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Bellefonte, Pa., January 14, 1927.
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NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY.
The Catholic Daughters of
‘Ameriea will hold their weekly card
party this evening at 8.30 o’clock.
Harry Badger, of Bellefonte,
received word on Wednesday of the
death of his brother William, in Wil-
* liamsport.
——Yesterday the condition of Wil-
‘liam S. Brouse who has been serious-
ly ill with pneumonia, was reported as
being quite encouraging.
——Robert Woodring, a former
Bellefonte bey who recently married
Margaret Loy, of Altoona, has been
transfered from Kansas City, Mo., to
Gallop, New Mexico, where he has
been placed in charge of a large hotel.
——Word was received in Belle-
fonte, on Tuesday, that Mrs. Rachel
Glenn, widow of the late Jerre Glenn,
of Curtin, had suffered a stroke of
paralysis at the home of her son,
Edward Glenn, in Cleveland, Ohio, and
her condition is regarded as serious.
——Mrs. John Walsh, of New York
city, announces the marriage of her
daughter Margaret to Mr. E. Harold
Thompson, of Bangor, Ireland. The
ceremony was perfrmed by Rev.
Bernard McQuade, of St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, New York, on Tuesday,
January 6.
———-The wood from the trimming of
the trees in the Rellefonte cemetery
has been cut for use in stoves and
open fireplaces and the association is
now offering it for sale. Any persons
wanting this wood, will please tele-
phone Alex Morrison, east Howard
street, for further information.
——At a meeting of the Firemen’s
Relief Association, on Tuesday even-
ing, officers were elected as follows:
President, B. D. Tate; vice president,
0. A. Kline; secretary, John J. Bower;
treasurer, J. W. Beezer. A committee
was appointed to take up the question
of refurnishing the firemen’s room in
the Centre County hospital.
—-=Rev. David R. Evans, who since
severing his pastorate with the Belle-
fonte . Presbyterian church several
years ago has been stationed at
Kearney, N. J., has resigned his pas-
torate there to accept a call to the
First Presbyterian church of Somer-
ville, N. J. His work at Kearney is
said to have been very successful.
——Formal ‘notice has been made
of the withdrawal of Edward J.
Thompson Esq., from partnership in
the practice of law with George W.
Zeigler Esq. of Philipsburg. Mr.
Thompson has opened offices of his
own in the Schoonover building in
that place and Mr. Zeigler will con-
tinue his practice in his present lo-
cation.
——There is very sound advice of-
fered you in the advertisement of the
First National bank of Bellefonte, on
page 7 of this “issue. This is not to
say that good advice is only occasional
in the advertising of a reputable bank,
but the matter touched on in this is
so important to everyone that we
would like all of our readers to get the
message and ponder over it.
——While the snow is not very
deep in the mountains and fields it is
packed solid which makes it almost
impossible for pheasants and wild tur-
keys to find enough to eat. Sportsmen
living adjacent to the mountains and
who are interested in the preservation
of ‘such wild life should put out feed
for the birds. Deer and other animals
are able to take care of themselves.
——Faculty members of the Penn-
sylvania State Colloge formally wei-
comed President and Mrs. Ralph D.
Hetzel at a reception in their honor
tendered by the College board of
trustees on Thursday evening. The
reception was held in the woman’s
building on the campus. Judge H.
Walton Mitchell, president of the
board, and other trustees were pres-
ent,
——The week before Christmas Mr.
and Mrs. Charles E. Lutz and son
Sherman, of Buffalo Run, tock a motor
trip to Adrian, Mo., to visit relatives.
In passing through Pittsburgh, on
Sunday night, on their way home they
had an automobile accident in which
the son was injured and their car
damaged. First reports were that
Sherman was seriously hurt but for-
tunately this did not prove to be the
case. as they all returned home on
Wednesday.
——Some wonderful pictures are
being shown at the Scenic these nights
.and all who are fortunate in seeing
them openly commended manager T.
