Tr a fy Temorraiic; atc, Bellefonte, Pa., January 13, 1928. AERA P. GRAY MEEK, - - - Editer Te Correspondents.—No communications published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2. Published weekly, every Friday morn- ing. Entered at the postoffice, Bellefonte, Pa, as second class matter In ordering change of address always give the old as well as the new address. It is important that the publisher be no- tified when a subscriber wishes the paper discontinued. In all such cases the sub- scription must be paid up to date of can- cellation. A sample copy of the “Waatchman” will be sent without cost to applicants. A ———— Mr. Wilson Confident. In an address delivered at the Jack- son day dinner, in Philadelphia, on Monday evening, the Hon. William B. Wilson expressed entire confidence that the seat in the United States Senate for which he is contesting will be awarded to him. Not only will William S. Vare be denied the privi- lege of taking the oath of office,” he declared, “but the legally and law- fully elected Democratic candidate will be permitted to take the seat.” That is a hopeful view of an involved question and implies sublime faith in the integrity and intelligence of the Senate. If the investigation is thor- ough the contest can have no other result. Of the legal votes honestly cast Mr. Wilson had a substantial majority. By corrupt and excessive expendi- ture of money, obtained from sources of doubtful legality, Mr. Vare dis- qualified himself for membership in the Senate under the rules laid down in the Newberry case. That fact eliminates him from the reckoning and makes absolutely certain the statement that he will be “denied the privilege of taking the oath of of- fice.” But that will not of its own force award the seat to Wilson. It must be shown that he received a majority of the legal votes cast. The mere recounting of the ballots will not accomplish this result and the Senate committee on Privileges and Elections, with Senator Watson at its head, is not likely to go beyond that if it can be avoided. It has been revealed by judicial in- vestigation in Philadelphia that thou. sands of the votes cast for Mr. Vare were illegal and necessarily void. They have no right in the ballot boxes that are to be opened and counted but they are there. If the investigation will be sufficiently searching to separate the legal from the fraudulent ballots, and only the legal ballots are counted, “the legally and lawfully elected Democratic can- didate. will be permitted to take the seat.” such an investigation be made. If it fails to show a majority for him he will be content and the party he represents will gladly enter him as its candidate to fill the vacancy. ey Marion Talley to Sing in Altoona. The greatest musical event of the season will take place in Altoona, Fri- day night, January 20, when Marion Talley, prima donna, soprano of the Metropolitan Opera company, of New York, wiil be presented in concert by the Altoona Music Club. Miss Talley, whose phenomenal rise to fame startled the entire world, is now ranked as the most outstanding rersonality in the world of music, Her popularity may be gauged by the fact that the Altoona Music club suc- ceeded in obtaining the only open date she had for this season, and Miss Talley’s season is the longest of any artist now appearing before the public beginning in September and lasting until the end of July. The Altoona concert will be held in Roosevelt Junior High school audi- torium, at Seventh avenue and Fif- teenth street. Advance tickets are on sale at many towns in the vicinity of Altoona, but mail orders for reserved seats are now being received at Win- ter’s Music store, Altoona, and these will be taken care of when the re- served seat sale opens on January 17. Llven at this early date the demand for seats has been tremendous and a capacity crowd is expected. Miss Talley will be assisted by David Sterkin, violinist, and Charles King, pianist, and will prsent the fol- lowing program: Midnight Bells ...,.......... .. Heuberger : Mr. Sterkin Aria: “Ah! Non Creda Mirarti” (“Ah! Must Ye Fade”) from La Somnambula Bellini : 2 Miss Talley a. Lithauisches Lied ............ Chopin b. Vergebliches Standchen (Folksong from the Lower Rhine) ....... Brahms e. When I Was Seventeen (Swedish Folk- song y Lilljebjorn Miss Talley Aria: “Polonaise” “Je suis Titania” (I'm Fair Titania) from Mignon Miss Talley Intermission i. Sheep and Lambs Homer b. When Love is Kind : oo Arranged by A. L. ¢. The Virgin's Slumber Song...... Reger d. Pretty Mocking Bird, Bishop-La-Forge Miss Talley seats Ovensie vinsnhe ition Logan Rigaudon, Pale Moon Siciliano et A. b. Francoeur-Kreisler 4 Mr. Sterkin Beautiful Blue Danube, Strauss-LaForge Miss Talley —The annual meeting of Logan Grange, at Pleasant Gap, last Friday night, was very largely attended, over one hundred members being present. The occasion was the in- stallation of officers for the year 1928. Rev. M. C. Piper, of Milesburg, of- ficiated as installing officer and Frank Keller succeeded Merrill Weaver as the new Master. 00 ; eightieth year. All Mr. Wilson asks is that CRISPEN:—Mrs. Mary Ellen Cris- pen, widow of the late Irvin Crispen, died at 7:30 o’clock on Sunday even- ing, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. O. J. Morgan, on west High street, Bellefonte, following a brief : illness. She had been ill for several days with a slight attack of the grip but her death was the result of a heart collapse. : A daughter of Conrad and Mary L. Myers, she was born in Clinton coun- ty, in July, 1848, hence was in her She married Mr. Crispen in 1876 and the early part of their married life was spent in Clin- ton county. Later they moved to Blanchard where they lived for twen- ty years but eight years ago closed their home and went to Snow Shoe and took up their residence with Mr. and Mrs. Morgan. Within a year af- ter going toc Snow Shoe Mr. Crispen died and when the Morgan family came to Bellefonte in July, 1923, Mrs. Crispen came with them and this had been her home since. Her survivors include Mrs. E. C. Bitner, of Williamsport; Mrs. Albert Fravel, of Detroit, Mich; Mrs. O. J. Morgan, of Bellefonte, and Lester B. Crispen, of Detroit. She also leaves twelve grand-children and six great grand-children. Brief funeral servic- es were held at the Morgan home at one o'clock on Wednesday afternoon after which the remains were taken to Blanchard where final services were held in the Christian church by Rev. M. S. Blair, of Wellsboro, a former pastor, burial being made in the church cemetery. ll SUNDAY. Edwin Ellsworth Sun- day, a well known farmer of Spring township, passed away at 4:30 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon as the result of a stroke of paralysis sustained on Saturday evening. He was a son of Lewis and Mary Sunday and was born at Hunter's park fifty-six years ago. Practically all his life has been spent in tilling the soil and for a number of years past he has occupied the Whiterock farm, near Pleasant Gap. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Bellefonte lodge of Odd Fellows and the Loyal Order of Moose. He married Miss Annie Kane, who survives with seven children, namely: Edwin, Paul, Gerald, Joseph, Harold, Philip and Mary, all at home. He also leaves three brothers and a sis- ter, William Sunday and Mrs. John Lyons, of Lyontown; Jacob, of Axe Mann and George W., of Bellefonte. Rev. M. C. Piper will have charge of the funeral services which will be held at his late home at two o’clock this afternoon, and burial Bellefonte Union cemetery will be in charge of his brother Odd Fellows. Il Il BROWN.—Mrs. Elizabeth Shaffer Brown, widow of the late John Brown, died at the Clark Gramley home, at Rebersburg, on Monday of last wdek, following an illness of some weeks with a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shaffer, and was born at Madisonburg sixty-one years ago. Her husband was a brother of the late T. Clayton Brown, of Belle- fonte. Her survivors include one son, Roy Brown, of York, Pa., one brother and two sisters, Claude Shaffer, of Han- over; Mrs. S. A. Bierly, of Rebers- burg, and Mrs. Ida Webb, of Phila- delphia. Rev. Lesher had charge of the funeral services which were held last Thursday, burial being made in the Rebersburg cemetery. Ii fl EVEY.—Elmer W. Evey, of Le- mont, died at the Centre County hos- pital, on Tuesday night, of blood poi- soning, the result of an injury to his hand sustained on the first of De- cember. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Evey and was born at Centre Line almost sixty years ago. The greater part of his life, however, was spent in College township. He married Miss Winona Whitehill, who survives with one son, Forrest, of Lemont. He also leaves two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Emma Rote and Mrs. Lucy McGinley, both of Brad- ford, and Samuel Evey, in Florida. