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BELLEFONTE, PA. - - - - - JANUARY 22, 1932.
REAL VS. “FAIR WEATHER” DEMOCRATS
lot of fellows who forgot there was a Dem-
Naturally enough a
Woodrow Wilson had no more “pap” to)
ocratic party the moment
hand out are beginning to prick up their ears, throw out their chests |
and whet their appetites. They see a chance of electing a Demo- |
cratic President next fall. A chance to repeat what they
1912 and again in 1916.
The blunders of the Democracy of Pennsylvania have been
many and serious, but we hope it has at least come to learn that we
would have no party organizadon in the State if its life had been
dependent on “fair weather Democrats.” |
National committeeman Sedgwick Kistler
John Collins blew the breath of life into the corpse that those w
had fattened on President Wilson's favors had made of the party in|
the State: Neither one of the gentlemen had any motive other than |
a desire to make a militant minority party. An accomplishment |
which both broad minded Republicans and broad minded Democrats |
must admit is very much to be desired if our two-party system of
government is to endure. They picked up the torch of the men who |
gave Pennsylvania Robert E. Pattison and William H. Berry; and
men who had more to do with the nomination of Grover Cleveland |
for President than recorded political history gives them credit with.
From their time, up and until, Mr. Kistler and Mr. Collins vol-
unteered to go out into no-man’s-land and drag back the shattered |
semblance of the old organization, there was really no Democratic |
party in Pennsylvania. |
It is being charged that the recent meeting of the Democratic |
State Committee tried to defeat the purpose of the primary act by |
suggesting men and women for places on the ballot as delegates at
large to the national convention of the party. Waiving discussion
of the question of the value of the primaries, as at present conduct- |
ed, to the State or any political party their purpose could not have |
been subverted in anyway by any action that might have been taken |
by the State Committee. The opportunity to file nomination papers
could be denied no one by that body:
With the hope of reviving an interest in the councils of the
party that died with the advent of the primary method of nominat-
ing candidates Mr. Kistler and Mr. Collins have been giving their
time, spending their own money, in traveling over the State urging
counties and districts to find something that might prove a substitute
for the old precinct caucus, the county convention and the district
conferences that were the heart of the party before the Primary act
wiped them out. Those gatherings afforded personal contacts, |
and State Chairman |
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work grading a spur,
did in!
mines has been completed and ore
large found dead in bed. He was buried
is being shipped westward in
quantities. Already men are at
two and one
half miles long, that will leave the
main line near the Claude Hess
farm and run in to the Toe Hill
mine.
—From Nittany comes the news
that while the snow has about dis-
appeared down there the ice is fine
and farmers are filling their ice
houses.
—The Lutheran congregations at
Zion and Snydertown are planning to
ho build a new church, which is badly dows instead of on the outside. But
needed.
—Jerry Gill has started a confec-
in one corner of his shoe
shop at Pleasant Gap.
—Wheat is 1.30, corn .75, oats .50,
eggs .25, butter .35., lard .12, ham
.15, bacon 10 and potatoes 1.25.
—John G. Hall and Miss Minerva
J. Hutton, both of Union twonship,
were united in marriage at the home
‘of the bride's parents on January 17, is in the barn floor and he avers
by the Rev. J. Zeigler.
—Mrs. Jacob Fishburn, of Benner
township, died yesterday morning at
the age of about 70. She will be
buried at Shiloh.
—OQur friend Beck the barber cut
3013 heads of hair last year.—
Columns might be written about the
eccentric and lovable “Barber Beck.”
He was one of the ‘characters’ of
old Bellefonte and men who did most
to make a little town big were his
patrons—Editor’s Note.
The parrot at Zeller's drug store
as melodiously as we hear it sung
‘by the masses on days when patri-
otic outbursts are usually appropri-
1 ate,
—Mrs. Elizabeth Switzer, relict of
the late Abram Switzer, died at the
home of her son Abram, at Coleville,
on Sunday morning at the age of 87
years.
—James P. Coburn Esq. the Re-
publican leader and war horse of
Es
Feit sife
g
syiids
| Saturday.
appointed |
runner in the
‘gical treatment.
