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now by his Estate at the Watchman Printing House, Bellefonte, Pa.
Editors.
CHARLES L. GATES MARY GRAY MEEK
EORGE R. MEEK
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Published weekly, every Friday morn-
ing. Entered at the
fonte, Pa., as
To Saprespundents.lic communications
published ess accompanied by the real
name of the writer.
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Santa Claus Isn't Going to Forget
Wesley.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 4,
— . === Mr. George R. Meek,
THE EXTRA SESSION DEBACLE. | BElEIoNtS, Penna
Dear George:
The Legislature of Pennsylvania has been in special session six Ved the list of “subscribers who were
weeks and the problem of unemployment relief for which it was call-in arrears” dwindle from 775 to
ed is no nearer a solution than it was the day the body assembled in 607 in last week's issue. Since
Harrisburg. | nothing is said about it this week
. ~ |1 hope that all of the 607 have now
At the time the Governor announced
his intention of calling an | paid up. However,
extra session the Watchman expressed the opinion that such a course |i8 not the case and in order that I
would “prove a futile gesture, resulting either in exactly nothing or |
am not No. 608 I herewith enclose
: 3a: x bscriptio -
in providing some measure of relief that would come too $150 to pay Yor IY 5 push ve
any substantial value.”
late to be of |)" yan. 15th. 1 “The Demo-
| cratic Watchman” has long since be-
Both bodies adjourned Wednesday until Monday, December 28, [ome 3 BERGBEHLY, JO ok pleas-
after having passed the Talbot bill which appropriates $10,000,000 | yre with business I am also enclos-
directly from the State Treasury to the poor districts of the State, ing $1.00 for you to use for “Wes-
killed every ray of hope that the Governor might have had for addi- ley’s Christmas” as you have done
tional taxation from gasoline, cigarettes and bill-boards and made it |®° well in former years.
clear that in no event will they lend enabling enactments to any of
the Governor's pretentious plans for raising no less than $120,000,-
000 for various measures of relief.
It may still be a little early to ex-
press to you my best wishes for the
Inasmuch as the Attorney General advised the Legislature that
] it is to be expected that the Gover-
Holiday Season and to hope that
‘next year will be for you and yours
'a most prosperous one in which
het: a | there will be no “subscribers in ar-
the Talbot bill is unconstitutiona
nor will veto it. 1f he does there might be an attempt to pass i
over his head and with that done the probabilities are the Legisla-
ture will adjourn, sine die, and go home, leaving its only major
piece of legislation to be kicked around in the courts until summer
i d the need of relief not so pressing.
is here again an
It is a deplorable state of affairs. Aside from the fact that
nearly four hundred thousand dollars, the estimated cost of the ex-
tra session, will have been utterly wasted there is the spectacle of a A
bull-headed Governor and a political minded General Assembly hav- | We Sill moush Helge 3A Vide
ing been unable to submerge the personal equation in politics long | no doubt.—The Editor. Ppo
enough to enact legislation for the public welfare.
While the Watchman has never acquiesced in the theory that Edwin Markham, as Known by
the problem at hand is one that can be cured by either Federal or | Watchman Reader
State provided relief it is non-the-less disheartening to realize that | New Dorp N. Y. Dec. 13, 1931.
when it comes to the acid test factional advantage, rather than the Mr. George R Meck : ee
welfare of the ten million people in Pennsylvania, is the balance of | ora Pa. '
power in the State’s government. My dear Mr. Meek:—The poem in
this week's issue of the Watchman
by Edwin Markham “The Rights of
‘a Man” is but one of the many
written by this author. Mr.