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning, burial to be made at Boals- burg. Bellefonte Branch American Red Cross Reorganizes. According to all reports there was a rather stormy session at the annual meeting of the Bellefonte branch of the American Red Cross, held in Pet- rikin hall on Tuesday, all over the proposition of purchasing 2 car for the use of the community nurse. No one contradicts that fact that a car is badly needed to permit the nurse meeting all the demands upon her time and strength, but some of the members doubted the expediency of the purchase with the limited fund at hand. In fact, a number of those present left the meeting, it is said, and later those who remained reor- ganized by electing W. R. Cliffe, chairman; Mrs. Samuel Shallcross, secretary, and Charles M. McCurdy, treasurer. The society has arranged for a benefit exhibition of the wonderful motion picture, “The Moon of Israel,” Lat the Richelieu theatre on February 2nd. It is a twelve reel picture which cost one million dollars to produce. A matinee will be given in the after- noon for school children. —————— pe ————— —Rev. VanDuyne, of Newark, N. J., will be in Bellefonte on Sunday and hold services in St. John’s Epis- copal church, which will include Holy Eucharist at 8 a. m., preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. in the: Pseudo-Contractor Had Good Job at Big Pay for All Applicants. Agitation of Republican papers to the contrary there is no denying the fact that at the present time there 'are more idle men in Centre county than usual at this time of year, so workmen of Howard and Axe Mann cannot be blamed for jumping at a chance for a good job and big pay which was offered a week ago by a pseudo contractor who answered to the name of Stover. The man appeared first at Howard, the last week in December, and let it be known that he had been awarded a contract to replace all the telegraph poles and wires along the Bald Eagle Valley railroad with a new pole line rand cable. He wanted all the men he could get and the wages would be $6.00 for an eight-hour day. The men were told to report to him at Howard on Monday morning of last week. From Howard he went to Axe Mann, arriving there. on December 30th, and engaged lodging and i boarding at the home of William | Johnstonbaugh. There he let it be ‘known that he had the contract for replacing the telegraph wires along | the Lewisburg railroad with new "poles and cable. The wages were to be the same as those offered at How- tard but he also qualified his offer by stating that he would not expect the men to work only hard enough to keep themselves warm. All men wanting work were told to report at Johnstonbaughs on Monday morning of last week. The man also came to Bellefonte and arranged with John McCoy for a team and wagon to be sent to Howard Monday morning. On Saturday evening, the last day of January, Mr. Stover met L. A. Johnson, at Axe Mann, and asked for the loan of five dollars, explaining that he had intended coming into Bellefonte during the day to cash a check but had been too busy to do so. Mr. Johnson gave him the money. Sunday morning, January 1st, it will be recalled, was unusually cold and stormy but the man made ar- rangements to leave the Johnston- baugh home to go to Howard and meet “his men” on Monday morning. He was wearing a light overcoat and Mr. Johnstonbaugh suggested he take his heavy coat, which he did. The extreme cold weather of Mon- day morning of last week had no de- terrent effect on the men anxious for work and thirty laborers gathered at Howard to await the coming of the contractor. Mr. McCoy sent down a team of horses and a wagon, but Mr. Stover failed to materialize. Out at Axe Mann fourteen men awaited his return to put them to work but Stov- er had vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared. Mr. Johnson is still looking for his five dollars and Mr. Johnstonbaugh is out six good meals: and his heavy overcoat. Manager Brown Entertains County Medical Society and Others. at The Hospital. The County Medical Society met at the Centre County hospital on Wednesday morning for its regular annual session. A very unusual paper was read by Dr. O. W. McIntyre, of Howard. Its subject was “The Physician” and he developed it largely along the line of the ethics of the profession. Its preparation showed great care and sound diagnosis. The regular business for the con- clusion of the year was transacted and the following officers chosen for 1928. 