Soci
INK SLINGS.
. —As yet no one has solved our on-
ion problem for us.
——The friends of Bill Vare appear
to have formed a conspiracy of si-
lence. a
——Governor Fisher has nominated
©6000 notaries public for confirmation
since the present session of the Leg-
-islature.
‘——Joe Grundy has notified the
President where to get off on the
‘tariff question and we will see what
‘we will see.
——Sam Lewis stands to be crush-
ed in the legislative machine, but an
appeal to the people may give him
the last laugh.
——The Legislature has been mov-
ing along very quietly thus far, but
indications are it will be much livelier
in the future.
——Joe Grundy failed to attend the
‘Governor’s conference, on Monday
evening, but that indicates confidence
rather than dissent. ;
——QGovernor Fisher is highly
pleased with the efficiency of the
Legislature. It has taken orders with
a complacency unequalled.
——There oughtn’t to be much ob-
jection to the Root formula of ad-
Thering to the World Court, for it is
as innocuous, as the Kellogg treaty.
——The amendment to the voting
‘machine enabling act which will per-
mit the voter to select his own as-
sistant in the booth is ominous of
«vil.
——The passage of two bills, dif-
fering in purpose, so that the Gov-
-ernor may determine which is to be-
come law, is a new method of yield-
ing to the bosses, but a strikingly ef-
fective one.
——The proceedings of the General
Assembly, this year, suggest the idea
that it is an expensive as well as an
unnecessary luxury. The Governor's
“council” seems to have controlled
‘the activities of the body.
—Those who are making the most
noise about the possibility of too
much power being given Philadel-
phia’s new Director of Public Safety
‘would be mute as clams if the pro-
posal didn’t mean taking power from
them.
—Oklahoma has impeached her
:second successive Governor and now
Louisiana is trying to give her youth-
ful chief executive the air. If there
is any merit in either case it must
appear that the voters of both States
must vote in haste and repent at
leisure.
—President Hoover is not show-
ing much-gratitude to the Hack bone
of his party in the south. His at-
tempts to entice Democrats who vot-
ed for him last fall to make their
permanent abode in his political dom-
icile are not likely to please the color-
ed gentlemen south of the Mason and
Dixon line, especially since they mean
‘that the colored leaders are to be
«chased away from the pie counter.
—OQut in Aurora, Ill, enforcement
officers shot a woman to death, beat
up her husband and crippled their
child, in an effort to seize a gallon
of wine they had in their home. It
is all right to say that if they hadn’t
had the wine there they would not
have gotten into trouble, but don’t
you think it was a terrible price that
the law exacted for such an infrac-
tion?
—If you don’t want to pay four
cents tax on each gallon of gasoline
you buy tell Senator Scott and the
Hon. John L. Holmes about it. They
‘will have to vote on the bill andif
they don’t know that you are opposed
to it will probably vote for it. Don’t
delay. Let your representatives in
Harrisburg know at once how you
feel about it. If you haven't enough
interest in the matter to do that
don’t start broadcasting your feel-
ings every time you drive up to a fill-
ing station after the increased tax
has been put into effect.
—The mystery surrounding the dis-
appearance of Andy McNitt should
be cleared up as speedily as possible.
It is not merely something for his
family and friends to be concerned
about. It is of broader consequence
than that. The fact that a promi-
nent citizen of a town like Bellefonte
and one who had no reason or could
have had no motive to conceal his
whereabouts, could disappear as com-
pletely as if the earth had swallowed
him is a matter that will give mental
unrest to many. Cases such as this
give good ground for wondermcnt as
to whether it is safe for one to travel
alone anywhere in this country today.
—A Chicago University investiga-
tor has learned, after six month’s of
experimentation, that washing the
dishes for a family of four, for all
three meals of a day, should not re-
quire more than twenty minutes and
involve more than ten hundred and
fifteen movements. We note the in-
teresting matter for the benefit of
husbands who waste most all of Sun-
day afternoon waiting for their wives
to get the dinner dishes washed up
before they can start for the motor
ride. Most of them, doubtless, have
been very patient because they didn't
know how long it really should take
to wash dishes. In the light of this
revelation we think you will be just-
ified in giving her thirty minutes. If
she isn’t through by that time start
without her.
—
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ARs
atclpman:
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 74.
Danger of Centralized Government.