Hemphill, recent candidate of the Democratic and | odd and Supiovg 4 style which ke
for Governor of Pennsylvania, has announced that he | His writings are all very substantial.
favors the nomination of Governor Ritchie, of Maryland, as Markham is a protege of
party's nominee for President. On some sides Mr. Hemphill's
declaration is looked upon as a trial balloon to reveal the currents in | minister in charge of an Independ-
the political atmosphere to the Democratic State organization, Mr. } 2a Chrigiiah yooagiegation in Se
Hemphill was careful to make it clear in his statement that his views i who was at a loss ® yen sub-
were wholly personal and not related to any other interest than his ject bn which to preach at the eve-
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1931.
list of paid-up subscribers.
is the case just ignore the good
wishes until Dec. 24th.
Very truly,
HAROLD B. GARDNER
on
What Harold wishes for us is al-
| most too much to hope for. How-
| ever, since wishes are horses to most
beggared country newspaper men
EMBARRASSING THE ORGANIZATION.
John M.
Liberal parties
own. It was not - so long ago that Mr. Joseph Guffey, of Pitts- ning service, finally choosing this
burgh, at one time national committeeman for Pennsylvania, made a °0¢: “Suffer the little children 10
unto me for of such is the
public statement to the effect that he could or would deliver a ma- | SoM®
jority of the State's delegates to the national convention into the
camp of Governor Roosevelt, of New York.
Mr. Hemphill made no pretense of being able to deliver any-
thing more than his own support to the Ritchie candidacy. His
statement contained no intimation that he carries a bloc of Pennsyl-
vania delegates around in his vest pocket. Modest as it was in
comparison with the Guffey boast it was untimely, even if it was
really nothing more than what we believe it to have been—an ex-
At that time
lot of juvenile
i m of heaven.”
‘there was quite a
crime in the city,
offenses committed against them
and Mr. Harris handled his subject
so well that at the conclusion of the
' service Mr. Horace Ureely, an office
| bearer in the church,
‘ed the tion to remain after
land immediately appointed a com-
| mittee to investigate conditions as
pression of an individual more interested in a principle of govern- to the needs for an organization
ment than in men. ‘looking to the welfare of children.
Much water will go over the dam before Pennsylvania selects | Result: The founding of the New
her delegates to the next national convention. If we diagnose the {Tork Javea he y RY We. Hut
present thought of the rural Democracy of the State properly We came an author of note. I have in
believe it is more centered on making a Democrat the next Presi- | my library some of his works en-
dent than on just who that Democrat shall be. titled as follows: Conversations in
The party has a wealth of splendid possibilities, the opportunity God's
to elect one of them is most promising, yet there are so many col- | public
lateral elements to be considered that failure to properly appraise n
them might destroy what now seems to be the best chance we have | Mr. Matcha, Smploye Heh, tie
had since 1912. Jaume stvie tings as
As we have said, rural Pennsylvania is not thinking so much of I have visited Mr. Markham on
the man as it is of the party. If its mind were to be read, however, several occasions and value his
it would be found to be thinking more of Roosevelt or Baker than frienazhlp Ss mgy. Helo a
of Ritchie. Events yet unrevealed might change it and because of F182 e eighties, well git
ot 10: : : : : p, with a heavy head of hair, his
that possibility we think the time is not ripe for any attempt to mould |peard is scant, he carries himself
it into a cohesive force behind any of the possible candidates. | erect despite his age and is one of
It should be remembered that Pennsylvania will have 72 or 76! 4 elightful entertainer
delegates in the next national convention. As a unit they will be |g No 92 Waters Ave,
a potential factor. Divided, they will play an inconsequential part in | Staten Island, and from the outside
naming the candidate. ‘one would guess it to be the home
J of a poet or musician, as it is not
‘well kept. oa
— All the high priced specialists and the high brow economists The services of Mr. Markham are
have been prescribing for our industrial ills for two years and more | 13_gioet demand eh Meerires at
and the old marasmus is still on us. About every nostrum CONCEIV- | jacturer and head of the Staten Is-
able has been prescribed for the anemic industrial condition of the land Literary Guild and is a most
world and there is no sign of a turn for the better in the condition | charming person.
