Hr m— AT LAST Almost the Watchman had given up hope of ever having oc | casion to dust off the roosters that were bought to crow over Demo- sow Juper, hat — Gray Meek edicd and PO ting tor ty nietonte, soand | cratic victories in Centre county in a time when its present editor Editors. | was nothing more than something yet to be picked out of cosmos. GEORGE R. MEEK CHARLES L. GATES Like Eugene Field's little toy —— MARY GRAY isiiid ly, every FT “oe Co he Watchman's poultry farm were “covered with dust” until Wed- Published weekly, every Friday m- To Correspondents No communications | the L | v d in. Entered at the “pos ollice, Bulle. published unless accompanied by the real nesday morning. We didn’t kiss “and put them there” but we did onte, , &s second c matter. name . | . . epho ex i Terms of Subseription.—Until further In ordering change of address al offer to kiss and hug the courteous lady in the 18! P one L 1 Brg | notice, of the lollowing Tates: 51/50 give $e 5a as ve i he ew els. who told us, on Wednesday morning at seven-thirty, what had hap- Paid before expiration of year - 113 notifed when Sbtriver "wishes the pened in Centre county the day before. # ow aid after expiration of year - paper discontinued. n such cases . 1 1 A sample copy of the “Watchman' will ihe ubseription must be paid up to From Republicans and Democrats, ha o We y ednesday, be sent without cost to applicants. date of cancellation. came a telephonic and personal clamor for the atchman to seize dust covered, roosters a chance w this opportunity to give its poor old, NOVEMBER 6, 198%. 10 CTOW. BELLEFONTE, PA. One woman even went so far as to telephone that her break- OWARD DEMOCRACY. | fast dishes were all washed and she was ready to come down and TREND T "wa The result of Tuesday's election was not so much of a surprise | help us “preen them up” for the exhibition she thought they were en- to those who have kept in mind the outcome of nearly every special | titled Io have. ; opportunity the voters of the country have had during the past year The Watchman is not exultant. It alw to express their feelings through the ballot. be with the under dog. In parading its roosters today it is not In every State in which there have been local or special elections | gloating over anything. It is merely running true to form. jes to fill vacant seats in Congress there has been a definite trend that | been a good sport mn it's eons of defeat and it is good sport enous could indicate nothing else than dissatisfaction with the party in '© admit right here that it parades iis Fousters ig Seduse good power. It might not be that Republicans are turning Democrats, Republican friends in Centre county have given it the chance to say: but it is incontrovertible evidence that they are disappointed with Faithful to the Watchman the roosters stood and anxious to rebuke their own party for its crimes of omission and All in a dusty row commission. Hopeful of the time when Republicans would Outstanding contests to the point on Tuesday were the smash- Give them a chance to crow ing victories of Governor-elect Moore in New Jersey and that of McDOWELL Michael J. Hart for Congress in the Eighth Michigan district. It | has been consistently Republican and was pivotal in that whichever SPEARLY party won that seat would be given a majority of two in the next House of Congress. On the present line-up Congress now stands | BRUNGART A DEFINITE It has been its habit always to 217 Democrats, 215 Republicans, 1 Farmer-Laborite and 2 vacancies. While the Watchman can see no good to the in having control of the next House of Congress the been thrust upon it is gratifying evidence that the country is looking to it for something better than the present administration has been able to give. The result in New Jersey is positive proof that Pres-| ident Hoover is regarded by the electorate as an exploded phenom- | enon. The late Dwight Morrow, had he been spared, might have held the State for himself, but he could not have done it for Hoov-| er. In Connecticut every Following last year’s election of time, almost within memory, this is tends what might be expected there i test. Connecticut counts little in the are voters, whether they live in the “Nutmeg” State. They are all human and susceptible to the same reactions. | Here in Pennsylvania Democrats won county offices to which they have not had entry for years. Of course most of such vic-| tories were due to purely local and personal conditions, yet it can- | not be denied that they are evidence of a revival of militancy in Democracy and a willingness on the part of many Republicans to join in any effort to give the country a government that has some- | thing more substantial than promises to offer. In nearly every important county contest in the State some rebuke to the Federal or State administrations can be seen. : ; : " The Utley victory for Judge in the new Mifflin district was