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INK SLINGS.
— Cheer up Democrats. When the
Republican campaign committee gets
excited over saving New York, Mass-
.achusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
New Jersey and Delaware, there's
‘hope.
‘—This Lussier fellow, who went
over Niagara Falls in a rubber ball,
is so tickled with himself that he is
going to try it again. His front
‘name is Jean, but it might turn out
to be the Rebecca who went once too
‘often to the well with her pitcher.
—We note that the Republican na-
tional committee has adopted “On-
‘ward, Christian Soldiers” as the of-
ficial Republican campaign song. We
suggest that Daugherty, Fall, Denby
and “Big Tom” Cunningham be in-
vited as guest-conductors when they
start singing it.
—The latest news from Mr. Hoov-
er’s publicity bureau is to the effect
that he has a plan to relieve the
farmers, but it is a secret. The farm-
ers know Herbert. They had some
experience with him back in 1917 and
the way he treated them then con-
vinces them that this secret plan is
to relieve them of their farms en-
tirely.
—The voters who are walking the
streets looking for jobs just now
‘might be employed as soap box ora-
tors by Mr. Work, chairman of the
"Republican national committee. They
would be just the fellows to convince
the public that the only way to in-
sure continuation of the prosperity
they are enjoying is by continuation
«of the Republican party in power.
® During a week’s trip in Canadd
naturally we saw many specimens of
the sex of which we still take firs
tive note. Canada has some things
more than a half of one per cent. bet-
ter than is permitted here, but we can
go out on the streets of Bellefonte
blind-folded and grab a dozen girls
who would be more than a thousand
per cent. better looking than the
twelve trimmest ones we saw all the
time we were away.
"—The Iowa farmer who wrote to
the Philadelphia Public Ledger to say
‘that even the frogs in the ponds out
‘there are singing “Al Smith! Al
;Smith!” gives coroborative evidence
to substantiate the statement that a
prominent clergyman of that State
made to us last week. He said “I
-won’t be a bit surprised if Governor
: Smith carries Iowa.” The clergyman
quoted is a Republican. He positive-
ly won’t vote for Hoover, but he evad-
ed answer when we asked him wheth-
cer he would vote for Governor Smith.
:—Mr. Ford has offered to build a
macadamized - Toad the entire” way
‘across Hungary if the government
of that country will allow importa-
tion of his automobiles duty-free.
‘While Hungary is one hundred and
twenty-five miles wide and Henry
would have to cough up quite a sum
to make good his offer we wouldn’t
accept it if we were the Hungarians.
With a good road and cheap cars the
Hunkies would quit playing accor-
.dians and go to running filling sta-
tions. And think what a loss to art
that would be.
—What a travesty! The Pennsyl-
vania Sheriff’s Association, in ses-
sion at Conneaut Lake, was raided on
Tuesday and the raiders found “the
worst mess” they “ever saw.” The
sheriffs threw whiskey bottles at the
district attorney of Crawford coun-
ty who was doing the raiding and he
arrested the poor little bell-hop of the
hotel in which the sheriffs were bac-
chanalianing. The high officers of
the law defended themselves by de-
claring that politics was back of the
raid. Politics, and how? It is good
“Dep” wasn’t there. He would have
pulled the whole kaboodle of them.
—Down in Dallas, Texas, they put
‘the Rev. Earl Anderson in jail be-
cause he refused to stop work on a
‘tabernacle when he was ordered to do
:80 by the court. It appears that the
Rev. Anderson was so anxious to get
‘the structure completed that he work-
-ed nights and the clatter of ham-
mers and saws disturbed the slumber
of neighborhood residents so much
‘that they sued out a restraining or-
der. We commend the action of the
Dallas court and pray for enough
courage to ask the Centre county
~courts to mete out similar punish-
ment to the fellows who park their
cars under our windows, then run off
-and neck ’til three or four o’clock in
the morning when they come back
-and arouse the whole neighborhood
with racing engines, honking horns
and ribald talk.
—Last week we spent two entire
days steaming down and up the St.
Lawrence river. Aside from the sur-
passing grandeur of the scenery we
were interested most in the hundreds
of fishermen who lined its shores and
trolled from motor boats. We watch-
ed them with the eye .of covetous-
ness, but in the hundreds of miles we
traversed we saw no one catch a fish.
