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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
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150 MILE TRIP OVERLAND.
Mrs.
North Describes Journey
Through Interior of China.
Suining, Sze., January 27, 1923.
Dear Home Folks:
No doubt you will be surprised to
receive a letter from me from the
above address. If, however, you will
get out the atlas and look up the small
river that enters the Yangtsze at
Chungking, you will, I think, find the
place on the map. It is a city of
about 50,000, and is one of the four
stations of the Methodist Episcopal
church in West China, the other three
being Chungking, Tzechow, and
Chengtu. Now I have seen them all.
It all came about in this way. Earl
Cranston, who came from Chengtu to
meet us when we were going up from
Chungking, wanted to visit this place
before returning to North China, from
which he came to help out as a sup-
ply. He asked me to go with him. Dr.
Lewis, of the Language school, did not
exactly want me to come, but at last
gave his consent; so we left at day-
light, or shortly after, on the morning
of the 21st (Monday). Some of our
crepe-hanger friends told us that we
were fools, that we would be killed,
and that & thousand and one things
would happen to us, but they were, as
usual, wrong. We had a fine trip, and
found no excitement whatever.
We started out on foot to cover
about 150 miles. At home one would
scarcely think of such a thing, but out
here there is nothing else to do, un-
less one rides in a sedan chair, and I
am not exactly crazy about such
things. The first day we crossed the
Chengtu plain and climbed the moun-
tains that border the plain to the
south. We spent the night at a little
place in these mountains. The Chi-
nese inns are anything but attractive
places to sleep, but they might be
worse. I think I have told you some-
thing of them in a previous letter.
They consist of a hollow square of
one-story buildings, generally built of
stone, brick, or bito, a kind of bam-
boo and mud structure most nearly
comparable to our plaster and stucco
at home. The entrance from the
street is through the dining hall, an
open room with mud floor. In cne
corner is the stove, built of clay. The
square tables have no cloth nor dish-
es, except the chopsticks and the
bowls of food. Instead of chairs the
seats are bandans, or what you would
call saw horses. Each table is sup-
posed to seat eight people, but I ean
tell you that there is little room when
eight people sit down to them. Ex-
cept in the large cities it is necessary
to go out and buy in the street your
meat and vegetables, bring them to
the inn, and have the cook prepare
them. In the course of the trip the
menu was somewhat as follows: Rice
and sweet potatoes boiled together
(no salt, no condiments of any kind);
rice with which we mixed concoctions
of celery and bits of pork cooked to-
gether, or a vegetable called wosen
and pork cooked together, or carrots
shredded and boiled; “mien,” a kind of
noodle something like spaghetti. These
are good when flavored properly and
when the pork is mixed with them,
but often we did not have “jankiu,”
(vinegar) or “yang iu” (a sort of salt
brine). In such instances the food
was not altogether palatable. Had
we not had good appetites we might
have had difficulty in the cuisine de-
partment. As it was we did well with
what foreign goods we took with us.
Mrs. Starrett and the women folks at
my house fixed us out with cookies,
bread, , muffins, marmalade, peanut
butter, candy, cold meat and baked
beans. Needless to say that I allowed
Earl to eat most of the beans.
Going back I suppose that we shall
have less foreign food, but our past
experience will enable us to do better
in providing ourselves with the best
the towns can afford. We had one of
our three load carriers get our food
some of the time. We called him the
Bolshevik, because he seemed quite
radical, and because he looked like
Leon: Trotsky. One morning he came
up from one of the street shops with
some meat in one of his dirty fists and
a handful of wet mien in the other.
We were glad that boiling water
makes all things sanitary. The only
thing that one can get to drink is tea.
The tea shops and the inns are quite
distinct, so that as a rule we had to
go to the inn and eat, and if we want-
ed tea, go to another shop for it—a
sort of after dinner coffee effect, as it
were. Once in a while we could get a
thermos bottle of boiling water, but
we found it as expensive as the tea.