a Crowing, not In exultation; merely to exercise lungs almost direct slap at Governor Pinchot's having appointed a favorite to the t. bd. by long confinement in a dusty coop bench there in defiance of the known wishes of the majority of the ' people of the county. In Centre county, while the Democratic part presented a ticket made up of eminently good men, it was not wholly th nalties | that swept them into office. It is a moot question as to whether | more than three of them would have been elected had not the feel: ing that it is time for a change permeated the political atmosphere here just as it has permeated the State and the Nation. There are hundreds of Republicans in Centre county who are tired of the appeals to “vote it straight,” especially when such im- portuning comes from those whom they are disqovering are only us- ing their party as a means to selfish personal aims, rather than as a Democratic party | duty that has BOOB Democratic Mayors. | a Democratic Governor for the first | significant of a trend that por- n the coming presidential con- | electoral college but voters or the “Sunflower” | large city elected HERR HUNTER ol WETZLER YEARICK A HODGE—PODGE OF id NEWSY INCIDENTS. —— On the street, last Friday, we met one of the leading merchants from a small town in Centre coun- ty, but he is no “small town’ store- keeper by long odds. On a guess we'd say he has been in business at the same stand for fifty years or thereabouts. He has always man- The difference between the entries on the quarter sessions docket for the November court and the Sep- tember term is so large that it is hard to reconcile. At the Septem- ber term there were 211 entries and for the Novembr term only 63. Of course less than half the entries are Commonwealth’ cases for trial. Possibly the business depression is also reaching into the realms of the constructive agency in government. aged to keep about half a jump | bench and bar. In the Nation, in the State, in the County, Tuesday's election ahesd or ‘the times with tue fest The election is mow a thing of that he has built up a his town and surrounding commu- nity and his business is standing on a firm foundation. He has also made and saved money and has ‘various other good investments. Speaking of the present depres- sion he stated that business in his ‘store was about on a par with that in the ordinary run of stores. That there really was not enough to encourages hope that our next President will be a Democrat. It can be no worse for the country than conditions are now. Cer- tinly no Democratic administration of affairs can be pointed to as having been in power when such mental, moral, financial and eco- nomic chaos existed as alarms the country today. the past and we hope some candi- date will come to the front with definite information as to the kind of publicity that did him the most good. Thousands of cards of all kinds were distributed and various ways of attracting the attention of the voter resorted to. We stood on a Bellefonte street, one morning, and watched a political worker tie me wo FIFTY YEARS AGO IN CENTRE COUNTY Items taken from “the Watchman issue another furniture store. John Proud- foot and Reuben Spangler are go- ing to open one in the McClain block, next door to the Watchman of November 11, 1881. office. ‘keep his clerks and himself busy, | & sign on the front bumper of a — ‘so he was letting the clerks do the man’s car. Hardly had he got out The County Fair Associ ation is a ‘work and he was just running of sight when the man drove into little late in announcing the pre- |around. He said that so far he an alley and tore off the sign. mium winners, but you will find them all on page 5 of this jssue. Sum- marizing them here J. G. Rider won $6.00 for the pest heavy draft stal- We know of two candidates who attended a large gathering near the close of the campaign and as the people were leaving the men took ‘hadn't reduced his help or their ‘wages and didn’t intend to during the winter. He doesn't expect to lion. Daniel Poorman won $5.00 make much, if any, money this year, for the best stud colt. H. K. Hoy i Demorals of Cente Coun: and will be catisfied if he breaks up a position of vantage and pass- won the first prize, $3.00, for the 7 good reason to congra. even. In fact, he might have to ed out their cards. After the themselves on the splendid victory of Tuesday last. Every man on the ticket was elected by a handsome majority. While the returns have not yet been compiled it looks as though the lowest majority would be 500 and the highest 1500. — The home of Prof. D. M. Wolf, county superintendent of schools, at Penn together with all of its contents, was totally destroyed by fire last Thursday morning. Prof. Wolf was in Bellefonte at the time. ~The Bellefonte glass works will be put in blast again next Sunday pest mare colt. N. J. Dale was awarded first prize, $3.00 for the first best heavy draft