Bowe Wald.
~ Bellefonte, Pa., October 3, 1924. |
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DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL TICKET
For PF ,
JOHN W. DAVIS, of West Virginia,
For Vice President,
CHARLES W. BRYAN, of Nebraska.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
For Judge of the Superior Court,
MARGARET C. KLINGLESMITH,
of Philadelphia.
: For State Treasurer,
HEBER ERMENTROUT, of Reading.
For Auditor General,
JOHN R. COLLINS, of Coudersport.
For Representative in Congress,
EDWARD M. BENSON, of McKean County
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative in General Assembly,
W. H. NOLL Jr., of Spring Township.
The Buckeye.
This nut I carry in my pocket,
This buckeye brown—(pray do not mock
it!)—
Will drive the rheumatiz away—
So my dear father used to say.
For years he carried it; shall T
His faith and wisdom minify ?
Its potency he did not doubt;
Shall I the age-old credo flout ?
Is my own notion true and chief
Above the general belief?
Who knows what magic power may reign
In buckeye o'er rheumatic pain?
So, since it can’t do any harm,
T'I1 carry still my father’s charm.
Though you may think the charm a whim,
His rheumatiz is gone—with him.
—Plinthourgos.
Cutting the Cost of Local Government.
In an effort to reduce the cost of
conducting business the Commission-
ers of Mifflin county have done away
with the office of sealer of weights and
measures.
It will be interesting to watch the
result of this attempt to evade the
mandate of the Legislature requiring’
counties to employ such an official.
As to whether a sealer of weights
and measures in counties like Mifflin
and Centre returns to the tax payers
service commensurate with the cost of
salary and expenses of the officer is a
matter that would be difficult to de-
termine. Certain it is that the only
value such an officer returns to the
masses lies in the assurance that the
buyer has that the scales and meas
ures which portion his purchases are
honest.
It is possible for the individual to
determine whether he is getting short
pounds or quarts from a merchant
and it is also possible for him to ex-
pose to public execration such a dis-
honest dealer, as well as prosecute
him for fraud. The real question is,
however, will the individual who is
short weighted report the transaction
and expose the offender. If every one
did, there would be no need of a coun-
ty spending from three to four thous-
and dollars a year to protect the pub-
lic from dishonest tradesmen. :
All of the smaller counties of the
State will watch with interest the un-
dertaking of the Commissioners of
Mifflin. It will demonstrate whether
doing away with the office of sealer
of weights and measures is a real
economy for the tax payers or only a
case of saving at the spigot while
there’s a leak at the bung.
Wolfe—Wolfe.—On Saturday even-
ing, September 27th, Fred O. Wolfe,
son of Mr. Charles Wolfe, of Aarons-
burg, and Miss Anna Elizabeth Wolfe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Wolfe, of Rebersburg, were united in
marriage at the Reformed parsonage,
Aaronsburg, by Rev. John S. Hollen-
bach. The ring ceremony was used.
The bridegroom, who has been in
Aaronsburg for some months past be-
cause of the illness of his father, will
return to Akron, Ohio, where he will
resume his work with the Northern
Ohio Traction and Light Co. His
bride will join him there in the near
future. May success and happiness
attend them throughout life.
Lowery—Morrison.—Cheney Low-
ery, son of Henry Lowery, of Mec-
Keesport, and Miss Laura Morrison,
also of that place, were married on
Monday of last week and came to
Bellefonte to spend a portion of their
honeymoon. The bridegroom was
born and raised in Bellefonte, living
here until the family moved to Me-
Keesport a few years ago.
Miller—Flack.—Announcement was
made this week of the marriage at
Cumberland, Md., on September 2nd,
of Capt. Herbert S. Miller, of Belle-
fonte, and Miss Margaret Flack, of
Julian, but who for some time has been
living in Bellefonte. Capt. and Mrs.
HARRY MUSSER GETS SECOND DEGREE VERDICT.
Convicted of Killing His Uncle, William Musser, He Escapes
h Life Because Court Refused to Accept Recommen-
Guilty of murder in the second de-
gree.
One thousand dollars fine, costs of
prosecution and imprisonment in the
‘western penitentiary for not less than
ten years nor more than twenty.