Highway Department activities dur-
ing the ensuing biennium is not in-
herently bad. The construction and
maintenance of streets in boroughs
and the maintenance of concrete
township roads by the State” will lift
some local burdens. The taking over
by the State of county bridges and
toll roads will afford relief to a con-
siderable part of the traveling public.
In fact most of the features of the
programme are meritorious and so
far as a casual scrutiny reveals, none
of them is vicious. They might all
be enacted into laws and the laws lit-
erally interpreted and honestly en-
forced without harm in the immedi-
ate future.
There may be serious mischief in
the policies that prompt such legisla-
tion, however. That is to say, in the
acceptance of such legislation the
people of the boroughs and townships
surrender to the State all voice in,
and control of, their local govern-
ments. It means centralization of
government in alien hands. It in-
vests a man or small group of men
who may reside in Philadelphia or
Pittsburgh or Harrisburg with power
to determine what kind of streets
shall be laid in Bellefonte or what
sort of roads shall be built in Cen-
tre county. The alien government
may give good service and honest
administration. But there is danger
of failure and no possibility of re-
dress.
The fundamental basis of popular
government is Home Rule. The most
certain avenue to corrupt govern-
ment is centralization of power. For
years the Republican party has been
leading the people in the direction of
centralized government. It is the
national policy of the party to con-
centrate in Washington and the State
policy to centre in Harrisburg. Con-
trol of the schools has been practical-
ly handed over and the purpose of
the pending legislation is to lodge in
Harrisburg complete control of the
streets in boroughs and roads in
townships. The harm of such a policy
may net-appear at-once but it iscer-
tain to reveal itself in the end. Lost
liberty is scarcely ever recovered.
——The Jones law may be drastic
but petting bootleggers will never
influence them to substitute prayer
books for pocket flasks on their hips.
Big Revenue Receipts but Poor
Guessing.
The March income returns have
not only surprised government offi-
cials in Washington but have again
proved that “the greatest Secretary
of the Treasury since Alexander Ham-
ilton” is not even a good guesser. The
total, according to assistant secretary
Bond, will be about $600,000,000,
which is about $80,000,000 more than
the March collection last year, and
indicates a total of $2,500,000,000 for
the year, $300,000,000 more than the
aggregate of 1928. This statement
is joyfully hailed by treasury offi-
cials as a complete vindication of the
campaign claim that the country is
enjoying not only extraordinary but
unprecedented prosperity. It would
be a grand achievement if true.
The treasury experts admit that
they are not able to account for this
increase in income taxes. The in-
creased volume output by such big
corporations as General Motors, the
Steel trust and other industrial en-
terprises of that type contributed a
lot, and the vast profits of stock
speculation added largely to the to-
tal. The new Secretary of Commerce
reports an increase of 100 per cent.
in motor vehicles and of 50 per cent.
in passenger car production. But
these are not substantial signs of
prosperity in view of a decline of
fourteén per cent. in building opera-
tions, which come close to the hearts
as well as the pocket books of the
people. Sporadic prosperity is not
always helpful.
But accepting the facts as well as
the inferences at face value they fail
to strengthen the impression that
Uncle Andy is such a marvelously ef-
ficient Secretary of the Treasury.
During the discussion of the revenue
question in the last Congress he pro-
tested that a decrease in revenue of
even a trifle more than $200,000,000
would make national ‘bankruptcy in-
evitable. But the Democrats in Con-
gress who believe that the best place
for the people’s money is in their own
possession, cut the taxes nearly $50,-
000,000 more and now Mr. Mellon
and his experts admit there will be
a surplus at the end of the fiscal year
of about $300,000,000. In other words,
that much is taken from the people
in excess of requirements. .
ee ee paai
——Dawes as Ambassador in Lon-
{ don. Hell'n Maria. A bull in a
‘ china . shop.
The administration programme for
Ballot Reform Legislation.
The voting machine enabling act,
in a form which is guaranteed to
please everybody, was read the first
time in the Senate on Wednesday
last and unless unforseen difficulties
are encountered will pass the House
of Representatives and reach the
Governor's chamber in ample time
for approval before adjournment. As
reported by the Senate committee
it is a merger of the Harris and
Davis bills. The Pennsylvania
elections association preferred the
Harris bill, which probably was
the more meritorious. But any
bill on the subject is better than
none and there was danger for a time
neither would be enacted. The com-
promise, whatever its provisions may
be, will be an improvement on the ex-
isting system.