mare. Harry S. Stuart won $4.00 for the best ir of carriage horses. J. Kyle McFarlane won $3.00 for the best walking horse. A. Garbrick won $3.00 for the best milk cow. W. C. Patterson, of State College, won all the prizes on his six exhibits of wheat, rye, clover and timothy seed, and corn. Mr. Patterson also won first on his exhibit of Genesee Coun- ty King potatoes. Mrs. David Sei- pert won first, 50cts oy oe Geo. Smeltzer, Wm. B. ey an Joseph Baker took all the prizes in at midnight. the fruit exhibit. John Bartruff __The first snow of the season fell won all the prizes m the open and on Friday, November 4th. top buggy classes as well as for _ pegington’'s axe works at Miles. crowd had all gone one of the men walked some distance along the road searching for evidence. He found eight of the other cardidaie's cards but not one of his own, which he considered a good omen. And it was, because both he and the other fellow were elected, and both are good Democrats draw a little on his reserves but he is going to take care of those who stood by him in the past, confident that these times can't last much longer and that he'll profit in the ‘end. If the country had enough men with the same philosophical view- point it might help a lot to improve business conditions. Just forty women were voted for, at the election on Tuesday, as can- didates for most of the precinct of- fices. And we must give it to the women they exercise better judg- | ment in picking a sure thing office ‘than some of them do in choosing a husband. For instance, out of ELK'S MINSTREL DATE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. Friday, November 20th, has been definitely decided upon as the date for the Altoona Elk's club minstrels to be given in the Richelieu theatre under the auspices of the Bellefonte haetons and 8 ring wagons. The : Dest loaf of oh bread was the purg sre sguin in runing CHASE of {tue forty women eighteen were |lodge of Elks for the benefit of the one baked by Mrs. H. K. Hoy, gveville struck a Re SO ore re lominety for inspectors of election | Associated Charities. This min- though the judges came near 10 few. days ago. Workmen have without any opposition. Two were | strel club has given annual enter- blows in determining whether Mrs. gone down 27 feet without finding | 3% judges of election and, while tainments for the past five years Hoy's or that exhibited by Mrs. T.M. the end of it and the owners, Dan- we were mot certain of the result|and has a reputation extending Barnhart was the better. Miss Liz- i.) Rhoads Esq. of this place, and When this was written, we feel pret- throughout several counties. DrFoster had the best display of ay Downing, of Philadelphia, =r ty certain they were elected. Ten | Tickets for the minstrels will be water color paintings and WAaS preparing to develop and market it. women were voted on for school di- on sale at the four drug stores, J. B. Rossman’'s filling station, Hoods billiard parlor, the Kell-Font and awarded $2.00, though 8S. C. Stover | Y sec- | and. Sue C, Lefiker were close seC- go. uel Sheffer, living near Mo rector, five for township auditor, assessor and one each for old son of Mr. —A little five year rris’ two for onds. Best inserting by girl under | 16 years was won by Lettie Smelt. lime kilns, fell from a swing on burgess, borough council and over- | Montgomery & Co's. Price of tick- zer and she is richer by $1.00. ‘Saturday last and dislocated one of geer of the poor. About the only | ets will be 75 cents all over the Mamie Morris, Sallie Dawson and Lig nips. (This was the late Paul offices they haven't tackled are road house. These tickets can be ex- Hattie Roan were very close with po Shaffer, of east Linn street, supervisor and high constable. changd for reserved seats at th their exhibits. The best yellow | Bellefonte.—Editor’s Note.) | — I oo iiing Npveinhe oe ge . rd- —— - | The grand jury is at work thi r 9 corn, selected by a boy, was avant. | g jury $ | 20th, inclusive. Buy a ticket and __An important item of news in| week considering the bills of in- william Smeltzer and Louis Gug- the metropolitan newspapers last dictment for the November term of genheimer were second and third in | week was to the effect that former court which will convene next Mon- this class. President Coolidge took his trusty day. Owing to Tuesday being __The property of the Bellefonte | gun and shot a pole cat. We do election day the grand jury did not Building and Loan Association will | hope it was one that Calvin always convene until Wednesday, but as the be sold at public sale at the court | seemed to be sniffin’ when posing | list of cases for trial this court is ed to Homer Decker. He got give the minstrels a big house. ————— A —————————— — Our mailing list has been cor- rected and this week the label on your paper ought to reflect the standing of your account with the house at 3 oclosk on the afternoon | for a picture. | the