This was the maximum sentence the
court was: able to impose under the
verdict and came as a climax to the
sensational trial of Harry C. Musser
for the murder of his uncle, William
E. Musser, in one of the wildest spots
of Little Sugar valley early on Sun-
day morning, July 20. During the
four days the case was on trial it at-
tracted wide interest because of the
rather questionable notoriety of all
parties concerned, and. public opinion
favored a first degree verdict. In
fact such a verdict was first returned
by the jury but it was qualified with a
recommendation for mercy on the part
of the court. When Judge Quigley
declined to accept such a finding, as
the Pennsylvania statutes do not rec-
ognize such a recommendation, the
jury changed to murder of the second
degree and were emphatically censur-
ed by the court for what he termed a
mis-carriage of justice.
The jury retired at 2:40 o’clock on
Monday afternoon and when the even-
ing session of court adjourned at 9:30
o'clock had not yet reached a decision.
At 10:25, however, the court was no-
tified that they were ready to report
and five minutes later they filed into
the jury box. H. E. Johnson, of Rush
township; had been elected foreman
and he reported as the verdict “guilty
and recommended to the mercy of the
court.” The court told the jury that
he could not receive such a verdict, as
they had failed to specify the degree
and further, could not attach any such
recommendation to their finding. They
were then sent out for further con-
sideration.
At 10:41 the jury again filed in and
reported as their verdict “guilty of
murder in the first degree, and rec-
ommended to the mercy of the
court.” Once again the court in-
strucied them that their verdict was
not in due form, as they could not un-
der the law attach any recommenda-
tion, and again they were sent out for
deliberation.
For two hours the court and court
attaches, newspaper men and from
in almost breathless anticipation for
the reappearance of the jury, but it
‘was 12:36. o'clock when they finally
returned and in response to the court
‘clerk’s inquiry, “gentlemen of the jury,
have you agreed upon a verdict »
that foreman Johnson said:
“We have decided to change our
verdict from first degree to second de-
gree for the reason that the former
does not carry any clemency and we
‘disagreed on account of not being able
"to ask for the mercy of the court.”
For one breathless moment every-
body in the court house sat tense and
spellbound, as even the most optimis-
tic had not expected that the jury
would dare reduce the grade of the
crime. The spell was broken by the
voice of Judge Quigley addressing the
jury as follows:
THE JURY REBUKED.
“We consider you have been derelict
in your duties. I am very much sur-
prised and very much disgusted that
you twelve men, supposed to do what
is right and just between the Com-
monwealth and this defendant, after
returning a first degree verdict in this
case, which was fully justified and
warranted, and then, after being told
that the law does not permit the court
to extend the clemency you suggested
because we had no power so to do, and
having been sent back to correct it by
eliminating the recommendation for
mercy, you change your verdict from
the one you first returned to the one
you have now returned to the court.
In the mind of the court to permit
this defendant to escape with ten
years’ punishment for his crime is a
travesty upon justice. You jurors
cannot console yourselves with the
feeling that you go with the thanks
of the court for having done your du-
ty. I have no doubt that the majority
of you, who, in the first instance, were
in favor of a verdict of murder in the
first degree did not know or realize
what this compromise means. The
first verdict rendered here indicated
that you had all agreed that this de-
fendant should be convicted of mur-
der of the first degree. Such a ver-
dict, in the opinion of the court,
would have been just and proper un-
der the circumstances of this case.
This court considers your present ver-
dict a mis-carriage of justice. The
clerk will take your verdict.”
SENTENCE OF THE COURT.
Turning to the prisoner he said:
«You are the luckiest man in the State
today. Guilty beyond a doubt of one
of the basest crimes, and convicted le-
gally and rightfully you escape with
your life because a jury fails in the
performance of its rightful duty. Un-
der the law the court is unable to im-
pose a sentence suitable to the enor-
mity of your crime and it will be only
a few years until you will be turned
out and again be roaming around a
menace to the community and your
fellowmen. Stand up.” The prisoner
was literally pulled to his feet by
Miller will make their home in this
place. -
sheriff Taylor and “Red” Kane when
the Judge continued: “The sentence
dation of Mercy from Jury. Heaton Acquitted. Full
Details of Closing Scenes of Now Famous Trial.
three to four hundred people waited
of the court is that you pay a fine of |
$1,000, costs of prosecution and un- |
dergo imprisonment in the western
penitentiary for not less than ten!
years nor more than twenty years, |
and that you stand committed until
the full sentence is complied with.”