Mr. and Mrs.
| with military honors.
| Following his funeral his only son,
| John Paul, took over his duties as
‘night watchman and runner for the
ibank. He was then only a little
| past sixteen years of age and for
almost thirty-five years he has
‘stuck to the job. Between father
and son they have a record of sixty-
{five years on the one job, long
enough to have owned the bank and
be working inside the grilled win-
daughter, at the hospital on Monday
of last week.
Mrs. Florence M. Dugan, of Belle-
'fonte, a surgical patient since Jan-
hospita! last Monday.
Fannie E. Speese,
daughter of Mr. and
gone treatment.
Mrs. Mary Ann Shutt,
a medical patient.
Mrs. Walter Johnson,
township, was admitted last Tues-
day for medical treatment.
the is content in his position and al-
ways strives to give faithful service.
| Of course most everybody has
talked of the mild winter we have
had so far, and the farmers plowing,
Etc, but we lately heard of one
(farmer in the county who still has
‘corn to husk and part of his po-
tato crop in the ground. The corn
ship, a surgical patient, was dis-
charged last Tuesday.
Charles R. Keatley, of Unionville,
Robert J. Reese, of State College,
that the potatoes are keeping better ta
in the ground than they would in
the cellar. Whenever he needs a 'surgical patient.
(few for home consumption he goes |
{out and digs them,
has not yet been frost enough in the after having undergone surgical
ground to hurt the tubers. Re- treatment.
cently he decided he'd have enough Mrs. Charles Himes,
dug to last some time and he hired township, after undergoing surgical
a man to de the job. The man treatment, was discharged last Wed-
dug six bushels and when the farm- nesday.
er offered him five bushels of the Mrs. Paul Howard and daughter,
| potatoes as pay for digging the six of Bellefonte, were discharged last
|now sings “The Union Forever” quite he said he'd sooner have the money Wednesday.
and Lis charge for doing the work Clyde M. Stamm, of Gregg town-
was about fifty per cent. more than ship, was discharged from the hos-
the potatoes were worth. So the pital last Wednesday after receiving
next time the farmer wants potatoes surgical treatment.
he'll dig them himself. | Miss Barbara Keeler, of Spring
| Reporting income tax returns a SowTaNP- 8 8 medical patent hav.
newspaper story, last week, stated | ‘yyy gugene Brooks, of State ad
that there are over five hundred jepe became a surgical t Inst
millionaires in the United States, wednesday and was as from
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developed leaders and incited the personal interest of the rank and Penns and Brush valleys was in 8nd for fear somebody might be the nogpital the following day.
d activities. We go so
sentative and better candidates
the open primary method of
file of the party in its aims an
that they gave the party more repre
than it has offered the voters since
nominating has been in effect.
Mr Kistler and Mr. Collins, however, have not been urging the,
new idea because of any personal interest in candidates. Their ob- |
jective has been solely to arouse interest in the party they are devot-
ed to. And it is this unselfish interest that selfish “fair weather
Democrats” are now trying to turn to their own advantage by
charging that our very able leaders are attempting
their rights under the primary act.
If there were a preferential primary in Pennsylvania tomorrow
Franklin D. Roosevelt would probably be given nearly all of the
State's seventy six delegates to the national convention. But Mr.
Guffey would not be responsible for it. For that reason the Watch-
man resents his attempt to cash in on prestige that should belong to
those who have been fighting for a militant Democratic party in
Pennsylvania, all unmindful of what should naturally come to them
in the event of a national victory.
Neither Mr. Kistler nor Mr. Collins want to go to Chicago with
the Pennsylvania delegation in their vest pocket. They are not
Democrats for what they can get out of it. Both of the gentlemen
seem to be re-incarnations of the leaders of five decades ago who
fought for a principle and not for offices. Then the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania was a threat that made for good government
in the State.
Consider its power today and decide whether you are behind the
sincere Democrats who are trying to revitalize it or the political op- |
portunists whose only interest in its welfare is personal. |
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“RUTHLESS” ECONOMY IS NEEDED.
Arthur Harry Moore became Governor of New Jersey, for
‘he second time on Tuesday. In his inaugural address he recom-
mended the abolishment of forty State Commissions that had been |
created more to provide jobs than to render public service. He
urged, also, a slash of sixteen million dollars in the State’s annual
expenses. If carried into effect Governor Moore's proposals will
result in a State-wide reduction of taxes to the amount of two dol-
lars and fifty cents for every thousand dollars in assessed valuations.
