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Political Announcements.
FOR NATIONAL DELEGATE.
We are authorized to announce that John
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the National Democratic Convention from
the 23rd Congressional District. Subject
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A SOJOURN IN CHUNGKING.
Mrs. North Tells Incidents of Final
Steamer Trip in China.
Chungking, Nov. 11th, 1923.
Dear Home Folks:
Here we are at last in Chungking.
We've been here since Wednesday, the
7th. Reached here about 7:30 that
morning and had to wait till we got
word up to the Suttons that we were
here, before anybody came to meet us.
We anchored just about eight miles
below Chungking the night before so
got in here rather early in the morn-
ing.
Qur trip from Ichang up was un-
eventful save for the difficulty we had
in getting over the wild rapids. Bill
has told about that in his letter, so 1
won't go into detail about it. I want
you to know, though, that I was more
frightened then than I felt I would be
of the whole Chinese army if they
should begin firing at us. You can’t
imagine the noise the engines made
when they blew off steam. That's
what frightened me. Then to see that
swirling torrent of water and wonder-
ing what would happen if we didn’t
make the rapids. I certainly felt a
great deal better when we had gotten
safely over. And the distance that it
took us about an hour to get over, you
could have walked in about five min-
utes on land. I was in fine condition
to get the weeps when the man went
overboard, as Bill tells in his letter.
That was the climax to a tremendous
nervous strain.
I had my first sedan chair ride up
to the Syracuse-in-China compound
from the boat. You can’t imagine the
sensation of being carried up steps
and down steps in a chair by three
men. And they go so fast! I was
scared to death they’d let me fall.
Just wait until I have my own chair.
I'll have Bill take my picture and send
it to you. We certainly are in China
now. You can’t get away from that
fact. I don’t know whether I'll ever
be able to describe the streets so that
you can form any kind of picture of
the city. The streets, you understand,
are for pedestrians as well as for
horses, pigs, dogs, and any kind of
animal they might have in Chungking.
There are not a great many horses,
but the soldiers are here now and they
have quite a few. It is the strangest
sight to see them (the horses) walk-
ing up and down steps just as humans
do. Everything that is made or sold
in China is done right out in the open.
Some things are rather interesting to
see, others not so much so. None of
the odors, however, have made me sick
so far. And we've smelt about the
worst of them, I think.
I wish you could see the chrysan-
themums out here that grow right in
the yards. It is the season for them
now, and we have them all over the
house, lovely ones, such as you buy at
the hot-houses at home. And also the
fruit. We usually have three or four
kinds for breakfast, and seme times
eat some of each kind. This morning
we had pomela (something like grape-
fruit but not so acid and it can be eat-
en like an orange), tangerine oranges,
plain oranges and persimmons. The
persimmons are delicious. Bill and I
are both crazy about them.
We have been very busy unpacking
and repacking to go on to Chengtu.
It is not definitely settled when we
will start, but we want to get the
packing out of the way so that we will
be free to do as we please for a few
days. It is an awful job. We will not
be able to go overland to Chengtu
from here. We must take a small
steamer part way, then transfer to a
native houseboat and travel a week or
ten days in that, and then go by chair
overland for about four days. In or-
dinary times we could make the whole
trip by chair from here, but it is not
safe now and it looks as though it will
be still less safe in a few days. There
has been terrific fighting here all sum-
mer and Chungking was taken by the
Southern forces. It now looks as
though the Northern forces were
about to return and try to regain the
city. This will all sound terrible to
you home folks, I'm sure, but it re-
ally isn’t so bad as it sounds. Of
course, it’s bad enough, but when the
Chinese shoct, they usually shoot into
the air and seldom kill anybody. It’s
the bandits who do the killing. That's
why we're going by water. It’s safer
to go by water now than by land. If
we are as fortunate going from here
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Ichang to Chungking, we will be hap-
y.
