| the body in the chair to the outer
| chamber where the official papers
were signed.
The reaction of such a sight is
hard to discern. One revelation
comes in the fact that no matter
how mild a murder may be death in
the electric chair could not be near
as horrible. The anticipation is the
only punishment. There is no physi-
cal suffering. After the grim sight
was over and we were once more out
in the sunshine we could not help
but remember another verse written
by Byron,
“He died as erring man should die
Bellefonte, Pa, May 1, 1981
“TIS A FEARFUL THING
TO SEE A SOUL TAKE WING.”
By John M. Fleming
On monday morning of last week,
in a dimly lighted, bare lttle room,
at the Rockview penitentiary, a man
died. He did not die naturally
from choice neither did providence
take from nim his life. The man
died paying a debt. The debtor was
society. ‘the debt, the life of a fel-
low man. The State acted as agent
and shortly after seven o'clock the ————
obligation was paid and the entry 5 NEW SC :
under the was William Watkins A NEW SCHOOL FOR a
was removed from the ledger. LEADERSHIP TRAINING |
The twenty-five year old negro
A standard school of leadership |
boy had broken the sixth command- : : i
ments: =: He. had: wantonly. killea(2MSE Will be held jn the’ 'Evan- |
James Harward, Chester county Selical church of Bellefonte during |
farmer who had befriended him and two weeks in June. The following |
given him employment for three cerdit courses will be offered: “A
years. The murder was willful, de- Study of the Pupil,” “The old Testa- |
liberate, and premediated and nine- ment,” * The Life of Christ,” and
teen days after it had been Sotamit. “The New Testament Church.”
ted a jury of twelve men decr at registration fee will be $1.00. Cred- |
Watkins should die in the manner ,.. es. nn this school will be accepted
proche Dy Jaws Souths in iu Slee. for the international diploma.
Chester county jali on Saturday.
He had been confined there since the
crime occurred, January 10, 1931.
Promptly at seven o'clock on Mon-
day morning he was electrocuted.
We witnessed the execution and
only the immortal lines of the poet
can convey our impression,
“Oh, God, it is a fearful thing
To see a human soul take wing.”
It was a beautiful morning. The
grim hand of fate had sent a warm
spring sun to radiate the light that
would be the last the young negro fe yuge is as food for the tree
would see. The shadows from the pp, maple tree manufactures more
main cell block draped the death
lof this food than can be used dur-
house in an appropriate black asthe ;.. tne current season, and stores
hour of doom approached. One|
guard and several prison officials es- | he a noe for use the following
corted the witnesses to the ground
floor of the execution building where | oe early spring arrives the sap,
each one signed their name in ay, Cas congea during the win-
ter, returns to liquid form, and
large book. | flows freely.
At five minutes of seven the im-| man to oF Jong ei Jeg
mense iron barred door at the front food, to be boiled down as syrup
of the circular staircase that leads gang sugar and made into candy for
to the upper rooms was opened and his own delight.
we were escorted to the death cham-| Bug even in this man cannot en-
ber above. tirely outwit nature. The cells of
The room where 207 men and one | the tree retain a major portion of
woman have breathed their last is | this stored-up supply of sap. Man
appall in its simplicity. The | gets only the smaller part. If he
only light was one near the chair could get all of it the tree would
which shed an unnatural pallor|not be able to put forth its buds
over the entire room. The blinds and leaves and in time would die.
on all the windows were lowered and
only faint cracks of light were per-
mitted to enter. The chair sits on
the immediate right of the entrance
and it is necesary for each witness
to pass within touching distance of
the grim instrument in making his
way to the concrete bench which is
Without display. without parade.
Meekly had he bowed and prayed i
As not disdaining priestly aid |
Nor desperate of all hope on high.”
TAPPING FOR MAPLE SYRUP
When Calvin Cooiidge, in referring
to the springtime flow of maple sap,
said the “earth is again pouring out
her first seasonal beauty,” he spoke
poetically but not adequately, ac-
cording to Martin L. Davey, head of
the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery.
, The earth has merely furnished |
the crude materials, principally wa-
ter, Davey explains. Surgar-laden
maple sap is a product of the growing
season in the previous year. Its
Your
built around the back and side of |
the room.
The chair is perhaps the most
commonplace looking instrument
that ever before Joue Rely within its
grip the power o a
i) his most cherished possession.
