SE
INK SLINGS.
The Forests are dense
And the Waters are muddy
And their Secretary’s grouchy
At most everybody.
—Judge Furst might have won, but
he was weighted too heavy.
—The Democrats must have caught
the Republican fever on Tuesday for
Claude Herr, the only candidate for
Prothonotary on our ticket, polled
1045 more votes than he did for the
same office four years ago.
—The Fisher crowd at Harrisburg
laughed at and ridiculed Senator
Scott’s marching club when it went to
Harrisburg to participate in the inau-
‘gural ceremonies. Their parade in
«Centre county on Tuesday was some-
thing else again for the Governor to
think about.
—After having manufactured
enough ammunition to keep our polit-
ical guns firing for years to come we
presume our friends, the Republicans,
who have been engaged in the recent
unpleasantness, will immediately be-
gin sending us invitations to a dis-
armament conference.
Friend Burdine Butler has an-
nounced his retirement as a county
office seeker. The veteran Democrat
who has tried so often to get an office
in the Court house for Howard town-
ship has nothing to be ashamed of in
his last attempt. He received a nice
vote and we’re glad he did.
—They say that one worker at the
South ward polls had so much money
that his pockets wouldn’t hold it. It
is needless to say that he wasn’t a
Democrat, for all the money all the
Democratic workers put together ever
have would get lost in the watch
pocket of a kid’s wash suit.
—Among other things that the op-
position will fight mighty shy of in
the contest that is now on is the “wet”
and “dry” question. They have fooled
Centre county often with that “Holier
than Thou” exploitation, but let them
attempt it again and we’ll tell the
world some things that it doesn’t
know.
—We’re not going so far as to say
that Judge Furst would not have been
beaten otherwise, but we are convine-
ed that his acceptance of Governor
Fisher’s appointment, with its col-
lateral embarrassments, was the
greatest contributory cause of his de-
feat—principally the collateral em-
barrassments.
—W. Harrison Walker Esq., polled
1480 more votes at the primary on
Tuesday than he did at that of 1927
when he also won the nomination for
Judge. In fact Mr. Walker, with one
opponent in the race, polled within
1109 as nrany votes on Tuesday as all
four of our aspirants for the nomina-
tion received two years ago.
—Senator Harry B. Scott was in
town Wednesday afternoon, but we
couldn’ find out whether he called to
offer his sympathy to Secretary Chas.
Eclipsed Dorworth. You know the
latter is said to have taken it so hard
that he was sick in bed the next day.
If the Senator had had a heart he
would have taken a goober feather
bed out for him.
—We are going to press before it is
known whether Tunney or Dempsey is
the heavy-weight champion of the
world. You will forgive us, of course,
for having tried to get to you on time
a grist of local news to gather which
we have worked a week and charge
you three cents instead of waiting to
tell you which pug gets a million dol-
lars for working—at the outside—
thirty minutes.
—We have learned from a source
that is reasonably reliable that the
Prothonotary’s office is paying ap-
proximately seven thousand dollars a
year. Mr. Wilkinson has had it for
eight years, during which time he
might then have taken down fifty-six
thousand dollars. It is no wonder
that he is elated at the chance his
party has given him to grab off
twenty-eight thousand more.
—The prettiest contest we Demo-
crats had on Tuesday was the race
between Hoy, Geiss and McDowell.
It’s funny but that office was exciting-
"ly contested four years ago, both at
the primary and the election. Mr.
McDowell was the surprise element
this year. He came into the race a
little late, but came down the home-
stretch with such a burst of speed
that he made Sinie step to nose him
+ out.
—Things are not always what they
seem to be. Within the week we have
heard from a gentleman who has the
last word to say in the matter of
training of four thousand boys and
girls. It would seem that one occupy-
ing a position of such overwhelming
responsibility to the parents of this
- great army*of youth would be so over-
awing that none would venture op-
position to his will in anything. He
is a Republican, but Cupid was evi-
dently stumping for the Democratic
party the year he was in the matri-
monial race, for he won a lady of our
political persuasion. We use the
word persuasion because it is the only
one that could possibly explain the
anomaly we are about te reveal. This
Republican; whose character will be
"indelibly impressed on the men and
women of tomorrow, of a great Com-
monwealth, admits that he subscribes
for the Watchman for his wife only
“for the privilege of being allowed to
vote for a candidate of his own party,
now and then. God give the male of
‘ the species g.o.p.us more such mates
- of our political persuasion.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 72.