It seems to us that the New Jersey executive is moving in the right
way to relieve depression. We never have been able to see how
going further into debt—which means higher taxes—is going to solve
the problem.
Mortgaging the future in order to provide relief for the present
1s an unsound economic process. If the country is unable to keep
itself today what assurance is there that coming generations, that
will have to pay the billions of dollars in bond issues that are being
proposed to stem our present distress, will be able to keep themselves
and bear the burden of debt they will have inherited from us.
There are those who say that the money is to be spent on pub-
lic improvements that posterity will have the benefit of. Who can
prove the correctness of such a contention? The rapidity with
which civilization is advancing makes it quite conceivable that two de-
cades from now many of the public works for which the future is
to pay might Le obsolete, utterly useless, in the scheme of things.
Our Counties, our States our Nation are successful or failures
just as the individual citizens making up their population are suc-
cessful or failures. Neither the individuals nor the corporate
groups that govern them can hope for anything better until they
realize that paying for this week's living out of next week's pay
envelope is economic retrogression.
Governor Pinchot might well take a lesson from his fellow exec-
utive over the border. In Trenton “ruthless” economy, as Gover-
nor Moore put it, is to be practiced. In Harrisburg the intent seems
to be ruthless extravagance.
The trail back to normalcy is going to be a long and distressful
one. It can be shortened, however, if individuals and governments
resolve to live within their means during the journey.
There has been too much of floating notes and bond issues, too
much installment buying, too much extravagance begotten of the
new his subscription to the Watch-
man. “Jim” is so congenial that we
{are sure nature intended him to be
a Democrat.
-—Stormstown can now boast of,
one of the largest stores in Centre Old Man Depression.
county and has that prince of
ellows, in the person of R. J. P.
Gray to run it.
—Robert Reed has the
to deny others Philip Carper farm in Patton town- gnd his income from the block is not |
ship and will move onto it on April
1st,
—Al Herkimer and William
ner, both brakemen on the Snow
Shoe R. R. met with accidents with-
in the week that might
for life. In coupling
mittens stuck fast to
because of the severe
could not release their hands
to save them from being badl
gled.
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JANUARY MEETING OF
maim
cars
“bull
time
man:
LOCAL CHAPTER, D. A. R.
The January meeting of the Belle- |
Daughters of the
The regent, Mrs. John Gray Love,
promptly disposed of routine busi-
ness. The name of Miss Mary
Louise Willard was accepted for
membership. Miss Anna McCoy,
| Miss Miriam Dreese and Mrs. T. E.| we frequently hear it said of men.
used in
immigrants wait-
ing there; and Mrs. Charles F.
Mensch and Miss Mary A. Foster a
committee to take orders for Wi
Virginia chapter, Sons of the Revo- | H
lution, and whose own home was
not far from Washington's birth-
Wakefield, Westmoreland
to Washington as a man, soldier
and statesman. “Washington was,”
he said, “the moral, steadying force
at the new government.”
The hostesses of the meeting were
Miss Mira Humes, Miss Sara Benner,
Miss Helen E. C. Overton, Mrs. Wil-
L.m Gray, Miss Elizabeth Green
and Miss Helene Willlams. Mrs.
Gray and Miss Williams received the
guests.
chimera of paper profits.
good man who owns a three story block
far as to say town on Tuesday and called to re- looking this way we want to call| jkje Benzey, son of Mr.and Mrs
| attention to the fact that we are not pnocn Benzey, of Benner township
one of them. |was admitted last Thursday for a
‘day's surgical treatment.
Up in Elk county there's a town
which has been pretty hard hit by
In itis a
|
became a medical patient last Thurs-
1 y.
| with stores on the street fioor and | Harry Roan, of State College, is
| apartments above. But all his apart. ® Surgical patient, having been ad-
ments have been vacant for a year Witted last Thursday.
William J. Carter, of Bellefonte, a
medical patient, was discharged on
Friday.
Mrs. Miiford Lucas, of Blanchard,
was returned to her home, Friday,
after having undergone surgical
treatment.
Bunny Mitchell, a student at the
Bellefonte Academy, on Friday was
admitted to the hospital where he is
ndergoing surgical treatment.
