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INK SLINGS.
BY GEORGE R. MEEK.
—The death of Senator Morrow,
of New Jersey, is a great loss to
the country. He was a broad, able
man whose mentality was warped
—In Harrisburg an armless man
has been arrested for stealing
chickens. While we could never
condone thievery we confess admi-
ration of anyone without arms who HEAVY FINES IMPOSED
could rob a hen roost.
—Talking about hard times, daily
receipts of one hundred and fifty-
thousand dollars and more at the
Athletic-St. Louis base-ball games
look as though Nero must fiddle,
even if Rome does burn.
—The Governor's sudden soft
pedaling on the rottenness of the
Philadelphia gang suggests the idea
that he is in a receptive
some proposal from the “crooks”
to the end that he might receive
their endorsement for United States
Senator. Lae
—How many of you remember
who Palmer and Buckner were?
They were the red herrings whom
the goldites drew across the six-
teen-to-one trail Bryan was trying to
blaze to the Presidency. We
haven't heard of them since 1896, so
they must be dead. If they're not,
let them come forth to rebuke the
many countries that are kicking the
gold standard “around like a houn
dawg.”
—Two Republicans are on the
Democratic ticket for county offices.
We would not have put their names
at the head of our mast if they had
not been eminently good citizens
and capable of filling the offices to
which they aspire. It is only
good citizenship and capability that
voters should consider in selecting
men to fill county offices We're
for ending this thing of putting
Tom, Dick or Harry in office merely
because some boss can depend on
him to give the jobs to his hench-
men and help build up his machine.
—S8ix automobiles for the Gover-
nor, two secretaries for the Gover-
nor's Lady are only part of it. Last
week they made Amede Thomas, of
BY NEW FIRE ARMS LAW
You Can't Carry a Revolver With-
out a License. A Fine of $3,-
000.00 or three Years in Prison, or
Some Counties,
Under an Act of Assembly re-
cently passed in Pennsylvania it is
mood for unlawful for anyone to have in his
possession at any time or place, ex-
cept in his place of business or
abode, any pistol or revolver witha
barrel less than 12 inches in length,
any shot gun with a barrel less
than 24 inches or any rifle with a
barrel less than 15 inchea.
License may be granted to any-
one who wants to carry firearms of
less barrel length than the above by
the police chiefs of cities and the
sheriffs of counties.
No such license, however, may
be issued to a person under 18 years
of age, to a person of unsound mind
or to drug or liquor habituals, or to
anyone who has been convicted of a
crime of violence within this Com-
monwealth or elsewhere.
The fee for procuring a license is
50cts, which goes into the county
treasury. To any one holding a
resident hunter's license there isno
fee, but he must have the license to
carry a small weapon.
Licenses are good for one year
and are issued in triplicate; the
original is delivered to the licensee,
the duplicate shall be sent register-
issuance, the triplicate
must be preserved for six years by
the officer issuing it or his succes-
sor.
No dealer may have or offer foi
fee of $10.00 to the county treas-
He can display no such fire:
ury.
the Pinchots were In HArTISOUTE |, 0) or givertise the sale of it. He
gale has been made record of it
be * and Better Bread Lines.” daynd seller: and
That to sound good to Pemn- {Must ar ae ABD
sylvanians who will have to be in| oo." 5.40) — manufacturer's
—Maybe we are only a ‘Prince
number; the name, address, color, oc-
cupation and place of birth of the
purchaser and an affidavit to the ef-
Ali Bendo” when it comes to crys- fect that he has never been convict-
tal gazing. However that may ed of a crime of violence. One
be, we See Senator Scott biting his copy of this record must be sent to
nails in the effort to conjure up |the officer who issued the permit to
reason why Womelsdorf,
buy, a duplicate to the Secretary of
Hancock, Demi, Barnett, Lamoreaux the Commonwealth and the tripli-
and Haggerty should not have had cate the dealer must preserve for
some evidence of appreciation of the six
devoted service they have always
rendered him. The crystal shows
years.