Clayton Brown for his good judg-
ment in selecting his evening pro-
grams. They; include the best motion
pictures made in the leading studios
of this country as well as importa-
tiows from abroad. An evening at
the Scenic means several hours of
food entertainment. If not a regu-
lar get the habit.
——William Rapolsky, of Luzerne
county; who escaped from Rockview
penitentiary in 1924, and was cap-
tured in Chicago last week, was
brought to Centre county on Monday
and lodged in the county jail. He was
serving a ten to. fifteen years sentence
on. a statutory: charge and escaped
several weeks after being transferred
to. Rockview from the eastern peni-
tentiary. On Tuesday Judge Keller
gave him an additional five to ten
years sentence for breaking and es-
caping:
THE G. F. MUSSER CO.
TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
Committee Appointed at Stockholders
Meeting to Liquidate Stock
and Assets of Firm.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of the G. F. Musser Co., limited, held
in the court house, last Friday, it was
decided to close out the stock and af-
fairs of the company as rapidly as
can be done without undue sacrifice
and to this end a committee was ap-
pointed to make liquidation. The
committee consists of G. Fred Musser,
chairman; G. Oscar Gray, secretary
and treasurer; R. S. Brouse Jr., all of
Bellefonte; John S. Erb, of Philips-
burg, and Earl Peck, of Nittany.
Ninety-eight per cent. of the stock-
holders were represented at the meet-
ing, either in person or by proxy.
The G. F. Musser company was or-
ganized almost seven years ago and
on April 1st, 1920, took over the
wholesale grocery of Danenhower &
Son. The company was capitalized at
$125,000, although only a little over
$100,000 worth of stock was disposed
of. For several years the company
did a good business but the chain
stores which have opened up in Belie-
towns naturally cut into the business
of the jobbers, and this with various
other causes resulted in so much of a
falling off in the business of the com-
pany that it ceased to be profitable.
This condition has prevailed for
some time and the stockholders were
confronted with the choice of two so-
lutions—voluntary bankruptcy or ami-
cable liquidation. The company is
not insolvent, by any means, as its
assets, including stock and fixtures
and book accounts figure up to ap-
proximately $75,000, with only about
$15,000 of bills owing. Amicable
liquidation was decided upon, however,
as the best method of paying the debts
and realizing something for the stock-
holders.
At this writing the best plan of
liquidation has not yet been worked
out by the committee. But all deliv-
eries of goods was withdrawn on
Monday morning. The stock on hand
will be disposed of at a close margin
to retailers but they will have to go
after the goods. If an opportunity
develops where the stock can eventn-
ally be sold in bulk in order to close
out and do away with the overhead
of keeping the store open, this will
probably be done.
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Cinder Pile Used as Bootlegger’s
Cache.
Everything these days can be utiliz-
ed in some way if somebody makes
the proper application to figure it out.
Travelers along the State highway be-
tween Bellefonte and Axe Mann may
frequently have wondered how the big
cinder pile just south of the Titan
Metal company plant could be used to
advantage, but it was left for a boot-
legger to figure it out. .
Just after the last fall of snow a
man living out along the road was
walking into Bellefonte and when he
came to the cinder pile he noticed
fresh tracks in a well worn path lead-
ing into a deep cut in the cinder pile.
Curious to know where the steps
would lead. to he took up the trail
The path led up to the face of tha
cinder pile and there the man discov-
ered that a hole had been dug in the
cinder. Reaching in his hand came in
contact with an object wrapped in
brown paper and when he pulled it out
and unwrapped it he found a quart
bottle of moonshine.
As there was no name on the pack-
age he decided to confiscate the con-
traband and took it home, but on sam-
pling it the stuff was found to be so
raw that he was afraid to drink it, so
threw it away. The bootlegger, who-
ever he might be, was evidently using
the cache in the cinder pile as a means
of delivering his wet goods to cus-
tomers, but the curiosity of the man
above referred to deprived one cus-
tomer, at least, of his regulation sup-
ply.
Another Centre County Boy Forging
to the Front.
Announcement has been made of the
appointment of David B. Fleming
general superintendent of the first
district of the New Yecrk Central rail-
road, with headquarters at Albany, N.