That the verdict was not in accord |
with popular sentiment was plainly |
manifest as soon as court adjourned,
and unusual censure was expressed
against the jury. At the time it seem- |
ed entirely justified, and does yet so
far as the prisoner escaping the prop-
er punishment for his crime is con-
cerned, but it later developed that the
jury had 2ll along stood five for first
degree and seven for second, and the
only compromise the latter - would:
make was the attaching of recommen-
dation for mercy to a first degree ver- .
dict. Failure in that they stood fast
for second degree and finally brought
around to their way of thinking the
other five men.
As to the prisoner, while he was"
manifestly nervous during the long
wait in the court room for the verdict
on Monday night he did not break
down and apparently failed to appre-
ciate the fact that his life had been
saved by the jury changing the ver-
dict.
When the court adjourned on Satur-
day until 9 o’clock on Monday every-
body who heard the evidence antici-
pated a speedy and satisfactory out-
come of the trial and when the court
convened at the above hour a hush of
expectancy settled over the throng in
the court house. :
Attorneys for defense submitted
fourteen points of law eleven of which
the court affirmed at once. Point five
was affirmed after counsel agreed to
qualify it, while points nine and ten
were not approved.
At 9:20 o'clock attorney John G.
Love began his summing up of the
evidence for the Commonwealth in his
address to the jury, covering the case
completely from the time the three
men, Harry Musser, William Musser
and Herbert Heaton left home until
the arrest of all the parties implicat-
ed in the tragedy. He talked just
thirty minutes.
At 9:50 S. D .Gettig Esq., began his
summing up of the case for the de-
fense. Mr. Gettig laid special stress
upon the amount of moonshine lig-:
uor and hard cider which had been
consumed by the three men on the
trip, claiming that at least one jug of
moonshine that the” men had with
them had never been offered in evi-
dence. He further asserted that it
was a real moonshine party. ‘Mr. Get-
tig urged the jury to pay special at-!
tention to Harry Musser’s story on
the witness stand as well as his en- |
tire attitude following the killing of | ;¢ guilt and the jury should take that |
his uncle, as he never at any time ad- |
mitted that he had done the deed. In
closing he also called attention to the |
fact that because of the amount of
liquor that had been consumed on the
trip whoever committed the deed.
should not be held responsible for the |
crime of murder in the first degree. |
That in their irresponsible condition it |
shouldn’t rise higher than manslaugh-
ter. Mr. Gettig closed at 10:53 and
a recess of seven minutes was taken
to permit the jury to retire.
At eleven o'clock attorney N. B.
Spangler began the final plea to the
jury for the defense. After citing the
law on murder he told the jury to take
all the evidence and give it most earn-
est consideration and be governed en-
tirely in that in determining their ver-
dict. Not to allow themselves to be
influenced in any way by apparent
public opinion, but decide from the
evidence alone the guilt or innocence
of the prisoner. During attorney
Spangler’s plea the court informed
him that he had decided to affirm their
points of law 9 and 10, which provided
that intoxication was an excuse for
the reduction of the grade of crime.
Mr. Spangler’s talk was cool and dis-
passionate throughout, most of the
time speaking too low to be heard
across the court room. He emphasiz-
ed the lack of motive which is essen-
tial to a verdict of first degree. He
closed his plea at 11:58.
FINAL PLEA AND CHARGE OF THE
COURT.
When court convened at 1:12 o’clock
the record crowd of the whole trial
was present. ‘Hardly a square foot of
available space was vacant and men
and women were packed like sardines
in a box. In fact counsel for the de-
fense had some difficulty in getting
through the crowd so that it was 1:20
o'clock when district attorney Arthur
C. Dale started on his closing plea for
the Commonwealth. Mr. Dale spoke
but thirty minutes. His plea was
made in a clear and wholly impassion-
ed tone of voice but in a manner which
could not do otherwise than impress
the jury. He made no clamor for con-
viction only as the evidence warranted
such finding, but he expressed the
confident belief - that the Common-
wealth had so presented its case that
the jury would be justified in return-
ing a verdict in manner and form as
the prisoner stood indicted.
At 1:50 o'clock Judge Henry C.
Quigley began his charge to the jury,
in which he said: :
Some time during the afternoon of Sun-
day, July 20th, of this
, the grade of the crime.
