i Demorraiic Waldman. Bellefonte, Pa., September 12, 1930. P. GRAY MEEK - - Editor _—— —— To Correspondents.—No communications published inloes accompanied by the real name of the writer. tion.—Until. further g rates: i of Sub Terms notice at the follo Paid strictly in advance - = $150 Paid before expiration of year - 176 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Friday morn- Published weekly, every ing. Entered at the postofice, Bellefonte, Pa, ds second class matter. of address always 12 or S as the new address. e give the old as well" It is important that the publisher be notified when a subscriber wishes the paper discontinued. In all such cases the subscription must be paid up to date of cancellation. A sample cop; be sent DP thony of the *“Watchman’ will cost to applicants. sama Democratic State Ticket. For United States Senator SEDGWICK KISTLER of Clinton County For Governor JOHN M. HEMPHILL of Chester County For Lieutenant Governor GUY K. BARD Lancaster County For Secretary of Internal Affairs. LUCY D. WINSTON of Cumberland County For Judge of Supreme Court HENRY C. NILES seta ¢ vers County For Judges Superior Court AARON E. REIBER of Butler County GEORGE F. DOUGLAS of Philadelphia District and County Ticket. For Representative in Congress MAXWELL J. MOORE of M'Kean County For State Senator DON GINGERY of Clearfield County For Representative in General Assembly JOHN G. MILLER of Ferguson Township. Democratic meme pees. Steely—Gettig. —Rev. Reed O. Steely and Miss Eleanor R. Gettig were married at the altar of the new Evangelical church, in Milton, at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning, by Rev. A. F. Weaver, presiding elder of the Lewisburg district, using the ring service. The attendants were Miss Helen Smith and Musser Get- tig, brother of the bride, both of Bellefonte. The bride wore a gown of pow- der blue chiffon, with beige hat and slippers, while Miss Smith was attired in a yellow georgette en- semble with a black picture hat and slippers to match. The bride is the only daughter of Samuel D. Gettig Esq. of Belle- fonte. She is a graduate of the Bellefonte High school and for sev- eral years past has been the effi- cient stenographer in the law office of Gettig & Bower. Rev. Steely is pastor of the Evangelical church, at Milton, and prior to going there, upwards . of three years ago, was for seven’ years pastor of the Bellefonte church, of which Miss Gettig was a member and in which she was an enthu- siastic worker, which accounts for the romance which had it’s culmina- tion in their marriage on Tuesday. Rev. Steely is also president of the Farmers National Bank, of Belle- fonte. Immediately following the cere- mony, Tuesday morning, Rev. and Mrs. Steely, left on a wedding trip through the New England States and the Adirondacks. On their re- turn they will occupy the parson. age, at Milton, which has been en- tirely overhauled and newly fur- nished. Waite—Campbeil.— Gilbert Stan- ley Waite, son of Mis. George H. Waite, of Bellefonte, and Miss Ger- trude Estelle Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Camp- bell, of Jersey Shore, were mar- ried at the Trinity Episcopal church, at Windsor, North Carolina, on Monday, by the rector, Rev. Arthur James Mackie, The bride is a graduate of the Jersey Shore High school and the Williamsport Commercial college while Mr. Waite is a graduate of the Bellefonte High school and also the Williamsport Commercial col- lege. Both of them have been em- ployees of the Jersey Shore Trust company, Mr. Waite going there about three years ago. Following a wedding trip through the south they will occupy their already fur- nished home at 512 Washington avenue, Jersey Shore. Musser—Schaeffer—Earl J. Mus- ser, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Musser, of Pine Grove Mills, and Miss Bernadette Schaeffer, of Belle- wood, were married last Saturday evening, at Bellwood, by Rev. Moses. They were attended by a sister of the bride and George Musser, broth- er of the bridegroom. Following ing the ceremony a wedding feast was served. The young couple will reside at State College where Mr. Musser has a good position. ——David Fortney was taken to ithe Centre county hospital Tuesday with an acute attack of appendici- tis and operated on at once. Peri- tonitis having developed, his condi- tion was regarded as very serious for several days. Yesterday after- noon his condition was reported as very satisfactory. — Bellefonte is one of the loca- tions in James Warner Bellah’s latest story, “White Pants,” which was published in the Saturday Eve- ning Post of August 3rd. dim GUISEWHITE.