Y., as the assistant general manager
of the lines, Buffalo and east, with
headquarters at Syracuse, N. Y.
Mr. Fleming was born at Snow
Shoe, Centre county, on February
12th, 1877, and received a high school
education. He entered railway service
in July, 1893, as a telegraph operator
on the Pennsylvania division of the
New York Central & Hudson River
(now a part of the New York Cen-
tral,) and in October, 1899, became a
train dispatcher. In February, 1903,
he became chief dispatcher and in No-
vember of the following year he was
appointed assistant trainmaster. He
became trainmaster of the Mohawk
division in October, 1906, and in No-
vember, 1910, was appointed assistant
superintendent of the Hudson division.
Mr. Fleming was transferred to the
Mohawk division as assistant super-
intendent in July, 1911, and in Sep-
tember, 1913, was appointed superin-
tendent of the Buffalo division. He
was transferred in the same capacity
to the Mohawk division in April, 1918,
and in May, 1924, was promoted to
general superintendent at Albany,
which position he was holding at the
time of his recent appointment as as-
‘sistant general manager.
fonte as well as many of the smaller:
Annual Meeting of First
Bank Shareholders.
The annual meeting of the share-
holders of the First National bank of
Bellefonte was held in the banking
house on Tuesday, January 11th.
All the present members of the
board, Messrs. Charles M. McCurdy,
W. Fred Reynolds, Charles C. Shuey,
Henry S. Linn, James C Furst, Thos.
B. Beaver and David Dale, were re-
elected. Mr. I. Frank Mayes was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of the late George M.
Gamble.
The board appointed the following
officers: Charles M. McCurdy, presi-
dent; W. Fred Reynolds, vice presi-
dent; James K. Barnhart, cashier; C.
E. Robb, assistant cashier;. Charles
McC. Scott, assistant trust officer;
James C. Furst, secretary of the
board.
The report of the president showed
that the past year repeated the story
of former years, showing a marked in-
crease in the volume of business trans-
acted and a substantial increase in
deposits and resources, the latter
passing the two and one half million
dollar mark.
During the year surplus and un-
divided profits were increased in the
sum of $22,997.00, this fund now being |
$303,914.00. Surplus in relation to
capital is now more than double that
of the average bank, and as this is the
true index of a bank’s strength it is
worthy of special notice.
That this is understood and appre-
ciated is proved by the bank’s con-
stantly growing business and by the
steady and regular increase in the sav-
ings department, through new ac-
counts. The bank has in this fund,
from thousands of depositors, almost
$1,200,000.00. This is conclusive proof
of the bank’s reputation among the
thoughtful and prudent people who
constitute the saving class.
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What to Do in Case of a Fire.
Arrangements having been com-
pleted with the Bell Telephone com-
pany for the direct transmission of all
fire alarms, the public is requested to
observe the following instructions in
sending in alarms of fire, and by sa
doing will materially aid the fire de-
partment in a prompt response:
Above all be calm, speak slowly and
distinctly to avoid answers you say
“Emergency,” (this will give your call
the right of way.) “There is a fire at
(give name) on north, south, east or
west (give name) street.”
For example: “There is a fire at
the residence of John Doe, on west
Curtin street.” No further notice will
be necessary, as the operator will
promptly transmit the alarm.
The public is requested not to call
the exchange as to the location of
fires, for this information will not be
given, and such calls only interfere
with the prompt action of the fire de-
partment. If your property is en-
dangered you will be notified by the
operator.
The fire alarm will be tested each
Saturday at noon.
ROBERT E. KLINE,
Fire Marshall.
Will of the late George M. Gamble
Probated.
The will of the late George M.
Gamble was probated in ‘the office
of the clerk of the orphan’s court of
Centre county last Saturday. It pro-
vides that the widow shall have the
home on west Linn street to occupy
during her life, and all the furnish-
ings therein to be hers absolutely.