The elections association, a non-
partisan organization composed of
leading citizens of the Common-
wealth, recommended a series of bal-
lot reform bills. The voting machine
measure was among them and recog-
nized as the most important. But
some, and it may be said most, of the
others are essential to honest elec-
tions. The voting machines, where-
ever they are adopted, will prevent
false returns and some of the other
evils of the past. But it will not pre-
vent false registrations in the cities,
use of the chain ballots or the abuses
perpetrated by assisting voters. All
these evils ought to be corrected and
unless they are corrected election
frauds will be continued, notwith-
standing the ballot machine.
But there are no signs of legisla-
tion during the present session of
the Legislature to correct these faults
‘in the electoral system. The session
is rapidly drawing to a close. Those
in control of the proceedings in Har-
risburg seem to think that the adop-
tion of a voting machine enabling
act fulfills their obligations to the
public, though they know that the
machines will not be adopted in many
of the voting districts and will not be
available in any district for two or
three years. During the reconstruc:
tion period after the Civil :
of the carpet-baggers in the South
said “there will be several years of
good stealing here yet.” That appears
to be the idea of the ballot situation
here.
——The death of Samuel Rea, ex-
president of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, is a real loss to the State. He
was a Democrat but never intruded
politics into the corporation.
Hoover Resentful Toward Coolidge
During the primary campaign for
the Republican nomination for Pres-
ident the attitude of President Cool-
idge inspired a good deal of conflict-
ing comment. The friends of Mr.
Hoover complained more or less be-
cause of the ambiguity of the Presi-
dent’s expressions with respect to his
own ambitions. They imagined that
Mr. Coolidge ought to have frankly
stated either that he was not or was
a candidate, and if not that the long
continued service of Mr. Hoover in
his cabinet entitled him to the cor-
dial support of the administration in-
cluding the President. Even after the
nomination the President studiously
refrained fro a anything like an en-
thusiastic endorsement of the nom-
inee.
It must be admitted that Mr. Hoov-
er accepted the situation as philosoph-
ically as could be expected, but many
of his friends were inclined to be re-
sentful. The party had been gener-
ous to Mr. Coolidge and they felt that
in an emergency such as they believ-
ed to exist he ought to do some prac-
tical work to continue it in power.
The result of the vote indicates that
the party leaders were unduly alarm-
ed but the fact remains that they
were scared almost into a panic by
the popular enthusiasm aroused
throughout the country by the
speeches of the Democratic nominee
and the energetic manner in which
his campaign was conducted. It was
the hardest jolt they had encounter-
ed since 1916. ;
But it is now reasonably clear that
Mr. Hoover was quite as resentful
of Mr. Coolidge’s indifference during
the campaign as any of his friends,
and that there is no great bond of
affection between them. Two recent
incidents - confirm this impression.
.The order to decommission the Pres-
ident’s private yacht was a sharp
challenge of the Coolidge pretense of
economy. ‘The maintenance in ser-
vice of that pleasure boat cost the
government $300,000 = annually and
diverted from public service a con-
siderable number of officers and men
of the navy. The order to put in
force the “national origin quotas’ of
the immigration law on the ground
that “it is the President's duty to
obey the law” was an equally sharp
rebuke.
The Death of Marshal Foch.
More than a mllion people marched
past the body of Marshal Ferdinand
Foch, last Sunday, as it lay in state,
beside that of the Unknown Soldier,
under the Arch de Triomph in Par-
is. It expressed the tribute of re-
spect and affection of a bereaved na-
tion to the memory of its most dis-
tinguished son. Thousands had wait-
ed for hours and the streets were
lined with kneeling men and women
while flowers were strewn along the
entire concourse. The body lay in a
severely plain casket ‘and the vast
number of mourners passed, first in
twos and finally increased to files of
ten, from early in the day until past
midnight. The spectacle was resum-
ed at Notre Dame Cathedral on Mon-
day.
| Marshal Foch was the commander-
in-chief of the great army of the al-
lies in the World war, and the final
triumph of that force is widely and
probably wisely ascribed to his gen-
(ius as a military tactician. At a
‘ crucial period of the struggle he was
called to the supreme command and
the tide which had been up to that
time in favor of the German Empire
turned, and under the inspiration of
his masterful leadership continued to
, flow until the end was reached by the
i signing of an armistice on October
18, 1918, in a railway car which was
‘ his headquarters and at the time lo-
l cated in the forest of Campiegne. It
was an event that brought joy and
gladness to the civilized world.