Any person violating any of the
of the Act shall be guilty
us that the Senator is in a devil of of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
a quandary as to how he can con- tion thereof shall be sentenced to
tinue to make his lieutenants be- pay a fine of not more than $3,-
lieve that his
you lose” game is cn the square.
“heads I win, tails 000.00 or imprisonment for not more
than three years, or both.
The law does not apply to antique
—We are neither a Connie Mack | frearms unsuitable for use and pos-
nor a Gabby Street, but when Al ges40ed as curiosities or ornaments.
Simmons walked up to bat in the
ninth inning of
series game between the
It will be noted that those hold-
Monday's world's | ing resident hunter's licenses must
Athletics | tape out license for the smaller
and St. Louis we did say to the army though they are required to
group, gathered with us, around the nay no fee for it.
radio, that he should be walked.
The report of
the issuance of such license, how-
With the score five—nothing in favor | gyer, has to go through exactly the
of St. Louis, two down and only one game channels as if a fee had been
on in the last half of the ninth Al ngiq While it is not probable it
was too dangerous a slugger 10 jg nevertheless possible that this
take any chances with, especially provision of the law might pile up
when Burleigh Grimes was So near |, considerable bill of costs to the
to a world’s record in a world's | .ounty each year.
series contest. Al slammed a homer,
In Centre county there are usual-
oringing in two runs, saved a shut-|jy ghout 6000 hunter's licemses is-
out for his team and snatched a |gyed.
Suppose all who take them
niche among base-ball's immortals out should ask for a license to car-
away from Grimes.
man up was retired on an easy
play.
~The recent victory of Robert D.
Johnson, in the Seventh Missouri
And the next ry smaller arms. Many
hunters
the suffering of
brought down, but not killed. As
it has been figured out that the cost
songressional district made the po-|Of the postage alone on getting the
litical complexion of the next Con-
gress a tie, at 214 Democrats and
three separate records of each li-
cense into the respective hands that
214 Republicans. After that re. the law requires them to be will be
sult it was thought that Kvale, of | 22cts, and as there is
Minnesota, the lone Farmer-Laborite 2 tH to take
member would hold the balance of tava
The situation has changed
power.
no provision
care of it other
out of the county treasury it
be seen that free small arms
again, for a Republican elect in licenses for 6000 hunters in Centre
ty might cost the county §1,-
“hicago has been counted out and his | Sou
Democratic contestant declared the |320-00 annually.
winner of the seat. This gives our
party a majority of two. There ALLEGED CHECK FORGER
are still six vacant seats to be fill-
ad by special election, two of them
and four Re-
7 As. | was arrested, Monday night,
normally Democratic
publican. If the remaining
tricts stand true to custom there
will still be a tie and Kyale will leged charge
again hold the balance of power.
ARRESTED MONDAY NIGHT.
G. E. Sunday, of Pleasant Gap,
and
taken to the county jail on the al-
of passing forged
checks. One of the checks, made
Its an interesting situation, but we out for $15.50, and signed with the
aope our party will not
he next House. We would like to |the Tanner cut rate
see Garner of Texas have his ambi-
Speaker's car
tion to drive the
organize name of D. M. Kline, was passed at
store. The
|other check, for $12.50, was signed
|C. C. Baumgardner. It was made
gratified, but it would be just too payable to and endorsed G. E. Sun-
sad if our guns were to be spiked day and was passed on Angelo
next fall by Republican spell bind- | Genua, at his
Well, you've had Con- | Arcade.
ars saying:
shoe shop in Bush
A comparison of the two
zress for the last year, why didn’t checks shows the writing to be al-
you do something?
| most identical.
Both is the Penalty for Violation.
New Law Could Prove Costly to
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STATE RIGHTS AN
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
TO BE HELD DURING
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19.
When the three hundred public
school teachers come to Bellefonte
on Monday, October 19th, for the
fifty-eighth annual session of teach-
ers’ institute each and every one
will be required to hand over tothe
institute treasurer $6.00 as annual
dues. The writer recalls the time
when the dues were only $2.00.
