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Bellefonte, Pa., September 26 1980.
P. GRAY MEEK
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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
NRY C. NILES
at unty
For Jud_es Superior Court
AARON E. REIBER
of Butler County
GEORGE F. DOUGLAS
of Philadelphia
District and County
Ticket.
For Representative in Congress
AXWELL 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.
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Democratic
TAX LAW UNGONSTITUTIONAL
In a lenthy opinion, handed down
last Thursday, Judge Fleming de-
clares the new tax law defective
in several sections, as it does not
give the alleged property owner his
inalienable right of defense against
any unjust or illegal assessment of
taxes, and therefore in his opinion
is unconstitutional, and in his de-
cree makes absolute the rule re-
straining Lyman L. Smith, county
treasurer, from selling any properties
for the collection of delinquent
taxes.
It will be recalled that just two
days prior to the advertised sale of
some four or five hundred proper-
ties in Centre county for delinquent
taxes for the year 1929 J. V. Bow-
ers, of Philipsburg, through his at-
torney, took out a rule restraining
the County Treasurer from selling
his property as well as all others
advertised. The court - granted the
rule pending argument and the sale
advertised for August 4th’ was nat-
urally postponed. The case was
argued in due time and the court's
opinion settles the question of any
sale for the time being.
So far as Mr. Bowers, the plaintiff
in the case, is concerned, he has
gained his point. If the county
treasurer, as the defendant, with
the support of the county commis-
sioners do not wish to abide by
Judge Fleming’s decision they, of
course, will have the right of ap-
peal to a higher court. As the tax
law is a new one on the dockets of
the State it's constitutionality has
not yet been tested, and whether
the county commissioners will de-
cide to go to the expense of making
a test case of it has not yet been
determined.
Judge Fleming’s opinion is quite
lengthy and deals mostly with the
constitutionality of various provi-
sions of the act.
DELAWARE COUNTY NEGRO
PAYS MURDER PENALTY.
Arthur Winder, 27-year-old negro
of Delaware county, was electrocut-
ed at Rockview penitentiary, Mon-
day morning, for the murder of
Jacob Schmidt, a Chester .grocer,
during an attempt to rob his store
on December 26th, 1929. Robert
Elliott threw the switch that sent
two thousand volts of electricity
coursing through Winder’s body and
five minutes later he was pronounc-
ed dead by Dr. W. B. McLaughlin.
Winder was accompanied to the
chair by the prison chaplain, Rev.
C. F. Laurer, and Rev. L. S. Moore,
a colored minister, of Media. He
had nothing to say though on Sun-
day he confessed to Rev. Moore that
he had fired the shot that killed the
Chester grocer. Winder was unmar-
ried. His body was claimed and
sent to Chester for burial.
—The State school employees re-
tirement board, on Tuesday, official-
ly announced the retirement of Miss
Ella Levy, of Bellefonte, after a serv-
ice of thirty-eight years as teach-
er, Among State employees grant-
ed retirement is William Smith, of
the Harrisburg State hospital,
who is credited with twenty_seven
years of service. Mr. Smith at one
time was steward at the Nittany
Country club and later chef at the
track house, at State College.
——A break-down of the electri-
cal devices on our typesetting ma-
chines on the last two successive
Thursdays made it impossible for
us to get a lot of local news in
type that we would have liked very
much to publish.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items taken from the Watchman issue of
October 1, 1880.
—The explosion of a coal oil lamp
in Lyon's store, on Monday after-'
noon last, came near causing a big
fire which was fortunately extin- |
guished with probably a loss of
one hundred and fifty dollars. The
fire companies were on the ground
promptly, but their services were
not needed.
—Mr. Alexander McAfferty was
hurt on Saturday last by the acci-
dental falling of a big stone on
one of his feet. He has since been
compelled to go about with a cane.
—Master Mitchell Cunningham,
son of Mr. Merty Cunningham, had
one of his feet badly hurt, on Mon-
day morning, by letting a bar of
pig iron fall on it.