Marshal Foch was as modest in his
civilian life as he was efficient in his
military operations. Previous to the
World war he was little knowa out-
side of the French army circles in
which he was employed. But among
those who knew him his worth was
recognized and his advancement in
rank was fairly rapid. After the
war he visited this country and cap-
| tured the admiration of the people
of the United States as much by the
modesty of his demeanor as by the
record of his achievements. Among
the first to express condolence to his
_beghaved family was General Persh-
‘ing, and he voiced the sentiment of
the whole country when he said “the
death of Marshal Foch fills me with
the deepest grief.”
——1If all the pending amendments
are written into the voting machine
enabling act it will be so mutilated
that, as Mark Twain said of the “In-
nocent’s” address to the Czar, “its
mother wouldn't know it.”
The Markland is a Guide to Pilots.
Besides being the most comfort-
ably arranged and sumptuously fur-
nished small hotel—probably in Cen-
tral Pennsylvania,—the Markland has
already reversed its name and be-
come a landmark for air ways travel-
ers.
Bellefonte’s new hotel is the rebuilt
D. G. Bush home on south Spring
street. It has accommodations for
about thirty guests, the rooms are
all in suites and everyone of them
has either tub or shower baths. It
is modern in every appointment and,
besides the delightful outlook from
all the rooms, is located on a street
where traffic is light and consequent
night noises reduced to the minimum.
The Markland will open formally
some day next wek. Mr. Landsy on-
ly went into the venture to provide
accommodations for the overflow of
the Brockerhoff hotel, which he has
conducted so successfully for some
years, but it has developed into such
an ideal home for travelers that, al-
ready, he sees the prospect of extend-
ing it into a great hostlery with a
charm that will attract patronage of
tourists from everywhere who hap-
pen to be motoring through Pennsyl-
vania.
When the structural work was
completed, more because he is per-
sonally interested in aviation and the
pilots of the Air Transport Co., fly-
fonte” painted in 5ft high letters on
the roof of the Markland. Each let-
ter is 41% feet wide so that it is vis-
ible at quite an altitude.
Under date of March 22nd Wesley
L. Smith, superintendent of the east-
ern division of the Air Transport,
wrote him from Chicago, that already
two pilots have reported the advant-
age to them in seeing the “Belle-
fonte” and immediately being reas-
sured as to their location. Mr. Smith
suggested that Mr. Landsy might add
an arrow pointing the way to the av-
iation field and a single figure indi-
cating the distance in miles. And
this he will have done at once.
——The Central Pennsylvania Gas
company has had a force of men at
work this week repairing the sunken
ditches where their pipes were laid,
last fall, with cold patch and lime-
stone screenings. i
ing this route, than for any commer- '
cial reason, he had the word “Belle-
BELLEFONTE. PA.. MARCH 29. 1929.
rand a summary is supplied to the pu- |
NO. 13.
Tuberculosis Clinics for High Sshool
Students.
“Prevention of tuberculosis is high-
ly profitable to the community, for
the educational campaign brings a
decrease in all other diseases affect-
ing the younger generation,” said Dr.
William P. Brown, of Philadelphia,
medical secretary of the Pennsylvan-
ia Tuberculosis society, at the week-
ly luncheon of the Bellefonte Kiwan-
ians. In his lecture Dr. Brown told
of the program of the nation-wide
effort to control this, the greatest of
all plagues. Any disease which
causes 6700 deaths each year in
Pennsylvania must be considered as
not yet under control, he declared.
Dr. Brown has been co-operating
with the school board in a special
series of clinics for High school
pupils, with the assistance of Miss
Daise L. Keichline, R. N., school
nurse, and Miss Jean Noll, R. N.,
nurse of the State Department of
Health. Mrs. Charles R. Kurtz, chair-
man of the local Tuberculosis com-
mittee, and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson,
treasurer, assisted in the arrange-
ments for the clinics, staged in the
W. C. T. U. rooms.
“In adolescents and in young
adults, tuberculosis is found as oft-
en in those of normal weight as in
those under normal. This is contrary
to the common conception of weight
as an indication of tuberculosis,” stat-
ed Dr. Brown. High school pupils,
especially the girls, are having a con-
tinuance of the prevalence of tuber-
culosis, in the face of decline for oth-
er age-groups” in the conclusions of
Dr. Brown from statistics of the
present rate of tuberculosis in the na-
tion.