Then they were increased to $4.00
and now they are $6.00. But for
the latter sum teachers will also be
entitled to membership in the Penn-
sylvania State Educational Associa-
tion, get a year's subscription to
the Pennsylvania School Journal, a
subscription to the National Educa-
tional Journal, a copy of the insti-
tute song book and a membership
in the National Educational Asso-
ciation. The teachers will receive
$4.00 per day for attending institute
in nddition to their salary, but if
they are absent without just cause
they will not only lose the four dol-
lars, but will have a like amount
deducted from their check.
Speakers scheduled for institute
by county superintendent F. Glenn
rs are as follows: Dr. James N.
Rule, state superintendent of public
instruction; Dr. W. D. Henderson,
director of the educational exten-
sion division, University of Mich-
igan; Dr. Robert C. Shaw, former
deputy superintendent of public in-]
struction; Dr. William Rainey Ben-
nett, of Chicago, author, humorist
and philosopher; Prof. W. T. Felts,
of the southern Illinois State Nor-
mal University; and Dr. George P.
Bible, of Bellefonte. Prof. J. W.
Yoder, of Juniata College, will have
charge of the music and Miss
Rachel Shuey, of Bellefonte, will
preside at the piano.
FOUR NEW DAUGHTERS
IN BELLEFONTE CHAPTER
A very enjoyable evening was spent
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution the Episcopal parish.
a Thursday,” October
1st, 1931. The hostesses for the
evening were Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes,
Mrs. H. L. Curtin, Mrs. W. L. Dag-
gett, Mrs. J. P. Lyon, Mrs. George
Thompson, Miss Janet H. Potter and
Miss Grace Mitchell.
A very delightful program of liv-
ing pictures of the old masterpieces
was given by the Guild of the
church and thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone.
Four new members were welcom-
ed into the Society, Mrs. M. Ward
Fleming, Mrs. Clara Crabtree, Miss
May Young Taylor, and Miss Rox-
anna Mingle.
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GARDEN CLUB WLL MAKE
TRIP TO BEAR MEADOWS,
The box picnic scheduled on the
calendar of the Bellefonte Garden
Club for October has been canceled
and as a substitute the club will
motor to the camp of the Penn
State Nature Club, near the Allen
Seager forest in the Bear Mead-
ows, next Wednesday, October 14th.
A short business meeting will be
held on arrival there after which
Prof. George R. Green, head of the
nature study department, at State
College, will take the visitors on a
personally conducted tour through
the forest. Automobiles will leave
at one o'clock. Members desiring
transportation are asked tocall the
club president, Mrs. Gregg Curtin,
so that accommodations can be ar-
ranged.
CARS COLLIE ON CURVE,
BOTH BADLY WRECKED.
Early Sunday morning a Nash
roadster belonging to John Emel, of
Bellefonte, and driven by Carl
Moerschbacher, and a 1918 Buick,
operated by Raymond Schnarrs, of
Hawk Run, crashed headon on a
curve in the highway near the lat-
ter place. The collision threw the
Nash to the side of the road where
it ran into the porch of a house
and rebounding knocked off the top
of a twelve inch concrete abutment
then fell over the bank. The Buick
later caught fire and was burned.
Strange as it may seem, while both
cars were badly wrecked none of
the occupants of the two cars were
injured.
——The Japanese beetle having
been discovered in and about Lock
Haven quarantine officers have been
stationed on the highway between
Flemington and Mill Hall and all
cars coming toward Bellefonte are
being stopped for examination. The
beetle is evidently moving west,
notwitsstanding the quarantine, for
during mid-summer the examination
station was located on this side of
Newberry.
PD FEDERAL UNION.
BEAMISH CALLS THE
COMMISSIONERS’ BLUFF
ON VOTING MACHINES.
County Must Accept and Pay for
Machines, Advises the Commis-
slsner’s A .
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Richard J. Beamish has called the
bluff of the Centre County Commis-
sioners on the payment of voting
maghines for Philipsburg, and as it
looks now the latter will throw
down their hands and, on the advice
of their attorney, former Judge
Arthur C. Dale, accept the machines
and pay for them.