Before I forget it, I want to tell you
that I have unpacked the big, heavy
trunk and not one of the vases was
broken. In fact, nothing was broken,
except the silver loving cup that Bill’s
Sunday school class gave him. That
snapped right off at the point where
the pedestal is joined to the cup. I
packed that, too. All our trunks came
through in fine condition and nothing
got wet. We will leave the two big
trunks here and take just the two
wardrobe trunks, the little steamer
and the little army trunk to Chengtu.
This is the trip that will tell on our
baggage if we happen to have rainy
weather when we make the overland
trip, or if the native boat leaks.
Tuesday Evening.
It is just as hard as everything to
get a letter written here. There is
something doing all the time and
when you sit down in the living room
to write there are always so many
people there talking that it’s impos-
sible to think.
We've just returned from the most
glorious day in the Chungking Hills,
the hills where most of the Chungking
people spend their summers. We
started out at 9:30 this morning in
sedan chairs, had to cross the river
by boat (stayed in our sedan chairs
which were placed in a native sam-
pan) and when we reached the other
side of the river we had a two hours’
ride up the mountain to the bungalow
where we had lunch. You can’t imag-
ine how lovely sedan chair riding is
when you get used to it. But it takes
a little while to get used to going up
and up such very steep places. You
wonder what would happen if one of
the men would slip. And sometimes
the paths are so narrow and on one
side will be a sheer drop of what
seems like hundreds of feet when you
look down. The men are very sure-
footed, as a rule and they seldom lei
anybody fall. I do get scared to
death, though, when they start to run
down a steep flight of steps.
We had lunch with English people
by the name of Davidson. Mr. Da-
vidson is in business, but almost all of
his family are missionaries. His
father, who is now about seventy
years old, was one of the pioneer mis-
sionaries out here. He is still here.
They have a beautiful bungalow up on
the hills with many conveniences,
among them an electric light plant.
We had a delightful time. We left
there about four o’clock, walked part
way home and reached here a little
after six. The Chungking streets
were dark as we came through them
in our chairs. I don’t like to travel
at night bere. You can’t picture a
Chinese street at night. It made me
sort of creepy. I shall not do any
more traveling at night than I have
to. In fact, you can’t do much, for the
city gates are closed at 5:30. We just
got in in time tonight.
We have finished packing to go to
Chengtu. Now it remains to get a
boat (a steamer) to take us to the
place where we get the houseboat. We
thought we were all fixed to leave on
Saturday of this week, but the boat
we were to take has been ordered
down to Shanghai immediately and
we won’t be able to get another boat
until a week from tomorrow. Travel
in China is very uncertain. We never
expected to have to stay so long in
Chungking. I'll certainly be glad
when we reach Chengtu. We thought
we would reach there by Thanksgiv-
ing time but it looks now as though
we’d be lucky if we get there for
Christmas.
Yesterday I went down town with
Mabel Mas Lean (one of the Syracuse
unit, a nurse). I wish I could de-
scribe all of the things I saw. For one
thing, all of the children need hand-
kerchiefs and don’t have them. I
thnk I'll start a campaign in Ameri-
ca for handkerchiefs for Chinese chil-
dren. And you never saw people who
enjoyed spitting more than the Chi-
nese do. They spit all the time and
any place at all.
Wednesday morning.
We're going out into the country
today, where we will be living when
we come back from Chengtu. The
school is also out there. The Rapes
(Mr. Rape is principal of the school
now), have invited us out to spend the
day. They are fine people. Mr. Rape
is taller than Bill and thinner, so you
can imagine what he looks like.
Don’t worry about us. We're both
well and happy and having a fine
time. The people out here are all
lovely. I will go into detail about
them in another letter. The house
that we're in now (the Suttons) is
also a beautiful place. I'll tell about
that, too, in the next letter.
It’s going to be fine to get letters
from home. Be sure to date them all
so that we'll know whether we're get-
ting them all.
SARAH.