7 { President, Dr. J. B. Foster, State College; vice president, Dr. David Dale, Bellefonte; secretary and treas- urer, Dr. O. W. McIntyre, Howard. At twelve o'clock Manager William H. Brown entertained the physicians, the newspaper men of the county, Judge Fleming, Senator Harry B. Scott, Burgess Hard P. Harris, the Bellefonte dentists, the County Com- missioners and members of the board of trustees at a dinner served in the hospital. The object was to foster a more intimate relationship between the public and the institution. : The work of remodeling is about completed and the manager is anx- ious to have people see and know just how splendidly they are equipped now and the good work they are do- ing at the institution. Putting Out Feed for Small Game in Woodlands. Game protector Thomas G. Mosier has recently received a consignment of five hundred bushels of corn, a big supply of scratch feed and a quantity of buckwheat and is now engaged in distributing it in those sections of Centre county woodlands where small game is most plentiful as feed for the birds during the remainder of the winter season. : While ordinarily, in an open win- ter such as this has been so far, all kinds of game would be abie to find sufficient food to tide them over, but it will be recalled that last year was an unusually poor year for supplying natural food for wild game. It was because of this fact that birds, rab- bits and squirrels were found in good- ly numbers out in the open, they hav- ing been driven to the fields and open spaces for sufficient feed to maintain them. And this is the main reason why Mr. Mosier is now engaged in putting out feed. Sportsmen's asso- ciations throughout the county, and hunters generally, might help along in the good work by putting out feed where small game is wintering. ye + 31H Annual Stockholders Meeting of The First National Bank of Bellefonte. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the First National Bank, of Bellefonte, was held in the banking house on Tuesday, January 10th. No changes were made in the officers or in the board of directors. Charles M. McCurdy was re-elected president; W. Fred Reynolds, vice president; James K. Barnhart, cashier; C. E. Robb, assistant cashier, and Charles McC. Scott, trust officer. The board of directors consists of Charles M. McCurdy, W. Fred Reynolds, James C. Furst, David Dale, Thomas B. Beaver, Henry S. Linn, C. C. Shuey, L. Frank Mayes. Hon. James C. Furst was made attorney for the bank and secretary of the board of directors. In speaking of local conditions dur- ing the past year President McCurdy said that, while the operations of certain important local industries were curtailed, the most important in- dustry, the business of farming, was not affected by general conditions elsewhere. The stability of this basic industry was proved by the large and growing business of the bank. In a year marked by a general re. cession of trade, the bank closed the year with an increase in its savings department, notwithstanding large withdrawals from special accounts. During the past five years, a period characterized by some as an era of extravagance, savings departments increased more than 50 per cent. The surplus has grown from $177,000 to $300,000, with a large increase in total resources, while the earnings for the past year are the largest in the bank’s history. This is not an indica- tion of reckless spending. The growth of savings indicates the possession of qualities that made for material progress. From no other sources can capital be had for new enterprises; homes cannot be built, properties improved or new develop- ments projected without capital from this source only. Therefore, people who do not have savings accounts retrograde. The movement is either forward or backward. With the bank’s large resources of two and one-half million dollars, it is always prepared to make proper local loans for such uses as seem to promise advantage to the community. FARMERS NATIONAL BANK HOLDS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING. Thirty-eight of the seventy-nine share holders of the Farmers’ Na- tional bank gathered in rooms of the company at 2 o’clock Tuesday after- noon for the first meeting of the in- stitution. It was an interested and interesting gathering because the personnel represented such varied lines of touch with the business ac- tivities of the community. President Steely presided at the meeting and addressed it at length, emphasizing the remarkable progress that has been made in the three months it has been open for business. All the temporary directors were elected for the full term of a year and at the conclusion of their meet- ing the stock-holders were shown through all departments. The board organized by electing Reed O. Steely, president; W. S. Smeltzer, vice