i CHRISTMAS MEMORIES —1It is almost Christmas eve, but somehow our thoughts won't rush on to the day of days. Instead, they persist in wandering back to the time of our own childhood when the joy of a Christmas morn was .80 exquisitely subtle as to leave mem- ories that can never be effaced. You all have memories, just as indelibly dear as our own, and we are think- ing that, perhaps, you might feel that our Christmas thoughts are your thoughts too, ‘You remember what the Fairy Berylune told little Tyltyl and My- tyl in Maeterlinck's Blue Bird. Of how those of whom we are thinking tonight see and hear and live on and on in the memory of those who have known their ineffable love and then we say: ALL TO OURSELVES All to ourselves we think of you Think of the things you used to do Think of the things you used to say Think of each happy yesterday. Sometimes we sigh and sometimes we Smile But we keep each olden, golden while Quite, all to ourselves. "And then the fairy pointed the wondering little folks to the gard- en of beautiful flowers, At first they didn’t understand, but later like you and like me, they came to understand that it was ° LIFE'S GARDEN Out in life’s’ garden where sympathy grew You planted a soul, twas the soul of you. Life’s wonderful garden love, seeking, went through Til it found a heart, ’twas the heart of you. 1 sought through life’s garden of roses and rue And I found a Sweet blossom all jeweled with dew. Love, sympathy, faith—all and true wondering And the heart of my flower, dear mother, ’tis you. On and on memory carries us through the heartaches and joys of days that are done, but we remem- ber that “Its the set of the soul that determines the goal and not the storm or the strife” And that thought brings us to a paragraph in the “Fifty Years Ago” column in this issue which speaks of us as “Master.” When we gleaned that from a file, musty with age, mem-' ories of the days when we laid the ‘Watchman at the doors of every nte surged in that our, Santa with us, Undaunted and fearless he went through life Firm with courage for every strife An indulgent father, a generous friend ! Example of staunchness for many men. These are the thoughts we are indulging to-night, not because we are morbid or blue. Oh, no! That is not it at all. We're happy, very happy, because we have such mem- ories. We're happy because we are what we are and hopeful that such memories will inspire us to some- thing more than we are. Something more helpful, something more useful | “than we have ever been before; “for a life of labor, and study and love is the life that fits for the joys above.” While the hearts of the 'ittie ones burst with joy at the approach of Christmas time ours thrills with something intangible, introspective and fine, for once again the old crowd gathers about the hearth- stone of memory and we hear the ringing laughter of the girl who “mushed” through thousands of “miles of Alaskan snow to save a lit- tle baby. She is here tonight, too, and she knows when we say: Know what I wish you, skin, I wish you the careless, old time grin, The freckles, the warts and the tangled hair, And the freedom you had in the days back there And the wonderful fun in the things you did In the day, when, by Jinks, you were just a kid. why darn your And so the happy, vibrant hope- ful thoughts that memory begets go on through this Yuletide month—the birthday ncoonth of the Love Child—Christ—and the Watch- man is heartened for its voyage into “its seventy-fifth year, heartened for it’s continued loyal devotion to town, county, State and nation, and to you while It’s wishing you all a Christmas Of cheer, good will and content. The happiest, nicest Christmas That any of you ever spent. Together, as one big family, ~' In our town, ‘comfy’ and gay, We're wishing you each the happiness That comes with Christmas day. And then, when time goes spinning Along the New Year, through, we'll still be wishing gladness In the heart of each one of you For the inspiration of this column, and the charming verse-thoughts we are indebted to Mrs. Winifred Meek- Morris, of Pittsburgh. We have not "been writing ef our family. It's your | - ato = ND FEDERAL UNION. "VOL..74. BELLEFONT 929. NO. 50. ‘The Grundy Appointment, | There is no just cause of complaint against the appointment of Mr. Grundy to the office of Senator in Congress for Pennsylvania. There was a vacancy and it “happened” during a period between sessions of the General Assembly. The Gover- nor had the legal right to make the appointment and the moral right to choose from ali the citizens of the State legally qualified, He selected Mr. Grundy because more than any other man in the State Mr. Grundy is in accord with his political and economical ideas, They are of one mind on all subjects, and Mr. Grundy is the owner of the mind. For years he has used Gov- ernor Fisher as a medium of ex- pressing his thoughts and purposes to the public. In the case in point Governor Fisher had other than personal rea- sons for bestowing favor on Mr. Grundy. They are both Republi- cans of the Pennsylvania variety. That is to say, differing from the Republican of the West