Chinese way of making and drinking
tea is quite different from American
ways. When you enter a tea shop,
you sit down to one of the tables. The
pourer comes to you with a bowl and
a small cover that looks like a small
inverted saucer. The bowl contains
the tea leaves. He fills the bowl with
water. You wait while the tea steeps
and until it is cool enough to drink.
As fast as you drink up the water in
the bowl, he refills it with water—
sometimes he refills the bowl just as
you have got the tea cool enough to
drink. Then you have to wait a while
longer. One cannot do the proper
thing in a tea shop if he is in a hur-
ry. In fact he cannot do anything in
| China if he is in a hurry. They tell |
us of some foreigner who died out
here. Over his grave is written this
inscription: “Here lies one who tried
to hurry the East.”
On the first day we walked about 80
li. A li is about a third of a mile. We
were certainly tired when we reached
our stopping place. On the second
day we walked about 40 li, and then
took a ride down river all the after-
noon in a postoffice boat. We rode
about 60 li, arriving just at dusk. On
the third day we walked the entire
day, a distance of some 80 li. On the
fourth and fifth days we walked about
50 li each day and rode the remainder
of the day in “hwagans,” or “hwag-
ers,” as the Chinese commonly call
them. They consist of two bamboo
poles with a small seat slung between |
them. One man carries the two pole
ends on his back and shoulders, that
is, in front; the other carries the rear
pole ends on his shoulders, They
make good time and will carry a man
for thirty li, or ten miles, for 800 fen
cash, or about thirteen cents Ameri-
can money. Cheap mileage! The
rides were most enjoyable, as my
shoes were not altogether comforta-
ble, but I got cold, and now have a
real cold—the first in some time. It
is much better, however.
The Chinese countryside is most in-
teresting. Szechwan seems to be an
old plateau that has become eroded
through the ages past until now it is
a series of hills and valleys, almost
every tillable inch of which is under
a high degree of cultivation. The
hills are of a most curious structure.
From the distance they look like huge
layer cakes, each layer being some-
what smaller than the one below it.
This is due to two causes, the terrac-
ing of the hills into level fields, and
the level rock strata, which seems to
have eroded, unevenly. . Some of the
hills are of a brown loam color; oth-
ers of a red clay. As we approached
the city of Suiling—I should spell it
Suining, although it is pronounced
with an “1”—the country became more
varied than it had been, and much
more beautiful. The view of Suining
from the hilltop is magnificent. It
bursts upon one’s vision suddenly as
he emerges from the valley behind the
hill, and sees at the foot of the hill
the town spread out in the valley be-
low, with the river in the background
and high hills or mountains across
the river.
We expected to get into some ex-
citement on the way, for at Chengtu
we heard that General Yang Sen’s ar-
my were somewhere on the road to
Chengtu, and that General Shiong
Keh Wu’s were engaging them in bat-
tle. At each town we were told that
we would find trouble just beyond.
We constantly met or were passed by
soldiers along the way. Of course,
we thought that there was trouble
somewhere. We finally came to a
town called Loji, and there found
Yang Sen’s men. We had previously
been in Shiong Keh Wu’s territory.
We passed from one army to the oth-
er without so much as a question ask-
ed us. We learned that Yang Sen's
men were most of them to the north
of us, where there was fighting. I re-
marked to Cranston that I always
missed all the excitement. Yesterday
we heard a rumor that Yang Sen’s
men had taken Chengtu and had burn-
ed the arsenal. If that rumor is true,
I must say again that I am a Jonah
when it comes to a search for excite-
ment. I comfort myself with the
thought that the capture of a city in
China does not mean much. General-
ly it is all arranged beforehand. One
army withdraws, sometimes quietly
and sometimes with the accompani-
ment of looting; the other walks in
and occupies it. Only a short time
ago Suining was captured by Yang
Sen in the night with hardly any at-
tention being drawn to it.
The mission work here is done by
the English Friends, by the Metho-
dist Episcopals and by the French
Catholics. The Friends have a church
and a hospital. We visited these this
morning. In the latter were a num-
ber of men who were wounded in the
fighting about here. The Methodists
have a church, a boys’ lower primary
school, a boys’ higher primary school,
and a boys’ junior middle or high
school. Pilcher, with whom we came
up river from Shanghai to Echang, is
in charge of the educational work of
the district. Cranston and I are stay-
ing with him while here. The W. F.
