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Meek edited published for fifty-seven years and
at the Watch Ped. 10F (liy-geven Years as
Editors,
CHARLES L. GATES
his Estate
MARY GRAY MEEK
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THE MONEY SHOULD BE KEPT AT HOME
The board of directors of the Centre County hospital are plan- |
ning to build a new home for the nurses serving at the institution. |
In order to secure funds for the completion of the project, as well |
as to pay off the mortgage on the property, they propose to float |
a bond issue of $70,000.00.
According to the published plans the banks of Centre county |
are to be called upon to cooperate in the work of selling the bonds. |
We are not informed as to whether these banks have actually |
engaged to underwrite the issue or merely use their good offices in |
placing it among their patrons. |
Whatever the process practically the entire subscription must |
inevitably come from the people of Centre county and, in the last
analysis, from those whose good will the hospital holds.
Forty thousand dollars of it is to be spent on building the |
nurses’ home. Practically all of the money will go for architects’ |
fees, building material and labor. In ordinary times forty-thousand |
would not be regarded as a matter of having much effect on the eco- |
nomic situation in the county. Today, however, conditions are such |
that even forty dollars is important money to local contractors, sup-
pliers of building material and common labor.
Inasmuch as the hospital is purely a local iastitution and inas- |
much as the expenditure to be made there will have to be provided
by Centre county people it seems only fair that Centre county busi- |
ness and labor should get every cent of the outlay that is possible |
for it to have. i
We have three, possibly more, £00
have many responsible contractors
ics who should have the preferenc
to say that they should h
siders, even should it cost
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d architects in the county, we
and hundreds of skilled mechan- |
e in this work. We go so far as!
ave it to the absolute exclusion of out- |
a few thousand dollars more th
State Supreme Court:
Edward C. Higbee, of Connellsville,
United States Senator:
Lawrence H. Rupp, of Allentown.
Lewis C, Cassidy, of Philadelphia.
Auditor General:
Wilson G. Sarig, of Temple.
Superior Court:
Robert A. Henderson, of Altoona.
George F. Douglas, of Philadelphia.
George M. McWhorter, of Derry.
State Treasurer:
L. G. Shannon, of Brockville,
Congress; 23rd District:
Col. Fred B. Kerr, of Clearfield,
State Assembly:
Robert J. Miller, of State College.
County Chairman:
John J. Bower, Bellefonte.
Charles E. Freeman, Philipsburg.
National Convention District Delegates,
E. Jackson Thompson, of Philipsburg,
Robert D. Henderson, of Altoona.
B. H. Clark, of Altoona.
State Committee:
Dr. F. K. White, of Philipsburg.
Also sixteen delegates-at-large and six-
teen alternates.
REPUBLICAN
State Supreme Court:
William B. Linn, of Philadelphia,
United States Senator:
James J. Davis, of Pittsburgh,
William 8. Adams, of Harrisburg,
Smedley D. Butler, of Newton Square.
Auditor General:
Frank E. Baldwin, of Austin.
Ralph E. Flinn, of Sharpsburg,
an might |
ft open to all.
At first glance such a proposal might not appear to |
business. On second thought, however, two very sound reasons will | ®
appear to justify the suggestion.
In the first place, scattering forty-thousand dollars
tre county builders and labor might tide them ove
stress. It might be just the ship that will come in to save them from |
be the case if bidding is le Frank B. Thompson, of Philadelphia.
” Frank M. Clemens, of Dunsmore,
be good uperior Court: .
Robert, S. Gawthrop, of West Chester.
Joseph Stadfeld, of Pittsburgh,
William M. Parker, of Oil City.
Albert D. McDade, of Chester.
Albert G. Rutherford, of Honesdale.
Arthur H. James, of Plymouth.
among Cen- |
r a time of great
financial ruin and “enable them to continue paying taxes and store
bills. In other words, continue them as helpful constructive citizens
of the county who can bear their own share of its cost of govern-
ment and not be compelled to pass that burden on to others.
The second reason is the potential value of good will.
more than anything else, means life or death to such an mnstit
as our hospital. It is impossible to calculate it’s value.
Outside architects, outside contractors and skilled labor might |
show a saving of some thousands of dollars in the initial cost of |
the proposed project, but its effect on those who are to supply the
money for it and those who are desperate for work will be so dis-
satisfying that for years to come the saving will be lost, over and
over again, in drives for the benefit of the institution.