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year, the lifeless |
from Huston to Madisonburg, this ceunty.
Upon examination it was discovered he,
had been shot. The sheriff of Centre coun-
ty was summoned and after the body had
been viewed by J. M. Keichline, a justice of
the peace of Bellefonte, and a jury sum-
moned by him, it was removed to the Neff
undertaking establishment at Howard,
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where, on the following day, an autopsy |
was performed by Doctors Dale and Se-
bring of Bellefonte, who located two gun-
shot wounds, one entering the right side
of the back of the ear, which passed
through the skull and lodged at the base
of the brain, and the other entering his
back on the left side of the spine, which
was traced forward and came out in front
below his left jaw. Both of these Doctors
testified that his death was due to the gun-
shot wound found back of the deceased’s
ear, and it was further testified by at least
Dr. Sebring that théy were not and could
not be self-inflicted wounds.
Immediately an examination was started
by the Sheriff of Centre county, Mr. Tay-
lor, which resulted in the arrest of this
defendant, Harry Musser, and Herbert
Heaton, a young man employed at that
time bv the defendant, which resulted in
indictments against each, both being charg-
ed with the crime of the murder of Wil-
liam E. Musser.
You are sworn to try Harry Musser, the
indictment charging him in the first count
with murder and in the second count with
voluntary manslaughter.
It is my duty to define the law applica-
ble to this case, and when I have done so
it is your duty to apply the facts and ren-
ger Jnoh a verdict as the situation war-
rants.
The court then cited the law of mur-
der as defined by the Pennsylvania
statutes, dwelling on the fact that all
homicide cases are deemed murder in
the second degree until the Common-
wealth establishes a motive to raise
the crime to first degree. On the oth-
er hand, if the defense seeks to lower
the grade of the crime to voluntary
manslaughter they must present such
evidence as will establish that fact in
the minds of the jury.
Continuing the court reviewed the
evidence as presented by the Common-
wealth in which he said that there was
. no question but that the death of Wil-
liam Musser was caused by a bullet
fired from the revolver of Harry Mus-
ser, either by the prisoner or Herbert
Heaton. That the possibility of any
other person having committed the
crime was entirely eliminated. Con-
tinuing he said:
This, in substance, Gentlemen of the
Jury, is the evidence presented by the
Commonwealth for the purpose of convinc-
ing you beyond a reasonable doubt of the
guilt of this defendant of murder of the
first degree.
If it so convinces you and nothing has
been presented by the defendant to raise
such a doubt, you would be fully justified
in returning such a verdict. This case has
all the elements of first degree—an inten-
tional killing with malice.
The theory of the Commonwealth is that
while the deceased and the defendant were
on their way out taat secladed road the,
defendant fired into the back of the de-
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eading off from the main road which runs had no business in the court room to’
retire, as the crowded condition would
interfere with the regular business of
the court. The case against Herbert
Heaton was then called for trial and
the work of securing a jury begun.
(A complete resume of the testi-
mony offered in the Musser trial will
be found on page 2 of this issue of
the “Watchman.”)
HERBERT HEATON ACQUITTED OF
MURDER CHARGE.
Immediately following the conclu-
sion of the Musser trial on Monday
afternoon the case against Herbert
i Heaton was taken up. He was also
indicted for murder and voluntary
manslaughter. District ~ attorney
Arthur C. Dale and John G. Love Esq.,
again represented the Commonwealth
while the defense was in charge of
Orvis & Zerby. The names of forty-
one regularly drawn jurors and one
talesman were called in the selection
of a jury which, when complete, con-
tained four women. The jury was
made up as follows:
Mrs. Stella
Bellefonte.
Mrs. Mary C. Heverly, housekeeper, Belle-
fonte.
David Gilliland, farmer, College Twp.
Fred Moore, inspector, Philipsburg.
David Washburn, chemist, Bellefonte.
Mi M. C. Shirk, housekeeper, State Col-
ege.
John S. Lambert, carpenter, Bellefonte.
W. G. Furst, farmer, Patton township.
Hogentogler, housekeeper,
W. T. Harrison, shopkeeper, State College.
Ars Charles Matley, housekeeper, Philips-
urg.
W. S. Lucas, farmer, Gregg township.
Following the opening of the case
for the Commonwealth attorneys for
the defense submitted an offer in writ-
ing admitting the death of William
Musser on the morning of July 20th
as the result of two gunshot wounds
inflicted by bullets fired from an au-
tomatic pistol owned by Harry C.