president; Horace G. Work, cashier and W. M. Bottorf, secretary. Sabbath School Workers’ Conference. The mid-year workers’ conference of the Centre county Sabbath School association will be held in the Pres- byterian church, Bellefonte, Wednes- day afternoon and evening, January 18th. All workers, teachers and of- ficers are cordially invited to meet together on this occasion. Everyone will be benefitted by the inspiration to be had from such a gathering. One of the State field workers will be present as well as other helpful speakers. The conference will open at 2:15 p. m. —James H. Potter, who for fifty- five years has been identified with the Potter-Hoy company, about half of that time as president and gener- al manager, and who was recently granted a year’s leave of absence by the board of directors, was given a testimonial dinner of chicken and waffles at the Blue Bird tea room, on Tuesday evening, by the employees of the store. Mr. Potter was pre- sented with a copy of the Bible. —————— re —————— —Walker township may have a new road laid out extending from a point on the main highway at Hu- blersburg north across Nittany ridge ito a point at Jacksonville, according to an opinion filed last week by Judge Miles I. Potter. The opinion sus- tained the findings of the Board of Road Viewers, who agreed that a road across the ridge was necessary. The petition for the road was filed in court on August 16, 1926. —Miss Cora P. Scoby died, in Johnstown, on Tuesday, at the age of 89. She will be remembered by old- er Bellefonters as having been, for many years, stenographer in the law offices of Beaver, Gephart and Dale, in this place. ————— lf ct ———————— —The Catholic daughters of Amer- ica will hold their regular card party this (Friday) evening, in their club rooms, in the Lyon building. Refresh- ments will be served. Admission 25 cents. EE ———— ener ——— —Ruth Snyder was not electrocut- ed last night for her part in the mur- der of her artist husband, she having been granted a respite until 10 a. m. been granted a respite until 110 a. m. ps This column is to be an open forum. Everybody is invited to make use of it to express whatever opinion they may have on any subject. Nothing libelous will be published, though we will give the public the widest latitude in invective when the subject is this paper or its editor. Con- the contributor may desire.—ED. We have had so many friendly let- ters and cards from subscribers from all over the country that it would be impossible to reply to all of them per- sonally, so we take this manner of saying to our correspondents that they can never know how cheering their expressions of good will are to the workers on the Watchman. We thank them from hearts that well with gratitude and minds that are constantly working to give them a better newspaper.—Ed. Making a Philosopher of Us. Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Meek: The best of the season to you. The best editorial of all is the final para- graph in “Ink Slings” this week, af- ter you had disposed of Menken and Freud. Originally this column was devoted to funographs, but you are a philosopher. Keep it up and support old Jackson Jim Reed for President. Sincerely, W. R. BIERLY From a Woman to Whom We Owe Much. Syracuse, N. Y., 12-22-27 Dear Mr. Meek: ¥i mos wy always enjoy reading it. A merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Sincerely, MRS. G. S. BLISS. They Can’t Do Without It. Williamsport, Dec., 20, 27 Dear Mr. Meek: * * * 0% * as we find we can’t do without it. Best regards to all. F. BE. M. She Read It Before We Were Born. Beech Creek, 12-21-27 Editor Watchman :— I could not do without the paper. I have read it ever since I was a little girl and to tell how many years that has been would be telling about something we women rather hesitate to reveal. My father, P. McDowell took it before the Civil war and was a great friend of P. Gray Meek. : MRS. E. J. TIBBINS Greetings from Philadelphia. West Philadelphia of the season and wish a most pros- perous year for your interes ting newspaper. MRS. HARRY DAWSON. This One Has Us Guessing. Phila., Dec. 30, 27 | Gentlemen: | Hope that your bootlegger will | furnish you with enough “pizen” to j kick out all other or further refer- ences to “wet goods” during the com- ing year. Cordially yours, AMBROSE M. SCHMIDT. Now what do you know about that? The good doctor would deny us the one resource we have for a pragraph when there isn’t another topic in mind to squeeze one out of. Merry Christmas. Pine Grove Mills, 12-19-27 Wishing you