It has happened before. It will happen again. For that reason |
we are of the opinion that the gentlemen of the hospital board |
might well weigh the value of the good will engendered by spend-
ing money provided by the people of Centre county among the peo-
ple of Centre county.
That,
ution |
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A CUT FOR PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS
Naturally there has been much protest and a powerful lobby
in Washington against the suggestion that the salaries of govern
mental employees be cut. But why shouldn't they?
Men in every private business pursuit are taking cuts and they
are the ones who are taxed to pay the salaries of those who have
governmental jobs.
Always thd fellow who is on the public payroll is sure of his
monthly salary or wage. He is never laid off, his work is not sea-
sonal and if he happens to be in the Civil Service class he has noth-
ing to worry about until he reaches the age limit of his usefulness
and then there is a pension to support him. A pension that others,
just as worthy, and without further earning power are taxed to
pay. ;
Senator Couzens, of Michigan, was not fair’ when he said, in
opposing the proposal for a cut in the salaries of public officials,
that the average is only $1441.00 per year and for that reason a
reduction would be inhuman.
Nobody would have a thou
ernment employee who is recei
ght of reducing the salary of a gov- |
ving that sum. But when the public |
nows that the Federal and State governments are loaded with men
who are drawing five to ten or more thousand dollars a year—men |
who couldn’t earn half such salaries on their own initiative—it is
not unreasonable to suggest that they be made to lift part of the,
burden from the backs of those who are supporting them.
Probably ninety per cent of Federal and State employees are |
on the public payroll today through their political pull. If their sal-|
aries were cut twenty-five per cent and they staged a walkout in|
consequence is there anyone silly enough to think Uncle Sam couldn't |
fill their places, within twenty-four hours, with others just as.
capable ? : |
Since th. nublic attention has been called to the prodigious sav- |
ing that could be effected by only a small cut in the emoluments of
our army of public servants it seems to us that it should be smart
enough to break up the snow ball that might become an avalanche,
by volunteering to take a cut.
In every home of five people in this country there is an invis-
ible mouth to be fed, back to be clothed. The "unseen, unthought of
guest is a government employee. Hard times makes no difference
to him. He must live as he always has lived; regardless of the
denials, the sacrifices his host has to make to entertain him. f
Is it right?
——On October 14, 1931, Ella B. Black, president of the Penn-
sylvania W. C. T. U,, wrote to Maj. Lederer, burgess of State Col-
lege and candidate for Congress, as follows: “Dear Mr. Lederer:
We need men of your type in our nation today.” When dear Mrs.
Black finds out that the Major has gone wet she'll doubtless decide
that it was some other day and not “today” that she was writing
about,
——'The President made a sorry figure of himself in his spe-
cial message to Congress on Monday. Having failed to work out
any of the many plans he has suggested to lift the country out of
the slough of despond into which he has let it fall he has thrown
up his hands completely and asked Congress to draw up a Federal
economy program. It is unconceivable that the President's acknowl-
edgment of impotence is sincere. He must be playing politics.
and Tuesday as the most
State Treasurer:
Charles A. Waters, of Philadelphia.
Congress, 23rd District:
J. Mitchell Chase, Clearfield.
J. Banks Kurtz, Altoona.
Floyd G. Hoenstine, Hollidaysburg .
Eugene H. Lederer, State College.
Charles D. Rockel, Altoona.
State Assembly :
John Laird Holmes, State College.
County Chairman:
Bond C. White, Bellefonte,
Harry A. Rossman, Bellefonte.
Vice Chairman:
Miss Besse A. Miles, Milesburg.
National Convention District Delegates:
Harry Boulton, Clearfield,
Dr. David Kauffman, of Altoona.
Enos M. Jones, Altoona.
C. P. Long, Spring Mills,
State Committee:
Harry B. Scott, of Philipsburg.
Mervin 8. Betz, of Jacksonville.
Also seven delegates-at-large and seven
alternates,
SOCIALIST
United States Senator:
William J. Van Essen, of Pittsburgh,
Auditor General:
Nellie Lithgow Chew, of Philadelphia.
Superior Court:
Morris Scheirov, Pittsburgh,
State Treasurer:
William C. Hovertor, of Reading,
- PROHIBITION
State Supreme Court:
Charles Palmer, of Ridley Park.
.
Elizabeth Sherman, of Scranton.