Barly this week the Commission-
ers received two communications
from Secretary Beamish. One in-
formed them that five machines had
been ordered from the Jamestown
Voting Machine company, of James-
town, N. Y. The other communi.
cation was in effect that the ma-
chines will be shipped on or about
October 8th, (yesterday), and ask-
ed the Commissioners to designate
the address to which they were to
be shipped, whether Bellefonte or
Philipsburg. In the event that the
Commissioners failed to specify the
gnation the machines would be
) to them in Bellefonte.
turally voting machines in gen-
eral but the five machines for Philips-
burg in particular were pretty thor-
oughly discussed at the meeting of
the board on Tuesday. Attorney
was called into the conference
failed in offering even a ray
for the Commissioners to
yment for the machines.
recourse they would have
a flat refusal then a fight
rts. And as it looks at
they will probably ac-
machines.
machines will reach Philips-
for the November elec-
and will probably be used at
though it mignt be deem.
to have ballot's print-
ed f§ Philipsburg for use in the
event of mechanical trouble with
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STATE OOLLEGE EXPANDS
HER RADIO PROGRAMS
An expanded and improved radio
broadcast service will start Monday,
October 12 from WPSC, the station
owned and operated at 1230 kilo
cycles by the Pennsylvania State
College.
Covering the Central Pennsylvania
territory like a blanket, the college
station will continue old features
and inaugurate new attractions ona
schedule of daily broadcasts through-
out the winter and spring. Each
program will be accompanied by
musical entertainment. The new
schedule follows:
Each week-day at 12 o'clock
noon; Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays will include farm, garden
and household features; Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, news and
general college features; weather
reports and recorded music each
day. These programs will contin-
ue for 20 to 25 minutes.
A new feature will come from
WPSC each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock, be-
ginning October 12, headlined by
cultural and educational talks by
various members of the college fac-
ulty. Music will De included in
these programs of one hour dura-
tion.
Each Sunday morning at 11
o'clock the college chapel service
will be broadcast as usual, and a
new addition will be a two-hour
program at 3 o'clock each Sunday
afternoon, chiefly music by student
and faculty artists.
All football games at State Col-
lege are broadcast, the Dickinson
broadcast on October 17 starting at
2.20 p. m.
Mr. Herbert Koepp-Baker, of the
college division of public speech, has
been placed in charge of all WPSC
radio programs and is acting as
chief announcer.
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——Last Friday afternoon an air-
plane passed over Bellefonte west-
ward. It had flown but a short
distance when a loud report was
heard and the hum of the motors
ceased; at least they could not be
heard by those watching the plane.
The pilot promptly swung his plane
around and volplaned down, making
a safe landing on the old aviation
field on the Beaver farm. He evi-
dently was able to make any re-
pairs necessary himself as it was
not long until he again took to the
air and sailed on his way west. It
was not an N.A.T. mail plane, as
the men at the aviation field have
no information regarding the land-
ing.
——When you read the Watchman
you get ail the news worth reading.
THE EXPRESS OFFICE
AT STATE COLLEGE.
The office of the American Ex-
press company, at State College,
was broken into and robbed between
two and three o'clock on Sunday
morning. It was not the work of
amateurs as the safe was scientifi-
cally blown by some one who knew
his business. While the exact
amount of money taken is not def.
initely known it was some where
betwen $30.00 and $50.00.
Through a peculiar circumstance
the robbers were detected in their
work by Miss Edna Shirk, night
operator in the Bell telephone ex-
change at the College. When the
robbers blew the safe the force of
the explosion knocked the telephone
from the office desk. The receiver
falling from the hook naturally
flashed a signal on the instrument
board in the exchange. Plugging
in Miss Shirk heard the men at
work and also heard one of them
say “get the money quick and let's
get out of this.”