of the patient. There will be no change,
either, until there is reali-| On entering the Markham house
sation that the melons that great corporations were cutting only a one's first thought is a booksellers
few years ago were really mushrooms that have turned into lemons. | Sonks mo room fos and ‘sb nu
The higher plane onto which civilization was supposed to have mov- giied with books reaching from floor
ed was all in the head and unmindful of the development of the legs to ceiling and under desks and in
of common sense on which everything stable must stand. ‘the hallways every nook piled high
‘and the grand old author says “I
| can my hand on any book I
‘want,
—Last week the Watchman announced that there were two per- gop hy Jor ns fussy
sons in Bellefonte who had volunteered to give ten dollars a month, | and then from another part of the
for four months, to Associated Charities of Bellefonte for the relief house he got two poems “The Man
of the needy, provided eight others would join them, On Tuesday | With The Hoe" and “The Man Of
a gentleman, who is not a resident of the borough and has many such |
i in his home town, asked that he might be one of the ten. Are | vysentad the = oS is a poem
there seven others? Doubtless Associated Charities would find one- on Lincoln and was selected from
hundred dollars in cash, that could be relied on every month during among many as the best and Dr.
Breath In Man, The Great Re-
and The Marriage Of Heav-
Earth
| the most interesting listeners and a
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a3 tans ’ i i inistrations ief. |Henry Van Dyke, of Princeton Uni-
the winter season, a wonderful help in their ministrations of relief versity, said of it, “Edwin Mark-
———— ham's Lincoln is the greatest poem
ever written on the immortal mar-
now in control of Congress, have made an
encouraging start by their declaration that President Hoover's ideas
on debt moratoriums are not to be made a party issue. In other
words, support or opposition to any of his proposals as to foreign
obligations to this country are not to be controlled by the party whip.
This stand should go far to inspire confidence in the intent of the
new Congress to avoid mere partisan antagonism to the President and
his policies.
—The Democrats, tyr and the greatest that ever will
be written.” I am especially sig-
nally honored by Mr. Markham in
this, I may take from his library
any book I wish and he says fiinal-
ly meaning to keep as my own.
Who would not cherish a friendship
such as this?
Mr. Markham is our greatest liv-
From week to week I have watch-
I fear that such
rears” but instead a much enlarged,
If such
rose and ask-
Heaven-Veritas-The New Republic— |
The Hour” autographed them and |
consid-
itics found to culminate
increased taxation, ne
EB
shoddy-society with its
and workhouses, hospitals
‘and speakeasies, trade unions and
city arabs gaping in hopeless be-
| wilderment at the quagmires pro-|
‘duced by state-craft, at the soul-
‘stunting competition it cannot re-
| gist, and at a stream of discontented
emigration we are powerless to con-
trol and no other country cares to
welcome.”
‘from the same book and I ask that
‘you ponder it well before you again
tell your readers about your private
| bootlegger, Mr. Editor.
| “Drink is in its very nature an-
tagonistic to the social compact. It
wars against manliness; for its first
‘point of attack is the soul's seat of
'government—the human will. This
‘it degrades while enervating it, and
in weakening the will it opens up
an avenue through which work evil
desires, loathsome insanities, a tem-
porizing spirit and a bias toward
filthiness which result in insensibility
to the finer, more interior teachings
of God in conscience.”
The book from which the forego-
ing quotations were taken was writ.
ten prior to 1893 and as things
stand today I think it was good
| prophesy.