Modern Woodmen Drive,
The Bellefonte camp Modern Wood-
men of America, now numbering 110
members, is making a drive this month
to recruit ten new members. The
Modern Woodmen is a fraternal or-
ganization of about forty years’
standing, but its membership in the
United States is now in excess of one
million. It has fraternal insurance in
force exceeding one billion six hun-
dred million dollars and since its or-
ganization has paid in death claims
$295,000,000. Its present surplus is
thirty-five millions. The organiza-
tion has a sanitorium near Colorado
Springs for the care of tubercular
members. Register Harry A. Ross-
man is clerk of the local camp and
will furnish full information to any
and all prospective candidates.
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Conservation Spirit Revived at State
College Meeting.
Conservation activities in Centre
county received a big boost on Mon-
day night when a new form of organi-
zation was proposed at a joint meet-
ing of the Centre County Conserva-
tion Association and the State College
Conservation Association in the Pres-
byterian church at State College.
The proposal, which was presented
by Prof. J. A. Ferguson, who is sec-
retary of the State Conservation
Council, is to retain the present organ-
izations of the county and town con-
servation associations and all the al-
lied organizations, but to form what
will be known as a Centre County
Conservation Council made up of one
delegate for each of the various coun-
ty or local organizations including
hunting and fishing clubs, and the
County Council to have representa-
tion in the State Conservation Coun-
cil.
The names of about twenty differ-
ent organizations interested in con-
servation within the county were sug-
gested by Prof. Ferguson, and each
will be asked to join the County Coun-
cil with annual dues of but $2 for
each organization. In this way the
Centre County Conservation Associa-
tion will maintain its present status,
as will the State College Conserva-
tion Association, and these two will
be on an equal basis of representation
on the County Council as the Rider
gun club, the Bellefonte fishing club,
the Boal troop or any other organiza-
tion that desires representation on
the County Council.
It was pointed out chat since the
organization of the Centre County
Conservation Association at Boals-
burg, in 1920, the only active organi-
zation that has kept on the job is the
State College branch association, and
that under the proposed organization,
a small group representing wider in-
terests would be able to carry out the
original objects of the conservation
movement in the county.
Mr. Ferguson called a joint meet-
ing of the State College and the coun-
ty associations for the presentation
of the proposal and it was decided
that the new form of Council should
be operative as soon as fifteen organ-
izations signify their willingness to
join.
Among the organizations that will
be asked to join the Centre County
Conservation Council and elect dele-
gates thereto are the following: The
State College Conservation Associa-
tion, the Chamber of Commerce, the
American Legion, the Rider Gun Club,
the Stone Cabin Gun Club, the County
Grange, the Laurel Run Tigers, the
Boal Troop, the Foresters Club, the
Bellefonte Fishing Club, the Modock
Gun Club, the Wildcat and Fleetfoot
Hunting Clubs, the State College Bus-
iness Men’s Association, Boy Scouts
and Women’s Clubs. Other county or-
ganizations interested in conserva-
tion will also be eligible.
Officers of the State College conser-
vation association were elected as fol-
lows: President, P. A. Frost; vice
president, C. B. Steel; secretary, Rus-
sell Castleberry, and treasurer, N. E.
Hess. Phil Foster is the retiring
president and C. N. Fisher, the sccre-
tary. The new secretary is to be the
association representative on the pro-
posed Conservation Council.
During the session of the State Col-
lege association on Monday evening a
motion was passed recommending to
State game officials that the new law
with respect to killing fox hounds
caught chasing deer be reverted to
the old law which provided that only
state game representatives be allow-
ed to do the killing in such cases. Un-
der the new law it was pointed out
that any one is allowed to kill such
dogs caught chasing deer for a half
mile or more.
A vigorous protest was also regis-
tered on the manner in which dogs
are allowed to run loose in and about
State College, with particular refer-
ence to unlicensed strays. It was
pointed out that rabbit breeding sea-
son is now on and that the supply is
being cut down through dogs being al-
lowed to run loose at all hours of the
day and night, despite the fact that
the State dog law requires that dog
owners keep their animals under con-
trol at all times, whether licensed or
not.