There will also be chosen by the Pro. SPeaker at these demonstration farm
hibition voters five delegates-at-large to
the Prohibition national convention and
one member of the Prohibition State com-
mittee,
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“TARZAN” BRINGS NEW
THRILLS TO CATHAUM (ton
Just about a year ago “Trader
Horn” was being acclaimed as the
most thrilling picture of 1931. Now
comes the picture that is being call-
ed the “Trader Horn” of 1932—“Tar.
zan, the Ape Man,” based on the
famous Edgar Rice Borroughs stories
that have been read by almost every-
one. “Tarzan” comes to the Cathaum
theatre, State College, next
thrilling
picture of the year to date.
Johnny Weissmuller, famous Olym-
pic swim champion, was chosen for
the title role and he makes a per-
fect Tarzan. You'll thrill as he es-
capes from the river of crocodiles,
as he lightly flies from limb to limb,
among the tree tops, and as he bat-
tles the lions hand-to-hand. Stamped-
ing elephants, and in fact, every sort
of wild animal life is revealed in
this thrilling picture with the mys-
tery background of Darkest Africa.
Something new in the movies is the
constant cry of theatre goers! “Tar-
zan, the Ape Man” is the answer!
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~——Next Lord's day evening, at
7:30, a men’s chorus of over thirty
voices from the Trinity Reformed
church, Lewistown, will present a
full program of music in the St,
John's Reformed church, Bellefonte,
The brethren were here a few years
ago and their work was well receiy-
ed.
;
| Krape, which was destroyed by
‘on Sunday morning last, contained
$700.00 in bank bills, which were all
burned. The family must certainly
‘have been absent from home or the
money would surely have been saved.
—Michael Meese Gunsallus died at
‘his home in Snow Shoe on April 6,
‘after a short illness. He was sixty-
seven years old and a much respected
citizen. A large family survives him.
_—Tonight the grand military ball
of Co. B., or the Bellefonte Fencibles,
will be held in the armory on the third
(floor of Bush's Arcade.
—The Northern Conference of the
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Cen-
tral Pennsylvania convened in the
Lutheran church of Bellefonte on
Tuesday evening, March 28. The
opening sermon was preached by
Rev, J. C. Koser, of Pine Grove
Mills. The body remained in session |
‘until Thursday afternoon, when it's
business was finished and it adjourn-
ed to meet again at Hartleton, Union
county on August 22nd, next,
| ——Anderson Harvey, elder brother
of Henry L. Harvey, of Boggs town-
ship, Centre county, died in Norfolk,
Va, in his 70th year. He was raised
in the vicinity of Salona, Clinton
‘county, and, in compliance with his
request, his remains were brought
back and buried in the cemetery |
there last Wednesday.
~—Miss Ohnmacht’s concert in
Humes hall, last Saturday night, was
an artistic but not a very great fi-
nancial success. The receipts were
$61.00 and the expenses were $20.00
so there is a net balance of $41.00,
not really enough to properly express
| the community's obligation to those
who labor so hard and sacrifice so
‘much time to entertain it. Evan
.Blanchard's solo: “The Blue Alsatian
Mountain,” Lemuel Bierly’s violin
| interpretation of “De Berriotts' First
Air" and Miss Victorine Lyons’
“Song from the Alps” were worth
all the money taken in.
—"The McGibbeny Family,” musi-
cians extraordinary, will appear in
Reynolds’ hall this evening.
{ —Our early gardeners have been
| obliged to put pants and petticoats
lon their young onions because of the
| frigid weather we are having.
| —Sunday last was Easter. It was
a dull, cloudy day, with rain that
turned to sleet during the evening
and snow when night fell.
| ~—~Maj. R. H. Foster has retired as
leditor of the Centre Democrat and
‘J. Reese Van Ormer has succeeded
‘him on the editorial tripod.
—City papers are making a
| to-do about Christ “Jack” Heverly.
his carryings on and his financial
Son . Jaen hag had his ups
| downs, ¢ any other young fel-
(low. We know him Becrngl o play-
together in boyhood and the
| are afloat are just what
expected from the envious.
He is Europe now, his theatrical
| enterprises here are still the popular
of amusement so we shall
E
~ Poultrymen of Centre county are
invited to poultry meetings arranged
on eight poultry demonstration farms
in various sections of the county
county agent R. C. Blaney, for next
week, April 13, 14, 15. The poultry
extension specialist from State Col-
lege, John V: will be the
| meetings. He will discuss the many
problems relative to the successful
‘raising of chicks among the 650
'poultrymen in the county. Some of
the subjects to be discussed will be
care and feeding of chicks, regula-
of brooder stoves, preparation
brooder houses, diseases which
(re common and cause heavy losses
with chicks, and any other points
‘held regardless of weather conditions
according to the following schedule:
Wednesday, April 13th,—at the
farm of Harry Confer, Howard, at
lo A. M.; Ellis Peters, sto
at 1:30 P. M., and John Stover,
State College, at 3:30 P. M.