Musser, which offer very greatly mod-
ified the trial of Heaton. Witnesses
called by the Commonwealth in an en-
deavor to prove Heaton’s complicity
in the crime included sheriff E. R.
Taylor, J. Merrill Kessinger, Elda
Musser, Seymore Stover, Earl Peck
and D. O. Dorman. At 9:18 o’clock on
, Monday night the Commonwealth
‘ rested its case.
Former Judge Ellis L. Orvis open-
ed the case for the defense when
court convened - at nine o’clock on
| Tuesday morning. Sheriff E. R. Tay-
lor, Charles Duck and Herbert Hea-
ton, the defendant, were the only wit-
ceased, which caused him to fall to the , nesses called for the defense. In tes-
ground, and that he then fired the second
shot which entered the right side of his
j tifying in his own behalf Heaton did
head and caused death. If you so conclude | not deviate in any particular from the
you would be fully justified, because, as 1
said before, it contains all the elements of
first degree murder. As an illustration,
i story he told on the stand in the case
it | against Harry Musser. In fact noth-
the defendant admitted the killing and had | jng of vital importance was developed
told you he was intoxicated and in effect
did not know what he was doing, or that
they had become engaged in a brawl or
fight, it might have. the effect of reducing
And therefore,
while you have the right under the Act of
Assembly to fix the grade of crime, your
real inquiry should be as to whether or
not this defendant fired those shots.
And you will further keep in mind that
even though there is a reasonable doubt
- on that point—on the theory that both the
defendant and Heaton were implicated—
~if you find. that Heaton did the killing,
and further find that the defendant was,
present and aiding and abetting, he would
be just as guilty as the one who actually
fired the shots.
In commenting upon the escape of
the defendant when the sheriff went
after him on Sunday evening the court
said that flight constitutes an element
into consideration.
that had not been brought out in the
Musser case.
The evidence was all in by noon on
Tuesday and in the afternoon counsel
summed up the case and the court de-
livered his charge to the jury, which
retired at 3:05 o'clock. At 4:45 they
were back in the box and the foreman,
W. G. Furst, announced a verdict of
“not guilty.” Later it was learned
that the jury was not long in reach-
ing a verdict but delayed reporting
same for fear they would be charged
with not giving the case due consid-
eration.
SEYMORE STOVER PAROLED.
With the Heaton case disposed of
Seymore Stover was called before the
The court then reviewed in brief the | court to answer for the part he played
evidence presented by the defnse,
cluding as follows:
Now, Gentlemen of the Jury, as we have
said before, the testimony in this case is
entirely for you. It is your duty to con-
sider it carefully, and apply the law as
stated to you by the Court, and render
such a verdict as in your opinion is justi-
fied under the evidence. Under the law as
we have defined it to you, and the testi-
mony that has been adduced, is this de-
fendant guilty of any crime? And, if so,
is he guilty of either murder of the first
or murder of the second degree or of man-
slaughter? Has the Commonwealth con-
vinced you beyond a reasonable doubt
that the defendant is guilty of murder in
the first degree? If it has failed to con-
vince you of this, then has the defendant
convinced you that this offense is below
murder of the second degree?
The case is about to be left in your hands,
and in considering it, you start with the
legal presumption of inMocence in favor of
the defendant. All persons are presumed
to be innocent unless the proof establish-
es their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
You must give him the benefit of any rea-
sonable doubt arising out of the evidence
which prevents you from coming to a sat-
isfactory conclusion; but this doubt must
fairly arise out of the evidence and not
be merely fancied or conjured up. The
jury must not raise a mere fanciful or in-
genuous doubt to escape the consequences
of an unpleasant verdict. It must be an
honest doubt, such a one as fairly strikes
the conscientious. mind and clouds the
judgment. If the mind is fairly satisfied of
the facts from the evidence, such as would
induce a reasonable man to take them as
true and act upon them in a matter of im-
portance to himself, it would be sufficient
upon which to rest a verdict. Sympathy
for the wife and children is no excuse for
your not performing your duty.