smallest in several years they | Watchman. If we have failed to of November 14 eee een \will have no trouble clearing up | give you proper credit please advise —Read the Watchman. Jtheir work before the week-end. | us at once. _ Bellefonte is going to Bava) dog the cocks and cockerels in| PATIENTS TREATED AT CENTRE COUNTY HOSPITAL. Miss Florence Peters, of Boggs | surgical treat- township, received ment, last Monday, and was dis- charged the same day. Mrs. R. G. Forsburg, of Belle- fonte, a surgical patient, was dis- charged last Monday. Clark F. Brewer, of came a medical patient on Monday of last week and Wednesday. Norman E. Houser, 6-year-old son ‘of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Houser, of Benner township, was discharged, Tuesday of last surgical patient for a day. Mrs. Sid Wellar, of Bellefonte, be- came a surgical patient on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Franklin Reichert and daugh- ter, of Orviston, were discharged last Tuesday. Mrs. Lucy B. Johnson, of State College, a medical patient, was dis- charged last Wednesday after re- ceiving medical treatment. Florabelle, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Tipton, of How- ard township, was discharged last Wednesday after undergoing surgi- cal treatment. Richard Scull, aged four years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lercy Scull, of Bellefonte, was discharged last Thursday after undergoing a day's s.-gical treatment. Miss Hazel Sayres, of Bellefonte, was discharged last Thursday after undergoing surgical treatment. Mrs. Charles Hines, of Centre Hall, who had been a surgical pa- tient, was discharged on Friday. | Mrs. Irvin R. Mulbarger, of Pleas- ant Gap, was discharged on Friday after receiving surgical treatment. Mrs. Nellie Soltis, of Clarence, was discharged on Friday after re- ceiving medical treatment. Ernest McChesney, of Altoona, a surgical patient, was discharged on Friday. William Solt, of Spring township, was admitted on Friday as a medi- cal patient. Miss Sophonia Wando, of State College, was admitted for surgical treatment on Friday. Austin L. Johnson, of State Col- lege, is a surgical patient, having been admitted on Saturday. Miss Anna L. Corman, of Spring township, was admitted for surgical treatment on Saturday. Lois J. Billett, aged four months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Billett, of Coleville, died on Satur- day- Mrs. V. A. Williams, of State Col- lege, was discharged on Saturday af- ter undergoing surgical treatment. Miss Madeline L. St. Clair, of Bellefonte, became a surgical pa- tient on Sunday and was discharged ‘on Monday. Jacqueline, the 2-year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Eversoll, of State College, was admitted on Sunday for surgical treatment. George Miller, of State College, became a surgical patient on Sun- day. Mrs. Mayme Barr, of Port Ma- ‘tilda, is a surgical patient, having been admitted to the hospital on Sunday. Mrs. Homer C. Wayne and infant daughter, or Bellefonte, were Ais- charged from the hospital on Mon- da is a surgical patient, having been admitted on Monday. Florence M. Volynch, of Belle- fonte, became a surgical patient on Monday. There were 38 patients in the hos- pital at the beginning of this week. — The banks were the only business places in Bellefonte which observed election day as a holiday. All stores and offices were open as usual. ———————————————————— UNIONVILLE the season George E. | Holt bagged his limit of rabbits and John Resides and son Johnny each ‘got a wild turkey. I HD. Rumberger of Scranton made his usual visit to his the Fall election and visited his son, Pierce and other relatives here. Mrs. J. S. Askins returned on Sat- visit of about three and friends Mr. and Mrs. J. wi and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harrisburg Spent Sunday at the home of their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McElwain. Those who attended the Ww. C.T| U. meeting at Howard last Thursd from here were Mrs. WwW. B Parsons, Mrs. Anna Finch and Mrs. H. E. ully ‘mittee had a fine program and all had a jolly social time Election day was quite a busy day. Most of effort to get to the polls. the candidates furnishing to enable many to g0 who otherwise wouldn't have got out. The opening of the hunting season prought a number of visitors to our cinity. At the home of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Holt were Henry Waldvogle, Victor Crone and George Foeria of Shamokin; 0. F. Saunde! D. R. Beveridge, william Steppe an Lenore Holt from Gettysburg. | At a recent meeting of the board of managers of the tover Cemetery ‘they planned to serve a Baki | supper in the community hall, Thurs- i November 12th, price 130 and 50 cents per plate. The menu ' will be baked ham, mashed potatoes, exavy, Sweet potatoes , corn, 2h , celery, pumpkin e, , |Ice cream and Home BL cake will {be on sale. Proceeds for_the purpose |of