BELLEFONTE. PA.. SEPTEMBER 23, 1927.
Not So Willing to Take Our Own
Medicine.
The administration at Washington
has promptly rejected a proposal
from the government of France to
enter into negotiations for a commer-
cial treaty. France, having become
an important customer of this country
became dissatisfied with our tariff ex-
actions and fixed a rate of tariff
against our products which brought a
decided protest from Washington. So
long as we were able to get “the long
end” of trading operations it seemed
all right to us but when France raised
the tariff tax on American commodi-
ties up to the high level of eighty per
cent a roar was raised which was
figuratively “heard around the
world.” In response to this roar
France proposed a treaty fixing the
tariff at about forty per cent.
It appears that France has treaty
agreements with Germany and some
other eountries. “favored nations.”
which is considerably less than that
exacted upon products of this country
under the proposed treaty. But Ger-
many and the other countries favored
by France made equivalent conces-
sions on French preductions while the
administration at Washington “stood
pat” on the rates fixed in our present
tariff law. Under the circumstances
the French offer of a cut of fifty per
cent seems reasonable enough, but the
tariff mongers on this side of the
water demand every advantage given
to “favored nations” without yielding
anything. This seems to the French
economists and government a trifle
too much.
While the industrial life of central
Europe and Great Britain was in a
state of paralysis, owing to the war,
the products of this country could
command a ready market abroad on
any terms. But since the rehabilita-
tion of industry over there an abund-
ant supply is easily available and the
tariff barriers set up against their
products in this country has more or
less naturally aroused a spirit of re-
prisals. The result is that our mar-
kets in Europe are being curtailed
and unless something is done in the
ity we are likely in the
way. o
the near future to have our markets
limited to our own consumption. The
result of this would be over production
or the closing of our mills and fac-
tories.
——There is nothing mysterious
about the withdrawal of Mr. McAdoo
from the contest for the Democratic
nomination for President. He saw
that his candidacy threatened another
disastrous dead-lock and he wanted to !
avoid that.
Treatment of Tubercular Cattle.
The veterinarians in session at
Philadelphia, last week, were not oniy
surprised but somewhat startled when
Dr. Bang, of Copenhagen, professor
in the Danish Agricultural college,
criticised the American system of
treatment of tubercular cattle. ‘I high-
ly admire the immense and admirably
organized efforts you have made since
1917 in order to eradicate tubercu-
losis from your herds,” Dr. Bang
said, “and I am sure that you will
reach your goal in this way if the
States will continue to cover the great
expense to indemnify farmers for
their reacting animals.” But there is
an equally certain and much less
costly way of achieving the result,
in his opinion.
The system, an invention of his
own, which Dr. Bang suggests, is “iso-
lating calves year after year and
keeping the young herd isolated from
the old and infected herd and by pro-
tecting the calves from infection from
the milk.” This result can be accom-
plished within a period of five or six
years, he says, at an expense of
some additional labor and building
extra cribs, which in one case in
which he was concerned totaled only
about two dollars and fifty cents.
This is a trifling sum compared with
the expense of killing the cows, even
though the State should continue to
pay the bill and the owmers of the
herds are willing to sacrifice the cow
for the consideratio~ allowed.
Of course it would Je wise to verify
Dr. Bang’s system of treatment be-
fore abandoning that which has
proved efficient and adopting the
other. The Danish expert declares
that milk taken from reacting cows
is not contageous and even milk from
diseased animals is harmless if prop-
edly pasteurized. But the average
layman is likely to take such a state-
ment with at least a shadow of doubt.
Infected milk is so insidious an enemy
to health and so grave a danger to
child life that public suspicion of any
that comes from cows that have only
been in contact with diseased animals
is fully justified. The statements of
Dr. Bang are worth careful investiga-
tion, however.
——The Legionaires are having a
much more enjoyable time in France
this week than they had ten years ago.
Vare Machine Disappointed.
The dependence of the Republican
machine on false returns and corrupt
voting is revealed in the effort of the
Vare organization to nullify the law
enacted by the last General Assembly
commonly known as the Voters’ As-
sistance act That law provides that
no voter shall be permitted to receive
any assistance in marking his ballot
at any general, municipal, special or
primary election, unless he shall first
state distinctly and audibly, under
oath or affirmation which shall be ad-
ministered to him by the judge of
election, that he cannot read the
names on the ballot or by reason of
physical disability he is unable to
mark the ballot or enter the voting
compartment without assistance.”