—Mrs. P. F. Sturgis, of West
Union, Towa, who was formerly Miss
Rachel Irvin, of this county, is in
town visiting at the residence of
George H. Weaver Esq, Mrs. Stur-
gis is a sister of Mr. Daniel Irvin,
of Julian.
The corner stone of the Reformed
church, now being built at the cor-
ner of Linn and Spring streets, in
this place, will be laid at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning, October 10. Rev.
E. V. Gearhart D. D., president of!
the Theological seminary at Lan- |
caster, will preach the sermon. i
Cow Lost.—A dark red cow, with
dark stripes, belonging to Dr. |
Dartt. She is about five years old |
has large horns and medium sized |
body, |
—The new Methodist church on |
Buffalo Run will be dedicated on |
Sunday. ‘
—The Lauth artesian well on the
Beck ore bank near Jacksonville |
was finished last Friday, It is]
down 448 feet but does mot yield
as much water as is needed. The |
well at Taylor bank, at Gatesburg, |
is down only 244 feet and is throw-
ing 120 gallons per minute,
—Wesity Gray. Horace Eidér and
Daniel Cowher, all of Half Moon,
lost their little infants last week
from that fatal disease, pneumonia. |
—Mr. Will Curtin, of Philadelphia, |
son of Governor Curtin, Democratic |
nominee for Congress, was in town
last week and stayed over until
Monday. Mr. Curtin looks exceed-
ingly well and was warmly greeted
by his many admiring friends.
—The Democratic meeting at Mt.
Eagle last Monday night was large-
ly attended. Messrs. Fortney, Reber
and Neff were the orators. Col. P.
W. Barnhart presided and Geo. D.
Johnson was the secretary.
—A terrible fire broke out on the
farm in Nittany Valley belonging to
Joseph Long, last Tuesday a week.
The tenant, Sol Tice, was threshing
with a steam appliance and a spark
from the engine set fire to the
straw. It blazed up so quickly that
there was little chance to save any-
thing. 900 bushels of wheat went
up in flames along with the barn,
corn cribs and mearby sheds. The
fire was so hot that six horses that
were out in the barnyard were also
burned to death.
—Miss Annie Burchfield, the
young daughter of Register Burch-
field, met with a severe accident last
Saturday evening. The family had
been out for a drive and upon their
return she attempted to jump out
of the carriage without assistance.
In some way her clothing caught
and she was thrown onto a stone,
rendering her unconscious, Doctor
Dobbins was summoned, but it was
a long time before she came to.
She recovered, however, and is now
almost well again. (Editor's Note:
Annie is now Mrs. Albert Walton,
of Philipsburg. We went to school
with her and our impression al-
ways was that lucky would be the
man for whom she would grow up to
pour the breakfast coffee.)
—The seventh annual reunion of
the veteran soldiers of Centre
county at Unionville was a grand
success.” The special train that left
here at 9 o'clock had twelve cars
and everyone was so packed that
passengers at Milesburg and the
Intersection couldn’t get on. Union.
ville was ready to meet it and the
other specials that came in for her
citizens had out done themselves in
the way of decorations. The homes
of J. Miles Kephart, Mr. Leathers,
“Tony’s” father, and Dr. Cambridge
were wonderful to behold, the way
they were decorated. The picnic
grounds had been put in good or-
der by a crowd of young men vol-
unteers among whom we learned
that Dan’l Peters had done yeoman
service. The parade formed on Al-
legheny street, marched up to
Church, out Church to Chestnut and
down Chestnut to the grounds, J.
C. Hicklen was chief marshal. His
assistants were Austin Curtin, J.
B. Shipley. and Robert Cambridge.
Then followed a drum corps,” the
Pleasant Gap band, Co. B. Belle-
fonte fencibles, Gregg post G. A.R.,
Lemont cornet band, Veterans,
Washington Cornet band and more
veterans. The people of Unionville
served dinner to the entire assem-
blage and words fail us for a proper
report of how good it was. Among
the notables who were there and
spoke were Rev. J. A. Woodcock,
Col. D. 8. Keller, Capt. Austin Cur-
tin, Ex-Governor Andrew G. Curtin,
Rev. W. A. Ridge, Maj. R. H. Fos-
ter, D. F, Fortney Esq., Col. D. H.