M. S. has a complete system of girls’
educational work from the beginning
of the first grade to the completion of
the high school. Aside from the Pil-
cher family, consisting of Raymond,
his wife, and two boys, there are four
other Methodists here now; namely
{the Misses Marie Brethorst, Kiester,
| Manning and Tyler, of the W. F. M.
S. The Methodist evangelist is now
on furlough.
We expect to start back on Tues-
day morning. It is possible that the
Pilchers will accompany us, although
it is not certain. Probably Raymond
will accompany us any way.
I had intended to send you a num-
ber of pictures, but have only three or
four of them with me. I will have
some pictures of this trip to send
later.
SARAH.
Regional Institute in Evangelical
Church.
The first regional institute of Re-
gion No. 2, Williamsport district of
the United Evangelical church, was
held in the Bellefonte church last
Thursday. Rev. Reed O. Steely, pas-
tor of the church, presided. At the
afternoon session Rev. James F. How-
er, of State College, spoke on the
Evangelical League of Christian En-
in a very understandable manner the
i perform. H. W. Shaffer, of Lock Ha-
! ven, talked upon the standard of the
i Sunday schools; Rev. J. W. Zang, of
| Clintondale, discussed the various
' problems of the rural Sunday schools,
(and the session closed
| helpful talk on missionary work by
Miss Jane Kane, of Howard.
At the evening session J. L. Pandel,
of Lewistown, gave an address on the
objectives of the Evangelical League
of Christian Endeavor and the insti-
tute closed with an interesting talk
by Rev. Steely.
Bushels of Hair Bobbed from Flap-
pers’ Heads.
The bobbed hair flapper is now the
[rule rather than the exception; and
the white lights and gay cabarets of
the big city have no monopoly on the
rural towns. Bellefonte has its fuil
share as is evidenced by the number
of maidens and mesdames to be seen
any day. In fact gray hair is no bar-
rier to the bob when the owner gets
the fever. On one day recently the
crop of love-lorn locks sheared from
the heads of giddy girls in one Belle-
fonte shop alone filled two bushel
baskets. And that didn’t account for
all the hair. Some of the girls took
the shorn locks home with them while
the more luxuriant tresses that were
not taken away were kept by the bar-
ber and eventually will probably turn
up in handsome switches at some well
known hair dressers. Verily the bob-
bed hair craze is almost at its height
and some of these days milady will be
sighing for the golden tresses she
sacrificed to a whim of fashion.
Philadelphia Man Electrocuted.
Joseph Trinkle, of Philadelphia, one
of the four men convicted of the mur-
der of John C. Emgable, vice presi-
dent and paymaster of the Fred Ha-
ven company, on April 13th, 1923, was
electrocuted at the Rockview peni-
tentiary on Monday morning. He
went to the chair without making a
confession of the part he played in the
killing of Emgable and just as the
head mask was being adjusted he
said, “God bless, all you gentlemen.”
These were the only words he uttered.
He was accompanied to the chair by
Father O’Hanlon and seven minutes
after the first contact was made he
was pronounced dead. His body was
claimed and shipped to Philadelphia
for burial.
The killing of Emgable was the re-
sult of a carefully planned hold-up to
obtain a $2500 pay roll but all the
murderers got was fourteen dollars.
Five men took part, four of whom
were convicted of first degree murder
and one second degree. Trinkle was
only 22 years and 2 months old.
Gatherings at Hecla Park.
Definite dates of picnics and other
gatherings scheduled for Hecla park
during the summer are as follows:
July 10—Evangelical and United
Brethren Sunday schools, of Belle-
fonte.
July 16—Methodist Sunday school,
of Lock Haven.
July 17—Lutheran Sunday school,
of Bellefonte.
July 31—Episcopal Sunday school,
Bellefonte.
August 7 — Milesburg Sunday
schools.
August 14—Associated business
men of Bellefonte.
August 21—Salona Sunday schools.