One would think that with so many
". chances we might have seen one of
| the hopefuls pull out something, but
’ if you are a fisherman your own ex-
perience will tell you that rarely is
there anyone looking on when you
make a catch. It is strange, but its
the fact, that -no matter how many
people are on the stream you are
fishing the largest percentage of your
catch is made when they are “looking
. out of the window.”
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 73.
By orderly proceedings, prompt dis-
patch of business
al convention which assembled at
Houston, Texas, on the 16th day of
June, has inspired the men and wo-
men of that political faith with su-
preme confidence of the election of
their candidates for President and
Vice President next November. The
nomination of Alfred Emanuel Smith,
Governor of New York, not only be-
stowed the greatest honor within its
power upon the fittest aspirant but
paid tribute to a fundamental prin-
ciple of the party, the right of the
majority to control. The selection of
Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of Ar-
kansas, for Vice President, is equal-
ly worthy of popular approval.
Alfred E. Smith was not “born in
the purple” nor nutured in an en-
vironment of luxury. His father was
a drayman and resided in what is
known as the “slum section” of New
York, where the next President “first
saw the light of day.” Before he had
time to acquire much education his
father died and left upon the son the
burden of supporting his pious and
loving mother. But he was equal to
the task and in honorable employ-
nient, by assiduous effort and hon-
est labor, he not only fulfilled his ob-
ligations to his family and the com-
munity but obtained a standard of
learning that has placed him among
the most capable of statesmen of his
day and generation. He has served
with distinction as Assemblyman,
Senator and Governor and won the
highest praise in each station.
He will come to the service to
which we confidently believe he will
be called in November fully equipped
and admirably adapted to the per-
formance. He knows what the peo-
ple in all stations of American life
need and want and how to procure
it for them. He is a master of ad-
ministrative detail and above all he
is honest, courageous and candid. His
nomination presents no appeal to
monopoly and offers no special privi-
leges to predatory corporations, but
his election will guarantee to the
people: of the country the full enjoy-
the . the ‘Democratic National
convention tenders to the voters of
the country with hope of a sublime
purpose of fulfillment.
—Henry Ford has been decorated
by the government of Rumania. That
Tin Lizzie presented to the Queen
during her recent visit seems to have
taken the form of “bread cast upon
the waters.”
The Constitutional Amendments.
As the treasury surplus increases
in volume State Treasurer Lewis be-
comes more urgent in his demand
that the proposed constitutional
amendments providing for loans be
defeated. At the close of business
on June 30th there was $43,300,000
in the general fund and ample bal-
ances in ‘the several other funds.
These balances, Mr. Lewis believes,
are ample to meet all worthy ob-
jects “listed for action by the voters
in November.” Possibly that might
be true if the phrase “worthy ob-
jects” is fairly interpreted. Every-
body favors good roads and the Leg-
islature could be depended upon to
vote ample funds to keep the High-
way Department in a high state of
efficiency. .
But there is less enthusiasm
among the politicians on the subject
of reforestation and practically no
sympathy af all with fhe proposition
to take out of the hands of the polit-
ical machine the potential power of
distributing funds among the charit-
able and other institutions of the
State. Within recent years this pow-
er has become the most efficient vote
getting instrument in the hands of
the political machine. The adoption
of the proposed amendment authoriz-
izing a $50,000,000 loan to rehabili-
tate, reconstruct and reform the ad-
ministration of these institutions
‘might take this power out of the
hands ‘of politicians. Unless the
amendment is adopted the old system
will continue. ny
It is plain to all thinking people
that reforestation is a crying need in
Pennsylvania. It is equally certain
that money expended in that way
would be wisely invested and certain
of generous returns. But even with
an overflowing treasury there is no
certainty that appropriations would
be made by a machine Legislature
for that purpose. Waste lands own-
ed by favorites of the machine or
tracts owned by persons willing to
contribute to the party slush fund
might be purchased and replanted,
but nothing like systematic reforest-
ation could be hoped for under ex-
isting conditions. The proposed im-
provements at State College will be
much safer, moreover, if the con-
stitutional amendment is adopted.
their legal rights. This is-
i
and splendid | Democratic National convention, at
achievement the Democratic Nation- | Houston, not only signally failed of
or Smith, and gracefully yielded fo} i
Conspiracy Failed of its Purpose.
The conspiracy to dead-lock the
its purpose but those responsible for
it were sharply rebuked in the nom-
ination of Governor Alfred E. Smith,
of New York, on the first ballot and
by a large majority. It was inspired
by prejudice rather than principle
and organized by enemies instead of
friends of the Democratic party.