and your organization a very Merry Christmas. Yours sincerely, J. C. DUNLAP. He Knew *Every Lamp Post. Altoona, Dec., 1-19-27 Dear Geo. Have not been to the dear old town for a long time. The town where once I had speaking acquaintance with every lamp post in it. With kind regards. : F. C. WILLIAMS. Now those of you who don’t remember Frank needn't get it into your heads that he might have meant a clinging in- stead of a speaking acquaintance with the lamp posts here. Not on your life! Frank was a pioneer electrician here and when a street light went out he was the .only one who could start it glimmering again. A Short One From Charley Keichline. Lake Worth, Fla., 12-18-27 It was my intention to write you long ago and tell you how I enjoy your paper that arrives promptly ev- ery Sunday morning and is so chock full of good things to read. No mat- ter how long one is away news from “Home, Sweet Home” is ever wel- come, I am still in the post office here and like the work. While it is a little cool this morning I am sitting in my shirt sleeves with all the windows up and were it not for the Christmas dec- orations and the gorgeous show win- dows of the stores one would scarce- ly associate this climate with the Christmas weather we have in good old Centre county. Your friend, C C. KEICHLINE. Marriage Licenses. Edward C. Cantwell, of Ashland, Ohio, and Margaret A. Mignot, of Bellefonte. Hoover W. Noll, of Rebersburg, and E. Gertrude Loughner, of Spring Mills. Michael Kashtock, of Coalport, and Caroline Paskovitch, of Clarence. Willard Nearhoff, of Madera, and Roxie Thompson, of Clearfield. tributions will be signed or initialed, as | I wish to extend sincere greetings |. Moshannon Creek Yields Up Body of Missing Man. The dead body of August Kella- bosa, of Morris township, Clearfield county, was found in Moshanmon: creek, near Munson, on Sunday, by Jacob Neubauer. Kellabosa, whe was: about thirty years old, lived alane in: a shanty between Munson and Hawk: Run. Friends of the man, not seeing; his around recently, started an inves-- tigation which resulted in disclosing; the fact that he had been missing since early in December, A search was instituted which re- sulted in the finding of the body on Sunday. As there were no evidences of foul play it is believed he accident- ally fell into the stream and drowned. It is known that the man frequently used a boat in crossing from one side of the stream to the other, and he may have fallen out of the boat on. one of his trips. His only relative in this country, so far as is known, is. a brother living in Detroit, Mich. enm—— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. OTICE OF CORPORATION DISSO- LUTION. Notice is hereby given that the Aikenside Farms, Inc., of State College, Centre County, Pennsylva- nia, a corporation of the second class: has made application to the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County for dis- solution eof its charter and corporate: rights, which application has been filed in the Prothonotary’s Office; and further: that the said Court has fixed the 15th: day of February, 1928 at 10:00 A. M. for the hearing of the said application where: all persons in interest may attend ang: show cause either for or against said pe-- tition, if they so desire. ORVIS, ZERBY & DALE: 73-2-3t Solicitors.. JANUARY Shop in Altoona Booster Stores This is the month when spe- cial prices are made on many lots of goods for the home and per- sonal wear in order to clear stocks of broken assortments. These goods are just as useful to the individual as though they were offered in full assortments. Many stores are also running: special January Sales in which unusual values are offered. If your local merchants cannot supply all your needs Come to Altoona and Shop in BOOSTER Stores Where you have unlimited var- iety for choice in Dependable Merchandise at Modest Prices. Booster Stores can supply ev- erything needed for Personal - Wear for the entire family as well as all Home Needs. Arrange to spend the entire day in visiting Booster Stores. You can lunch in a Booster Res- taurant and a Booster Theatre will provide first class entertain- ment. mn —— EVERY WEDNESDAY Suburban Day Altoona Booster Stores Plan to shop in Alteona on Suburban Day and take advan- tage of Booster Store offerings. Booster Store Hours 8:30 a. m. te 5:30 p. m. Saturdays until 9 p. m. Good Roads Lead to Altoona Alteona Booster Association Strand Theatre ALTOONA Week starting Sat., Jan. 14 GEORGE BANCROFT “Underworld” Comedy - Cartoon - News Reel 10 Piece Orchestra