The fish committee of the associa-
tin made a report that showed great
interest in the fish supply in Centre
county streams. A request has been
made for a special fish warden to pa-
trol the county streams to stop ille-
gal fishing, and they hope to have
this request granted.
Dean Watts, who is president of
the State Conservation Council, also
spoke in favor of the forestry bond
issue. He corrected a somewhat gen-
eral impression that this money
would be spent at one time, by saying
that Commissioner Stuart declares
that it will take 15 or 16 years to ju-
diciously spend the entir: amount for
the best interests of fu.ure genera-
tions in maintaining a lumber supply
within the State. Dean Watts also de-
clared that Centre county is a “ver-
itable hot bed” for conservation and
told of the activities in this line for
the past several years.
Dean E. A. Holbrook, of the college
school of mines, attending his first
conservation meeting spoke on the
stream pollution problem in the State.
He declared that he has looked into
the question from all sides and so far
as the pollution of streams by mines
is concerned, knew of no possible rem-
edy. In many cases there must be a
choice between mines and pure
streams, and that if new mines can-
not operate without the pollution of
otherwise pure streams, it is a ques-
Hon, whether they should be opened
at all.
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Game warden Thomas Mosier was
at the meeting and gave some valua-
ble advice in matters pertaining to
the present game laws. He said that
steps are being taken to stock parts
of the county with beaver and bear
and that this may be done in the near
future. At the same time he express-
ed doubt that bear would stay in the
county.
Before the meeting closed it was de-
cided that at least four meetings of
the State College association should
be held each year. One of these is to
be held just before the opening of the
hunting season and another just be-
fore the opening of the fishing season.
A resolution was also adopted re-
questing Harrisburg officials to amend
the game laws so as to move the bear
season back to conform to the deer
season, making them both open and
close according to the present deer
season. ;
Great enthusiasm was shown in all
conservation matters and every one
left with the outstanding idea that a
new lease of Centre county’s conser-
vational life had been introduced by
Prof. Ferguson in his plan for a
County Conservation Council.
Snow Shoe Township Man Victim of
Terrific Assault.
H. H. Gillette, truant officer and
deputy constable of Snow Shoe town-
ship, is in the Lock Haven hospital
with a badly fractured skull the result
of being struck on the head with the
blunt end of a pick, on Thursday even-
ing of last week by Frank Auman,
formerly of Bellefonte. The latter is
now in the Centre county jail await-
ing the result of Gillette’s injuries.
For some time past a number of
families at Clarence and vicinity have
been disregarding the public school
compulsory attendance law and officer
Gillette was instructed to arrest all
parents who refused to send their
children to school. Consequently on
Thursday evening he went to the
home of Stiney Shall, at Clarence, to
start his enforcement work. On en-
tering the house he found in addition
to Shall three other men present, one
of them Frank Auman. From all re-
ports the men had been drinking and
an altercation followed during which
Shall and two of the men escaped
from the house. Gillette blamed Au-
man for assisting Shall in his escape
and a quarrel followed, the men final-
ly exchanging blows when Auman
grabbed a pick and brought it down
on Gillette’s head, knocking a hole in
the skull. As soon as he realized what
he had done Auman took to the woods
and went into hiding.
Word of what happened quickly
spread through the village of Clar-
ence and Gillette was given first aid
treatment then taken to the Lock Ha-
ven hospital on the night train over
the New York Central railroad. Word
was also telephoned to Bellefonte and
sheriff E. R. Taylor deputized consta-
ble Joseph Wade to hunt down Au-
man. That officer failed to locate
him on Thursday night and early Fri-
day morning sheriff Taylor and two
deputies went to Snow Shoe and
started on a hunt for Auman, locat-
ing him that afternoon in hiding out
in the vicinity of Cherry Run. He of-
fered no resistance to arrest and was
brought to Bellefonte and locked in
the Centre county jail. Auman is
about twenty-six years old, and as
Gillette’s recovery is doubted he may
have to face trial for murder.