In conclusion, let me repeat that in
reaching a verdict you should be control-
led entirely by the evidence. Neither sym-
pathy, nor horror for the enormity of the
crime charged, should swerve you from
the path of justice. With the penalty or
the punishment you have nothing to do,
and therefore you should not falter in the
discharge of your duty. Neither you nor
the court made the law, but, to be good
citizens we must obey the law. The Judge,
in his sphere, must endeavor, so far as pos-
‘sible, to enforce the law. If you find the
defendant guilty, you do not pronounce
the sentence. That unpleasant duty de-
volves upon the court. “The enormity of
the crime, but not the fear of consequenc-
es should cause you to be cautious, delib-
erate and just in weighing the evidence.
You should approach the consideration of
this matter in all seriousness, realizing
that not property, but life or imprison-
ment. depends upon your verdict, and your
verdict should be reached without sympa-
thy or fear. ? :
If you find the defendant not guilty, you
simply say “We find tho defendant not
Emity." If you find him ¢':'tv, you must
x the degree as provided '- the Act of
Assembly to which I have ¢ '" 7 vour at-
tention. If you find him guilt ~“ murder
of the first degree, you will say “Ve find
‘the defendant guilty of murder o° ‘“~ first
- degree.” If you find him guilty o° —'rder
of the second degree, you will say “~~ “nd
him guilty of murder in the second ¢« ~~:
or if vou : find him guilty of volunt ~~
manslaughter, you will say, “We find t'
Sefeagans guilty of voluntary manslaugh-
er.”
The court concluded his charge at
2:40 o’clock and sent the jury with all
to deliberate instead of the small jury
room, announcing that when a verdict
was reached the court house bell would
be rung announcing that fact.
body of William Musser was discovered
lying in a secluded road in the mountains
The court then asked everybody who
the exhibits admitted to the library |
con- in the tragic affair.” He was charged
| with hiding the gun and after deliv-
ering a fatherly talk and general lec-
ture on the life he has been leading
the court decided to give him a chance
and paroled him for a period of three
years in the custody of his father,
Henry Stover, a lumberman, of Penn
township, on condition that he work
for his father, permit his father to
draw his wages and give him what
money he felt he should have from
time to time, and pay the costs in the
case. The young man agreed to the
conditions, and thus ended the now
famous Musser case with the excep-
tion of paying the costs. This the
tax payers will be compelled to do,
and it will be quite a large bill.
— Large stock, live and let live
prices.—West Company. 49-1t
— One day last week a family of
six people, father, mother and four
children, were found huddled together
in Fairmount park, Philadelphhia. In-
vestigation proved them to be John
Dobson and family, of Morrisdale,
Clearfield county, and they had had
practically nothing to eat for two days.
The Dobsons left Morrisdale toward
the latter part of August, with their
youngest child in a baby carriage,
and walked all the way to Philadel-
phia. They passed through Bellefonte
on the first stage of their journey.
Mr. Dobson, who is a miner, was out
of work and left home on the hunt of
some, but owing to the general de-
pression everywhere wag unable to
find any. The family was taken in
charge by the Welfare Department, in
Philadelphia.
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——The United States Department
of Agriculture advises that- 30,000
head of mule deer that are now threat-
ened with starvation on Kaibab na-
tional forest in Arizona will be given
away to any one who will pay the cost
of crating and transportation, which
is estimated at $35 per animal. If
you want a deer write to the Depart-
ment in Washington.
— Horace Jr. is the name given to
the little son, born Monday to Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Hartranft, at the Centre
County hospital. The first child, and
only grand-child in both families,
| makes the little lad a most welcome
| guest.
—Get your job work done here.
114 SETTINGS USED IN THE PRO-
DUCTION OF ABRAHAM LIN.
.COLN. ;
One of the Really Great Films to be
Shown in Bellefonte October
6th, 7th and 8th.
It required one hundred and four
teen sets to furnish the scenic inves
titure of “Abraham Lincoln,” to b«
shown next week at the Moose Templ
theatre. The variety of them wit]
their wide contrast constitutes one o
the enchantments of the picture.
The first, in the cabin where Abra
ham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, i
an exact replica of the original birt!
place now enshrined in the marbl
memorial near Hodgenville, Ky.
Then follow in a rapid pageant o
pictures scenes:
The great set of New Salem cor
sisting of twenty-six log houses wher
Lincoln lived from 1831 to 1836—th
biggest log set ever built.
The Pioneer Barbecue in Kentuck:
A wonderful realistic scene of pionee
merry making.
