Bellefonte, Pa., July 11, 1930.
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JELLEFONTE MAN VICTIM
OF AUTO ACCIDENT.
Harry L. Ward, of Bellefonte,
ras injured fatally in an auto acci-
ent on the Snow Shoe state high-
ray, Saturday night, June 28th,
nd died in the Centre County hos-
ital about four o'clock the next
fternoon. Ward and Albert Mil-
.r ‘accompanied William Lucas ona
ip to Snow Shoe. Returning to
ellefonte, shortly after midnight,
ucas, who was driving, side-swiped
parked car near Furl’s filling sta-
on, careened down the road sev-
ral hundred yards then ran up on-
y an embankment, the car falling
ver on its side,
State highway patrolmen Gross
ad Phfaefile who had been patlol-
\g the mountain road and were at
ie parked car, hurried to the
reck. They found Ward pinned
ader the overturned machine, while
ucas and Miller had been thrown
ear of the wreck and suffered on-
- minor injuries. Ward was taken
om beneath the machine and
ought to the hospital as quickly
; possible. There it was found that
» had suffered a fractured skull,
-oken collar bone and other injuries.
e died Sunday afternoon without
gaining consciousness.
An inquest was held the same af-
rnoon and the jury found that
ard had come to his death as the
sult of an auto accident due to
:cessive speed. Lucas, driver of
e car, was placed under arrest
1d gave bail in the sum of $1000
r his appearance at court.
Ward, the victim of the accident,
as a son of George W. and Polly
ry Ward, and was born in Belle-
nte 39 years ago. As a young
an he learned the saddler trade
1der the late James Schofield and
ter the latter's death took over
e business. But there was so lit-
> demand for his line of work
at he was compelled to close his
op. Since then he had been’ em-
oyed by the American Lime &
one company.
He married Miss Rosa White who
rvives with four children, Mary,
anabelle, Paul and Elwood, all at
me. He also leaves the following
others and sisters: Mrs. George
mney. of Punxsutawney; Mrs. Her-
rt Miller, of Bellefonte; Robert,
mira, N., Y.; Mrs. Wallace Woom-
of Boalsburg; Mrs. Charles
iomas, of Johnstown; Mrs. Frank
slson, of Bellefonte; Groh Ward,
Pittsburgh; Mrs. Fred Gregg, of
rwick, and William, of Sunbury.
Funeral services were held at his
.e home, on east Lamb street, on
ednesday afternoon of last week,
Rev. Stuart F. Gast, burial be-
; made in the Union cemetery.
. Gerald Chapman, executed in Con-
THREE MEN ELECTROCUTED
MONDAY OF LAST WEEK.
Three condemned murderers were
electrocuted at Rockview peniten-
tiary on Monday of last week. They
were Martin Avery and William H.
Sled, negroes, of Allegheny county,
convicted of killing Edward Kretz
Jr. in an attempted holdup in his
drugstore on June 21st, 1929, and
Frank Tawza, of Luzerne county,
convicted of killing assistant chief |
of police Thomas Krokoski, of Lu- |
zerne borough, after robbing 8 |
house. :
When Avery was taken to the
chair he made a statement exonerat- ;
ing Sled from complicity in the |
murder of Kretz, but it did not
save the latter's life. Sled also
claimed he was innocent. Tawza, |
who was supposed to have been an
intimate of that diabolical criminal,
necticut two years ago, made no
statement or confession. The bodies
of all the men were unclaimed and
were buried in the penitentiary
cemetery.
It might be interesting to the
public to know that approximately
one out of every five men convicted
of murder and for whom death
warrants have been issued manage
to escape the death chair, This is
borne out by the fact that the num-
ber of the death warrant of Tawza,
the last of the three executed was,
266, while he was actually the
205th man put to death in the
chair in the fifteen years of its ex-
istence. .Thus it will be seen that
61 men escaped the extreme penalty
even after warrants had been issued
for their electrocution.
ANOTHER VICTIM THIS WEEK.
James Flori, 25 years old, Phila-
delphia gangster and gunman, was
electrocuted on Monday of this week
for the murder, on April 24th, 1929,
of Pasquale Livoy, a rival bootleg-
ger. Flori's last words were a mes-
sage to his wife. “Think . of . me,
Mabel, I love you.” Flori was pro-
nounced dead four minutes after he
was given a shot of electric juice.
The body was claimed and taken
back to Philadelphia for burial.
TOT RUSHES KING TO
BREAKFAST BY THREAT.
The Duke of Devonshire, who has
just celebrated his 62nd birthday,
is one of the greatest land owners
in England. He owns 186,000 acres
of land. His home contains price-
less art treasures,
The Duke is a close friend of the
king, who visits him at Chatsworth.
The king met the Duke's little
granddaughter, Arabella Macking-
tosh, on his way down to breakfast
one morning. He asked her what
her name was. She replied:
“Aramella. What is yours?”