“Such prevalence can well be the
result of late hours, lack of sufficient
relaxation, inadequate foods, too am-
bitious endeavors at studies or work,
and unwise efforts to remain slim.
“The slimness of tuberculosis is a
late symptom of the disease. The
usual good nutrition of youth is a
part of the protective resources of
the body against disease,” declared Dr, | superintendent, announced. 'T
the harmful habit .
Brown. He stated
of omitting breakfast, of abstaining
from needed foods, can largely be the
reason for the continued severity of
tuberculosis in women.
“Tuberculosis is transmissible, and
is often communicated to the other
members of the household before the
illness is known to be serious. The
disease then often lies dormant, often
for a number of years until the bodily
resistance is lowered by other causes.
Wives may easily acquire the disease
from sick husbands.
“Tuberculosis thus must be con-
sidered as a disease of the entire
family. Each member of the family
must be studied by the family doctor
once a year, with an X-ray picture
taken of each person at two or three
year intervals, for contrast compari-
son, if the disease is to be discovered
before health is undermined.
“The tuberculosis societies urge
diagnostic studies once a year and
are conducting special clinics and ed-
ucational endeavors among the up-
coming generation. In this way,
many deleterious diseases and de-
fects are discovered in the process of
search for tuberculosis.”
Arthur H. Sloop, superintendent
of our schools, and Dr. J. L. Sei-
bert, county medical director, in-
spected and approved the recent
health demonstration clinics of the
Bellefonte Tuberculosis committee.
Such efforts are entirely free, and
are a part of the well-guided program
of education and prevention which is
financed through the annual sale of
the holiday stamps, the Christmas
seal. A detailed report is mailed in
each case to the family physician,
! pil for guidance in treatment.
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The number of students examined
at the clinics is as follows:
Clinic Summary
Number examined
Boys Girls
31 35
Total diseases 100 95
Diseased tonsils 9:45
Slight tonsils B...T
Decayed teeth 14 14
Neglected dental hygiene 8 1
Posture defect 12.49
Enlarged thyroid 9.1
Slightly enlarged thyroid 3 5
Enlarged cervical glands 5°-'0
Heart defects Lad
Chr. Constipation 2:12
Underweight 10 per cent. up 22 29
Underweight 5-9 per cent. 11 3 3
Tuberculosis & suspected tuberc’sis 2 3
Other conditions . 20: 3
Number found entirely free from
defects 2 5
Number advised to take preventive
pills against goiter 7.18
——FEaster, which we will celebrate
on Sunday, is quite early this year,
which is generally recognized as in-
dicative of an early spring. In fact
Easter this year is within nine days
of being as early as it can possibly
come, which is the 22nd of March.
This year All Fool's day follows right
after Easter, and that means moving
day the first thing in the beginning
of the week.
En,
| SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
| Thelma and Velma Smith, five-year-
‘old twins, and sister, Mary Ann, 3, per-
ished in a fire which destroyed their
home in Emporium. i
| —Contracts have been awarded by the
| Magee Carpet company, of Bloomsburg,
i for construction of a half million dollar
! spinning mill which will double the out-
i put of that department. The new building
|'will be of brick and steel, four stories
{ high, and, when completed, will provide
| employment for 100 additional hands. Bids
| Foe held up for revision on a new two-
story plant for the James Magee Webbing
company.
| —His unsteady aim, affected by a ner-
vous condition which prompted him to
shoot himself, saved the life of Albert A.
Gutfleisch, 54, a plumber of Lancaster,
who tried to kill himself on Saturday by
shooting himself in the head. His un-
steady hand caused the gun to swerve,
and the bullet just escaped passing
through his brain. At St. Joseph's hos-
pital, where he was taken for treatment,
it is. believed that he will recover.
—During the absence of the Samuel
Cirvilliari family at South Fork, a charge
of dynamite was exploded under their
house and the residence was destroyed by
ensuing fire, together with the home of
Howard Penrod, adjoining. Penrod and
his wife were forced to flee in their night
clothes. The loss is estimated at $15,-
000. Cirvilliari was unable to give police
any clue that might aid in clearing up the
bombing, believed the work of plotters.