McFARLAND. — William McFar-
land, a member of one of the pioneer
families of Spruce Creek valley and
whose ancestry traces back to the co-
lonial days before the revolutionary
war, died at his home at Graysville,
last Saturday, as the result of cancer
on the face. Several years ago he fell
and broke his hip which left him
somewhat crippled and later cancer
developed which caused his death.
During his illness he was tenderly
cared for by his sister Mary, who did
everything possible to relieve his suf-
fering.
Mr. McFarland was eighty-three
years old, was born and spent his en-
tire life at Graysville. When the Civ-
il war broke out he promptly enlisted
for service in the 49th Penna. Vols,
known as Col. Bill Irwin’s regiment.
He made a gallant soldier during the
years he spent on the battlefield. He
was a member of the Graysville
Presbyterian church, a good citizen
and a true friend. His only survivors
are two sisters, Mrs. Cyrus Gross, of
Graysville, and Miss Mary, at home.
Rev. Harry Fleming had charge of
the funeral services which were held
at two o’clock on Monday afternoon,
burial being made in the Graysville
cemetery.
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ASTON.—Mrs. Elizabeth Jane As-
ton, widow of Benjamin Aston, died at
in Benner township last
Thursday, following two years’ illness
as the result of an embolism. She
was a daughter of James and Mary
Jane Leach Wilson and was born at
Hecla, being 82 years, 9 months and
11 days old. Most of her married life
was spent in Milesburg and Boggs
township. Her husband has been dead
for a number of years but surviving
her are several children. Burial was
made in the Curtin cemetery last Sat-
urday.
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——Rear Admiral William S. Sims,
of the United States navy, was the
big attraction at State College lact
night, talking to the students on the
college undergraduate and the Eigh-
teenth amendment.
——Sinie H. Hoy, who last week
moved into Bellefonte from his Spring
township farm, is a patient in the
Bellefonte hospital, where he under-
went a rather serious operation.
McCLELLAN.—Mrs. Blanche B. Me-
Clellan, wife of Lester D. McClellan,
last week in the Altoona hospital fol-
lowing a month’s illness with paresis.
She was a daughter of Robert and
Levine Strunk and was born near
Bellefonte on January 3rd, 1892, hence
was 32 years and 3 months old. On
October 24th, 1912, she married Les-
ter D. McClellan, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles McClellan, of Bellefonte,
their brief married life being spent in
Bellefonte, Tyrone and Altoona. Sur-
viving her are her husband and four
children, Earl, Irene, LeRoy and Vi-
olet. She also leaves her mother and
the following brothers and sisters:
Frank Strunk, of State College; Mrs.
Harry Miller, of Bellefonte; Mrs.
Wesley Kunes, of Blanchard; Harry
Strunk, of State College; Mrs. R. K.
McMullen, of Milesburg; John, of
Pleasant Gap; Ray, of Tyrone; Mrs.
Joseph Kelleher, Mrs. Walter Scull
and Mrs. Curtin Taylor, all of Belle-
fonte.
The remains were brought to Belle-
fonte on Saturday morning and taken
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Miller where funeral services were
held at two o’clock on Monday after-
noon by Rev. Dr. Schmidt, assisted by
Rev. Shuey, burial being made in the
Union cemetery.
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GRAY.—Mrs. Rachel A. Gray, wid-
ow of the late Zane Gray, of Tyrone,
died at her home in that place on
Monday night as the result of an at-
tack of pneumonia. Her maiden name
was Rachel Amanda Waddle, a daugh-
ter of Philip Benner and Rachel
Moore Waddle, and she was born at
Waddle, in Buffalo Run valley, eighty-
one years ago. Her girlhood life was
spent at the home of her birth but
after her marriage to Mr. Gray they
located in Tyrone and that place had
been her home ever since. She was a
life-long member of the Methodist
church and always an active partici-
pant in all phases of church work.