Hastings, Col. James F. Weaver
and John Hamilton. Spring Mills
was elected as the place for next
year’s reunion. (Editor's note: —
The reunion at Spring Mills we at-
tended. It was there that we saw
the lady we told you about two
years or more ago. She had pre-
empted the only rocking chair on
the porch of the hotel and vowed all
the while that she would never eat
a bite in such a “hell hole.” If you
have forgotten the tale or didn't
read it we'll retell it if you write
for further information.)
—Read the ‘Watchman and get all
the news. |
DON GINGERY, OUR CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR.
In Don Gingery the Democrats of
this Senatorial District have an in-
spiring candidate. Sharp as a steel
trap. pleasing in personality and a
whole cable of live wires Mr. Gin-
gery not only inspires; he enthuses
all with whom he comes in contact.
He is not a stranger to many Cen-
tre county vote.s for he has been a
hardware salesman for many years
and visits most of the towns in the
county regularly.
He is a son of Dorcey J. Ginge-
ry and was born at Woodland,
Clearfield county. His father was
born at Martha Furnace, this coun-
ty, and was one of the members of
the family so well and popularly
known through the upper Bald
Eagle valley .
Mr. Gingery was educated at
Mercersburg Academy and Ohio
Northern University, where he pre-
pared to become a civil and mining
engineer, He followed his profes-
sion a short time, but was attracte
into the fields of salesmanship an
ever since has been known as
outstanding business getter. For a
while he sold woolen and knit goods
with the entire United States as his
territory. But such extended trav-
eling kept him out of touch with
his home county and he gave that
up to take on his present work,
which permits him to live in Clear.
field and have some home life with
his family of four children.
He has been prominently identi-
fied with the social, political mili-
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N. G. P, having risen from a pri-
vate to captain afd the staff of Gen-
Wiley, Commande. of the 2nd Brig,
N. G. P. He has been chairman
of the Democratic committee of
Clearfield county, a member of the
Democratic State Central Commit-
tee and the State Executive com-
mittee, He served ably in the Leg-
islature during the 1915 and 1916
sessions. A few years ago his name
was favorably mentioned as a prob-
able nominee for Lieutenant Gover-
nor of the State.
Mr. Gingery is just the kind ofa
man we need to represent us in the
Senate. He has been around a bit.
He knows the game at Harrisburg
and he could be counted on not to
vote for any legislation with his
eyes shut.
He doesn’t want to go to the
Senate merely to show that his fac-
tion of a party controls the 34th
District. He wants to go there be-
| cause he thinks like many of the rest
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of us. that Pennsylvania needs some
Legislators who think more of the
people than of building up a ma.
chine that will keep them in office
perpetually, For that reason, es.
pecially, we think Don Gingery
should be supported by every Demo-
crat in the District and every
Republican who is tired seeing his
| party being used as if it were the
personal political asset of whoever
happens to be on top when offices
are to be filled.
ANNUAL DRIVE FOR
Y. M. C. A. MEMBERSHIPS.
At a special workers meeting,
held at the Y. M. C. A. on Monday
evening, the following committee
was appointed to conduct the an-
nual membership and financial cam-
paign: George Hazel; Frank Craw-
ford and Phil Johnston, assisted by
J..K. Johnston and L. C. Heineman,
president and secretary respectively
of the “Y.”
The first general meeting of all
workers will be held on Friday,
September 26th, at 6.15 P. M.,, at
which time general plans will be an-
nounced, teams will be selected and
the work of securing the funds for
the coming year will begin in earn-
est. Supper will be served by the
Ladies Auxiliary ofthe Y. M. C. A,
Mrs. M. R. Johnson, presirent.
Business depressions are caused
by dissipation, dishonesty, disobedi-
ence to God’s will—a general collapse
of moral character.
this plainly. With equal precision
they show how business depressions
are cured. They are cured by
moral awakening, spiritual revival,
ness. The “American Bankers’ As.
sociation” can provide capital. The
“American Statistical Association”
Statistics show
day increase their support of this
and all other truly religious work.