—Carson Quiggle, owner of the build-
ings on the Old Pine camping grounds,
near Lock Haven, Mrs. George W. Verne,
lessee, and eight individual cabin owners
sustained a $20,000 loss when fire, of an
incendiary origin, destroyed sixteen build-
ings, including fourteen cabins, a gener-
al store and a pavilion on the grounds
last Friday. Straw had been piled under
the cottages and the porches saturated
with kerosene. State police are working
on the case.
—Gustave Winters was directed in a
verdict returned in court at Pittsburgh,
last week, to pay his daughter, Gladys,
$6,176 damages for inpjuries she received
while riding in his automobile. She claim-
ed to have suffered disfigurement and hu-
miliation in an accident which she con-
tended was due to defective brakes on the
machine. Winters, it was learned, was in-
sured against liability. An insurance
company would be required to pay the
claim entered against him.
—Donald Wickizer, 12 years old, set out
on a muskrat hunting expedition in a
pond, near Sayre, Pa., on Monday, and it
required more than an hour for the Sayre
fire department and a large number of vol-
unteer helpers to rescue him when he be-
came marooned on the muskrat’s abode.
The lad poled to the muskrat’s home on
a raft and while he was attempting to
capture the animal his raft drifted away.
Firemen and volunteers carried a boat
from the Susquehanna river to the pond
and rescued the adventurer. :
—Twelve women inmates of the Laurel-
ton State home for feeble minded women,
who made a dash for liberty Saturday
were back in the institution by Monday
after a short freedom, Dr. Mary M. Wolfe,
Srpmen,
after removing blocks of wood Ei “pre-
vented windows from being raised above
a certain level, threw open the windows
in the dining room and jumped to the
ground. All but three were found within
the grounds of the home and the last of
the twelve was captured Sunday night.
—Jumping from the third-story porch
roof of the Jersey Shore hotel to the
ground when he was released from a
straightjacket, Edward Thompson, of near
Lock Haven, 43 years old, escaped clad
only in night attire and suffering from in-
fluenza as well as being mentally derang-
{ed. He was found in the barn of a farm
several miles from Jersey Shore by chief
of police Slifer. The man apparently suf-
fered no ill effects from his leap and ex-
posure. After being retaken he was re-
moved to the State hospital, at Danville,
for treatment.
—Following several years of litigation,
‘the house in the middle of the road”
along the main highway in the lower end
of Moosic borough is about to be removed.
When the State built the new highway
through Moosic, concrete was laid up to
the house of John Garvey and then de-
toured around the building. A bill was
recently passed in the Senate permitting
the State to take over similar properties
where they obstruct a State highway, but
Moosic borough council in the meantime
effected a settlement with Garvey at a
price close to $20,000.
—Mayor Drumheller, of Sunbury, may
be likened unto Solomon, in so far as the
wisdom he displays in rendering decisions
in juvenile cases. Recently he has added
thirteen new names to the attendance rec-
ords of Sunbury Sunday schools. Care-
fully scrutinizing the thirteen youthful
faces of juvenile criminals, ranging in
ages from twelve to sixteen years, brought
before him for petty thievery, the mayor
came to the conclusion that they were en-
tirely lacking in Sunday school training,
and so sentenced them to attend the Sab-
bath services and report to him each week.
—The E. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder
company which recently took over the
powder plant at Sinnamahoning along
with other interests of the Grasselli Chem-
ical company, promptly gave notice that
, operations would be permanently closed
at that place—the shut-down going into
effect on Monday. It is understood that
the DuPonts have offered employment to
most of the employees at the above piant
‘at their various other factories in New
| Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin. This in-
{ dustry, for many years, has been the
main-stay of the little village of Sinnama-
{ honing, as well as a great support to its
| neighboring town of Driftwood.
—A husband who allowed his wife, the
mother of six young children, to be sent
to jail for non-payment of taxes later
found himself arrested on a charge of
abandonment. Rox Harmon, near Gettys-
burg, refused to pay his wife's taxes of
$8.54 when collector Charles Deatrick and
deputy shreiff Wagaman called at the
Harmon home. After taking Mrs. Har-
mon and her children to jail, Wagaman
called the attention of district attorney
Butt to the matter, who directed that Har-
mon be arrested on a charge of abandoning
his children Harmon furnished $300 bail
for a hearing. Friends of Mrs. Harmon
went to her rescue after she spent six
hours in jail, giving her money to pay the’
| taxes and costs.