’ Respectfully,
WILLIAM H. FIELDING
t
Mr. Fielding has long been identi-
fied with the police department of |
New York city, though we think he
is now retired, after a record for
most distinguished service. The last
time we had the pleasure of seeing
him he expressed the hope that af-
ter his active service some avenue
i might open through which he could
devote part of his time to public
welfare work. He was born on a
{farm over near Oak Hall and his
wife is Sarah, daughter of the late
| George Keichline, of Pine Grove
‘Mills, and a niece of John M. and
P. F. Keichline, of this place. Mr.
Fielding's gentle rebuke to us for
our occasional reference to our
“private boot-legger” is not the first
we have received, nor do we expect
it to be the last. Our “private boot-
legger” often gives us ground on
which to build a much needed para-
graph
very eminent minister of the gospel
|and not at all what our facetious
‘references to him might have lead
Mr. Fielding to believe we had no
qualms of conscience when we read
his quotation from Thomas Lake
Harrison's book.— The Editor.)
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Mr. Miller Sets Us Back
Chester, Pa., Dec. 5, 1931.
Dear Mr. Meek:
|" I am enclosing a check for $5.00.
‘Subtract one more from your delin-
as well as many quent list and add “five” to your
general fund.
Yours,
S. C. MILLER
SR
| Mr. Miller is No. 190 and there
‘are 585 left, after subtracting him.
His remittance puts us in a hole,
however, because it is gone, already,
and inasmuch as it paid him near-
ly two years in advance we have to
(work that long before we can get
out of the red. It's a good bit like
walking up High street in a rain
' that freezes as it falls. We take
one step up and slip back two—The
Editor.
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TO DEMONSTRATE PROPER
OPERATION OF SAW MILLS.
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| Saw mill operators and interested
timber owners in Centre county have
‘been invited to attend an all day
saw mill demonstration on the farm
of Alfred Albright, at Pennsylvania
Furnace, on Tuesday, December
22nd, according to county agent R.
C. Blaney. The demonstration has
been arranged for the benefit of
As.
t start
at 9 a. m. and continue throughout
‘the day. Those attending are urged
to take lunch with them and go pre:
pared to spend a day in the woods.
The demonstration and talks will
‘be given by Prof. F. T. Murphy, of
|the forestry extension department at
‘State College. Practically all of
the important phases of timber
| operations will be discussed during
the day, such as principal trees and
| their uses, measuring and estimat-
ing standing timber, felling timber
|and log making, saw mill work such
|as sawing timber for
how to manufacture a 14-inch oak
log, care of circular saws, filing
cross-cut saws, assorting and drying
lumber, and any other questions of
interest that may come up for dis-
| cussion.
| Mr. Albright has a small
located on a 75-acre tract, on which
‘he has been following up a small
cutting operation. The extension
service has co-operated by marking
the acres, which have been cut over
as a thinning proposition with the
mil
tion. There are many woodlots on
farms in Centre county that it would
be profitable to operate on a similar
basis.
Anyone interested is cordially in-
vited to attend, as the meeting will
be held regardless of weather condi-
tions.
Slo City, Pa.
P- |
Following is a paragraph quoted
and since, in reality, he is a.
* “to many other important State and
quality lumber;
idea of making a continuous opera- |
ee
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| FIFTY YEARS AGO | A HODGE—PODGE OF
IN CENTRE COUNTY. NEWSY INCIDENTS.
Items taken from the Watchman issue | yf I were possesed King Midas’
| of December 23, 1881. | wealth, ot
rp | Had trainloads of trinkets and toys,
Married.—On November 24, 1881, Td sally me forth on we
by the Rev. Zeigler, of Snow Shoe
Intersection, James B. Noll and | And take cheer to the girls and boys.