improving the cemetery. Bellefonte, be- was discharged on week, after being a y. Oliver T. Corman, of Spring Mills, | legal | home town for wagner of the citizens made a special | of their cars | WOMAN JAILED FOR | NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES DISCHARGED BY COURT. A habeas corpus hearing was held before Judge Fleming, Saturday morning, in the case of Mary C. Watson, of Clarence, committed to the Centre county jail on October 23rd, by justice of the peace BET Haynes, of Snow Shoe, for failure to pay her taxes to the collector, Iva Burkey. The commitment gave the amount of unpaid taxes as $24.55, but rec- ords in the County Commissioner's office showed that a lien had been entered against real estate owned by Mrs. Watson for $20.37. There was no evidence to show that the tax collector had made any attach- ment or attempted a sale of the personal property of Mrs. Watson for her per capita tax of $5.00 and occupation tax of 20 cents, or a total of $5.20. Mrs. Watson expressed her will- ingness to pay the $5.20, but de- murred on the costs, a total of '$12.80, which included $1.50 for justice Haynes and $11.30 for the constable who brought Mrs. Watson to jail. Under the warrant given all tax collectors there is no pro- vision for a hearing before a jus- tice in the case of any person who refuses to pay their taxes, and itis up to the tax collector to deliver the person to jail. And because of the fact that the jusice and the con- stable acted without any auhority of law they are not entitled to costs. The court took all the papers in the case and will give a written opinion and decision in the near fu- ture for the benefit of tax collectors in general. Charles Ward and Ralph Buffalino, the two prisoners who escaped from Rockview, on Monday of last week, and were caught within three hours, were called up for sentence, Ward drawing 4 to 8 years and Buffalin) 21, to 5 years. —————————————— PENN STATE AND BRITISH TO DEBATE NEXT WEEK Coleman Herpel, of McKeesport, and John A. Hoch, of Milton, have been selected to represent the Penn- sylvania State College next week in the opening debate of the year, Pro- fessor John Henry Frizzell, debating coach, has announced. The Penn State team will meet two students November 12 in a discus- sion of unemployment relief. De- bating is opened each year at Penn ' State against a team from a foreign country: The clash with the English de- paters will be over the merits of the dole and private charity to relieve distress caused by unemployment. The visitors, Stuart Craig and John ‘Needham, will support the dole while the Penn State men will present the case for private charity. —————————————8———— Graffius—Corman.—Lester Graf- fius, of Spruce Creek, and Miss Elsie Corman, of Graysville, were married in the Presbyterian church, at Baileyville, last Saturday morn- ing, by the pastor, Rev. S. B. Brown. Following the ceremony the young couple left on a brief wedding trip- Just where they will make their future home has nui been announc- ed. ———————————————— BOALSBURG. —— Mr. and Mrs. Paul Houtz moved to their new home, near State Col- lege, and Miss Hester Christ moved into the D. W. Meyer home, vacated by the Houtz family. pr. and Mrs. T. 0. Glenn, of Bradford, and Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Morrow, of Sinking valley, were callers at the M. A. Woods home on Saturday evening. The Ladies Bible class of the Reformed Sunday school, will hold | their annual chicken supper in the Sunday school room Saturday, Nov. 21st. The price of the supper be 50c Community quite a success. | grain, fruits, canned fruits and veg- atables, and needlework, were very creditable. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sohl, Philadelphia, arrived in town, day noon, Mrs. Sohl to visit at the Segner home while Mr. Sohl spent the time at State College. On their return home Sunday morning they were accompanied by Mrs. Segner: ———————————— IN BELLEFONTE CHURCHES REVIVAL MEETINGS There will be revival services in the Advent church on the hill, be- | ginning Sunday evening, Nov. 8th, at 7.30 o'clock and continuing as ‘long as the interest keeps Up: | Everybody invited and urged to at- tend and assist in the good work. r C. C. Shuey, Pastor of ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. 9:30 A. M,, Church school. 10:45 A. M., Morning worship and sermon: ‘Confession «r lal.” | 7:30 P. M., Vesper service and | sermon: “Neither Shall They Learn | War." ] Clarence E. Arnold, Pastor. METHODIST CHU RCH. | Church school, C. C. Shuey, Supt., | 9.30, with special event and goal— that one per cent increased attend- | ance: last Sunday, 334, this no less ‘than 337. League, 6.30—special | events. Preaching, piquant and | pungent, 10.45: 7.30 —evangelistic | service. Pastor responds to calls | for his services. Welcome strang- | Horace Lincoln Jacobs, Pastor.
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