The sum of $5,000 is to be paid out-
right to each of the children as soon
as possible. The balance of the es-
tate is left in trust, the proceeds
therefrom to be paid in either quar-
terly or semi-annual installments,
share and share alike to the widow
and children. The will was drawn in
1921 and the Northern Central Trust
Co., of Williamsport, was appointed
executor and trustee. Max Mitchell,
of Williamsport, is the attorney for
the estate. In an appended schedule
the personal property is given a valu-
ation of $65,000 and the home $6,500.
The will was made prior to the sale
of the mill property, and with that
included the estate will probably run
close to $100,000.
Chemical Lime Co. Hydrating Plant
Put in Operation Tuesday.
The new hydrating plant of the
Chemical Lime company was put in
operation on Tuesday and the first
car of lime from it was shipped yes-
terday. The building of this plant
was accomplished in record time.
Ground was broken for it on Septem-
ber 26th, and in three months and a
half it was completed and in opera-
tion. In constructing the foundation
for the plant and machinery seven car
loads of cinder, two car loads of ce-
ment and many tons of crushed lime-
stone were nsed. The plant is sixty
feet high and will have a capacity of
twelve and a half tons of hydrated
lime per hour, or three hundred tons
every twenty-four hours.
The building of this plant will en-
able the Chemical company to com-
pete in the open market for all kinds
of lime products. It is understood that
they already have booked sufficient
orders to keep the plant in operation
for some time to come.
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——Owing to the illness of several
of the attorneys all the cases down on
the regular list for argument on
Tuesday were continued until a later
date.
National SCHOOL DIRECTORS HAD
INTERESTING GATHERING.
Annual Convention Last Thursday
was Well Attended.
The fortieth annual meeting of the
Centre county School Directors Asso-
ciation was held in the court house,
Bellefonte last Thursday. The session
opened at 9.30 a. m. with president T.
I. Mairs, of State College, in the
chair. Devotional exercises were led
by Rev. John F. Harkins,
The minutes of the last annual
meeting were read and approved.
President Mairs then introduced coun-
ty superintendent T. S. Davis, of Blair
county, who gave a very interesting
and instructive talk on the subject of
“Progress in Pennsylvania schools.
He referred back to the beginning of
the county teachers institutes and
stated that Centre county was one of
the first counties to hold one. That
was eighty years ago and the first
county superintendent was elected in
1854. He compared present day meth-
ods with those of forty-eight years
ago when he started to teach and made
a plea for better township supervision
of rural schools, for better health in-
struction and more vocational courses
“in all schools.
Secretary O. F. Smith then called
the roll. There were 104 out of a
total of 175 directors present. The
next speaker, Dr. Charles Lose, gave
a fine talk on “The Discipline in Our
| Public Schools.” He stated that the
discipline of a nation depended upon
‘the early training of that nation in
the schoolroom. He compared Red
| Russia and its methods of law with
those of England and the United
i States. His plea was for better teach-
Lers, for better discipline.
The next speaker was C. S. Woomer,
‘of Rush township, who gave a report
on the State school convention. This
| was the most complete report ever
! submitted before the convention.
The afternoon session opened with
ran address by Supt. Davis on “Better
School Equipment.” He urged a com-
plete survey of all rural schools and
better housing conditions and better
equipment. Dr. Lose then gave his
second talk of the day, the subject of
which was “Qualifications of a Good
Teacher.”
After a brief talk by Supt. Rogers,
the election of officers took place. Mrs.
Emma W. Womelsdorf, of Philips-
burg, was elected president; S. Ward
Gramley, of Millheim, vice president;
O. F. Smith, of Boalsburg, secretary;
J. Thompson Henry, of Huston town-
ship, treasurer, and Miss Bessie Miles,
i of Milesburg, delegate to the State
i convention.
| Centre
i
County Sportsmen Opposed to
Killing Doe.
| The State Game Commission is anx-
| ious to learn the sentiment of Cen-
| tre county sportsmen relative to an
open season for doe next fall. 'The
| Stats Centre Game, Fish and Forestry
| association, of Philipsburg, has gone
on record as being unutterably opposed
to it in any shape or form. A large
number of hunters on the south side
of the county were among the doe
hunters in Huntingdon and Mifflin
counties, in December, and most of
them got their doe, but several of
them confessed to the writer that
there wasn’t any sport in killing ther;
that it was just like going into a herd
of cattle and bagging the one that
struck your fancy. They had their
doe killing but are not anxious for
any more of it.