On one of the cold evenings, dur-
Mary E. Charles, both of Central |
ing the past week, a little boy and
There are several cases of small girl stood with noses close to one of
| pox in Altoona. ‘the shop windows in Bellefonte in
| —The Centre county bank build- which was displayed an elaborate as-
ing is under roof. 'sortment of Christmas toys. They
— Michael Strohm has been ap- | Were both thinly clad and shivering
pointed post-master at Centre Hill. from the icy blasts of the winter
wind. Neither one spoke a word;
Tn Rl Jesuing, of the rm land just then words were not neces-
chased the handsome brick residence 'sary. The expression on their little
on east Linn street built by Dr. | pinched faces as their eyes gloat
ed over the coveted treasures on
Hayes and now ready for occupancy. |
(This is the house now owned by | display inside was one of mixed rap-
'D. A. Grove—Editor's Note.) ture and woefulness. It was easy
The weather in this section is|to picture the delight just one of
wet and gloomy, but we infer that the bright, new toys would bring to
jt is just the sort the farmers who those two children on Christmas
are short of water want. morn and at the same time see in
Col. Bob Duncan and Henry their eyes the hopelessness of any
Krumrine Esq, of Spring Mills, Such anticipated joy. Yes,
were in town on Wednesday and
Mr. Krumrine informed us that he
has sold his grain house in that And I would make them ha
ppy kids
place to William Rearick. | With clothes and dolls and toys.
—Mr. George B. Weaver,
place, and Se other ye a Walking slong the street, lsat
rods have returned from their hunt- Thursday evening, our attention was
ing trip with twelve deer, an aver- attracted to two girls, yet in their
cge Of three a piece. Jee) standing before a specialty
e W. op window in which was displayed
ost EY + Rodgers a8 Been en! ‘a fine line of homey articles suitable
engineer at the new nail works. He for gifts for both girls of their age
will have charge of the three en- ‘and women of more sedate years.
gines and all the boilers in the They were speculating on what to
plant. buy for friends of their own age
Wiest i5.1.30; torn 75; outs 5p, | Whel one of them remarked that
she was paring her list down to the
If I were Santa Claus
I'd hunt such girls and boys,
|
barley .75, potatoes 1.25, eggs .25,
butter .35, hams .16, bacon .10. ‘bone, this year, because she wanted
General Beaver is being put for- © spend most of her allowance on
ward as a possible Republican candi- clothes for herself. She didn't look
date for Governor. This possibility as if she was in need of clothing of
brings to mind that Centre county any kind but in these times of de-
seems to be the cradle of Governors. pression probably had the “me for
In 1823 Andrew Gregg, grandfather safety first” feeling. And then we
of ex-Governor Curtin was the un- thought
| successful Federal party candidate
for Governor against Shultz. In, If I were Santa Claus
1847 Gen. James Irwin was the un- Trimmed out sc nice and neat,
successful Whig candidate against 1d Visit every lowly home
Shunk. John Bigler was one ofthe T° fee if they'd ‘nough to eat
early day editors of Bellefonte and Of course we know that the As.
pie brother William learned the sociated Charities of Bellefonte will
printing trade with him here. In go
1849 John the utmost possible to take care
went to California and ,¢
Br Gora, Six lof every ian, woman aw! hill in
Bate or Ber Witier moved heed, Dut they can't do it on good
to Clearfield to become an editor intentions. It takes money to buy
and lumberman. In 1851, just a clothing, food and fuel, and the
month after his brother was elected amount set by the executive com-
in California, William was elected mittee, $3000, seems a paltry sum to
| overnse of Peansyivagie. William | take care of the Jamilies of all
'F. Packer, who was elected Gover- those who ha
nor of Pennsylvania in 1857 was weeks and ne had ue wk Jo
{orn oil no immediate prospect of
y a little distance from
Bellefonte, | any during the winter. Probably
, in Centre county. An- ,.. .¢.
‘drew G. Curtin, still residing here, ety per cent of these people will
Oy! elected Governor in 1860 and |Male known their needs through an
again in 1863. We have. sent men | 8ppeal for aid, but the other ten per
: {cent will be the oné# hard t6*reach.
yhodetul posts. Huston and Burn, [18ey are too honest to steal and have
' side were on upreme court too much false pride to beg or appes
bench of Pennsylvania. To Congress for help, and unless friends ig
Bellefonte gave Gregg, who served
for eighteeh years, and six | informed of their plight come forth
n the in their behalf will suff
nate, and his successors in Con: | they suffer in
gress were Burnside, Potter, Irwin. silence, even if it means the utmost
Blanchard, Hale and Curtin, al) Pprivation, and possible sickness and
from Bellefonte. (General Beaver ‘death. For these there might be a
was elected Governor in 1886 and | cheerless Christmas unless some one
Seneral Hastings in 1554 the ad. comes to their aid. Again,
ng two more s ven in
Note paragraph aboveEditor's| ape Santa Cums i sweet relier,
ote. To all God's children I could find
a ul mes Linn, Eo establish- Whose hearts are bowed with grief.
i Preshyte congrega.