She notified the State College po-
lice who hurried to the express of-
fice. Supposing the robbers still
inside the police hurled tear gas
bombs into the building. After
waiting a reasonable length of time
for the robbers to come out, and
none doing so, the police ventured
in. They found the wrecked and
looted safe but no robbers. The
birds had flown and made a safe
getaway without leaving a trace be-
500 PERSONS VISIT THE
OLD STONE CHURCH.
county, made a pilgrimage to the
“Old Stone Church,” at Manor Hill,
on Sunday.
The church, which is
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Miss Anna L. Ballog, of Phillipsburg,
wants to be a Pennsylvania State high-
way patrolman. She is the first girl in
the history of the patrol! to request in-
formation as to the requirements for ad-
mission to the highway patrol training
school. Her request will not be grant-
ed, however, 0
-—-Prothonotary George T. Williams, of
Schuylkill county, has some advice to
those of the fair sex who would get
thin without dieting. “If you want to
get thin, run for office,” said Williams,
who lost twenty-five pounds conducting
his successful campaign for the Repub-
lican nomination for Sheriff.
—Establishment of a $10,000 fund, the
income of which is to be used for hos-
pitalization of ‘any respectable girl or
woman, black or white, who has to earn
her living by working in other people's
kitchens,” was disclosed by the probate
at Chambersburg, Friday, of the will of
Miss Emma B. Knepper, of Waynesboro.
The Knepper estate has an estimated
value of $40,000.
—Ordinarily when a man annoys a
lady the lady screams. But when Phil-
adelphia police responded to a scream
on Monday they found the lady smiling
and the ‘‘masher’” making the noise.
Mrs. George Gledhill, 21, explained that
the man, Louis Shuberman had annoyed
her. A policeman led him away on a
charge of disorderly conduct, Mrs, Gled-
hill replaced her hatpin. .
~Wrapping a towel about his head te
cover his eyes, John H. McCloskey, 50,
Pittsburgh attorney, leaped to his death
from a fourth story window of a Mead-
ville hotel early last Thursday. The
badly mangled body, in night attire, was
found in an alleyway. Police said Mc-
Closkey went to Meadville, on Wednes-
day, to collect rentals, He owned con-
siderable real estate in that district.
—Thirty Coatesville property owners
who are finding it difficult to pay their
city taxes because of the business de-
pression have asked City Council to be
allowed to work out their taxes on the
streets. Council has decided to grant
their request and will give them work
two weeks each month until their taxes
are paid. Meantime the regular street
workmen will have a part-time vacation,
—A letter mailed from a neighbor of
John Stackhouse, 34, of Dollington, near
Newtown, to the office of Governor Pin-
chot, that a still was in operation on his
farm, and not to notify the State police,
as they were being paid, brought State
police and county detectives down on
Stackhouse’s place. A 50-gallon still
and 200 gallons of choice grape, peach
and other brandies and apple-jack were
found by the raiders. Stackhouse was
held in $1000 bail for court before Jus-
tice Neil Nolan, at Morrisville.
~—Willlam Bailey, of Shamokin, is the
only paid prisoner in the Northumberland
county jail at Sunbury, and during his
incarcernation will be given a recom-
pense of $3.50 a day until probably next
February, when the arson case as a re-
103 years old, was recently remodel- sult of the attempted burning of the
ed, but the furnishings consist of Washington hotel at Shamokin comes up
the original benches installed when
the church was built, while the edi-
fice is heated by tour ten-plate
Rev. H. T. Smith, of the Petersburg
Presbyterian church. The sermon
in the morning was delivered by willing to wait until opening of
Rev. Samuel Martin, of State Col-
lege, while Rev. Francis Shunk
Downs, of New York, preached in
the afternoon.
of Blair county, made a historical
address. Music was furnished by
a quartette from Juniata College,
while Rev. and Mrs. James A. Sell,
of Hollidaysburg, an aged couple,
sang a duet. Mrs. Sell also sang
a solo and the Reverend read a
poem on the pilgrimage written by
himself
.