September 1, (Labor day)—United
picnic of the I. 0. O. F. lodges of
Centre and Clinton counties.
Other dates have been requested
but not yet definitely arranged for.
STARK.—Mrs. Alexander Stark
died at her home at Commodore, In-
diana county, on June 22nd as the re-
sult of uraemic poisoning. She was a
daughter of Henry and Matilda Sau-
ers and was born at State College six-
ty years ago. A good part of her life,
however, was spent at Philipsburg.
Surviving her are her husband and
four children, Mrs. Paul Rickner, of
Bethlehem; Edith, Ernest and James,
all of Commodore. (She also leaves
the following brothers and sisters:
J. N. Savers, of Altoona; William,
Harry, Ernest and Elliott, all of
State College; Mrs. William Pritchard
and George Sauers, of Chester Hill.
The remains were taken to Philips-
burg where burial was made on Wed-
nesday of last week.
Aa ———
——Hecla park will be the mecca
for the majority of Bellefonters to-
day, weather permitting. The Logan
fire company’s annual picnic will be
the attraction.
Bellefonte Takes a Slump.
After establishing almost a major
league record for team batting av-
erages during the early part of the
season the Bellefonte baseball team
went into a slump last week which
whittled 34 points off of the team av-
erage. Only six hits were recorded
for the week, and the result was two
defeats at the hands of the Millheim
swatters. Last Thursday’s score was
Millheim 6 and Bellefonte 3, and on
Saturday Millheim 8 and Bellefonte 1.
Centre Hall also won two games from
State College by scores of 2 to 0 and
4 to 1, which puts the Collegians on
the tail end.
The playing field at Millheim on
Saturday resembled a quagmire more
than a baseball diamond, the base
lines and pitcher’s box being two inch-
es deep in mud. Haines, of Millheim,
proved himself a capable slab artist,
with ten strikeouts and only two hits
against him: It is regrettable that he
deavor committee work, illustrating
work each committee is supposed to!
with a very !
in the various barber shops almost |
and Coble were called away at this
time to attend the reserve officers’
! training camp, as Bellefonte would
like to get sweet revenge while the
; Millheim boys are at full strength and
"going at top speed. Bellefonte still
: holds first place by virtue of having
| played one less game than two of the
; other teams.
This will be double-header week.
: No games were played yesterday ow-
| ing to today being the 4th of July.
| Millheim will play two games at State
| College today, both morning and
i afternoon, while Centre Hall will play
Bellefonte on Hughes field at 10
o’clock this morning, and both teams
i play at Hecla park at 8 o'clock this
; afternoon. Tomorrow Millheim will
play at Centre Hall and Bellefonte a
double header at State College. The
standing of the clubs to date is as fol-
lows:
Red Cross Plans to Date.
Last Friday one hundred and twen-
| ty-five dollars were given, unsolicited,
by the Elks to the Red Cross commit-
tee to finance the nursing service
through the month of July but, since
arrangements had already been com-
pleted by the nurse to leave the serv-
ice, it was not found feasible to
change the plans of the committee,
much as the generosity of the Elks is
appreciated.
The plans as completed are to con-
tinue the Well Baby clinic every Wed-
nesday afternoon at 2:30, in Petrikin
hall, with Mrs. Hagan and Dr. LeRoy
Locke in charge, expenses incident
thereto to be paid out of the money
, given by the Elks. There are only
| two chronic cases at present on the
Red Cross list and these are to be tak-
en care of by the nurse under special
arrangements.
In September, another effort will be
made to continue the nursing service,
provided sufficient annual contribu-
tions can be secured and, if they can,
the contribution from the Elks will be
used to finance the month of Septem-
ber. May other organizations have
the same happy thought that prompt-
ed John Bower to suggest this worthy
piece of philanthropy by the Elks.
Dr. Clark to Make Apple Growing a
Specialty.
Dr. J. W. Clark, of Johnstown, with
his son, Sawyer W. Clark, a student
in the school of dentistry at the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh, are in Belle-
fonte for the summer season which
they will spend with Dr. Clark’s sis-
ters, the Misses Clark, on Penn street.