The enforcement of this law will
not guarantee an actually honest vote
in Philadelphia or any other city
where ballot frauds are systematically
perpetrated Mr. Mackey, who is the
Vare candidate for Mayor of Phila-
delphia, testified before the Senate
Slush Fund committee that the ma-
jority of voters in the first twenty
wards of that city never knew who
they were voting for and such voters
might easily take the required oath.
But it will help considerably in re-
ducing the fraudulent vote because
the penalty being a term in prison it
will estop all except the absolutely
illiterate and the physically helpless.
Few others will take the chance of
punishment for the reward promised.
Realizing the fact that the enforce-
ment of this law would materially
diminish the machine vote total legal
proceedings were instituted in one of
the courts of Philadelphia to declare
the act unconstitutional: We have
not had opportunity to examine the
arguments presented in support of
the acticn. The averment in the bill
of equity was that voters who could
not take the oath would be deprived
of their constitutional right to vote.
But that is a flimsy reason. It might
as well be said that the provision of
the law requiring the payment of tax
as a qualification is unconstitutional,
In any event Judges Martin and Smith
public in refusing to grant an injunc-
tion.
——Jimmie Walker, Mayor of New
| last Sunday because it would inter- |
{ fere with his church programme.
The Mellons in Confusion.
The Mellons, uncle and nephew, An-
idy and Bill are somewhat mixed in
the political cross-currents which
have developed since Mr. Coolidge
has taken himself out of the reckon-
ing. Soon after Uncle Andy arrived
from Europe with Mr. Hughes as a
ship mate, nephew Bill announced
that the Secretary of the Treasury is
for Hughes for the nomination for
President. The Mellons, uncle and
nephew, had held a conference in
Washington and on his return to
Pittsburgh the nephew gave out the
preference of the uncle in an inter-
view. A day or two afterward
nephew Bill denied the accuracy of
the interview and subsequently uncle
Andy suprlemented the denial by a
statement that he had no preference
among candidates.
Meantime the work of solidifying
the Pennsylvania delegates for the
Secretary of the Treasury is going
forward with the consent and assist-
ance of both uncle and nephew. The
purpose is plainly to set them up as a
trading post with sufficient assets to
command attention of all candidates
and thus guarantee the favor of the
next administration if it is Republican.
One of the alert Washington corres-
inum company and several hundred
other corporations pay or reserve div-
idends he doesn’t have to worry, but
even a multimillionaire cabinet officer
doesn’t like to be pegged as for this
man or that when he does not know
how the thing is coming out.” And
uncle Andy likes his job.
Because of the uncertainty of the
situation the uncle and nephew were
panic stricken when they saw in cold
type an expression of favor for Mr.
Hughes. Being novices in the politi-
cal game they over valued the effect
upon the minds of the several candi-
dates and ran to cover in confusion.
But it was an unnecessary precaution.
With the Pennsylvania delegation in
the convention absolutely subject to
his orders uncle Andy will be able to
nominate the candidate of his choice
or make such terms with any other
candidate as will make his tenure in
the office he likes certain if the party
is successful. In any event he will be
able to secure the future of the Alum-
inum trust and his other corporate in-
terests.
————es————
Wall Street having made up its
mind on the question of tax reduction
Congress intends to waste no time
, in discussing the subject.
honored themselves and served the
York, makes them all take notice. He
couldn’t meet the Premier of France !
pondents writes “so long as the alum- |
“It Might Have Been.”
As {ime passes the enormity of the
blunder this country made in refusing
to join the League of Nations becomes
more apparent. The League has ac-
complished great results and is still
achieving victories for human prog-
ress and enduring peace. Since the
present session of the assembly open-
ed great progress in the direction of
arms reduction has been made. The
premiers of France and Germany have
been exchanging olive branches to the
infinite delight of “all those present,”
and a group of the smaller powers
have been advancing suggestions to-
ward the re-opening of the arms con-
ference upon the basis which gives
abundant promise of ultimate agree-
ment. These facts are pleasant to
contemplate.
In addressing the assembly, on
Monday, Dr. Eusebio Morles, repre-
senting Panama, referring to the
absence of the United States from the
deliberations said: “I have no inten-
tion of saying whether the United
States should or should not enter the
League of Nations. But I can tell
you that if she were here she could
assume the leadership of the whole
Latin-American block. However she
is not here and the Latin-American
Republics are obliged to seek else-
where for leadership and guidance.”