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——Last Saturday Alonzo Boon,
who lives on the Orvis Fetzer farm,
on Marsh Creek, turned his team of
horses out to pasture. In the af-
ternoon when he went to get them
there was only one horse in evi-
dence. A search finally revealed the
other horse lying dead on the banks
of Marsh creek, which runs through
the field. The horses feet were in
the water and the only thing that
could be discovered about the horse
was a slight swelling at the mouth.
Mr. Boon is of the opinion that the
horse was bitten by a venomous
snake and died from the poison.
——One week from today Mr.
Bartholomew will superintend the
dismantling of the McNitt Lumber
company’s office, in the Decker
building on Spring street. All the
office furniture, books, etc., will be
placed in storage in a room on the
third floor of the Bellefonte Trust
, company where they will
remain
indefinitely. Mr. Bartholomew, who
has been bookkeeper and office man
and the rehabilation of righteous- '
will
can measure results. © But the as-
sociation which goes to the real
root of the matter is the “Young
Men’s Christian Association,”
latter has far
than the others combined.
To bring back prosperity, people
must be “conditioned,” as the psy-
chologist says. They must be con-
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greater possibilities
' Bellefonte
, they
“neighbors had succeeded
ditioned in right ways of working |
and living on all sides of the triangle
of physical, mental and spiritual
values. The economic welfare of
our nation can be directly promoted
by supporting our
Christian Associations.
Young Men's !
They are |the following boys amd girls have
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for the company for many years,
return to his home at Centre
Hall and retire from all business
cares and worries.
——The home of Mike Rider,
near Snow Shoe Intersection, caught
fire on the roof, Wednesday morn.
ing and a hurry call was sent to
firemen for assistance.
The Logans responded and when
reached there found that
in keeping
the flames in check so that the fire-
men were able to extinguish the
blaze with chemicals. The only
damage was to the roof and attic.
——Since the first of September
indispensable agencies in laying the ; been taught to swim in the Y pool
foundation for better times.
Any and received the beginners’
award:
lessening of support of the Young i Margaret Capers, Betty Ann Ross-
Men's Christian Association at this | man, Frances Allen, Ann Montgom-
critical juncture is like withholding
seed at the very moment when all
hands are sowing for a life-giving
harvest. Business men should to-
ery, Betty Robb,
Kathryn Korman,
Virginia C'iffe,
Betty Rhoads,
Erma Schlow,
Franklin Grythco.
(Een Heverly and Mafie Miles.
BUTLER.— Americus M, Butler,
for many years a well known resi-
dent of Howard, died at the Lock
Haven hospital, at 1.55 o’clock last
Saturday afternoon, as the result
of collapse, following a serious
operation.
He was 74 years of age and was
a life-long resident of lower Bald
Eagle valley. He followed farm-
ing most of his life but retired a
number of years ago and moved to
Howard. During his residence there
he held various borough offices. At
the time of his death he was presi-
dent of the Howard Cemetery As.
sociation. He was a member of
the Methodist church, Lick Run
lodge No.311 I. O. O. F., and How.
ard Grange No, 259.
He is survived by his wife, one
son and three daughters, Harry
Butler ,of Howard; Mrs. D. M. Ben-
nett, of Mill Hall; Mrs. G. A. Ek-
dahl and Miss Carrye, at home.
He also leaves one brother, Frank
T. Butler, and a half-brother, George
Swartz, of Bradford.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at 2.30 o'clock, on Tues-
day afternoon, by Rev. M. S. Q.
| Mellott, assisted by Rev. M. R.
| Yingling. Burial was made in the
| Schenck cemetery.
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WILLIAMS. —Mrs. Bertha Clark
Williams, widow of the late Shedrack
Williams, died at her home in Union-
ville, on Wednesday of last week,
following a long illness. She was
a daughter of Mr, and Mrs. George
Clark and was born in Buffalo Run
valley, at her death being 53 years,
4 months and 23 day sold. She
{was a member of the Baptist church.
| Her husband died several years
ago but surviving her are two chil-
dren, Clark and Grace Williams,
both at home. She also leaves the
{following brothers and sisters: J.