and most of those of other States in the Ameri- can Republic, Fisher and Grundy would change the form of our gov- ernment so as to give wealth great- er power and worth less. This is a recent concept in the mind of Grundy, approved by Fisher and Senator Reed, and possibly concur- red in by the Mellons. In appoint- ing Mr. Grundy to the Senate Gov- ernor Fisher probably hopes to popularize that political philosophy. He at least gives it a foothold in the official life of the State. Then there is the element of gratitude to consider, Fisher owes much to Grundy for the political favors he has received, vastly out of proportion to his merits, in the past. During his service as State Senator the friendship between Fisher and Grundy began. Grundy was lobbying against welfare and labor legislation and Fisher became his willing instrument of expres- sion. In 1922 Grundy tried to force Fisher on the party as candidate for Governor anc. failing used him to nominate Pinchot. In 1926 Grundy forced the Mellons to ac-. cept Fisher as the price of his sup- port of Pepper for Senator. Accord- ing to his sworn testimony he pre- ferred Vare to Pepper but wanted Fisher at any price, In small minds revenge exercises a potent influence. In the discus- sion of the subject in the Senate some of the Senators cast asper- sions on the Governor's title to of- fice as well as upon Grundy's fit- ness to serve as Senator. The Governor bitterly resented this liberty of speech and applied op- probrious epithets to those who in- dulged = it. He imagined that forcing Grundy . into fellowship with men who despised him would be fit punishment for their temerity if it may be called that. Probably that had something to do with the affair To a reasoning mind it would seem that Grundy would be the greater sufferer from such a combination of circumstances. But Fisher's is not a reasoning mind. : Taking all these considerations together the appointment of Grundy was the logical solution of the prob- lem, Clearly Grundy was not chosen because of any valuable service he had ever rendered to the people of Pennsylvania. Certain- ly he was not selected because of superior equipment in the qualities of statesmanship. He was not so honored above others of his party with the view of enticing other Senators to a kindly feeling toward the interests and aspirations of the State. Then the influencing cause of Grundy’s appointment must have been one, some or all of the rea- sons above given, and considering the mental and moral equipment of those . concerned it was a natural selection. 1 —We fear that the value of the Watchman as an advertising medium is not understood by some people. Last week we gratuitously made mention of a young man’s having gone into business for himself in Bellefonte. We did it because he was courteous and . interested .in our troubles when we had occasion to resort to the place of his previous regular employment. He didn't read the Watchman-—probably knew that such a paper is published in Belle- fonte—but couldn't understand why he suddenly got a nice run of busi- ness until some. of his unexpected patrons told him that they had seen what the Watchman said about him and had come to try his wares. As a matter ‘of fact we ‘think the Watchman is a mighty potential ad- vertising medium for two reasons: First it has been fearless in telling the truth about all things so consist- ently that its readers have a Te- spect for its sayings that they don’t have for many other papers. Sec- family, too; if what we're thinking now brings memories back to you. ond: It's readers are the kind of people whose trade is worth having. . running mate next Reason—io balance Virtue—and deeds, Enough lo gladden Christ = Love = = Tbe spirit of Christmas = = IH Charity—full, free for each day. ope—io hearten us on our way, Wdeals—to “starr” us through the throng. Staunchness—for friend and foe, alike, Temptations—enough to prove our might Wove—rlo broaden our clouded sight, Order—io place all thought aright. DECEMBER 20. 1 right and wrong and actions done, each day begun. WINIFRED B. MEEK-MORRIS, 1929 Mellon Demands Martin for Gover- nor At a conference held in New York, last Sunday, State Treasurer Edward Martin was selected asthe Republican candidate for Governor next year, Those in the conference were Governor Fisher, Senator Grundy, Mr. Martin and W. L. Mel- lon, Martin is the choice of the Mellon contingent. It is understood that Grundy preferred Samuel Lew- is, who has long been a Grundy follower. The Mellon adherents ar a trifie afraid of putting too uel power in the hands of the new Senator, however, and have asked him to accept Martin, to which, ac- cording to gossip, he has acceded, Possibly they will allow the voters of the party to select the candidate for Lieutenant Governor. The selection of General Martin has not been cordially received by the party leaders outside of the Mellon coterie. His administration of the office of State chairman has not been either successful or sat- isfactory. It is said that he was responsible for the break in West- moreland county which resulted in the nomination of a Democrat by the Republicans