after which burial was made in the
Fairview cemetery, Millheim.
WILLIAMS.—Mrs. Julia M. Wil-
liams, widow of the late Nelson Wil-
liams, of Lemont, died on Friday at
the home of Mrs. D. F. Smith, at Cen-
tre Hall, as the result of general de-
bility. She was a daughter of Daniel
and Eliza Mokle and was born at
Shingletown eighty-six years ago.
Her only son, James M. Williams,
former postmaster at State College,
passed away nine months ago. Bur-
ial was made at Lemont on Monday.
The Old Lady Thought They Were
Spooks.
For some time there have been
strange -carryings on about the hone
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lutz, who live
in the tenant house on the farm occu-
pied by Miles Mechtly. . It is located
on the Jacksonville'road several miles
east of Bellefonte.
Once or twice a week, in the middle
of the night there would be strange
noises about the place and then from
the darkness outside would come a
shower of stones that battreed the
doors and smashed windows. The
Lutzs are old folks, have harmed no
one so that the good old lady could
account for the strange doings in no
other way than that there were spooks
about.
Sheriff Taylor sent a deputy down
to get a view of the situation last
Monday night a week and he had
scarcely gotten on the job until a
large stone hit him on the head and
he was so busy seeing stars for a
while that he missed everything else.
The Sheriff then went down himself
and came home with a list of sixteen
boys, ages ranging from 14 to 18
years, who have admitted that they
were doiug the deviltry. What for
remains the mystery in the situation.
Infant’s Body Found in Sewage Dis-
posal Plant.
At noon last Friday Joseph L.
Swift, caretaker at the State College
sewage disposal plant, discovered the
nude body of an infant floating in the
filth just where one of the large sew-
er pipes empties into the sludge res-
ervoir.. The child was evidently of
premature birth but it was impossible
to tell whether it had been born dead
or murdered by an inhuman mother
and then cast into the sewer. ‘Squire
I. J. Dreese, of Lemont, held an in-
quest, but as the jury empanelled
could not tell how the child met its
death or at what point it was cast in-
to the sewer it was impossible to un-
ravel the mystery of the body’s ap-
pearance in the reservoir.
——Though a week delayed in get-
ting on the job the groundhog made
good on Saturday night with the
heaviest fall of snow so far this win-
ter; at least in Bellefonte. But at
that, it wz s only about three inches in
depth. Sunday was quite windy but
fortunately not unusually cold.
——R. Fiske Shearer has sold his
meat market on Allegheny street to
W. R. Kissell, an expert butcher of
Lock Haven. Mr. Shearer will devote
his time to the buying and selling of
cattle.
Jane Bubb,
GEORGE WASHINGTON RUMBERGER.
of “Watchman”
Pioneers.
Gallery
Above we present the photo-
graph of George W. Rumber-
ger, of Unionville. ‘It was tak-
en December 4th, last when Mr.
Rumberger was well on in his
eighty-seventh year.
We take unusual pleasure in
placing this picture in the
“Watchman’s Gallery of Pio-
neer Readers for Mr. Rumber-
ger is, we think, the only per-
son who has read the paper
from the date of its first issue
i | to the present time.
There might be others who
have equalled his record as a
consistent reader of the “Watch-
man.” If so we would be glad
to hear from them and receive
their photographs to be hung in
the Gallery.
We note, elsewhere, that
“Uncle” Jimmie Waddle, of
Lock Haven, has just celebrated
his ninetieth birthday. As he
has been a reader of the
“Watchman” as long as we
have known anything about its
list we are wondering whether
he might not be pretty nearly
in Mr. Rumberger’s class.
If there should be no others
living who began to read with
the first issue it would be inter-
esting to hear from those who
began in the early years of the
publication.
i ——The Sophomore class of the
State College High school will pre-
sent a play, “A Girl in a Thousand,”
-in the I. O. O. F. hall at Pine Grove
| Mills Saturday evening, February
. 16th. The patronage of the public is
solicited.
——It may as well be admitted
that the Mellon tax bill can’t be made
a party question. Too many Repub-
licans are opposed to it.
CENTRE HALL.
Mrs. “Billie” McClenahan has been
on the sick list for several days past.
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Bingman and
Son Fred, spent Tuesday in West i.i!-
on.
: Miss Hazel Ripka, of Millheim, vic:
ited ‘in Centre Hall during the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stahl, of Al-
toona, spent Sunday at the J. S. Stahl
home.
H. E. Weaver moved his family
to Altoona on Thursday; moving by
automobile.
The “Castle” lodge of our burg had
an oyster supper on Tuesday evening,
which was a very enjoyable affair.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Presbyterian church held a so-
cial Wednesday evening, which proved
to be quite a success.
C. D. Bartholomew represented the
Penns Valley Banking company at the
annual meet of the Bankers’ associa-
tion in Altoona, on Tuesday.
The radio recently installed by J.
Roy Schaeffer is proving very satis-
factory and is the source of a great
deal of pleasure to his family and
many friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Boozer, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Bradford and Miss. Verna
Rowe spent Wednesday in Altoona,
going up by auto on Tuesday -after-
noon.
Mrs. Shook, of Pittsburgh, a cousin
of George Searson, visited at the
Searson home for nearly a week.
From here she went to Boalsburg and
then to Lock Haven before returning
ome.
Another death on the South side
was that of W. W. McCormick, . of
Potters Mills, who passed away ‘on
Wednesday night. His health had
been failing for’ a number of months,
but he was confined to, his .bed for a
period of only a few weeks.
Seed Corn Situation.
Centre county farmers will do well
to test their seed corn at once. In-
spection of several cribs throughout
the county shows the seed corn to be
In a very poor condition. Corn went
into the crib last fall carrying a high
percentage of moisture and shows a
large percentage of moldy corn at
this time. A rather mild winter is the
only thing that has saved the repeti-
tion of a seed corn situation similar
to the spring of 1919.
. The county Farm Bureau is locat-
ing the available good seed corn and
will be in a position to help you if
your seed is poor. ‘Any samples left
at the bureau office will be tested and
if you have an “exceptional. good , lot
of seed notify the Farm Bureau,’ as
present indications point to a serious
shortage for the spring planting.
With high cost of labor, fertilizer,
etc, it is poor economy to plant
doubtful seed. Replanting never
pays.