Centre county mountains are full of
i does and it is because of this fact that
the hunters this year were able to bag
something like eight hundred bucks,
and they were so tame that there real-
ly wasn’t much sport in killing them.
Of course the doe do more or less
damage on farms close to the moun-
tains but when they become too dev-
{astating the farmer has the remedy
{in his own hands under the law. As
to an open season for the general
slaughter of does the sentiment of
Centre county sportsmen seems to be
against it.
Threshermen to Meet Tomorrow.
The Centre county Threshermen
and Farmers’ Protective association
will meet in the grand jury room in
the court house at one o’clock to-
morrow (Saturday) afternoon. A full
attendance is desired as officers will be
elected for the ensuing year as well
as delegates to the State convention,
which will be held in Harrisburg
Thursday and Friday, January 20th
and 21st.
Compensation insurance, boiler in-
spection and many matters of interest
to threshermen, sawmill men and
farmers will be considered. A repre-
sentative of the Harrisburg office will
address the meeting and answer all
questions. Every member is urged
to attend and if they have any griev-
ances that will be the place to air
them. ’
Busy Month for Health Nurse.
December was an unusually busy
month for Miss Anna McCauley,
| health nurse under the auspices of the
Bellefonte chapter of the American
Red Cross. During the month she
made ninety-nine visits, which includ-
ed house calls, school children, pre-
school children, prenatal and sick
patients, and gave sixteen hours to
industrial nursing for the American
Lime and Stone company. Fees col-
lected during the month amounted to
$24.00, and expenses $13.00.
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. I. J. Dreese, of Lemont, left for
Philadelphia, on Sunday, with the inten-
tion of spending a week or more in that
city.
—Mrs. Frank Deitrick and her son, Carl,
drove to Harrisburg the early part of the
week, called there by the illness of Mrs.
Deitrick’s grand-daughter.
—Relatives and friends here Friday for
the funeral of the late Daniel Eberhart in-
cluded those from Pittsburgh, Swissvale,
Williamsburg, Lewistown, Altoona and
Coshocton, Ohio, aside from many from all
over the county.
—W. Harrison Walker and W. J. Emer-
ick represented the Bellefonte Kiwanis ata
district meeting held in Pittsburgh the
early part of the week. Mr. Walker and
Mr. Emerick went out Sunday, returning
Tuesday evening.
—Miss Frances Bibbons, of State College,
was in Bellefonte Wednesday, having come
over to take charge of one of the classes
in the school of missions, which will be
held weekly in the Presbyterian chapel,
during the month of January.
—The Misses Bessie and Mary Sommer-
ville have closed their home at Winburne
and are now visiting with their brother
Donald and his family, at Corning, N. Y.
The Misses Sommerville do not expect to
return to Winburne until Spring.
—Miss Laura H. Runkle was a guest,
Wednesday, of the Rev. and Mrs. 8. L.
Greenhoe, on a drive from Centre Hall, the
party having come over to spend several
hours during the afternoon in consultation
with their physician and with some friends
in Bellefonte.
--Mrs. Edward Harris, of Snow Shoe,
and Mrs. Frank Gardner, of State College,
were the out-of-town members of the
Mothers’ Assistance Board of Centre coun-
ty here, Wednesday morning, for the regu-
lar monthly meeting, held in the office of
McCalmont & Co.
—Creighton M. Way, the son of Mrs. J.
R. Driver, of Bellefonte, is 2 member of the
Centre county colony now living in Cali-
fornia. Creighton, who had been doing
business in Reading for several years, left
to go to the coast last summer and is now
located in T.os Angeles with the Duncan
Vail Co., an art goods supply house.
—A Watchman office caller on Satur-
day was W. E. Hartsock, of Port Matilda,
who is back at his old home in that town
after spending six months at Williams-
burg, Blair county, where he had charge
of the G. A. Koontz general store. He has
several other good positions in view but
has not yet decided which one he will ac-
cept.