NEW THRIFT COMPANY
HAD AUSPICIOUS OPENING |* shore
Tarring S. Davis squirrels.
attention on game killers who seem un-
| seasons permit sportsmen to take the
|fleld. Arrests already have been made
| for illegal killing of wild turkeys and
Because of. the ease with
which both may be shot at present, bag
hunters have been taking advantage of
that condition. Farmers and sportsmen
who object to such methods of killing
game have been co-operating with the en-
forcement officers in locating law vio-
laters.
-—With the Governors of Pennsylvania
and Ohio in attendance, ground was
broken on Tuesday for the construction
of the great Pymatuning dam, in Shen-
ango county, covering 16,420 acres with
line of seventy miles. The
lake to be created is larger by 3000 acres
The new Centre County Thrift than Chautauqua and three times the
Corporation is now a going concern.
It's office in the Penn Belle build-
size of Wallenpaupack, heretofore the
largest body of water in the State. The
water to be impounded will weight 267,«
ing was officially opened for busi- |g 005 tons and would fill a tunnel twen-
ness, on Monday morning, and the
ty-seven feet wide and twenty feet high,
first day proved a very busy one | extending across the continent more than
for manager Kingsley.
could hardly talk at all.
In fact he 3000 miles.
talked loans so incessantly that by
closing time he was so hoarse he
—Swanky, swaggering rin g-necked
pheasant swains have in many a wit-
nessed clash with domestic roosters and
Eighteen applicants for loans were |even cats won the reputation of being
entered the first day, ranging in size
from $100 to $300, there being a
number of the latter. An average
number of applications was also en-
tered, on Tuesday, and that evening
the board of directors held a meet-
ing to pass upon the requests for
loans. As the board must pass
upon all applications before the mon-
ey is handed over, it looks as if the
members might be kept pretty busy.
Pittsburgh people who were prom-
inent in promoting the Thrift Cor-
poration expressed themselves as
highly gratified with the opening
business and predicted a successful
career for the new institution.
NEW POSTOFFICE SITE
IS STILL UNDEDCIDED.
Several weeks ago it was announc-
ed from Washington, D. C, that
condemnation proceedings were to
be instituted to secure title to three
properties on north Allegheny street,
Bellefonte, as the site for the pro-
posed new postoffice building. Since
that announcement no further in-
formation has been forthcoming re-
garding the contemplated action.
Up to this time no action has been
brought in the Centre county courts
to condemn the properties, and post-
office officials here have no informa-
tion as to anything having been
done.
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~———August set the high mark for
the year in automobile accidents in
Pennsylvania. There were 4336.
They caused 181 fatalities, just one
more than in August 1930.
the boldest ‘‘cock of the walk" among
game birds, remarks a bulletin of the
American Game Association. But as the
prize story of this imported bird's dar-
ing it told of a recent report from Nor-
man Wood, of Coatesville. According to
Wood, a cock pheasant was seen to re-
sent intrusion upon his section of a
fleld by a bull and his admiring retinue.
The game bird flew against the cattle
time after time until the astonished bull
followed his herd in a dignified retreat.
—-A man and wife, of Chester county,
have brought suit for $50,000 damages
to pay them for six days spent in jail.
It was brought against another couple
whose statements, the eomplainants al.
lege, were responsible for their arrest.
The suit was brought by Mr. and Mrs.
John Lisoki, of Phoenixville, against Mr.
and Mrs, John Bilinski, of the same
town. The Lisoskis were locked up in
the county jail on suspicion of murder.
It was suspected they knew something
about the death of Johyne Josenewskl,
of Birchrunville, which police ascribed to
posion. A chemical analysis of the dead
man's stomach disproved the charges and
the Lisoskis were released.
—The First Lutheran church of Mif-
flinburg will celebrate a double anni-
versary, the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. William
M. Rearick, on October 25, and on No-
vember 1st the one hundred and twenty-
fifth anniversary of the dedication of
the Elias church, which was built and
dedicated in 1806 by the Lutheran and
Reformed congregations, and which was
the first church in that section of Union
county. Prior to that time congrega-
tions worshipped ‘in schoolhouses. A
history of the MifMinburg congregation,
from its organization in 1798 to the
present time, has been compiled by C.
M. Steese., This has been printed in
book form.