It resembles much an ordinary
wooden arm with the exception |
of the fact that the straps are plain-
ly seen and a canopy is overhead. It |
is surrounded by ropes that are]
placed after the witnesses are seat- |
ed, Within this small enclosure
stands the executioner, the attending |
guards, the doctor and the officials |
in charge. |
After the six men who have been |
designated as official witnesses and |
the newspaper representatives have |
taken their places the grim business
of the execution is proceeded with |
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The | P
TRIAL LIST FOR MAY COURT.
Fourteen common pleas cases have
been listed for trial at the May term
of court. ©One of them is that of
Thomas Morrison against the Bor-
ough of Bellefonte and burgess Hard
P. Harris for damages for alleged
injuries in a fall on the icy pavement
of burgess Harris in the spring of
1930. Another case, if it comes
to trial, gives promise of some
sensational testimony. It is that
of Mrs. Pasqua DiBartola against
Stella Shaffer for damages for the
alienation of her husband's affec-
tions. The list is as follows:
Kato Coal Co. vs. New York Cen-
| tral and Hudson River Railroad Co.
Trespass,
Ralph A. Smith vs. New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad
Co. Trespass.
Henry Brown vs. Harry Abramson.
Appeal.
W. C. Shoemaker and J. C. Shoe-
maker, trading and doing business as
Shoemaker Bros. vs, H. E. Dunlap.
Trespass.
Thomas Morrison vs. The Borough
| of Bellefonte and H. P. Harris. Tres-
ass.
John O. Todd and Evelyn M. Todd,
in their own right, and Hazel Chris-
tine Todd, by her parents and next
friends, John O. Todd and Evelyn M.
Todd, vs. F. W, Hoffman. Trespass.
R. T. Hafer vs. P. H. Gentzel
Assumpsit.
J . T. Bechwith vs.
Co. Trespass.
The P, R- R.
W. F. Bradford, J. W. Bradford
and V. A. Auman, co-partners trad-
ing and doing business as Bradford |
and Co,, vs. Raymond Walker. As-
sumpsit.
Lilah V. Hockenberry vs. John
Hockenberry. Feigned issue.
Nathan Teitelbaum, trading as
Keystone Commissaries and Employ-
ment Service, vs. Bellefonte Central
Railroad Co. Trespass.
Standard Accident Insurance Co.
vs. Alex C. Bailey and Lewis Stein, |
trading as Bailey & Stein,
sit.
Assump-
Holt, vs. M. F. Calderwood and Mrs.
M. F. Calderwood. Ap
Mrs. Pasqua DiBartola vs.
Shaffer. Trespass.
BE ———
Sunday morning, May 3, Rev.
Otto C, Miller, superintendent of the
children's home at Mechanicsburg,
will speak in the Methodist church
in Bellefonte. In the evening of
that day he will speak at Pleasant
Gap.
We will do your job work right
kitchen walls stay SPOTLESS when
like the smooth workings of a clock. |
A board containing several light
bulbs rests across the arms of the
chair and is connected with the two |
terminals where the electricity en- |
ters. The witnesses are informed |
that a test will be made to show |
that 2000 volts are running through |
the chair and that the mechanism |
is in perefct working order.
After the test, the executioner re-
moves the board, taking two sponges
dips them in a tub of salt water
that sits on the floor near the chair.
He places one sponge in the head
piece the other in the terminal point
that is connected to the left leg of
the condemned man.
The door leading from the cor-
ridor of the doomed is opened by a
and the final feet of the last
mile come into the prisoner's view.
The young negro walked with un-
faltering step. The priest was the
first to enter and closely
behind was the young man who was
about to pay his debt to society. On
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either side Walked a , prison Svard . this CLEAN, wa id those hea ditures for cleansers.
but the iki arms y nd ethout 3-piece FREE ALUM d » €asy way you avo vy expen
any apparent fear. priest step. Does 70%; of Your Cooking ’
ped to the front of the chair and . .
in the sed at the Hi i found, to my great surprise, that the
he lyoung. sss places bia Au favors aad healiul food Surpri gh Speed potatoes had long since finished their
of crime without assistance or verbal
instructions. The guards stepped
especially for
electric range
to the chair and adjusted the stra use by the “Wear-Ever” pedple. “Onc cvening, justas I put the potatoes ~~ pan. It hadn't seemed that the current
Pads chest, one Ander each rhe The Sauce Pans have a of2 oa my clecuic range for boiling, some wason neatly loag enough, yet the pota-
one around each wrist, and one each and 3 quarts, with exactly callers came. I entertained them for about toes were splendidly cooked, ready to
leg. The executioner adjusted the wover at sifestien uspee: five minutes, then, since they would not mash and serve.”