She had one daughter, Carrie, mar-
ried to Charles Stuart, who died some
years ago. Mr. Gray also preceded
her to the grave so that hex only sur-
vivors are two half-brothers, James
Waddle, of State College, and Philip
D., of Bellefonte. Charles Jones, of
Milton, Del., whom Mr. and Mrs.
Gray raised from childhood, is also
included among the survivors. Fun-
eral services were held at two o’clock
on Wednesday afternoon, burial being
made in the Grandview cemetery, Ty-
rone. =
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CURTIN.—Mrs. Margery Isabel
Curtin, widow of the late General
John I. Curtin, died at the Bellefonte
hospital on Sunday evening, as the
result of chronic myocarditis. Con-
siderably past four score years of age
she suffered a general breakdown
some months ago, her condition grad-
ually growing worse, and on Satur-
‘day evening she was ‘removed to the
hospital. Twenty-four hours
she passed away.
She was a daughter of John and
Julia A. Barnhart and was born at
Curtin on December 9th, 1837, hence
had reached the advanced age of 86
years, 3 months and 28 days. The
greater part of her married life was
spent in Bellefonte. She was a mem-
ber of St. John’s Episcopal church and
a pious, christian weman. Her hus-
band died some years ago and her
only survivor is one son, Gregg Cur-
tin, of Bellefonte.
Rev. M. DePui Maynard had charge
of the funeral services which were
held on Wednesday afternoon, burial
being made in the Union cemetery.
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RICHARDS.—David Richards died
at his home in Philipsburg last Wed-
nesday afternoon following a pro-
longed illness with dropsy. He was a
son of Thomas and Sarah Beckwith
Richards and was born at Port Matil-
da on March 29th, 1853, hence was 71
years and 4 days old. During the
many years of his residence in Phil-
ipsburg he worked as a teamster. He
married Miss Addie Butterbaugh, of
Indiana county, who survives with two
children, Thomas J. Richards, of Bris-
bin, and Mrs. Walter Kohler, of Pitts-
burgh. He also leaves two sisters.
Burial was made in the Philipsburg
cemetery on Saturday afternoon.
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HOLT.—George Holt, of Fillmore,
died at the Bellefonte hospital, last
Friday night, as the result of a stroke
of apoplexy sustained early that day.
He was a son of Thomas and Mary
Spear Holt and was born at Curtin on
July 3rd, 1860, hence was 63 years, 9
months and 1 day old. His wife, who
prior to her marriage was Minnie
Spicer, died July 28th, 1923, but sur-
viving him are the following children:
William, Edward, John, Randolph,
Madaline, Marie, Robert, Elizabeth
and George Jr., all at home. Funeral
services were held on Tuesday after-
noon, burial being made in the Ad-
vent cemetery in Boggs township.
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KIRK.—Miss Alice B. Kirk, who of
late had been making her home in
Johnstown, died at the Cottage State
hospital, Philipsburg, last . Thursday,
as the result of blood poisoning. A
daughter of Harrison and Margaret
Kirk she was born at Unionville on
December 11th, 1865, making her age
58 years, 3 months and 24 days. She
leaves one brother, John Kirk, of San-
dy Ridge. The funeral was held last
Saturday morning, burial being made
iin the Philipsburg semglery.
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i ANDERSON.—Harry L. Anderson,
in"ant son of George and Violet
Baughman Anderson, died at the fam-
ily home in the Brick Row last Thurs-
day, following a brief illness, aged
eight months. Burial was made on
Saturday in the Treziyulny cemetery,
‘in Boggs township.
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of Altoona, died on Thursday night of |
later
James A. McClain.