for judge, He was also blamed for bad conditions in Erie and Fayette counties and the labor element of the party is open- ly antagonistic to him. Then a strong voice has been raised against . him in Philadelphia. ‘The leaders there protest that inasmuch as ‘Vare has been cruelly knifed one of his friends ought to be nominat- ed for Governor and have put the name of Francis Shunk Brown into the running, ‘After the conference, which was held in Grundy’s apartment in a hotel in New York, Governor Fish- er boldly proclaimed Grundy as su- preme boss of the party in Penn- sylvania. This declaration didn’t create a tuneful sound in the ears; ‘of the Philadelphia crowd. Some of the county leaders also remonstrat- ed against it as too hasty a conclu- sion. But the Governor relies upon the force of Mellon and Grundy, which pulled him out of a bad hole in 1926. He seems oblivious of the fact that the Mellon influence was at its peak then and hasbeen wan- ing since. It may be able to com- pel Grundy to accept Martin as his years, but that invites doubts of the future. If all the money is spent in improvements within the next year that has been promised in the va- rious Presidential conferences there will be a scarcity of labor instead of a condition of unemployment. —— We ask Mr. Grundy no rec- ompense for unsolicited informa- tion but take the liberty to inform him that his troubles are only be- ginning, ~ — The saxophone has been in- voked as an instrument in. surgery. That is the first valid excuse for the saxophone. —-_ The deficit of the Postoffice Department for the fiscal year last ended ‘was $85,000,000, but nobody complains. . ———QCeneral Butler seems to have been talking too freely and too frankly, An Interesting Scrimmage Spoiled. If Mr, Vare’s health had not so opportunely broken we might have had a lovely scrimmage in the Re- publican primary campaign next Spring. As conditions were when Mr. Grundy donned the Senatorial toga on Thursday the chances for combinations were exceptionally bright. Grundy is under obligation to enter the contest for the nom- ination and with Vare and Pinchot in competition, and an alert public watching the distribution of the .a hard fight with an uncertain re- sult. But it may now be assumed that Vare is out of it entirely and Pinchot is too wise or too timid to undertake a single-handed battle with the Mellon machine. It is certain that the machine will have a combination but thus far no hint has been given as to the candidate for Governor, cording to the ‘“dope” current at Harrisburg and Philadelphia if Mr. Vare’s health had not broken Secre- tary of Labor Davis would - have been his condidate for Governor and the ticket would have made a “strong appeal to the labor element of the electorate. Upon the same authority it may be said that Ma- rine General Smedly Darlington But- ler would have been on the Pinchot slate for Governor asan enticement to the soldier element. It is whis- pered that Uncle Andy Mellon has a strong inclination in favor of former Ambassador Fletcher for Governor on the Grundy slate. In such a three-cornered contest one guess would be as good as an- other as to the result. The Mellon machine has been waning in strength for some time and with Vare in full vigor in Philadelphia the Grun- dy influence would be of little value, With Vare retired. which now seems more than probable, Grundy would most likely inherit ' the Philadelphia contingent and re- new the lease of the Mellon crowd to control of the State organization for “four years more.” But it will not be an easy or peaceful party administration. The opposition of the labor organizations to Grundy is of long standing and deep seated, and though his nomination may be easily accomplished his election is | anything but certain —Senator Heflin has been prop- erly kicked out of the Democratic party of Alabama. If the charge of disloyalty doesn’t stand the fact that he is a nuisance is available, ——The Soviet government of Russia has given a broad hint to Secretary of State Stimson that it would be wise - for the United States to mind its own business. — Commander Byrd, having flown over the South Pole, says the purpose of his expedition has been achieved but he will continue his work -for a while longer, ——Two men trying to get them- selves arraigned for murder was a novelty of the Montgomery county court the other day. ——Vare’s health again becomes an important factor in the politics of Pennsylvania. : —Subscribe “Bill” Fielding to Enter Welfare Work in City. “Every cop is a social welfare worker. Some of them know it and do a good job, but many of them don’t know it and that's what causes confusion and misunderstand- ,’ declared Lieut Billy Fielding, of the Greenwich street police sta- tion, New York city, to a newspa- per man last week. The lieutenant has spent twenty-five years as a “cop” in New York and on New Year's day he will sign his desk , blotter for the last time and retire on a pension. But he don't propose to sit down in a comfortable chair and twirl his thumbs the balance of his life. No, indeed! He’s going to de- vote the rest of his years to wel- fare work, and