Miss Hazel Reichner, of Boggs
i township, became a surgical patient
| Down in Memphis, Tenn. is a on Friday and was discharged the
Methodist minister who must have following day.
unmitigated confidence in the awak- Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hiner, of
ening powers of his pulpit oratory State College R. D. 2, are the proud
as he has offered to pay a dollar to parents of a baby daughter, born at
every member of his church who the hospital on Friday.
goes to sleep during one of hisser- Wade McKinley, aged 8 years,
mons. Were he to come to Belle- son of Mrs. Violet McKinley, of
fonte and try the same thing on‘ Boggs township, was admitted on
'some of the congregations we have Friday as a surgical patient.
‘heard of he wouldn't have dollars| Miss Anna Harshbarger, of Pot-
jeuougs left after he paid up to get ter township, a medical patient, was
{down to Milesburg. discharged on Saturday.
Mrs. Mary I. Heeman, of Pleasant
Gap, a medical patient, was admit-
‘who, after they have gotten well to to the hospital, Ov $
i
| sufficient to pay the upkeep and
and he has tried to sell the!
property and cannot get a buyer.
An undertaker inthe same town got |
behind financially and found himself |
in the ands of the sheriff’ All his |
personal possessions were sold until
|it came to the hearse, but not a bid
‘could be obtained for it, so the man
experience and a dead “
§
:
3 along in years, quit work and move Mrs. Frances Henderson, of Miles-
{to town that they have retired to
| Easy Street, but our observation peen gdmi
|during the past few years leads us | M uitied od Satargay.
: rs. H. P. Keeler, of State Col-
to believe that said street must have jeg, on Saturday was admitted for
‘been closed for repairs. surgical treatment.
Looking over the jury listdrawn| Mrs. Eugene F. McClellan, of Pot-
for the February term of court we UTS Bank, on Saturday became a
notice that eight women have been SUrSical patient.
drawn for duty on the grand jury, Mrs. Bryson Baird and infant, of
and we are uncertain whether to | Milegburg; were discharged on Sun-
congratulate those against whom | day.
bills of indictment will be om! Walter F. Dippery, of State Col-
lor sympathize with them. Of course | lege, became a surgical patient on
we are not questioning the judg- Sunday.
ment of the women or their ability Miss Eleanor Harshbarger, of
to play the game fair and square Pennsylvania Furnace, became a
but some of them are more easily medical patient on Sunday.
Swayed By sympathy sad 2 gvod ap
pearance than men-—unless c-
tim happens to be a good looking | SAWMILL AT HOWARD
woman | DESTROYED BY FIRE.
The sawmill "and a considerable
MARRIAGE LICENSES. ‘quantity of manufactured lumber,
Charl _ the property of Malcolm R. Pifer,
fonte Cle Via EM oat Howard, was totally destroyed by
oward fire early Sunday morning. The fire
| was discovered about four o'clock
and it was almost an hour later
when a call for help was sent to
Bellefonte. The Undine Fire com-
pany went down with their pumper
and the Logans toek the hose in
their squad truck, but when they ar-
|burg, is a medical patient, having
——— A ————————
Charles Lee Byron and Glendora
Lowers, both of Philipsburg.
Kenneth Musser, of State College,
and Ella Rider, of Bellefonte.
—-A car load of prisoners were
transferred from the western peni-
tentiary, at Pittsburgh, to the insti-
tution at Rockview last Friday.
— Dance in Saint John's parish
house this (Friday) evening, between
9 and 12. Admission, 35 cents. Re-
freshments.
i William J. Porter, of Dayton, Pa.,
last Monday was admitted for sur-
Charles Meyers, of
Pennsylvania Furnace, are receiving
congratulations upon the birth of a
of Belle-
fonte, was admitted last Tuesday as
of Patton
George Borest, of Halfmoon town-
was discharged last Tuesday after
having undergone surgical treatment.
of Gregg
Mrs. J. F. Weaver, of Milesburg, |
rived there the mill was already in|
Book and to tell its
precious truths to others. The
music at ali three services was ex-
cellent and the choir surpassed
everything it has done before when
it led the congregation in the eve-
ining through the praise service. It
{had been announced that 99 men
| would be present as guests of the
uary 4, was discharged from the ‘evening and would sing Sankey’s old
(and popular song, “The Ninety and
11-year-old Nine,” but there were present in the
Mrs. Joseph audience 175 men, besides the large
Speese, of Bellefonte, was discharg-
ed on Monday, after having under-
{number of women who crowded in-
to the remaining seats in the audi-
| torium, filled the Sunday-school
‘room to capacity and overflowed in-
{to all the class rooms until there
/was not another seat left. Miss
Palmer, without any sign of fatigue,
in spite of the heavy day's work,
spoke on the story of Zaccheus.