( E. Clark, of Lorain, Ohio; George,
tary and church life of his District. |of Tyrone, Mrs. Mary Pennington.
For years he was identified with the of Altoona; Mrs. James Clark, of |
i Houserville; Mrs. H. K, Mattern, of
‘Julian; Mrs. George Gummo and
‘Mrs. Charles Hartsock, of Buffalo
; Run; Mrs, H. F. Jackson, of Al-
toona, and Miss Grace, of Fleming.
Funeral services were held at her
late home, in Unionville, at 10
:0’clock on Saturday morning, after
which burial was made in the Wil-
liams cemetery, at Martha Furnace.
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NEIDIGH.—Mrs. Mary Neidigh,
widow of William Neidigh, died on
Sunday evening, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Simpson, at
Pennsylvania Furnace, as the result
of a heart affection, with which she
had suffered for some time.
She was a daughter of Jacob and
Nancy Johnstonbaugh and was born
at Boalsburg on October 19th, 1857,
hence was almost 73 yearsold. Her
husband has been dead for. some
years but surviving her are two
daughters, Mrs. Simpson, with whom
she made her home, and Mrs. Ed-
ward Harris, of Tyrone. She also
leaves two brothers and a sister,
John Johnstonbaugh, of Bellwod;
David, of Altoona, and Mrs. Anna
Miller, of Williamsport.
Funeral services were held attwo
o'clock on Wednesday afternoon by
Rev. Charles Rishel, burial being
made in the Pine Hall cemetery.
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KEPHART.—Miss Dora Kephart,
a member of one of the old-time
families of Buffalo Run valley, pass-
ed away at the family home, at
Fillmore, at 1:45 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, following a prolonged ill
ness.
She was the oldest daughter of
Caleb H. and Amanda Gray Kep-
hart and was born at Fillmore
about 75 years ago. All her life
was spent on the home farm. She
was a lifelong member of the Meth-
odist church and a woman who had
the love and respect of all who
knew her. She never married but
is survived by one brother and two
sisters, S, Gray Kephart and Miss
Laura, at home, and Mrs James
Parsons, of Toledo, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held at
her late home, at Fillmore, at 10:30
o'clock tomorrow morning, burial
to be made in Gray's cemetery.
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ROBINSON.—Roy Russall Robin-
son, of Port Matilda, died at the
Philipsburg State hospital, on Sat-
urday, as the result of uremic poi-
soning. He became ill while work-
ing in Nevada, last spring, and
came home for treatment, but in-
stead of improving his entire sys-
tem became infected,
He was the second son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Robinson and was 27
years, 4 months and 25 days old.
In addition to his parents he is sur-
vived by three brothers and two
sisters, Theodore, Lawrence, Harold,
Dorothy and Jennie. Funeral serv-
ices were held by Rev. J. F. Wink-
leblech, at 2 o'clock on Tuesday af-
ternoon, burial being made in the
Presbyterian cemetery, at Port Ma.
tilda.
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DAVIS.—Mrs. Roxsing Dugan
Davis, wife of Paul Davis, died at
her home in Washington, D. C., on
Sunday, September 14th, following
a brief illness. She was a daugh-
ter of Edward and Margaret Royer
Dugan and was born in Bellefonte
25 years ago, In addition to her
husband she is survived by her par-
ents, one sister and four brothers,
Charles J. Dugan, of Altoona;
Frank, Norman, Elwood and Grace,
all at home. The remains were
brought to Bellefonte and: funeral
services held in St. John’s Episco-
pal church, Wednesday of last week,
hw Rey. Stewart F. Gast. burial be-
ing made in the Union cemetery.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM
GIVEN VALUABLE PAINTING.
An oil portrait of Col. Samuel
Miles, of Revoluntionary fame, has
been presented by the daughters of
. the late F. Patts Green—Mrs. Kate
Dinges, Mrs. James R. Hughes and
Miss Emma Green—to Philadelphia
for the new Parkway museum which
when completed, will be the largest
museum in the world,
The portrait is about 16x24 in-
ches in size and was painted from
life considerably over one hundred
years ago by Charles Wilson Peale,
.an ancestor of the late Senator S.