Instead of occupying this enviable
position in the affairs of the world we
are cultivating enmities in these
Southern Republicans by forcing upon
them odious measures in the interest
of speculators.
When Woodrow Wilson returned
from the Peace Congress at Versailles
the United States stood the acknowl-
edged leader of the civilization of the
world. But because an envious polit-
attitude in affairs reflected glory upon
the President who had achieved it and
the party he represented the mana-
gers of that vicious machine organ-
ized a conspiracy to destroy the
| League, the President and the party.
The result is that the United States
«wamong the nations of the world. But
subject in this country and before
{long the voice of the United States
| will be heard in the League.
—No contest such as we had in Cen-
i tre County on Tuesday is without its
| tragic moments. The only quarrel we
‘have ever had with a woman in poli-
ities was our protest of years ago to
| Rebecca Noami, the recognized head
jof the Prohibition party in Centre
{ County, against the inconsistency of
keeping a ticket on the ballot for
{ “wets” to grab and turn to their own
advantage. In 1923 Prothonotary Roy
Wilkinson was defeated for re-elec-
tion as a Republican by 513 votes. He
bad copped the Prohibition and So-
cialist nominations, however, and
those party votes gave him enough
to win by 54. On Tuesday, Rebecca,
who is now living in Washington, D.
C., came back to Bellefonte to vote
and it was Prothonotary Roy Wilkin-
son who successfully challenged her
right to do so. Of course the Pro-
thonotary was only evening up a per-
sonal score, and was right, so far as
his charge that Miss Rhoads has no
legal residence in Bellefonte is con-
cerned, but it was her unwittingness
that accomplished his election four
years ago.
Mr. Flemng came over the
mountain from Philipsburg and the
Rushes with a majority of 987 over
Judge Furst. Bellefonte and Spring
townships only gave the Judge 97 of
4 majority to meet the deluge with,
but State College helped out better
than was expected by adding 148 to
the defense.
——1If the statements made by the
new Prohibition Administrator con-
cerning the past service be true it can
the Treasury is a water-Mellon.
——If the quarrel between Mayor
Kline and Senator Leslie of Pitts-
burgh develops into a permanent split
some good may come to the people of
that city.
——-Paul Houck, the Pottsville po-
litical sharp, gives Harry Mackey, the
Vare candidate for Mayor, a certifi-
cate of character. “Birds of a feath-
er.”
——Other airmen are having all
sorts of trouble but Lindbergh contin-
ues to fly like a bird and reaches his
destination every time.
—Just to get rid of as much of the
trouble as possible at once let us agree
that “Dep” is going to be the next
sheriff of Centre county.
——The greatest achievement Phil-
adelphia Democrats could hope for is
the defeat of the O’Donnell annex to
the Vare machine.
ical machine imagined that such an |
has lost her position of eminence and
degenerated into one of unimportance |
public sentiment is changing on this
hardly be said that the Secretary of
Business and the Outlook.
{ From the Philadelphia Record.
Industrial operations are increasing
gradually but continuously in many
important lines, although it is too
early to state definitely whether in-
dustry as a whole will equal this
month the unusual record of activity
set up in September of last year.
Wholesale distribution of commodities
in general is expanding from week to
week, and for the first half of the
month has run a little ahead of last
year’s volume at this time. Retail
trade has been slower to respond to
seasonal influences, although there
has been a measure of revival.
In its larger aspects business is
progressing along much the same
lines as in the two preceding years.
As described by an eminent local
financial authority the summer lull
was simply a resting period, lacking
initiative and aggressiveness in some
respects, but developing nothing that
might linger on to seriously prejudice
the outlook for later fall and winter
months. :
Even as to retail trade, while there
are minor differences of opinion re.
garding volume in this or that local-
ity, it seems to be rather generally
agreed that the purchasing power of
the public remains virtually unim-
paired. There has been a statistical
decrease in the number employed, but
the mills and factories are now taking
on more help. Demand for skilled
workers is more urgent than it has
been for months. When industry
strikes its stride there will be more
numerous openings for the unskilled.