— The Misses Maude and Gertrude Miller,
of Rock Springs, motored to Bellefonte,
last Saturday, for a day's shopping. The
young ladies have made their home on the
Miller farm ever since the death of their
parents, but are considering the matter of
moving to a house in town somewhere that
would be convenient for Miss Maude whose
profession is teaching.
—Mrs. George B. Thompson went east
last week, expecting to spend several days
under treatment in Philadelphia, after
which she will join her mother and sister,
Mrs. Callaway and Mrs. Garber, at Col-
lege Point, L. I., before the former leaves
for a year's travel abroad. Mrs. Callaway
will sail from New York on January 19th
with Clarks, on their cruse around the
world. i
—Mrs. James B. Lane and Miss Char-
lotte Powell will leave within a few days
to spend several months east. As has been
their custom a part of the time will be
spent at Atlantic City and for the re-
mainder Mrs. Lane will be with her sister,
Mrs. Charles Shaffner, at Summit, N. Jd.
while Miss Powell will visit her nieces,
Mrs. Hoopes and Miss Josephine White, at
West Chester.
—Dr. William 8. Glenn, who, with his
wife, Dr. Nannie M. Glenn, of State Col-
lege, left for Florida last week for their
usual winter sojourn at West Palm Beach,
writes that rents of rooms and small
apartments are much lower than they
have been any time the Glenns have been
there. He also says there are not nearly
$0 many tourists, so that the city is not
so crowded and far more pleasant as a re-
sort.
—H. J. Gentzel, of Spring township,
while in the Watchman office on Monday
was disenssing buisness ¢onditions and
among other things stated that the margin
between the producer and the consumer
was entirely too great. He cited puffed
wheat as an example. The farmer sweats
and drudges growing the crop and sells
it for whatever he can get, the price now
being about $1.35 a bushel. But when it
comes back onto his table as puffed wheat
he pays at the rate of about $60 a bushel
for it. And everybody wonders why the
farmer kicks.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Skudder, of
Philadelphia, are in Bellefonte for a ten
day’s visit, guests at the home of Mrs.
Charles Smith, on east Bishop street. Mrs.
Skudder, before her marriage, was Miss
Seixas, a daughter of Thomas Seixas, of
Germantown. Mrs. Smith's Holiday guests
included Mrs. J. A. Saxe, of Elsworth, Pa.,
who with her three children came in to
spend the week between Christmas and
New Year's with Mrs. Saxe’s brother and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Harper.
Mrs. Saxe, who spent all her girlhood life
in Bellefonte, is better known here perhaps
as Miss Jennie Harper.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bowersox, with
their daughters, Misses Florence and
Pearl, and Mrs. Walter Corl, all of Pine
Grove Mills, were in town for a little
shopping Saturday and while the ladies
were visiting the bargain counters Mr.
Bowersox called on a few of his friends.
The few moments he tarried in this office
were given to discussing the recent hunt
of the Rossman club of which he is a mem-
ber. Its a great crowd, the Rossmans, and
when they don’t get deer few others do.
In fact they were so certain of their quota
last month that they elected to shoot
nothing under four peints and, at that,
got the limit in two days.
Additional Hospital Donations.
Additional donations have been re-
ceived at the Centre County hospital
the past week. From residents of
Bellefonte 8 pounds of coffee and 16
glasses of jelly.
From Zion, 7 jars of jelly.
From Lemont, a community dona-
tion of 1 can dried corn, 14 jars fruit,
3 jars vegetables, 19 glasses jelly, 1
peck turnips, 43 bushels potatoes, 2
bushel apples.