— Mrs. Catherine Grove Guisewhite, wife of John Guisewhite, died quite suddenly, at three o'clock Saturday. afternoon, at her home in Ashtabula, Ohio, as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. She was a daughter of William and Amanda Grove Houser and was porn in Bellefonte on August 1st, { 1880, hence was a little past 50 As a young woman she married Mr. Guisewhite and during their married life lived in Tyrone, at Cherry Tree and Mead- ville, moving to Ashtabula about six months ago. She was a mem- ber of the Methodist church, a charter member of the KEastern Star, of Meadville, and a member of the White Shrine. In addition to her is survived by two children , years of age. husband she Mrs. {Harold Orr and Frederick, both of Meadville. She also leaves the fol- lowing brothers and sisters: Harry Houser, of Colona, Pa., Mrs. Luther K. Dale, of Oak Hall; Mrs. Jacob D. Valentine, of Pittsburgh; William, of Youngstown, Ohio; Mrs. Blanche Houser Ferguson and Edward Hou- ser, of Bellefonte. The remains were taken to Mead- ville where funeral = services were held at 2.30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. Dr. Mills, burial being made in the Meadville ceme- | | tery. WITMER William Wesle Wit- mer died at his home in Belefonte, at 9.05 o'clock last Friday evening, following an illness of five weeks with a heart affection, . He was a son of Charles and Elizabeth Witmer and was born in Union county on July 23rd 1855, hence was 75 years, 1 month and 13 days old. His parents came to Bellefonte when he was a boy and all his early life was spent on the farm. When he grew to manhood he followed farming a number of years. He was a member of the Methodist church most of his life. He married Miss Angeline Lucas who survives with the following children: Mrs. William Huntzinger, Altoona; Mrs. Thomas Tressler, W. C., R. C. and Paul Witmer, and Mrs. Basil Doll, all of Bellefonte. He also leaves four brothers, Ed- ward, Clay and Winfield Witmer, of Bellefonte, and Calvin, on the old homestead in Benner township, Funeral services were held at his late home on east Bishop street, at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. by Rev. Horace Lincoln Jacobs, burial being made in the Meyers cemetery. i ! PARSONS, —George W. Parsons, for many years freight agent of the Pennsylvania railroad in Williams- port, died at his home in that place last Wednesday. He was a native of Julian, this county, and was almost 75 years old. He started his railroad ‘career at Milesburg in 1883, going from there to Shamokin, thence to Williamsport. He was re. tired over four years ago. He leaves his wife and three sons, also one brother, William C. Parsons, of Unionville. Burial was made in Williamsport, on Saturday. | ! PEARSON.— William arson Jr. eleven months old son of William and Dorothy Rossman Pearson, of Bellefonte, died on Saturday after- noon following several day's illness with intestinal flue. The funeral was held on Monday afternoon, burial in the Union cemetery. FIELD DEMONSTRATIONS FOR CENTRE COUNTY. A number of field demonstration meetings have been arranged for Centre county by the Agricultural Extension Association, under the direction of county agent R. C. Blaney. The meetings will be di- vided into two groups. At one of the groups seed corn selection, -stor- age and other questions. relative to corn production will be discussed. The other group will relate to poul- try, at which the culling and se- lection of pullets will be the prin- cipal subject. The seed corn meetings will addressed by Nicholas Schuntz, of the agronomy extension office at State College, and the poultry meet- be ings by John Vanderwort, of the college poultry extension office. Those subjects are timely at this season of the year and should be of interest to all farmers. There will be eleven meetings in all, the com- plete schedule for which is as fol- lows: SEED CORN MEETINGS. Friday, Sept. 12—10 a. m., at farm of Fred Esterline, Rebersburg. 2 p. m.,, at the Earl Meyers farm, Waddle. 4 p. m.,, at home of N. I. Wilson, near Loveville. Monday, Sept. 15—2 p. m., at Willard Harter farm, Jacksonville; 4 p. m.,, at farm of Blair Pletcher, Howard. POULTRY MEETINGS. Wednesday, Sept. 17—3 p. m., at farm of C. B. Schenck, Howard. Thursday, Sept. 18—10 a. m., at farm H. E. Hennigh, Georges Valley. Friday, Sept. 19—2 p. m., at farm of Ellis Peters, Stormstown. 