The measure of industrial employ-
ment at present is more accurately
to be taken from the active hours per
week and payroll totals than from the
number of persons engaged. Active
hours and payrolls have in recent
weeks consistently increased. The
i resulting gain in production seems
(already to be passing normally
through the channels of wholesale dis-
tribution, while the enlarged income
of workers will later stimilate retail
trade. :
Farm incomes, taking the country
as a whole, now seem certain to ex-
ceed last year’s, one estimate being
that they will be $1,000,060,000
greater. ‘
: “Tranquility in Spain.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
In these days of reaction from the
ideas and ideals of so-called free gov-
ernment, it remains for Spain to have
instituted the most reactionary re-
gime of them all. Even in Italy, under !
Mussolini, the dictatorship rests upon
the Fascist Party of some hundreds of
thousands of members, and there is
at least a pseudo-opposition. Rus-
sia has two wings, slightly tempering
the dictatorship of the inside ring.
But in Spain there is no pretense
of a political party and only a very
shadowy pretense of a parliament. The
National Assembly, established by
decree on the fourth anniversary of
Primo de Rivera’s assumption of dic-
tatorial power, is to be merely con-
'sultative. It is not elective—being
appointed by the Government—and
has not the slightest vestige of power
to enforce its will. It cannot even
. appeal to public opinion. The Govern-
| ment censorship sees to that.
| Before publication of the decree it
was expected that the National As-
sembly was to be called for the pur-
pose of drafting a new Constitution
| for Spain, as a step toward returning
to a more reglar form of govern-
ment. It now appears, however, that
, this irregular state of affairs is to be
' continued indefinitely, for the Assem-
blymen are to enjoy three year
terms. wi
Spain seems to have been hypnotiz-
jed into tranquility and to desire
nothing better than the freedom from
| disorder and disturbance. Even the
King, who is accused of holding his
' throne illegally, since he has suspend-
‘ed the Constitution which he and his
father before him swore to uphold, is
| content to follow the line of least re-
: sistance on the basis of peace and
.quietude. Tranquility is certainly a
great boon. But it stands in strong
i contrast to the liberty for which men
in past generations so enthusiastical-
ly fought and died.
Profit in Power.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
! On the same day that announce-
, ment is made of the creation, of an-
, other great pool of electrical power
in the eastern part of the United
States, directly affecting Harrisburg,
the New York Times publishes an
item in which it is stated that the
Pacific Lighting Company, a great
electrical company like those now be-
ing perfected in the East, has declar-
ed a 900 per cent. stock dividend.
There is no relationship between
the two save this—that the western
dividend - illustrates the tremendous
possibilities for profit in the power of
big electrical combines.
Very probably this is an exception-
al instance. It is not to be imagined
that all electrical companies are such
bonanzas. But the fact remains that
the owners are lappng up the cream.
There is no indication that the user
of electrical power has been given a
little of the skimmed milk, at least
hereabouts.
——1It is estimated that four cities
buy half the orange crop of the coun-
try and possibly an equal proportion
of the booze crop.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYTSONE.
—Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Yohe, of York
county, announce the birth of their eigh-
teenth child. The newest arrival is a son.
‘Sixteen of the children are living at home.
Mr. Yohe is employed at the plant of the
P. H. Gladfelter Paper company, at Spring
Grove. 2d
—Two children are dead in Johnstown
and 10 others are seriously ill of infan-
tile paralysis, three new cases having been
reported to health authorities on Saturday.
No quarantine orders have been issued.
but the local situation which has alarmed
city and county officials has been reported
to the state health bureau.
—An ox roast will be one of the events
on the program for the annual State fire-
men’s convention which opens at Shamo-
kin on October 3. The roast will be held
on the night of October 4, under present
plans. Two oxen, each weighing about
900 pounds, will be roasted in Chicago and
shipped there in refrigerator cars for the
event.
—Representatives of twenty Classis of
the Reformed church which met in Har-
risburg this week, voted to raise $75,000
among the churches in the State toward
the erection of a new $100,000 church at
State College, the remaining $25,000 to be
raised by the congregation in the college
town. The $75,000 will be raised by the
various Classis Sunday, November 13.
—Joseph McDonald, 18, Albert Gettie,
19, and James Gettie, 27, charged with the
larceny of automobiles in Butler, Clarion
and Allegheny counties, escaped from the
Clarion county jail Thursday night. The
trio was arrested near Pittsburgh by state
police several days ago. They made their
escape while all the county officials were
away and the sheriff's wife was in charge
of the jail.