Four years ago, in New York, the
convention was perverted into a bat-
tling rabble which sent out to cer-
tain defeat one of the fittest candi-
dates eve- presented to the voters of
the country for approval. The ap-
parent purpose of the conspiracy was
to again serve the Republican ma-
chine in the same way.
The primary campaign had clear-
ly revealed a popular demand from .
all sections of the country for the
nomination of Governor Smith. Four
years ago there had been no such ex-
pression of favoritism for any candi; |
date, and for that reason the sup:
porters of “favorite sons” were jus- |
tified in some measure for prolonging ,
the contest. Hope not only springd
but persists in the human breast and
the friends of each of the candidates
felt an obligation of loyalty. But
this year there was no such reason to
influence the minds of men. There
was not even a well-founded expec- |
tation of success in the enterprise. |
It was simply a determined, but hap-
pily impotent, effort to wreck the
Democratic party.
When Senator Walsh withdrew his |
name from the list of candidates he
frankly stated that the primary votes
in California and other States prov-
ed a popular preference for the nom-
ination of Governor Smith. Later
Governor Ritchie, of Maryland, ex-
pressed the same obvious: truth in
taking his name out of the conten-
tion. Each of these gentlemen is
amply equipped, morally and mental-
ly, to adorn the office of President.
Each has rendered valuable service
to his party and country. But they
realized that a vast majority of the
Democratic people preferred Govern-
rule. The conspirators felt no such |
impulse. “Rule or ruin” was their
purpose.
—The Hoover campaign is to be
managed by a general chairman, an
eastern manager, a western manager
and a strategy board. There is an,
old saying that “too many cooks spoil !
the broth.”
Pe
Hoover's Real “Angel.”
In our last issue we too credulous-
ly accepted the assurance of the es-
teemed Jewish Times, of Philadel-
phia, that Mr. James M. Greenfield
had literally forced Mr. Vare to sup-
port Herbert Hoover at the Kansas
City convention, and that consequent-
ly Greenfield instead of Vare was the
real Hoover “angel.” Previous to the
assembling of the delegates the
Watchman fell for the practically
unanimous opinion that uncle Andy
Mellon had the Pennsylvania delega-
tion in his vest pocket and at the
psychological moment would benig-
nantly bestow the supreme favor on
his cabinet associate. In a subse-
quent issue the widely published an-
nouncement that Vare had stolen the
glory from Mellon was fully credited.
These contradictory statements of
an important event in history are as
regrettable to the Watchman as they
are confusing to its highly esteemed
patrons. But what can be done to
avoid them? We have no confiden-
tial relations with the potential lead-
ers of the Republican party and the
usual sources of information are
equally in the dark or wilfully mis-
leading. The misinformation convey-
ed was not obtained from Democrat-
ic sources. It came from leading
Republican newspapers which would
be offended if charged with ignor-
ance of the innermost secrets of the
organization. Since our last state-
ment we have been amazed to learn
that it is quite as wide of the truth
as its predecessors.
The fact is, according to very high
Republican authority, that the “an-
gel” who nursed the Hoover ambi-
tion into full fruition is the some-
what solemn and always silent Cal-
vin Coolidge, and this statement is
supported by a long and strong chain
of circumstantial evidence. For ex-
ample, it is cited that nearly a week
before the convention the delegates
from Vermont, the President’s native
State, announced the purpose to vote
as a unit for Hoover on the first bal-
lot. Closely following came the an-
nouncement that Massachusetts
would do the same thing and that
these symptoms of Presidential fa-
vor admonished Uncle! Andy to get
on the band wagon, Greenfield may
have forced Vare but Coolidge “turn-
ed the -trick.”
Department
Issues of the Campaign.
Dr. Hurbert Work, Harding’s Post-
master General, Coolidge’s Secretary
of the Interior and now Hoover's
chairman of the Republican National
committee, boldly announces that pro-
tective tariff will be the paramount
issue fin the impending campaign.
“Certain other issues about which the
people are talking,” he declares, “will
be subordinated to the protective tar-
iff in the . Republican campaign
plans.” Having been associated with
Secretary Fall and Attorney General.
Daugherty during the Harding and
i Coolidge administrations, he is natur-
ally averse to public discussions of
some of the “issues about which the
people are talking.” He was sus-
piciously silent during the long per-
iod they were being investigated.