The original Stuart and Lincol
law office in Springfield, Ill.
The ball room in the Edwards hor
at Springfield where Lincoln was ii
troduced to his future wife by Stepl
2 A. Douglas, his great political r
val.
The Lincoln home in Springfield.
The great Lincoln-Douglas deba:
at Ottawa, Ill.
Luther L. Weaver, lumberman, Penn Twp. |’
The historic train which carric
President-Lincoln to his inauguratio
President Lincoln’s office; Mrs. Li
coln’s boudoir and the Cabinet roo
in the White House.
The portico of the White House
Washington.
Pennsylvania avenue, Washingto
D. C., as it was during Lincoln’s a
ministration from the White House
the Capitol building. The most f
mous street in the world—one and
quarter miles long.
The hospital tents and the batt]
fields. :
The world famous set of the Ge
tysburg battlefield, scene of Lincolr
memorial address.
The magnificent East Room of t
White House celebrated in song a
story, where President Lincoln’s of
cial receptions were held.
The exterior and interior of t
world-famed Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D. C., where the spi
of Lincoln is enthroned in eter
stone and bronze.
— Price, quality and service
West Company. 49.
Bellefonte Academy Wins First Fo
ball Game.
The Academy football eleven spru
the lid off the current season w
a 53 to 0 victory over the Dickins
College freshmen in a game
Hughes field on Saturday. The Bel
fonte boys went into the game lo:
ing the best in years and their def
sive work as well as attack prov
beyond a doubt that the team will
through a second smashing season
Thirty and forty yard runs arot
the ends by Hill, Rooney and WI
more featured the first half of
play, the Dickinson eleven hav
failed to make a first down. 1
scored two touchdowns during the f
three minutes of play. The half e
ed 47 to 0 with the Academy b
still going strong.
With such a lead coach Snavely
cided to take no chances of injury
his main standbys and put the i
second team in play in the second h
This naturally slowed up the g:
but the visitors were held score
while the boys from the Hill ran
another touchdown.
Bowes, captain of the Dickin
freshmen, was the outstanding 1
for the visitors. The line up:
Bellefonte 53 Dickins
L. E.—Bowers - - - - K
L. T.—Nixon - - - - T
L. G.—Dimeola - - - Bo"
C.—Cunningham - - ‘Whi
R. G.—T. Nixon - - - Oley
R. T.—Drescher - - - F
R. E.—Snarino (Capt.) - ¥
Q. B.—Rooney - - Bowes (C:
L. H—Hood - - - - She
R. H.—Whitmore - - De
F. B.—Hill = - - - Ac
Touchdowns—Bellefonte, Hill 2 E
man 2, Rooney 2, Hood 2. Substitutic
Bellefonte, Burny, Morrow, DeLong, Pi
Slaven, Kutz, Mechel, Creed, Lietz,
ker, Panconi, Davidson, Henson, Ras
la, James, Sill, Crea, Basch, Bugalaur.
The rainy weather the fore par
the week interferred with the plan
coach Snavely, of the Academy te
for a regular schedule of practic
preparation for the hard game °
Syracuse, at Syracuse, N. Y., tor
row. The second team will play
Jersey Shore.
— Always welcome, buy or no
West Company. 4
CENTRE HALL.
Mrs. White was visited by
brother, from a western State.
J. F. Lutz spent the week at
Lewisburg fair, helping Gail Ei
feed the people.
Franklin Ruble, of Altoona,
Sunday at the home of his mo
Mrs. Sallie Ruble.
September left us because
weather grew so cold, October «
to take her place.
On Sunday, Mrs. Mary Christin
Elysburg, came to the home of
daughter, Mrs. T. L. Moore.
Miss Edith Sankey left for
home of her brother, M. A. Sanke
Middleburg, one day this week.
Mrs. Ellen Miller and Miss (
line McCloskey, of Potters Mills,
a few days in Centre Hall during
past week.
The garage business conducte
L. L. Smith was sold to Walter
terman, of State College, who
take charge of the business by
uary 1st, 1925.
The Methodist congregation he
extra service on Sunday evenin
which time Rev. J.-E. A. Buck
district superintendent, delivere
sermon. Rev. W. R. Picken, of
tre Hall, and Rev. C. W. Rishe
s
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Pleasant Gap, assisted in the se