J A lo 0 it ma log | JFoverty privation and HuBger are
‘hut that was heated on bleak winter Physical discomforts that bear down
{days Dy an Open fire on its earthen heavily on the fortitude of all those
‘floor. The hut had a hole in the 50 unfortunately situated, but a
roof for the smoke to escape. Rev. heart bowed down with grief and
Linn remained pastor of the church sorrow at this festive time of year
tor fifty years. is deserving of deep and thoughtful
| consideration. No man or woman
is able to read the innermost se-
_crets of the hearts of others, and
3 _ though they perform their - daily
rk BA CAMPAIGN: | 1agks in a matter of fact way it
During the past two or three might simply be a shield to cover a
‘months an unemployment aid cam- {grief almost overwhelming in its
paign was conducted by P. R. R. intensity. To such as these
employees in the central district of | A warm hand-clasp
Pennsylvania in an effort to raises And a winning smile,
fund for the support of the em- | From some one kind and true,
ployees who have been out of work | A bit of love
‘for some time. J. Edward Decker, And a little kiss
of Bellefonte, was chairman of the | From some one, who might be you,
would doubtless’ go a long way to-
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| ANNOUNCEMENT OF
i PRIZE . WINNERS IN
| committee which had charge of the
i
| been
| money raised Mr. Decker states that sO
(the drive was quite successful. spirit of Christmastide with a cheer-
| A prize award, conducted under fulness befitting the occasion and not
the auspices of the Woman's Aid, | with a heart bowed down with suf-
{was held in the Strand theatre, at | fering and utter desolation. And
‘Sunbury, last Friday evening, which | finally,
‘resulted in the following awards. | yf 1 were Santa Claus
1st prize, a general electric re-| There's nothing I would leave undone,
frigerator, Fronata Hdantori, of Re-| No place I'd miss, no heart I'd spurm,
| novo. | To bring Christmas joy lo every one.
lS Pei, acy slastrie washer, R.| unfortunately I'm not King Midas,
Pt re, Phil PO be coho] nejther am I Santa Claus, but if
'Ed Schriner, of Williamsport. {Sock Wiskiés wili urire joy wud SOR
4th prize, Hoover sweeper, C. K.| eyery Wan, Woman
Snyder, Northumberland. jin Centre county, and you hang up
an winchester shotgun Tour aco Chen te bap
sue Site, Francis Rider, of Lock | jiness I wish for you all on Christ.
YFIAVEN. ide, Latios or gents. 718 Gay. EN a Wt the Jurk
jewel magnetic watch, R. R. Stover clouds of r und depression
of McElhattan. ’ * | which have so persistently hovered
! 7 rico. electr} around us all during 1931 be blown
| 7th prize, electric clock, Dick gay by the winds of a most suc
| Shoff, of Osceola Mills. , Hugh gic.
Sth prize, comfort chair, cessful and happy New
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| vanKirk, Northumberland.
The prizes will be distributed as While the rains of the past
week have not noticeably affected
| soon as the committee is informed
as to whom and where they are to | Spring creek they have started a
be sent. | gmall flow of water in & number of
mountain streams which have been
completely dry for several months,
G. B.
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——Walkover shoes, our entire
stock, all to go at one price, $3.85, and have also replenished the cis-
| during the Fauble great anniversary tern water supply on farms through.
49-2t out the county.
sale.
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