Her word picture of the outstanding
| Bible character was remarkably
|clear and was embellished with il-
|lustrations so apt and appropriate
| that each man present felt he would
like to obey, as never before, the
‘command of the Man of Galilee,
was discharged from the hospital “Make haste and come down for to-
last Wednesday after having beena
day I must abide at thy house,” and
following the example of Zaccheus
i
Mrs. Earl Grove, of Potter town- take him to his home without fur-
because there ship, was discharged last Wednesday
ther delay.
The meetings will be continued
‘throughout the week preceded each
night by a prayer meeting at seven
o'clock. Tonight the subject will
be home night and family night.
A prize will be awarded the largest
family present. The boys and girls,
between the ages of 8 and 15, arein
training this week under the leader-
‘ship of Miss Palmer and they will
| give another of their fine programs
tonight and the subject for the oc-
casion will be, “An Ideal Home.”
| There will be no meetings on Sat-
urday but three great meetings on
| Sunday. At 10.30 Sunday morning
the subject will be, “A Crown of
Righteousness.” Another great mass
meeting Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock, when the evangelist will
give her famous lecture, “Is Prohi.
bition A Failure,” and at 7.30 Miss
Palmer will speak on, “ From Ship-
yard to Ocean Bed.”
ANNUAL MEETING OF
BELLEFONTE TRUST CO.
| The annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the Bellefonte Trust com-
pany was held on Tuesday, when the
‘old board of directors were re-elect-
| ed, as follows: J. L. Spangler, C. Y.
| Wagner, W. J. Emerick, J. Thomp-
(son Henry, D. M Kline, L. H. Mc-
‘Mullen, N. E. Robb, J. L. Seibert
land F. L. Wetzler The board or-
| ganized by electing J. L. Spangler,
president; C. Y. Wagner, vice pres-
ident; N. E. Robb, secretary and
treasurer and trust officer; Earl S.
Orr, assistant secretary und treas-
{urer, and H. R. Williams, assistant
treasurer and assistant trust officer.
| The auditor's report showed a
most satisfactory year despite the
| depression, the total resources of the
| bank being $1,446,656.65, with trust
funds and corporate trusts amount-
|ing to §1,412,497.95. The net earn-
ings for the year were $26,045.34,
|of which amount $16,000 were ap-
plied to the payment of dividends
|and the balance placed to the ac-
‘count of undivided profits. The
|
‘bank has not missed paying a divi-
| dend since it's organization October
7th, 1904.
| Following the business meeting
‘a banquet was served at the Penn
Belle hotel. ‘The speaker for the
occasion was G. A. Price, vice presi-
‘dent and trust officer of the Peo-
| ples-Pittsburgh Trust Co., of Pitts-
‘burgh, who talked on “Wills, Trusts
‘and Estates.” Music during the
| banquet was furnished by Mrs. Louis
Schad, Mrs. R. Russell Blair and
Miss Helen Garbrick.
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BOALSBURG
Mr. Kryder, of Centre Hall, was
in town on Wednesday.
Miss Anna Dale visited friends in
Bellefonte on Wednesday.
Theodore Segner and family, of
State College, spent Sunday at the
Charles Segner home.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bryson, of
Watsontown, are spending some
time at the home of Mrs. M. A.
Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hess, of Al-
toona, newlyweds, were ven a
calithumpian serenade, on Saturday
evening, at the E. W. Hess home.
| Mr. and Mrs. George Mothers-
baugh attended the funeral of their
aunt, Miss Amanda Mothersbaugh,
of Altoona, on Saturday. Mr. and
Mrs. Reuben Stuart, of Crafton,
drove in for the funeral and spent
part of Sunday with friends in town.
A number of persons from this
vicinity are attending the farm
show, at Harrisburg, this week.
representing
ment of the Harris township
vocational school.