Rey hi Ba oi dese mage SO i 1d ed of che * x x x
. og
plunged L the gwiten int Sfure 3 the sivpial bottoms for quick hen absorp- current under the potatoes. REDUCED! During the past 18 months
the switch board dimmed as the am- Special “Steam-Seal” § OTed de: 5 Almost two hours later I pre- clectric sauge(beatry pad SHdiony have
was decreased. Again the excessive steam f00ds ailed upon my callers to stay been greatly e insta
lights flashed up brightly and a i in their ow SW for dinner. When I again went prices for these full-sized, full convenience
wisp of blue smoke circled h - minimum of water. models have been cut almost in half!
ward from the chair. Four times
this proceedure was repeated. Once
the executioner left his and
walked to the front of the modern
guillotine to view the man he had
executed. Then he released the
switch. ‘The entire amount of time!
that had elasped was only three
minutes. The man was rendered |
unconscious one-four-hundredth part
of a second after the switch had |
been thrown. |
The doctor stepped to the body |
and bared the chest. He listened
for 2a moment and then turned to
the witnesses,
“Gentlemen,” he said, “T pronounce,
william Watkins, dead.” {
The witnesses arose and filed past |
Come in today and select the
range that harmonizes with yonr
other kitchen equipment . . . Ask
Jor installation NOW —while
you're making your kitchen spic
and span for another year.
POINT ELECTRO
and Pans = =
And do you know
electrically cooked
Paul Holt, by his next friend, Bila |
Stella
CLEAN, Fast Heat That
Doesn't Blacken Pots
users on West Penn lines average only 3{c
A West Penn customer who recently pur-
chased an electric range says:
to turn on the current I
WEST PENN ELECTRIC SHOPS
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. FRESH
John W. Eby, et ux, to Allen C.|
Witmer, tract in Walker Twp.; $1.
Allen C. Witmer, et ux, to Howard
Struble, et al, tract in Walker Twp.;
$1.
John E. Ertle, Trustee, to C. J.
Grenoble, tract in Miles Twp.; $52,
R. P. Haugh, et ux, to Elsie Gren-
oble, tract in Miles Twp.; $1,000.
Adam H. Krumrine, et ux, to
George C. Harper, et ux, tract in
State College; $1.
George C, Harper, et ux, to Fred
B, Hicks, tract in State College; $1.
John U. Reuf, et ux, to Theta
Building Asso., tract in State Col-
lege; $1.
I. G. Gordon Foster, et al, to O.
K. Harlam, tract in State College;
$400.
John L, Holmes, et al, to O. K.
Harlam, tract in State College; $1,-
500.
Robert W. Roan, to Orvis C. Smeilt-
zer, et ux, tract in Benner Twp.;
$5,700.
Maria Hollobaugh to Robert S.
Muirhead, tract in Spring Twp.;
$1,150. | dumped a whole can at one place.
Reno A. Lepley to Elsie Noll Gill, | With the nursery fish together
tract in Mayon vp. $1. | large 3euodz, they Temaiued togeth-
Bellefonte Cemetery Association to | vi hid 8 SLreAe generally » Docs
i "
| Wes Anhie Kramer, tract in Belle- | .q., ont sportsmen pointed out, and
onte; I. | estimated that during the first few
Mary J. Forcey, et al, to Mike days of the season practically all of
| Chieppor, et ux, tract in Philipsburg; | the stocked fish of legal size have
$5,000. | been removed by fishermen. All of
John Hruska, et ux, to John | the stock placed were brook trout.
Hruska, et ux, tract in Rush Twp.; |
| $1. | POTATO EXPERT WRITES
| William R. Saucerman, et ux, to BOOK ON CROP GROWTH
| Joseph Harpster, et ux, tract in Fer- | Dr. B L:-Nixon, plant pathologist
| guson Twp.; $800.
| James H. Holmes, et ux, to Lynn | of the Pennsylvania State College,
R. Daugherty, trustee, tract in Pot- |
| ter Twp.; $1. | tato wizard” and nominee for the
i
| 11931 Capper award of $5000, is the
. Donald Snyder, et ux, to Philip | author of “The Principles of Potato
| Figaro, et ux, tract in Bellefonte; | production,” a new book off the
3350. |
Savilla L. Florey, et bar, to Even
| J. Breon, tract in Gregg Twp; $1. |
PROUT IN
CREEKS RESENTED
Complaints against the placing of
liver fed nursery fish in streams just
prior to the opening of the trout
season and placing them in large
numbers instead of scattering them
out, were heard on all sides from
sportsmen on the first day of the
present trout season.