“George.”
“Well, George, you had better
hurry to breakast, ’cos granny will
give you no end of a scolding if
you're late.”
TATE
RETIRES ON PENSION. |
BENTON D.
After nearly two score years’
service in the telephone industry,
Benton D. Tate, west High street,
Bellefonte, an employee of the Bell
Telephone company of Pennsylvania,
retired on pension on July 1st, and
hereafter will be a gentleman of
leisure.
Mr. Tate began his telephone
career in 1891, under the supervision
of John Davis, Altoona, who also
retired on a pension the same day
after 51 years of service.
A year later Mr. Tate was ap-
pointed foreman in charge of a
group of men engaged in construct-
ing telephone lines. During the four
years he served in this position, he |
built lines in and around Bellefonte |
for the transmission of toll, or
out-of-town calls. At the conclusion |
of this work he was appointed a|
“combination man,” a position he |
retained until his retirement. !
At that time there were only 27
telephones in operation in Bellefonte, |
and Mr. Tate’s duties as a combina- |
tion man were exactly what the |
name implies—operating the switch- |
board, installing of telephones, col- |
lection of revenues, repairing the |
lines, and securing additional busi- |
ness.
Mr. Tate is unmarried, and is a
member of the Odd Fellows and the
Elks.
“Mamma, I've got a stomach sine
said Peggy, aged five.
«That's because you haven't had
any lunch yet,” answered Peggy's
mother. “Your stomach is empty.
You would feel better if you had
something in it.”
That afternoon the minister call-
ed and, in the course of conversa-
tion, remarked that he had been
suffering all day with a severe
headache. i
«That's because it's empty,” said
Peggy brightly. “You'd feel better «
if you had something in it.”
Get your job work done here.
A DRIVE IS ON HERE
: counties,
FOR THE SALVATION ARMY.
The Northeastern Pennsylvania di-
vision of the Salvation Army, with
headquarters at Scranton, are mak-
ing a change in the manner of
financing their work and instead of
sending solicitors around often, they
will only come once each year, when
a regular campaign will be put on.
Envoy and Mrs. Charles Saunders
will be the only authorized solicitors
for this section. The necessary
funds to carry on its work with the
least expense and the plan of cover-
ing the ground once a year hasbeen
a great savings along thislinein oth-
er parts of the country.
The Northeastern Pennsylvania di-
vision covers 25 counties running
along the New York State line in
the north and west to and including
Potter, Clinton, Clearfield, and Blair
Juniata, Cumberland,
Schuylkill, Carbon and Monroe and
parts of Lehigh and Northampton
counties, east to the New York and
New Jersey lines, including Wayne
and Pike counties.
All branches of work are financed
in this area including the regular
corps work with all its branches,
rescue work among fallen girls,
men’s social work, prison work,
hospital work, home and foreign
missions, seeking missing persons,
Ete.
The Army work is well known
the world over, both in peace and
war and is generally well supported
and the Army officers are anxious
that the people who want to sup-
port this work should not be impos-
ed upon by frauds, and when the
public
but one
right path, what is better than
that? There are too many wrecks
in the world today and if the Army |
can rescue any of them it is well
worth the price it asks to promote
its work. It helps the poor, it re-
lieves suffering and distress, cheers
the sorrowful. Its motto is to
make bad men good and good men
This is done in a material
way by the Army. Its war record :
was a tale of wonderful devotion
to the cause of the soldier boys.
better.
Who can forget that? Its service in
the Mississippi flood and
these good people.
tinuous solicitation throughout the
year, the Salvation Army proposes to
make it all in one sum and let that
answer for the entire year.
This worthy cause should be taken
care of, and all persons, who have
not been personally seen by Envoy
or Mrs. Saunders and who feel like
making a contribution to the cause,
are requested to hand or mail checks
to James K. Barnhart, cashier First
National bank, Bellefonte, who is
acting as treasurer of the campaign
fund.
Teacher—How many of you chil-
dren want to go to heaven?
All the children raised their hand |
except Johnny.
Testcher—But Johnny don’t you
want to go to heaven?
Johnny—My mother told me to
come right home from school.
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ries was faced with an unusually heavy crop
and a glutted market. So rapidly were prices
falling that it did not pay to hire additional
pickers. Instead, he telephoned a number of
¢ity acquaintances to come and harvest as man
berries as they wished at so much per ad
Thus eliminating all picking, crating and ship-
ing charges, the farmer turned what might
ve been a loss into a neat profit.
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Working Capital
here are more business failures in the Uni-
ted States because of lack of enough cash
on hand to carry on business properly and
profitably, than from any other cause. The
man without working capital is handicapped in
every way, and his end as a business man may
safely be predicted.
The chances are strongly against success.
Business nowadays is a hard game, and
proper equipment in experience, judgment—
cash is absolutely necessary.
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