1:30 P. M.,, and Mrs. G. W. Long,
Penns Cave, at 3:30 P. M.
and Harry Smith, Bellefonte,
Aviation field) at 1:30 P. M.
These meetings have been
(near
more
money on the poultry flocks in the
county. They have been arranged as
conveniently located as possible so
that everyone will have an opportu-
nity to attend at least one of them.
——The regular monthly meeting
of the directors of the Centre coun-
ty Motor Club will be held at the
Markland hotel, Bellefonte, this eve-
ning, at 6 o'clock.
A HODGE-PODGE OF
NEWSY INCIDENTS
—
| than twenty-five per cent of the peo-
'ple in the United States (adults)
hold an office of some kind and get
‘the major part of their living off
‘earnings of the other seventy-five
‘per cent, it is not hard to conceive
that if every one was required to
‘pay an income tax on his salary it
would mean a nice return in reve-
nue to the government.
And while the framers of the bill
were at it why didn’t they put a tax
on the auto road hog and Speeder,
one heavy enough to break up both
practices and it might have resulted
in lowering the death rate by auto
| accidents,
Then trout fishing season is com-
ing on and why not a tax on the
trout caught. The tax might be grad-
uated, say from a twentieth of one
per cent for the little fellows up to
one per cent for the big kind that
always get away. That might have
‘had a tendency to reduce the number
of big fish stories that invariably float
around every year,
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Then why not a tax on kissing.
That is a luxury and not a necessity,
Babies, of course, should he exempt.
Real pretty girls ought to be worth
one per cent and homely ones about
| One-fifth of one per cent. The real
AND SAVE YOUR CROP
| Careful consideration of the situation
| followed by the control practices
| listed below will prevent the expect-
ed damage.
Killing the borers requires no ad-
| ditional investment, but will insure
against loss. Just kill the borer,
which winters over in corn stalks
and stubbles, before it changes into
'a moth to start a new brood. That
means taking care of all corn stalks
and corn refuse about the farm
buildings and fields by shredding,
plowing them down or burning, and
plowing stubbles under deep, not
later than May 1st. Clean plowing,
no stalks or weed stems on top of
the ground.
Before May 1st complete these
good farm management practices
and you will have done your job to
kill the hibernating borers on your
farm this year.
These suggestions apply to all
, corn growers. Your neighbors should
‘cooperate with you to protect your
| corn crop and the corn crop of the
' community, so that no damage is
'done by the insect,
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DEMY TO ABOLISH
ATHLETC SCHOLARSHIPS
James R. Hughes, headmaster of
the Bellefonte Academy, has decided
to aboiish athletic scholarships, ac-
ACA
(ardent kind might be put down at °°Tding to a statement issued this
two per cent and counted cheap at Week. In the future the Academy will
that. Widows might be graded at two discourage the development of “high
for one per cent; grass widows, if POWered” athletic teams and will be
Dot too grassy, five cents a kiss, and | COntent to bring out the strongest
kissing another man's wife two and Possible aggregation from the stu-
@ half per cent if not caught in the dent body enrolled for the peculiar
{act with a rebate of one per cent i Advantages offered by the institution.
The Academy will thus he taking the
big
speaking
bY Centre county's candidate for
Friday, April 15th,—at the farm of |
J. E. Carper, Unionville, at 9 A. M,!
‘nabbed by the husband.
Oh there's a lot of things Congress
overlooked. They might have taxed a
man so much a head for the children
he has and doubled the tax on the man
‘who doesn't have any. They might
have taxed the ruffles on silk undies
and the trimmings on milady's hat.
| They might have taxed the leather
in your shoes and the silk in your
stockings, but thank Heaven they
can’t tax the air we breathe, that is
God-given and free to all of us, and
(it is about the only thing left that
lis.