The object of their protracted stay is
to convert the old homestead, the
James Clark farm in Buffalo Run val-
ley, into an apple farm. Several hun-
dred well grown trees of the most
standard varieties will be planted as
a starter. Dr. Clark also has a son
taking the agricultural course at State
College who will assist in the work.
They will closely follow the rules of
the National Fruit Growers’ associa-
tion as to the best methods of apple
culture and have every confidence that
their enterprise will in due time prove
a most profitable venture.
Typhoid Fever Patients Gradually
Recovering.
Of the thirty or more typhoid fever
patients as the result of the recent
epidemic at Coleville all have recov-
ered and been discharged from the
Bellefonte hospital except thirteen.
This was the number there on Sunday
but it is possible one or two more
either have or will be discharged this
week. One new case was admitted on
Saturday, but it was from Milesburg
and has no connection with the Cole-
ville epidemic. Only two deaths oc-
curred as the result of the epidemic
but the hospital was taxed to the lim-
it to care for all the sick,
——A special train will be run from
Williamsport this morning to convey
members of the Ku Klux Klan to
Huntingdon for the big demonstration
to be held there today. The train is
due to leave Lock Haven at 7:20
o'clock. Two coaches a:e now in
Bellefonte to accommodate anv mem-
bers of the Klan hereabouts who wish
to go. The special will leave B-lle-
fonte between 8:15 and 8:30 o'clock
this morning. According to reports
the Klan expects a gathering of from
fifty to sixty thousand.
——One of nature’s freaks is that
of a pear tree on the farm of George
‘W. Behrers, at Buffalo Run, which has
fruit on the lower portion of the tree,
while at the same time the upper part
is in blossom.
Ww. L P.C.
Bellefonte .......... 7 3 700
Millheim ........... 7 4 .636
Centre Hall ........ 4 7 364 |
State College ...... 3 1 .300
Supt. Herron Making a Record at
Huntingdon Reformatory.
When the board of Trustees of the
Huntingdon reformatory selected
James W. Herron, of Bellefonte, as
general superintendent of that insti-
tution they builded better than they
knew. Mr. Herron’s experience at the
Rockview penitentiary proved very
valuable in his work at the reforma-
tory. The annual commencement ex-
ercises were held at that institution
last week and in its article on same
the Reformatory Record says:
General superintendent Herron, who
directs the work of the entire institu-
tion, and who is constantly on the
alert to promote the best welfare of
the inmates, has introduced a number
of new features during the past year,
particularly the new system in voca-
tional training. Success is attending
his efforts and he is placing the Re-
formatory in a prominent place in the
institutional world. The fact that
the attendance at this year’s com-
mencement was by far the largest in
the thirty-two years that the exercises
have been held, indicates that the
trend of public sentiment is favorable
to the institution and its work. The
modern and humane methods which
prevail here and the opportunities
which are afforded the young men are
proving beneficial to a large number
of them, and they take their places in
the world of freedom after leaving the
Reformatory and “make good.”
Deputy superintendent A. B. Suth-
erland, who entered upon his duties
April 1, 1924, has been very active in
placing every department in the insti-
tution in first-class condition, and per-
fecting arrangements for commence-
ment. He was assisted by a faithful
corps of officers and by their hearty
co-operation every detail was so care-
fully and thoroughly worked out that
the plans were executed without a jar.
Midsummer Gatherings.
The Misses Mary and Blanche Un-
{derwood entertained Friday night of
last week with a six o'clock bridge
dinner, at which covers for twelve
were laid.
Eighty invitations were issued for
the dance given by Miss Henrietta
Quigley at the Nittany Country club
last night, in compliment to her broth-
er Hugh and his bride, who were mar-
ried in Lancaster, two weeks ago.
Mrs. Harry Murtorff was hostess
for her card club Tuesday night, en-
tertaining at the “Sycamore” camp at
Wingate.