( F. P. Blair Home Badly Damaged by
Fire,
The F. P. Blair home, on Spring
street, Bellefonte, was badly damaged
by fire, yesterday morning, which
originated at a walled in fire place in
the sitting room and burned up
through the partitions to the roof. The
fire started about 4.30 o’clock and was
discovered by the smoke filtering
through into the next house accupied
by William K. Raup and his son-in-
law and daughter, Perry Alters and
wife. Mr. and Mrs. Alters got up
shortly after four o'clock and when
they discovered the smoke investigat-
ed their own home, but finding no fire
there went out onto the street and
called Mr. Blair. Their calls awaken-
ed him and when he opened the door
of his bedroom the hall was already
filled with smoke and his housekeeper,
Mary Metzler, ‘was standing at the
top of the third flight of stairs, so en-
veloped in smoke she was afraid to
came down. But she did get down by
covering her head and Mr. Blair also
got out without much difficulty.
While very little of the house fur-
nishings were destroyed by the fire the
damage by water is considerable. Mr.
Blair has a very valuable library and
many priceless books are so badly
watersoaked that they are practically
ruined. Just what the loss will be in
dollars and cents is hard to estimate
but the material damage is covered
by insurance.
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Bellefonte Business Man Ends Life in
Tragic Manner.
Edward J. Eckenroth, for many
years a well known painter and paper
hanger of Bellefonte, took his own
life, about seven o’clock yesterday
morning, by shooting himself through
the heart with a shotgun. The unfor-
tunate affair took place in the kitchen
of his home on east Howard street,
and was doubtless the result of ill
health, as he had not been well for
many months and had been carrying
on his business under distressing phy-
sical conditions.
A son of Charles and Priscilla
Eckenroth he was born at Pleasant
Gap fifty-three years ago last Septem-
ber. The greater part of his life, how-
ever, had been spent in Bellefonte.
He is survived by his wife and five
children, Mrs. A. C. Stewart, of Cleve-
land, Ohio; Mrs. Anna Carpenter, of
Reading; Mrs. H. J. Walkey and
Charles, of Bellefonte, and Miss Mary,
at home. He also leaves one brother
and a sister, B. Frank Eckenroth, of
Sunbury, and Mrs. W. H. Baird, of
Pleasant Gap.
The funeral will be private and will
probably be held tomorrow afternoon.
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Miss Giles an American Student.
Miss Erva Giles, soprano who is to
appear here at the Moose theatre on
January 20th, under the auspices of
the local High school glee club, is one
of the youngest sopranos in the coun-
try. Youngest in age, but with voice
and control of a veteran. It is also
of interest to know that all Miss Giles’
training was received on this side of
the Atlantic, again proving that
American methods are on a par with
those of any in the world. Critics
from all the large cities who have
heard her voice are unanimous in their
‘opinion that she has very few equals.
George Chadwick Stock, one of the
foremost critics, claims Miss Giles’
voice is on a par with Sembrick’s when
she was in her prime.
Her performance over the air, re-
sulted in the Victor Phonograph Co.
sending for her to become a member
of the Victor Opera Co., and she has
stepped from that stage into recording
her own records for that company at
the present time.
On her appearance here, she will be
accompanied by Edward Morris,
pianist and who was former soloist
with the various symphonies in Bos-
ton, New York and Philadelphia. Mr.
Morris is also writer and composer
of “Mother Mine,” a song hit that
will live forever, and has written
music for many other present day
hits. ,
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——On Friday night Roy Clements
and John Weber, two employees of the
Chemical Lime Co., in this place, were
returning from a business trip to
York and stopped at a filling station
at Dauphin about 1 a. m. Clements
got out of the car and went to the
rear to uncap the gas tank. Immedi-
ately he was attacked by a large police
dog. It bit him in the leg and in a
second attack nearly severed his thumb
It made a third attack, but then Mr.
Weber and the station attendant got
to the scene and drove the animal off.
It is said that the dog has no known
owner and is seen about Dauphin only
at night.
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——Local Institute of District No.
3, comprising Bellefonte borough,
Spring, Walker and Benner townships
will be held at Hublersburg, this after-
noon and evening. Dr. J. Allen
Hunter, of the teachers’ training ex-
tension department of Penna. State
College, will make an address in the
evening.
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For Rent.—Two one car garages
near the station. Inquire at this office.
Bellefonte Grain Markets.
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