The number out for the opener
was about the usual number, hun-
dreds being along the banks of all
the streams. One sportsman declar-
ed he believed there were ten fisher-
men for each trout.
A few reported getting the limit
but many declared that the greater
part of the trout were the compara-
tively tame fish of the nurseries
which were unused to the streams
and were caught with comparative
ease.
Owing to the low water last year
no stock was placed in the streams.
| Under the new ruling of the Game
| Commission, the commission now
| places all of the fish. Sportsmen
| complain that the commission was
| late in getting this done and that
| where they did stock streams they
press.
Good seed, foliage protection, value
of humus, proper potato mentality,
Ellen J, Breon, et bar, to Savilla | and adaptations for economical po-
| tato production are covered in this
| book, which is one of a series on
{ vegetable production edited by Dean
| R. Watts,
Howard H. Baumgardner, et al, to | BR. of A ar e. Pan State
{ Mary B. Shuman, tract in Union |
| Twp.; $1. :
| | Parts from twenty-seven standard
C. D. Bartholomew, et ux, to Annie i automobiles were used by a Florida
G. Harrison, tract in Potter TWD. | man in building a car so small that
$533, | only one person can occupy it.
Maude E. Auman, et bar, to John a ——————
O. Eisenhuth, tract in Haines TWP.; | It requires more than 16,000 cattle
| $200. to furnish one pound of aurenolin,
| Rose E. Cowher, et al, to Thomas | an extract used in the stoppage of
P. Cowher, tract in Taylor Twp.; bleeding and as a remedy for hay
$1,100. | fever. '
|
| Florey, tract in Gregg Twp.; $l.
| Alexander Flegal to Annie Koral,
| tract in Philipsburg; $1.
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ECTRIC RANGE!
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CHEF
that electric range operating cost for the thousands of
r meal per person? That
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cooking in the heat stored in the burner
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Law, Pa.
i tention §lven all
entrusted to care.
East High street.
KLINE WOODRING.—
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and Justice of the Peace. All
professional business will
prompt attention. Offices on second
of Temple Court.
torney-at-Law,
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man,
Bellefonte, Pa.
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tered and licensed by the State.
Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Sat.
lafietioh guaranteed. Fruuna Topiated
enses matched, Case
High St. Bellefonte, Pa. ow
VA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed
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fonte, in the Garbrick b
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from 2to 8 p. m. and Saturdays 9 a. m.
to 4:00 p. m. Bell Phone. 08-40
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We have taken om the line of
Purina Feeds
We also carry the line of
Wayne Feeds
per 100ib.
Wagner's 16% Dairy Feed - 1.70.
Wagner's 20% Dairy Feed - 1.80
Wagner's 32% Dalry Feed - 2.00
Wagner's Pig Meal 18% 2.10
Wagner's Egg Mash 189; - 2.25
Wagner's Scratch Feed - 1.60
Wagner's HorseFeed - - - 180
Wagner's Winter Bran - - 1.50
| Wagner's Winter Middlings - 1.60
Wagner's Standard Mixed Chop 1.80
| Wagner's Chick Feed - - 2.30
| Wayne 249% Dairy Feed - 225
| Wayne id Mash - - - 250
Wayne Mash Chick Starter 3.25
Wayne All Mash Grower - 27
Wayne Calf Meal - = = 400
Blatchford Calf Meal251b. - 145
Oil Meal 34% - - - 225
Cotton Seed Meal 43% - = 200
Gluten Feed - = = « 200
Hominy Feed - - - - 1.80
Fine Ground Alfalfa - - 2.25
{Beet Pulp - - - - aw. LI5
| Meat Scrap 45% - > = 3.00
Tankage 60% - - - 3.25
Fish Meal - - = - 3.75
| Fine Stock Salt - « oe! 1.90
Round Grit - - - '- . 130
Lime Grit - - - 1.
| Oyster Shell -o- -. 100
| Let us grind your Corn and Oats
|and make up Jour Dairy Peed, with
| Cotton Seed Meal, Oil Meal, Gluten,
| Alfalfa, Bran, Midds and Molasses.
| We will make delivery on two ton
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All accounts must be paid in 30
days. Interest charged over that
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