—Charged with having whipped his wife
every Friday night for an entire year,
John Stakewicz, of Nanticoke, appeared
before Judge Fine in domestic relations
court at Wilkes-Barre, last Saturday. Mrs.
Stakewicz testified that the other six
nights of the week he treated her with all
due consideration, Stakewicz was ordered
to pay his wife $60 a month until the case
could be investigated.
—DMissing from her home for over twen-
ty-four hours, the body of Miss Helen
Wicks, of Somerset, was found hanging
from a tree near the Somerset reservoir.
Miss Wicks, whose mind had been unbal-
anced for several years, used a piece of
twine in taking her life, She made her
home with her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. John Kantner, and left home
while they were attending a pienie.
—Lewis Moser, the only prisoner in the
Montour jail, is back in his cell after a
little more than two days liberty. While
awaiting trial on a charge of non-support
he escaped by picking a lock. Columbia
county officers heard that Mosier was in
Bloomsburg and located him on the out-
skirts of the town. After a chase of sever
al blocks, in which several shots were
fired, the fugitive was tackled by Fred
Reese, and held until the officer came up.
—More than a thousand members of
Pennsylvania Rotary clubs are expected
to accept an invitation sent to the 150
clubs in the State by President Ralph D.
Hetzel and. the State College Rotary Club
to visit the campus on Friday and Satur-
day, October 7 and 8. It will be the first
purely Pennsylvania State-wide Rotarian
meeting ever held, and will be in the
nature of a “pilgrimage” to show leading
business and industrial men of the State
a “close-up” of the college life and activi-
ties. :
—A royal buck deer, that had eluded
the vigilance of hunters for at least nine
years, fell before the rifle of an irate
Huntingdon county farmer the other day.
The big buck weighed 190 pounds, and
sported a magnificent set of antlers, show-
ing on the left side eight long and short
tines, and on the right antler seven tines,
indicating that the buck had reached the
age of about ten years. The antlers still
retained their “velvet” covering. One half
the meat was given to the man who killed
the buck.
—Resignation of the Rev. Harold 8.
Laird, pastor of the Lewistown Presby-
terian church at Lewistown for the past
three and one-half years, was read to his
congregation at the Sunday morning ser-
vice, asking the congregation to join with
him in asking the Huntingdon Presby-
tery to release him from his pastoral re-
lations with the Lewistown charge. The
Rev. Laird will accept a call to the First
Presbyterian church, of Collingswood, N.
J. A congregational meeting has been
called to care for the matter.
—When H. Elvin Herr, of New Dan-
ville, Lancaster county, planted an acre
of strawberries in the spring of 1926 he
didn’t have any idea that he would re-
ceive a return of more than $1,000 on it
this year. He bought disease free plants
in Erie county and used a tobacco plant-
er for setting them out so that a little
water was left at the root of each plant
with the result that he got a 100 per cent.
stand while neighbors got only 25 per cent.
At harvest time he had a yield of 166 1-2
bushels, at an average of $5 a bushel, and
in addition he sold nearly $100 worth of
plants in the spring.
—AS the result of a quarrel over a trivial
matter, Mrs. Gussie Martz, 49, of Schuyl-
kill Haven, was shot by her brother, Ralph
Dress, 41, of the same place, Friday morn-
ing and bled to death before a physician
arrived. According to the story told by
the family, Mrs. Martz was ironing in the
kitchen of the home when the brother and
she started quarreling. The bickering
continued for some time and then the
brother went upstairs. Securing a rifle,
he returned and standing near the foot of
the stairs, fired. The shot entered Mrs.
Martz’s neck, severing the jugular vein
Ralph made no attempt to escape, but
went upstairs and hid the rifle in a closet,
where it was found later.
—“Uucle Ben” Spangler, who celebrated
his ninety-fifth birthday in Carlisle a few
days ago, was once known to the whole
State as “Star Spangled” Spangler, due to
his habit of drawing from a breast pocket
at the climax of a political or patriotic
speech a neatly folded little American flag
and waving it in the faces of his audience.
“Uncle Ben” was a member of the Legis-
lature who made his presence felt when-
ever a lively debate loomed up, for he
always had his own personal and unique
vieypoint thereon and insisted on letting
the world know about it. The newspaper
correspondents seized upon him as a sub-
ject for ‘‘good copy” and for a time he was
one of the most quoted members of the
House.