Harter — Hoffman. — George Hoy
Harter, son of Mrs. George M. Har-
ter, of Howard, and Miss Viola Edna
Hoffman, daughter of Mrs. Annie
Hoffman, of Tyrone, were married at
the home of the bride’s mother on
Wednesday of last week by Rev. Saw-
ver, of the United Brethren church.
The attendants were Victor Harter,
of Lock Haven, and Miss Dorothy
Hoffman, of Johnstown. The young
people will make their home in Ty-
rone.
Gettig—Houser.—Clair Gettig, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gettig, and
Miss Mary I. Houser, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Houser, both of
Bellefonte, were united in marriage at
the parsonage of the Grace Methodist
church in Williamsport, at two o’clock
last Thursday afternoon, by the pas-
tor, Rev. Alexander Scott. They were
attended by Henry Houser and Miss
Tressler. The young people will
make their home in Bellefonte.
Doll—Witmer.—Basil Doll and Miss
Anne Witmer, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Witmer, were married
on Monday evening at St. John’s pa-
rochial residence by the pastor, Rev.
Father Downes. They promptly went
to housekeeping in their already fur-
nished flat over the Kalin store, on
Allegheny street.
McCardle — Holt. — James McCar-
dle and Miss Mildred J. Holt, both
of Dix Run, were married at the par-
sonage of the Methodist church, on
Howard street, on Tuesday afternoon,
by the pastor, Rev. E. E. McKelvey.
Following a brief wedding trip they
Yu take up their residence at Dix
un.
——G. W. Wright, the expert hos-
pital architect of New York city, was
in Bellefonte on Tuesday in consulta-
tion with the building committee of
the board of managers of the Centre
County hospital regarding the addi-
tions, alterations and improvements
to be made to that institution with the
money obtained from the recent drive.
The committee also made a trip to
Johnstown and inspected the Memor-
ial hospital at that place. Just as
soon as definite plans can be made for
the work at the Centre County hos-
pital local contractors will be asked to
submit bids.
——W. E. McWilliams, the veteran
retired mail carrier of Pennsylvania
Furnace, was seventy-four years old
on Wednesday and the event was cel-
ebrated yesterday with a big family
gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank V. Goodhart, at Centre Hall.
Mr. McWilliams is one of the old-
time residents of west Ferguson and
for forty-two years worked as a mail
carrier at the Pennsylvania Furnace
postoffice.
——A special musical service will
! be held in St. John’s Episcopal church
at the usual hour on Sunday evening.
“Buddy” Harper, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Harper, of Brooklyn, will sing
and Mrs. Louis Schad will play a vio-
lin solo. The public is invited.
Scotia residents are planning
for a big home coming picnic on La-
bor day.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mrs. Charles Dorworth and two chil-
dren are with Mrs. Dorworth’s sister, Mrs.
Rath, at Manasquan, N. J., for July.
—Miss Margaret Noonan will spend the
early part of July in Bellefonte, her sum-
mer vacation home, with her mother, Mrs.
James Noonan.
—Mrs. Charles Cruse is entertaining her
daughter, Mrs. Bimm, who is home on her
first visit since her marriage, expecting to
be here for much of the summer.
—The Misses Mary and Henrietta Butts,
of Philadelphia, will come to Bellefonte
this week to join the Robert Hunter fami=
ly for a ten day’s motor trip to Canada.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brachbill went
over to Danville Monday, where Mrs.
Brachbill entered the Geisinger hospital to
be under the observation of specialists.
—Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Fay, of San-
ta Monica, Cal., and their daughter, Patty
Lane Fay Jr., are east for the summer, ex-
pecting to divide their time between BeHe-
fonte and Altoona.
—Capt. W. H. Fry, of Pine Grove Mills,
is looking forward to a visit from his son,
Dr. Hugh L. Fry, wife and two daughters,
of Jackson, Miss. They left their southern
home on Wednesday and will motor north
by easy stages, expecting to arrive in Cen-
tre county about the middle of next week.
—Mrs. James Noonan entertained a drive
ling party the early part of the week,
which included her two sisters, Mrs. Frank
E. Seymour, of New York city, Mrs. M. F.
Melvin, of Corning, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs.
| Frank E. Seymour Jr. and their daughter
| Mary Rita, of Buffalo. The party left Wed-
| nesday for the return drive to New York
State.