4 p. m., at Frank Albright farm, Gatesburg Monday, Sept. 22—2 p. m., at Robert Meyers home, Rebersburg; 4 p. m. at farm of Lester Fiedler, Aaronsburg. of ——W. A. Hagerty Esq., a vet- eran attorney and staunch Dem- ocrat of Clearfield, has resigned as burgess of Clearfield owing to im- paired health. After serving one term he was re-elected last fall for a second term but because of his health has decided to relinquish the cares and worries of the office. OLD ACADEMY STUDENT TO IMITATE FRANKLIN. When Benjamin Franklin was ex- perimenting with electricity in Phil- adelphia, admost one hundred years ago, one of his stunts was to send an electrical impulse across the Schuylkill and returning it through the river ignite inflammable sub- stances. Franklin's experiments are to be repeated during Christmas week, in Philadelphia, when Dr. E. E. Free, an old student of the Belle- fonte Academy, will send an electrical impulse through wires above the Schuylkill and when the current comes back through .the river alcohol will burst into flames. Prof, Free is a native of Dagus Mines, Elk county, After graduat- ing from the Bellefonte Academy he took - a course at Cornell and Johns Hopkins. He spent a year as assistant chemist at the University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station and from 1907 to 1912 was physicist and scientist in the De- partment of Agriculture, Washing- ton. Since 1912 he has practiced in New York as a consulting chemist and physicist. HS During the World war he served in France asa major in the Chemical Warfare Service. For a time he was editor of Scientific American. Since 1928 he has been lecturer on . out- lines of science in New York Univer- sity. AL JOLSON IN “BIG BOY”: COMING TO THE CATHAUM. Al Jolson, the famous comedian of the stage, returns to a role of | joy and laughter in his latest sing- {ing and talking picture, “Big Boy,” j which will be an attraction at the | Cathaum, State College theatre, on | Monday and Tuesday of next week. | Forsaking the tragic roles that fol- lowed his success in “The Jazz | Singer” and “The Singing Fool,” | Jolson returns to black-face and laughter in bringing to the screen what was probably his greatest stage hit. “Big Boy” is a stirring comedy centered about the celebrated Ken- tucky Derby, American racing clas. sic, in which Jolson plays the part of a colored jockey with all his old abandon and originality. Four new song hits are included in the pic- ture, as well as a generous supply of Jolson stories and Jolson jokes— told only as Jolson can tell them. Warner Brothers have assembled a strong supporting cast for the star. including Claudia Dell, Lloyd Hughes, Eddie Phillips, Louise Clos- ser Hale and Johnny Harron. There will be two shows daily at the Cathaum, at 7:00 and 8:45 p. m. mie enim. ELLIS SNYDER INJURED, MARKET WAGON WRECKED. Wednesday morning Ellis Snyder, who lives on the Cook farm near Milesburg, was on his way to the Bellefonte curb market, driving one horse in a spring wagon. On the curve in the state highway, near Haupt’'s Place, he was run into from the rear by an auto driven by Earl Emenhizer, of Runville, who was on his way to work at the limestone quarries. : Snyder's wagon was literally smashed to pieces and his market produce ‘scattered over the highway. His horse had one leg broken and had to be shot and Snyder was ser- iously injured and is in the Centre County hospital. He is badly cut and bruised and has a possible fracture of the hip. An X-Ray will have to be taken to determine the latter. : The accident happened about 5 o'clock in the morning and Emen- hizer alleges that there was some fog and as Snyder did not have a light on his wagon he was unable to see him because he was on a curve at the time, until too close to prevent running him down. Report from the hospital yesterday was to the effect that Snyder's hip is fractured. BELLEFONTE GIRL : ON MISSING LIST, Local and state police are seek- ing to locate the whereabouts of Miss Mildred Miller, a maid em- ployed in the home of Judge and Mrs. Ellis L. Orvis, who left there on Sunday evening, expecting to re- turn the same night but has not been heard of since. She is known to have had $40 in her purse when she left. Her home is in Philipsburg, N. J, but up to this time she has not returned there. Police are also looking for Wil liam O'Shell and Mrs. Nellie Fleck and her eight year old son James, who are alleged to have left Pine Glen together on Tuesday. So far no trace of them has been found. STATE COLLEGE RESIDENTS HURT IN AUTO COLLISION. Five residents of State College were injured in an auto collision in Altoona, Monday evening, though none of them seriously. They were A. B. Deitrick, operator of the car; his wife; his mother, Mrs. Florente 'Deitrick, and Mr. and Mrs. Deitrick’s two children, Gerald and Melvin. The operator of the other car was Andrew H. Hopfl of Altoona. The Deitricks were taken to the Altoona hospital where they were treated for bruises and lacerations and later were taken to their home at State College. | PATIENTS TREATED AT - THE COUNTY - HOSPITAL. . Budd L. Roan. of Blanchard, was admitted on Monday of last week as a medical patient and discharged on Thursday. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Chapman Ward, of Bellefonte, are the parents of a daughter born at the hospital on Monday of last week. They have named her Melissa Lou. Mrs. Nellie Bloom, of Spring township, was discharged on Tues- day of last week, after undergoing surgical treatment. James Glenn, of Ferguson town- ship, was discharged on Tuesday of last week, after undergoing surgical treatment. Carl Fullington, of Williamsport, was admitted on Tuesday of last week as a surgical patient and dis- charged the following day. Miss Florence Catherman, Milesburg, became a surgical tient on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. John Sheckler and infant son, of Bellefonte, were discharged on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Lewis Grubb, of Benner township, was discharged on Tues- day of last week, after having been a patient for some time. Mr, and Mrs. Edward Baney, Bellefonte, are infant daughter, of last week. Wayne, eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Poyd Tressler, of Walker township, was discharged on Wed- nesday of last week, after having undergone treatment for an acci- dental gunshot wound. Miss Helen Rudy, of College town- ship, was discharged on Wednesday of last week, after having been a medical patient. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ambrose, of State College, are receiving con- gratulations on the birth of an in- fant son, at the hospital on Wednes- day of last week. Russell Goodhart, of Centre Hall, was admitted last Thursday for surgical treatment and discharged the following day. Oscar N., ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Oscar Witmer, of Fergu- son township, was admitted last Thursday for surgical treatment and discharged on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Zerban, of State College, are the parents of an infant daughter, born in the hospital on Thursday of last week. Leah, twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rossman, of Bellefonte, was admitted on Friday for surgical treatment and dis- charged the following day. Miss Hannah M. Walker, of Howard township, was admitted on Friday as a surgical patient. Harry Murtorff, of Bellefonte, who had been under surgical treatment, was discharged last Friday. Mr, and Mrs. G. E. Graham, of State College, are the parents of a baby girl, born on Friday of last week. Mrs. George Free and infant daughter, of State College, were dis- charged last Saturday. Miss Ellen M. Feik, of Tyrone, a student nurse at the hospital, was discharged on Sunday after under- going surgical treatment. Andrew C. Jodon, of Spring township, was discharged on Satur day of last week, after undergoing surgical treatment. Mr, and Mrs. John C. Cummisky:. of State College, are rejoicing over the arrival of a son, born at the hospital on Saturday. Miss Virginia E. Detwiler, of Smullton, was admitted on Sunday as a medical patient, Mrs. Sarah Ann Borlan, of State of pa- of the parents of an born on Tuesday College. became a medical patient on Sunday. George W. Baker, of Boiling Springs, Cumberland county, was discharged on Sunday after having undergone surgical treatment. Peter D. Cain, of Bellefonte R. F. D., was admitted on Monday as a surgical patient. Kenneth Newton, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rishel, of Lemont, was admitted on Mon- day for surgical treatment. There were thirty-seven patients in the hospital at the beginning of this week, Miss Ruth Smathers, of DuBois, came to the hospital, last week, as a dietitan, succeeding Miss Helen MacLean, who resigned recently to become head dietitian at a large hospital in Wooster, Mass. LIQUOR PLANT RAIDED IN LITTLE SUGAR VALLEY. A raiding squad from the Lewis- burg office invaded Little Sugar valley, last Saturday, and wuncover- ed a big ‘moonshine plant, which they aver was located in Centre county, about six miles south of Houston. The plant was located in the mountains about a mile and a half from a farm tenanted by At- wood Burgher. A 1000-gallon still was found in full operation and the raiding squad seized 14 vats of 500-gallon capac- ity each, 25 gallons of alleged whiskey, 20 100-pound bags of gran- ulated sugar and 25 bags of mash, The owners and operators of the still made their escape but the fed- eral agents confiscated a truck which had evidently been abandon- ed in a hurry, and a coupe, sail to be owned by Raymond E. Berry, of Salona. j . —Subscribe for the Watchman. BOALSBU RG. Miss Anna M. Dale visited friends in Bellefonte from Friday until Sunday. John S. Dale, of State College, was a caller in town on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rishel, of Altoona, were over Sunday visitors at the Snyder Rishel home. Miss Mary Hazel went to Ocean City, N. J., on Friday, to spend the remainder of the month of Septem- ber. Mrs. W. A. Odenkirk, Mrs. Clyde Smith and Miss Grace Smith, of Centre Hall, were callers in town on Thursday. Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Reish and Nora Miller drove to Leighton, Friday, to visit with Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Moyer until Sunday. Dr. W. W. Woods, his mother and Mrs. Auman, drove to Pitts- burgh, Thursday, to spend some time visiting among friends. Messrs, Robert Hess and Paul Wasson attended the Toronto fair, last week, and also visited other points of interest in Canada. The Young Ladies class of the Lutheran Sunday school held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Edwin H. Dale, on Wednesday evening, Messrs. John Irwin and Donald Culp, of Mifflinburg, and David Simpson, of Altoona, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin, on Sunday. Mrs. Arthur C. Dale and son, Arthur Jr, Mrs. Newcomer and Mrs. Malloy, of Bellefonte, were Gil A Warner Brothers Theatre STATE COLLEGE, PA, (Six 0’ clock opening time, starting next Wednesday) FRIDAY and SATURDAY— John Boles, Laura La Plante in “CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD” MONDAY and TUESDAY Twice Daily—7:00 p. m. and 8:45 p- m. Al Jolson, Claudia Dell in “BIG BOY” WEDNESDAY— (Opening time 6:00 p. m.) Betty Compson, John Harron in “CZAR OF BROADWAY” THURSDAY. ° gad H. B, Warner, Irene Rich in “ON YOUR BACK” NEXT FRIDAY— Elsie Ferguson, Marion Nixon in “SCARLET PAGES” eg (I'S Follow Al Jolson in his favorite footlight hit— guests of Misses Ellen and Cathryn Dale, on Wednesday. Wilbur Houtz has leased a room for a barber shop in the Diamond garage, and Dr. Swank will oc- cupy the room in the Jones build- ing vacated by Mr. Houtz. Miss Nannie Bell Stuart went to Pittsburgh, Monday, to attend a business school, and will be a mem- ber of the David Stuart family during her stay in that city. Matthew Goheen is making ex- tensive improvements on the inter- ior of his School street residence. The cellar has been dug to a greater depth and a furnace installed, and hard wood floors will be laid in the lower story. Mr, and Mrs. E. W. Hess ac- companied their daughter, Miss Vir- ginia, to Altoona, on Saturday, to enroll in a business school and on Sunday they, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hess, of Altoona, drove to Indiana to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coxey. a pane ——The French aviators who com- pleted a non-stop run from Paris to New York don’t let their appe- tite for applause interfere with their rest. Public Sale OF Valuable Real Estate The undersigned, Elizabeth S. Shat- tuck and H. B. Shattuck, her husband, Margaret S. Gilliland and Ray D. Gilliland, her husband, and Marjorie Perkins Stuart, widow and sole legatee, devisee and beneficiary under the last Will and testament of William A. Stuart, deceased, by W. Harrison Walker, her Attorney-in-Fact, duly con- stituted by Letter of Attorney dated August 15, 1930, and recorded in the Recorder's Office of Centre County at Bellefonte, Pa., in Miscellaneuos Book “Z,” page 231, being all of the parties in interest of, in and to the real es- tate of John W. Stuart, late of the Borough of State College, County of Centre, Penna., deceased, will offer at public sale upon the premises immedi- ately south of and practically adjoining the Borough of State College, Pa., at the foot of Pugh Street, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 1930. at 2 o'clock, P. M. the scribed read estate: All those two certain messuages, tenements, tracts and parcels of ground situate in the Township of College, County of Centre, and State of Penn- sylvania, bounded and described as fol- lows, to wit: Tract No. 1. Containing 30 acres and 20 perches net measure, Tract No. 2. Containing 30 acres and 65 perches, THEREON ERECTED a two story eight room brick dwelling house, large bank barn, and other out-buildings; said premises have the conveniences of electric light, running water, etc. Said above referred to and described tracts of land are well located, and Jory suitable and desirable for building ots. TERMS OF SALE: 159, of the pur- chase price to be paid in cash on day of sale when the property is knocked down and declared sold; 35¢, of said purchase price to be id in cash upon the execution and delivery of deed, which will be within thirty days from the date of sale, and the balance of 509, of said purchase price shall be paid within one year from the date of de- livery of deed, and which said balance following de- shall be secured by a purchase money mortgage upgn the. premises -. bearing: interest - at . ¢}, ~ per annum, payable semi-annually. ELIZABETH S. SHATTUCK SHATTUCK S. GILLILAND D. GILLILAND MARJORIE PERKINS STUART, Widow of Wm. A. Stuart, dec’d. By— W. HARRISON WALKER Her Attorney in Fact L. FRANK MAYES, Auctioneer, W. HARRISON WALKER, Attorney for Estate. 75-36-3t Back to Black Face and Laughter gee and hear him in the role which won him with CLAUDIA DELL — LOUISE CLOSSER HALE " Directed by ALAN CROSLAND Lgl lal) A Warner Brothers Theatic STATE COLLEGE, PA. ull Sept. 15 wa 16 Twice Daily :--7.00 and 8.45