from the way he looked the last time the writer saw him he ought to be good for twenty- five years at that job. His field of work is to be with some large in- dustrial corporation and he has sév- eral in view, Lieut. Fielding is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs, John Fielding (or Felding) and was born in Buffalo Run valley 52 years ago. The fam- ily later lived at Houserville and for a time at Oak Hall. William was educated in the pubic schools of the county and was 21 years old when the Spanish-American war broke out. He joined company B and went south for service under Col, H. S. Taylor, but failed to reach Cuba. Of sturdy build he went to New York in 1904 and took the examina. tion for appointment on the police force and made good. During his twenty-five years he has served in every capacity from the ordinary pa- trolman “cop” to desk sergeant, and that is why he knows that every “cop is,” or should be, “a social wel- fare worker.” Mr. Fielding, by the way, married a Centre county young woman, Miss Sarah C. Keichline, a daughter of the late George Keichline, of Fergu- son township, and they live in a very comfortable home at 21 Sea View avenue, Uew Dorp, Staten Island, During their quarter of a century's residence in New York “they made it a point to return to Ac-' Centre county every year or two and their last home trip was in September, 1927, when the lieuten- ant was driving a new Reo car and was as chipper as the day he don- ned his first cop’s uniform, Christmas in Russia. From the Harrisburg Telegraph. Wouldn't you love to live in Rus- sia? The Soviet government has just banned the sale of toys there lest somebody might celebrate Christmas, There shall be no o0b- servances of the holiday, the author- ities have decided. “Down with religion,” cry the Bolsheviks,” “down with all things spiritual. This is a material world.” Poor fools! They're more to be pitied than censured, to use the refrain of an old song. Material? Why Christmas isnot only spiritual; it is in its essentials all of that, in- deed, but it has another side, too. Christmas in the United States is the occasion for the spending of hundreds of millions of dollars. Many mills and factories exist only because of the Christmas trade. If America should = stop celebrating Christmas thousands of people would find themselves suddenly out of work and thousands of storekeepers and clerks would be seriously af- fected, This must be true of Rus- sia, too, for Christmas was a great feast day in that country in the old days. For a decade, now, Russians have been told there is no God. They have been preached at and scolded on the score of religion, Priests have been murdered and churches desecrated. But still the urge to celebrate Christmas is so great that the Soviet government must an official ukase to prevent the sale of toys and a general observance of the day. : The Bolsheviks apparently are of ! the opinion that they can change i 1 i human nature overnight. They are seemingly in utter ignorance of the fact that the feast of Christmas and its attemdant customs, develop- ed through centuries, are society's ‘response to a profound human need, The impulse lies beyond the limited vision of those of a moment of temporal power are attempting to abolish God. Christmas will be celebrated long after the Russian mis-adventure shall have become ancient history __half-forgotten except and scholars. : ere ——By way of adding a little to the joy of the Christmas season we want to kid the local shoe dealer who is advertising foot-wear for “women of all rubber construction.” Also the Altoona movie proprietor who has a show in which he says there are “1000 girls, all natural color.” case - presumes something very umn- usual in feminine ‘composition, —Tomorrow, December. 21st, 1s for the Watchman. the shortest day in the year. “200 pounds each which were issue who in the vainglory by students ’ ¥ . and well-dressed bandits held up and One must admit that either - SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE | —An eight-legged deer was found shot near Laurelton. W. C. Burns, of North- umberland, found it. There were two "gets of legs. fF . eb frad —Contending that his wife played “too rough,” Sidney Woods, of Newell, Fayette county, has filed a libel in divorce against Frances E. Woods, now of Jessup, Ga. He says she broke his finger with a poker, threw a flat iron at him and was so troublesome that he could not sleep nights. | ~The home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stapleton, of Fostoria, was visited by thieves who stole 75 pounds of lard and all the meat from two hogs, weighing recently butchered. The meat was in a shed. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Stapleton is under quarantine, a child there being ill. —Six carloads of brick, 21,000 of them, each nine inches in length, were shipped from the Curwensville plant of the American Refractories company last week, their destination being the Phil- ippines islands. They were purchased by the United States government and H. M. Merryman, an inspector for the navy department, approved them before the cars were sealed. The shipment totaled 164,000 pounds. —A $20,000 verdict awarded to Mr. and Mrs, William Grimes, of Williams- port, plaintiffs in a suit against Mrs: Dorothy Hergesheimer, wife of Joseph Hergesheimer, well known megazine writer and author, by a Chester county jury, by agreement of counsel, was re- duced to $13,000. Grimes and his wife were injured when their machine was struck by the -Hergesheimer limousine at at Chester road and West Chester pike. —After years of search the efforts of the Lycoming county historical society have been rewarded in the acquisition of a dug out canoe such as was used in the early navigation of the rivers of Pennsylvania. The canoe is made from a white pine log with a flat bottom and sharp pointed bow and stern. It is about twenty-five feet long, eighteen inches in width and twelve inches in depth. It can accommodate several per- sons and was evidently propelled with a long pole. —Capitalists have recently been seek- ing information in regard to the water power owned by the Mann Edge Tool company near Mill Hall, The present concrete dam was built several years ago, and succeeded the old leaky dam which was built in the summer of 1889 and was washed out in the flood of that year. The several large streams that empty into the dam are fed from a number of never-failing springs. The water supply is adequate for any de- mand that may be needed. —Falling headfirst to the cement floor of the state highway department ware- house below Selinsgrove, Russell RE. Yoder, aged 27, an employee of the de- partment was instantly killed. His neck was broken in the drop of twenty feet. Mr. Yoder, who was a graduate of the Selinsgrove High school, had been employed by the department since 1924. He was assisting on electrical work, and it is believed that he fell from a rafter and plunged through the thin sheeting of plaster board. He was dead when fellow workmen reached him. —Acquisition of a tract of 1643 acres of land in Lancaster county, six ‘miles north of Ephrata, was announced by the State Game Commission today. Two other tracts were purchased in Monroe and Sullivan counties, the three pur- chases aggregating 8474 acres. The com- mission now owns 160,034 acres, of ! which 27,530 are refuges on which hunt- ing is prohibited. The Montgomery ' County Sportsmens’ Association present- ed the commission with a check for $393 to perpetuate the dedication of the Fisher State game farm in that county. —Guy C. Brosius, of Lock Haven, sup- erintendent of the Clinton county pub- lic schools, has interested himself in the advancement of music and art in the country schools during the past several years, and the school districts of Mil Hall, Flemington, Lamar, Beech Creek borough, in Clinton county, and the Lib- erty township High school board of Cen- tre county, have cooperated in securing a music supervisor’ for their schools. An organization meeting of these school boards will be held in the near future when a music supervisor will be selected from any applicants who may have pre- sented themselves with the proper cre- dentials by that time. —Paul Fisher, 77, Phoenixville, must pay the Phoenixville hospital $5009.02 for medical treatment and board the Chester county court decided this week. The court refused to open a judgment in that amount placed against the aged man. Fisher was seriously injured in August, 1924, when an iron beam fell on his leg while he was working at the Phoenixville iron works. He was re- “moved to the hospital, where he stayed nearly five years. According to hospital authorities, Fisher represented he had no funds, but was able to pay $6 a week. Later, the hospital learned he had $6500 in bank and charged him at the rate of $3 a day. — Working desperately, a first aid crew restored consciousness to Jeff De- voge, 32, a West Penn Power company I employee, after the man had been struck by 44,000 volts of electricity, at Ridgway . on Saturday. Devoge was in- stalling new circuit breakers in the _ Ridgway sub-station of the company when fellow employees saw a flash of light and then found his body on the floor. He was picked up for dead but recovered after artificial respiration was resorted to by the first aid crew. Itis believed that the current jumped from the high. tension line to Devoge’s body rather than that he actually came into contact with the line itself. He was burned about the head and shoulders. —Entering two Atlantic and Pacific stores, in Harrisburg, three youthful robbed the stores and patrons Saturday evening, escaping with $360 in cash and a watch after binding attendants and customers ‘and ° forcing them into a closet. e robberies ocurred within ‘fifteen miutes of each other, the ban- dits entering 1924 State street, taking $200 there and’ then the ‘store at Seventeenth and Walnut streets, where they struck a - clerk, Paul Davidson, over the head with ‘a gun when he did not move fast enough to suit them. The bandits obtained ' $140 from the store and $20 from John Howells, a customer, at the second - store. A similar robbery was reported two hours later in York, $130 being taken.
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