Dr. Work is said to be an exceed-
ingly cunning and crafty politician,
but he will hardly be able to lay all
the lines of controversy in the com-
ing campaign. The protective tariff
will be talked about, of course, and
the legalized crime robbing the peo-
| ple of four billions of dollars annual-
ly in order to collect a revenue of one
million will be fully exposed. But
the iniquities of the eight years dur-
ing which Dr. Work and Herbert
Hoover silently, if not acquiescently,
“sat in” with the perpetrators of
these crimes will receive due atten-
tion. Possibly these gentlemen may
be forced to explain why they made.
no public protest against the Teapot
Dome perfidy and offered no help in
the effort at exposure.
The Democratic platform is not
silent on the tariff question. It
pledges a tariff tax rate “high enough
to meet the actual difference between
production at home and abroad with
adequate safeguard for the American
laborer,” and a higher rate woulil
work injustice to the consumer in
order to provide unearned benefits
for a favored class. But “certain
! other issues about which the people
are talking” are of graver importance
and will receive attention according
to their value. The unconditional
surrender of the government to pre-
datory monopoly and the perfidious
sacrifice of essential national re-
sources will be given full considera-
tion, notwithstanding Dr. Work’s
anxiety to the contrary.
—Statistics compiled by the State
of Agriculture show
Centre county’s wheat crop for 1927
to have been 427,520 bushels valued
at $538,675. The average production
per acre was 17.4 bushels, while that
| for the entire State was a fraction
over 18 bushels. ‘This average ex-
ceeds that of the great wheat grow-
ing States of the west by about four
‘bushels to the acre.
——The entire row of trees in
front of the Schad properties, on
north Spring street, were cut down
this week. The trees were all solid
in trunk and limb, but the roots were
bulging up the pavement and damag-
ing the foundation walls of the
houses, hence were cut down. And
thus one by one Bellefonte’s beauti-
ful shade trees are being removed.
—Mr. Rockefeller celebrated the
| 89th anniversary of his birth last
Saturday, and if he lives economical-
i ly the rest of his life he will be able
to “keep the wolf from his door” to
the end.
—Most of the national Republican
leaders are now employing their
mental energies trying to prove that
they lied about Herbert Hoover be-
fore and during the Kansas City con-
vention.
ot hiitaoahi
—The local news purveyors that |
carry on while we loaf seem to have
missed the motor accident that had
Hublersburg so excited early last
Sunday morning a week.
—We are promised “an air route
across the top of the world” in the
near future, but that is a matter of
small concern to the average wage
earner.
—What Tweed did three quarters
of a century ago is “no patching” to
what Fall, Sinclair and Elder Hays
pulled off within the last eight years.
—November 6 is said to be Al |
Smith’s lucky day. His wife was born
on that day some years ago and it
will be election day this year.
A ——————— A A isms.
—It’s hot enough, all right, but the
fellow hankering for a corn roast
sees no cause of complaint in the
temperature.
—Delaware orchardists now com-
plain about the apple crop which jus-
tifies the hope that the peach crop
is all right.
——Subscribe for the Watehman.
BELLEFONTE, PA. JULY 13. 1928S.
The Democratic National Convention.
NO. 27.
Clean Sword and Clear Consciences.
| From the Philadelphia Record.
|
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\
sincerity and irresponsibility.
Two worthy antagonists are about
to enter upon a vigorous contest for
the Presidency of the United States.
Both of them are men of high char-
acter. Both have excellent records of
public service. Each is possessed of
special qualifications for the office
for which his party has nominated
im,
We feel sure that each of these
party leaders respects his opponent’s
character and capacities. or this
reason we cannot imagine Herbert
Hoover making an unfair attack upon
Alfred E. Smith, nor can we picture
Smith resorting to the use of dis-
creditable weapons in an effort to
gain an advantage over Hoover. The
contest, so far as Smith and Hoover
are personally able to contrel it, will
be over policies. The example they
are certain to set ought to be very
generally followed, demo
There is a great temptation on the
part of enthusiastic partisans to
break the rules of good sportsmanship
in the heat of political campaigns.
Grown men and women at such times
are prone to forget themselves and
call names and make faces like little
children, Wouldn't it be a wholesome
thing if we were all to try to over-
come this pernicious habit in the
period from now to November, dis-
i
cussing the issues that are to be vot-’
ed upon both seriously and truth-
fully, and eschewing the irrelevant?
“Clean swords!” should be the
watch-word. No dishonorable dealing
with the adversary. No stabbing in
the back with whispered innuende;
no falsifying of the records; no dis-
tortion of the truth by suppression of
disadvantageous facts.