During the past fifteen years we've
heard a lot about General Smedley
| Darlington Butler, the “Fighting Ma-
/rine,” and we'll all have a chance to
‘See him tomorrew when he comes to
| Bellefonte on his whirlwind cam-
| paign through the State seeking the
nomination for United States Sena-
tor against Senator “Puddler” Jim
Davis. Smed is, of course, a Pinchot
‘picked candidate because he is dry,
and as this will be the first opportu-
nity to make a comparison it will be
interesting to see if the “Fighting
Marine” is as much of a drawing at-
traction as Gifford was two years ago
dawn of a per-
| if the people would
only elect him Governor—and they
did.
And of wet and dry,
Con-
| gress in the 23rd district, Eugene H.
Lederer, the puritanical and widely
| celebrated burgess of State College,
has come out flat-footed on a wet
platform, notwithstanding the fact
that he has talked temperance all
‘his life. That doesn
burgess has taken to drinking or is
any more intemperate now than ever
before. But it does mean that he has
had his eyes opened to
, of the entire enforcem
{and has come to the belief that the
lonly way to scotch the snake is to
| repeal the obnoxious Volstead Act
|and start out on & new and less ex-
pensive track of temperance educa- |
| tion. It will save millions of expense
'to the government, seal the doom of
the bootlegger and gangster and
| cannot result in any worse condition
than we have today.
And that's just where the Watch-
| man has stood since prohibition be-
|came an unenforced fact, thirteen
| years ago.
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'LOGAN GRANGE TO GIVE
GOOD MINSTREL SHOW
Logan Grange, No. 109, will spon-
sor a home talent minstrel show en-
titled, “The Rehearsal,” in their
Grange hall at Pleasant Gap, Tues-
|day evening, April 12th, Hambone,
Face, Koogle,
i
will be sure to please the most fas-
| tidious.
The Farcial drama,
| the Goslings,” will also be staged.
This play was one of the many ren-
dered at Harrisburg last year in the
dramatic contest in the State. Two
hours of entertainment is in store
for all who attend, and the price of
admission will be 15 and 25 cents.
{Children under twelve years,
| cents.
't mean that the |
the hypocrisy. |
ent movement
“Sauce for
‘lead among the prep schools in the
| country in doing away with scholar-
| ships, following the plan adopted by
| many colleges in recent years.
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| —As a testimonial to the services of
‘many kinds rendered the annual con-
ference, and, in particular, the en-
tire denomination through his con-
Spicuous work in eight general con-
ferences, the members of the Altoona
| Methodist ministers meeting, have in-
vited for their honor guest Rev. Hor-
‘ace Lincoln Jacobs to their annual
dinner, Monday, April 11, at Osceola
Mills, Pa. The preachers will have
their wives share this special outing.
‘Rev. Jacobs has been asked to speak
‘on “Major Matters of Legislation
| planned for the Atlantic City General
Conference” this coming May.
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————Announcement of the death
of Miss Laura Wiley, a former resi-
dent of Bellefonte, was made in one
of the Sunday papers of Philadel-
‘phia, where she had lived. Miss Wi.
ley was born in Milton seventy-five
years ago, the daughter of the Rev,
' Dr. Wiley, pastor of the Bellefonte
| Presbyterian church in the early
' seventies.
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———Group number 7 of the Ladies
| Aid society of the Methodist church,
will hold a bake sale in the Variety
Shop, on Saturday April 9. All kinds
jot breads, pastries and sweets will
! be on sale. The public is asked for a
| liberal patronage.
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| POLITICAL
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
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| 8t.,
| flield Counties, Subject to
| held g, April 26, 1932,
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| DISTRICT NATIONAL DELEGATE
| To the Democratic voters of the 23rd
| Congressional District Counti; Clear-
| field, Centre and Blair, "8 ot Qa
Bernard J. Clark, of Altoona, Pa., solic-
votes and 2 influence Sh
| to enable
assist in next
of the United States.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET
FOR CONGRESS
authorized announce
| We are to
Flora, G. Hoenstine, of
r county, Pa.
ior mn
| dayst ve. bE
daysburg,
publican for
i Twenty-third District composed of
Blair and counties,
| its your
i to
| president
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|
the
Holli-
as
candidate
Lederer, of State College,
Cen! is didate f
eniaiive. fr th’ ded Kunpent oni Fo:
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gressional District subject to the decision
f the Republican voters as expressed at
the Primaries April 26, 1932.
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Qithorized to announce that
DELEGATE TO
DISTRICY NATIONAL CONVENTION
We are authorized to announce that
Charles P. , of Spring Mills, is a
Sandi qo to the Republican
subject 0 the
the primary to be held