Another of Bellefonte’s sons came
into the lime light last Friday night
when James A. McClain, of Spangler,
speaking to the Kiwanians, who were
then getting set for the start of their
hospital drive the next morning, made
| the wholly unexpected request that he
: be given the honor of leading off with
‘a gift of $500. Mr. McClain was at
i the meeting merely to tell the work-
‘ers some of his experiences as chair-
{man of the drive just completed for
| the hospital in Spangler, his adopted
i home. Most of his audience knew he
| was still interested in his native coun-
|ty but no one thought of a gift here
when he had his own institution to
support. He went further. He also
| offered a silver loving cup as a trophy
| for the team that shall go furthest
over the top.
! The announcement threw the gath-
| ering into an outburst of enthusiastic
cheering that lasted for several min-
utes and effaced all pessimism as to
| the outcome of the great undertaking.
! Mr. McClain was a poor man when
| he left Bellefonte. Today he is the out-
standing figure in the northern Cam-
bria coal fields. Cashier of the First
National bank of Spangler, president
First National of Bakerton, treasurer
| of the Bluebaker coal company, mem-
Lid of the Board of the Miner’s hos-
jpital and leader of every welfare
| movement in his community.
Born at Bellefonte, September 30th,
| 1849, he moved with his parents to
| State College, in 1856, and in the fall
"of 1860 returned with the family to
make their home here in the house on
north Allegheny street now owned by
W. G. Runkle Esq. When a boy he
was employed as a mule driver in the
ore mines in Spring township and in
1863 went to State College to clerk in
his uncle’s store. After a year theie
he became a brakeman on the Snow
, Shoe railroad and held that job until
soldiers returninz from the war were
| given their old places back. For six
| years he worked in the Bellefonte
! planing mill and studied telegraphy at
| night under the late W. L. Malin and
iin‘ 1871 was made agent and teleo-
| rapher at Julian, later being tran:fe:-
red to Milesburg and Snow Shoe.
| While at the latter place he became
| active in politics and in 1881 secured
i the Democratic nomination for Regis-
| ter of Centre county. He was elected
land re-elected for a second term.
While in that office, in collaboration
{ with the late J. C. Meyer and Harry
Keller Esq., he made a comprehensive
index of all records and installed the
system that has been found the most
efficient up to this date. After leav-
ing the Register’s office he bought the
old nail works store and when the
Nail Works failed he went down in
the crash, leaving Bellefonte practic-
ally penniless.
His successes in the coal fields of
Cambria county have been continuous
Starting in a small merchandise busi-
ness and fighting his way, step by step
he has worked himself into the posi:
tion that made it possible to return tc
the scenes of his youth and offer the
munificent inspiration of last Frida)
night.
Huntingdon Presbytery to Establisl
Home for the Aged.
At the spring meeting of the Hunt
ingdon Presbytery, held in Tyrone o:
Monday and Tuesday, the committe:
which some time ago took an optio:
on the Keller property at Hollidays
burg as a proposed home for the age:
was authorized to purchase the sam
and proceed at once to raise the nec
essary money to enlarge the buildin;
and endow the home. >
Four ministers were received int
membership from other Presbyteries
among them being Rev. W. C. Thomg
son, the new pastor.of the Bellefont
church. Ralph W. Illingworth Jr,
member of the graduating class o
the Western Theological Seminary, a
Pittsburgh, was examined and ordair
ed as a minister of the gospel. A
adjourned session of the Presbyter
will be held at Lewistown on May 8tl
———County commissioner Jame
Swabb has been confined to his hom
at Linden Hall, this week, with il
ness, although his condition is not re
garded as serious.
Statement of Ownership.
In compliance with Section 443 of tI
Postal Laws and Regulations the stat
‘ment is _ hereby publicly, made that ti
.daughtersfof SuSan¥M:‘Meek. deceased, a
sole owners and publishers of “The Der
ocratic Watchman,” a weekly paper pu
lished at Bellefonte, Pa., and that the
are no bonds or stock on the property
existence.
GEO. R. MEEK.
Acting Publish