The selection of a President by
thoughtful study of the principles in
which he believes, by measuring his
ability to carry them into practice if
given the opportunity, by eliminating
prejudice and the influence of long-
standing political habit from the
making of the choice, would assure
the attainment of popular govern-
ment’s ideal. This newspaper will
endeavor conscientiously to play the
game in trying to influence the ver-
dict of its readers. ;
Demeocracy’s Open Door.
From the Milwaukee Jourmial.
Meanwhile we come back to..the
3 ination -of Al Smith. Theve is
reassurance in it. A multitude. who
have come to us from overseas. find
recognition of their hopes and their
place in America, even as the men
who had pushed west over the Al-
leghenies found recognition in the
triumph of Andrew Jackson. If
Smith had come so far only to be
stopped for the reasons most urged
against him, there would have been a
check to the idea of free democracy.
If his nomination means nothing else,
it is at least proof of that spirit in
America which Woodrow Wilson said
at the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
“demonstrates the vigor of democra-
cy, where every door is open, in
i every hamlet and countryside, in city
‘and wilderness alike, for the ruler to
emerge and claim his leadership in
the free life.”
A ————— A etre ret.
Licensed Pedestrians.
From the Los Angeles Tin.es.
Presently the politicians will be
seeking fresh sources of revenue and
will find opportunity by proposing a
license for pedestrians. On the pay-
ment of $3 a duly licensed pedestrian |
will be entitled to stand in a safety |
zone—if he can find one, and jump
from three to nine feet to escape a
mettlesome Ford. The licensed pe-
destrian will have the privilege of
wearing a button that will admit him
to a street intersection when the traf-
fic whistle blows. Unless a pedes-
trian carries a license he will not be
permitted to recover the gold fillings
from his back teeth when they are
bumped out by a runaway truck. The.
pedestrian license idea ought to
spread among the politicians. There’s
millions in it.
The Underhand Gentry.
From the Waterbury Republican.
Mr. Hoover says there must be no
disrespectful allusion to Tammany,
and anonymous friends of Governor
Smith predict that he will studious-
ly refrain from harping upon Re-
publican corruption. Possibly be-
cause everybody has been miserably
certain the coming campaign would
set new records for violence and mud-
flinging, the party coaches will lean
backward in their endeavor to make
it distinguished for urbanity. But
the underhand gentry on both sides
are going to be hard to handle.
Republican Praise of Smith.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Governor Smith’s statement on
prohibition enforcement is in refresh-
ing contrast to the pettifogging and
pusillanimity of both the party plat-
forms. It is an act of real leadership
for which his party and all Ameri-
cans, regardles of party or opinion,
ought to be grateful. It is an appeal
to American tolerance against intol-
erance, to American practical sense
against blundering bigotry, to party
courage, self-respect, and responsi-
bility, against party cowardice, in-
eee eames
:|SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONR
—Jacob Brown, proprietor of Jake's Inn,
‘| Mt. Joy, tossed a pocketbook containing
.| $95 into a bonfire he had started at the:
| rear of his home. He discovered the error
and grabbed the burning money. from the:
‘| fire with his bare hands. Bankers told
Brown that sufficient portions of the
remain to be redeemed.
—Martin Ketola, aged 6 years, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ketola, died at New.
Castle as the result of scalds received at
a summer camp, at Slippery Rock. In a
bath house some of the campers had rig-
ged up a system whereby hot water was
used for baths. A bucket of scalding’
water had been placed ready for use in
the system when in some manner the lad
pulled it over on himself,
—After having gasoline put in a car he
was driving, David Gilday informed the
filling station proprietor, Claire P. Caf-
frey, of Scranton, that he had no money,"
but would leave his watch as security.
Caffrey agreed, but upon looking at the
time-piece recognized it as his own which
had been stolen from him while he was
measuring out the motor fuel. Gilday’
was placed under arrest.
—Lawrence county courts are to have
the spectacle of a man 100 years old be-
ing tried on a criminal charge, at the
September term. John Malonic, of New
Castle, centenarian, has been held for
court on charges of felonious assault as
a result of an attack he is alleged to have
made upon Tony Lebeski, 35, with a knife.
The aged man went into a frenzy, when
the younger man teased him, and used a.
knife in his attack, it is charged. ——y,
—When McVeytown citizens found thai’
their only grade school building was bad-
ly in need of repairg aud that the school’
board’s tregfury had been depleted to
$2500, and the neded amount for repairs
over $7500, they promptly raised the nec-
| essary amount by subscription. The bor-
rowing capacity of the borough was al-'
ready at its limit and there was little
hope of repairing the building under any
other method than the one adopted.