‘R. Peale, of Lock Haven. Col. Miles,
las stated above, served in the Rev-
olutionary war and was the first
mayor of Philadelphia following the
revolution. He married Katherine
| Wister, of Germantown, a member
of one of the most prominent Quaker
families of that city. Col. Miles
: spent the greater’ part of his active
life in Philadelphia and was closely
identified with the early history of
that city, but eventually moved to
Centre county and located at Miles-
‘rg, that town being named after
‘him. He died in 1805:
Col. Miles was the great, great
grandfather of the Green sisters and
the oil painting had been handed
down through generation after gen-
eration until it came into possession
of the F. Potts Green family quite
a number of years ago. That it
is regarded as a valuable historical
portrait is evidenced inthe fact that
the Green sisters have had offers
ranging from $2500 to $5000 for it,
one of which came from the cur-
ator of the Yale museum, but be-
cause of its historical value to Phil-
adelphia they decided to present it to
that city for the Parkway museum.
The portrait was boxed and ship-
ued to Philadelphia several weeks
ago at the cost of the museum.
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| CENTRE COUNTY NATIVES
| DIE FROM ACCIDENTS.
Two natives of Centre county died
last week as the result of accidents,
They were Howard W. Pletcher, of
Jersey City, and Thomas Irwin, of
Woodland, Clearfield county.
Pletcher died of injuries sustained
in a fall from a railroad trestle to
a paved street below. He was 58
years old and a son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Pletcher, of 'Howard.
He is survived by his wife, a step-
daughter, his father, two sisters,
Mrs. J. F. Condo, of Howard, and
Mrs. P. A. Louncy, of Vandaila, Mo..
and one brother, Walter Pletcher,
of Philadelphia. He was buried at
Newark, N. J, last Thursday.
Irwin’s’ death occurred on Thurs-
day from injuries sustained in a
fall down a flight of stairs in his
home when he got up hastily in
response to the sounding of a fire
alarm, He was 67 years old and a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Irwin,
of Union township. He married
Viola Holt, of Unionville, who sur-
vives with three children. He also
leaves one brother and a sister,
Jesse Irwin, of Unionville and Mrs.
Thomas Peters, of Hecla. Burial
was made at Unionville on Satur-
day.
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NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS *
PROVES BIG ATTRACTION.
A night-blcoming cereus at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. David R.
Foreman, on north Spring street,
proved a big attraction for “the
neighbors” on Wednesday night of
last week. The flower began to
open shortly after six o'clock in the
évening and was not in full bloom
until about midnight, when it was
about as large asa breakfast plate,
witha penetratingly sweet fragance.
Two more buds on the plant opened
on Thursday and Friday nights but
they were not nearly as perfect in
flower as the first one. In fact the
last one did not open more than
about one-third of the way.
Mrs. Foreman’s plant grew from
a small slip she secured five years
ago and now stands five feet in
height, There is a prevailing belief
that the plant will flower only once
in twenty years, but this is a myth.
It will flower every year if it re-
ceives the proper attention.
The night-blooming cereus is a
member of the cactus family and
naturally is native of the hot desert,
where it thrives in profusion. When
the plant has matured, from three
to five years old, the buds are set
during a hot, dry spell. Then the
rainy season causes them to
burst into bloom. Similar treat-
ment with the domesticated plant
will bring blooms every year.
BUSINESS BLOCK BURNED
IN PHILIPSBURG.
Philipsburg had a disastrous fire,
on Tuesday morning, when the big
A. B. Lansberry harware store and
the store of the Jones Hardware
company were completely destroyed,
with all their contents, entailing an
estimated loss of $200,000. The fire
started in a shed along the Pennsyl.
vania railroad and spread rapidly
to the main store building. Fire-
men from all nearby towns respond-
ed to a oall for assistance, All the
property was partially covered by
insurance.
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——Always we expect rain in the
equinoctial season. And yesterday
expectations were fulfilled.
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