——The Boy Scouts during the
week distributed one thousand fly
swatters to residents of Bellefonte and
vicinity, but unfortunately they ran
out of swatters before they got around
to every home. In this connection we
desire to call the attention of readers
of the “Watchman” to a very timely
(article on the necessity of killing
(every fly possible, published on page
six of this paper, and every person
who received a swatter is urged to
use it, and those who didn’t to use
something else to swat the flies.
ALS Le EEN
——The Bellefonte Lodge of Odd
Fellows this week purchased from
Hugh N. Crider the Crider stone
building in which they have been lo-
cated a number of years. The pur-
chase price has not been made public.
Inasmuch as Mr. Crider has taken up
his residence in Atlantic City, where
he is in the lumber business, he had
no hesitation in disposing of the prop-
erty.
——Tetanus antitoxin can be se-
cured in Centre county at the follow-
ing drug stores: M. B. Runkle, Belle-
fonte; Mabel Arney, Centre Hall; Ray
D. Gilliland, State College, and G. F
Troutman & Co., Philipsburg,
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——It looks as if an attempt to
force a religious issue into the cam-
paign is coming from two directions
and it is as reprehensible from one as
from the other.
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Real Estate Transfers.
Lemuel Jackson, et ux, to W. E.
Hoffman, et al, tract in Philipsburg;
$1,200.
Edward Crouse, et ux, to Harry
Janet, et ux, tract in Union township;
$1,500.
Commonwealth Trust Company to
Margery S. Oliger, tract in Spring
township; $50.
Mary Fitzgebbon to Catherine
Stock, tract in Philipsburg; $250.
Mary Kane, Exrs., to Ruth Eliza-
beth Weaver, tract in Milesburg;
$1,115.
Elmer Laird, et ux, to J. Haworth,
tract in Rush township; $1.
Maude H. Bell to J. D. Sowers, tract
in College township; $1,000.
Anna E. Humes, et al, to Harry V.
Keeler, et ux, tract in Bellefonte; $60.
Richard Dettling, et ux, to Ellis
Houser, tract in Benner township;
$500.
Lemuel R. Felding, et al, to James
C. Witmer, tract in Patton township;
$42.50.
John E. Rupp, et al, to John E.
Knight, tract in State College; $1,000.
John E. Rupp, et ux, to Arthur F.
Stevens, tract in State College; $450.
J. D. Keller, et ux, to Gertrude
Stevens, tract in State College; $1,080.
G. Edward Haupt, et al, to M. A.
Kirk, et al, tract in Bellefonte; $250.
Joseph W. Undercoffer, et ux, to
Norman M. Kirk, tract in Spring
township; $1,325.
J. Fred Harvey, et ux, to G. H. Bot-
torf, et ux, tract in State College; $1.
David Washburn, et ux, to Harry
L. Shutt, tract in Bellefonte; $125.
Warna U. Irvin, et ux, to O.T.
Holt, et al, tract in Union and Boggs
townships; $1,400.
Carrie E. Vonada, et al, to Charles
N. Vonada, tract in Walker township;
,500.
Horace A. Kauffman to McNitt-
Huyett Lumber company, tract in
Marion township; $325.
John W. Grove to McNitt-Huyett
Lumber company, tract in Marion
township; $300.
Ellis H. Bierley, et ux, to Clarence
Bullinger, et ux, tract in State Col-
lege; $550.
Agnes L. Osman to John L. Gra-
den, tract in Gregg township; $1,300.
Archibald Allison, et al, to John L.
Graden, tract in Gregg township; $50.
Edward Gill to George A. King, et
ux, tract in Benner township; $500.
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Marriage Licenses.
Clair A. Gettig and Mary I. Houser,
Bellefonte.
Wilson Fry, Lock Haven, and Mar-
garet Sayers, Howard.
Basil A. Doll and Anna S. Witmer,
Bellefonte.
James A. McCardle, Belleville, and
Mildred J. Holt, Unionville.
—Get your job work done here.