—David F. Yost, 7i-year-old farmer, of
near Cross Roads church, York county,
killed himself with a single-barreled shot-
gun shortly after 6 o'clock on July 2nd
while sitting on the front porch of his
home. It is thought that he was worry-
ing about a $400 debt on his farm which
would come due July 5th, which, coupled
with injuries he suffered when he fell
from a tree while picking cherries a week
previous, may have caused him to commit
the act.
bills
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—A huge quantity of liquor and mash
were seized by state police in a raid on .
a 500-gallon still in the mountain of Clin-
ton county, near the Florida farms, early
last week. The police, raiding the still,
found Luther Self operating the huge con-
traption and arrested him. Self was alone.
at the mountain cache at the time. A. .
total of 1500 gallons of liquor, 5200 gal-
lons of mash and 6100 pounds of sugar
were taken. Self was committed to jail
to await a further hearing in the case.
—A freakish bolt of lightning played
havoc at the home of Paul A. Webb, na:-
uralist, at Meadville on Monday night.
Webb was sitting in his automobile in
front of the home when the bolt struck '
the windshield, ‘boring a hele through the
glass. He was not hurt. From the car,
the. lightning traveled to the house, tore a '
hole in the building, broke windows on
one side’ and broke dishes in the house.
A tree near the house was also hit. Webb,
said a cigar he was smoking disappeared.
—Found guilty of embezzling approxi- :
mately $64,000 of the bank's money, Roger
Willams, former cashier and treasurer of
the South ‘Side Bank, of Wilkes-Barre,
was sentenced on Monday to serve a
' minimum term of six months and a maxi-
| mum term of two years in Luzerne coun-
{ty jail. In addition Williams must pay
ia fine of $100 and the costs of prosecution.
,J. C. Maloney, of Scranton, charged with
aiding and abetting Williams in the em-
. bezzlement, was declared not guilty and
freed of all responsibility.
i -—After haying been missing from Mon-
roe 'Mi}ls, Northumberland ceunty, for
{ three years, and mourned as dead, Syl-
vester Bierly, aged 18, returned to his
farm home, 14 miles south of Sunbury
last Thursday. He had been working in
Philadelphia, he said, and did not know
that he had caused any worry. His par-
| ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bierly, warm-
ily welcomed him. Bierly said he went to.
{ Philadelphia, where he obtained employ-
ment as a weather stripper’s assistant.
When offered a vacation he decided to re-
turn home. y
—William Grumbine, aged 6, of Lewis-
| town, was burned about the¢ hands when
he grasped the iron fence surrounding
the home of Burt Stafford, a local paper- °
hanger. Stafford, annoyed by boys steal-
ing his cherries, had strung wires from
his light meter in the cellar to the iron
fence to set a trap for the boys. Young
Grumbine strolled around after a shower
when the grass and fence were wet and
received the full force of the charge. Chief
of Police 8S. E. Peck removed the wires
and warned Stafford against such modes
of protection.
—At a meeting of the York county com-
missioners on Monday, solicitor George §.
Love was authorized to collect $14,458
which it is said, former County Treas-
urer Arthur G. Fry owes the county. Fry
admits he retained this amount on all
State licenses he collected, except hunt-
ers’ license fees, during his four years in
office, 1924 to 1928. The former county
treasurer and a bonding company have
promised the commissioners to return the
fees for the years 1926 and 1927. They
refuse to return the fees for the years
1924 and 1925. The county will proceed
against the former treasurer’s personal
bondsmen.
—Mrs. Gladys Warfield Johnson, mar-
ried to George Johnson, of Lock Haven, in
March, was instantly killed while visiting
at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Warfield, at Charlton, six miles
east of Lock Haven, when she was struck
by lightning which entered the house on
the telephone wires during the electric
storm on July 4th. Mrs. Johnson had
purchased a quantity of fireworks for her
younger brothers and sisters and had
gone to Charlton to spend the day with
her parents and family. During a severe
electrical stormy which came up sudden-
ly, members of the family sat on the
porch at the Warfield home while Mrs.
Johnson was changing Victrola records.
Standing by an open window, near the
telephone, the lightning struck her right
side tearing her dress from hip to shoul- ’
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der and burning her flesh.