1 i that P. Meek edited and published for fifty-seven years and by his Estate at the Watchman Printing House, Bellefonte, Pa. Editors, CHARLES L. GATES In ordering of address always give the old as 43 iho-zey uidreds. | important that the publisher sing Tapostal subscriber wishes the discontinued. In all such be paid up A beginning has been made at what some believe will be com- plete reorganization of the Centre County Mothers’ Assistance Fund Board. Already one of the women who has served with ability for a number of years has been replaced by another who has had no experience, whatever, in welfare work; two others have been noti- fied that they are to be removed and a fourth member of the Board has declined to accept re-appointment at the hands of the Governor. Ever since its organization, fourteen years ago, this Board has been one representative of the State that has been outstanding in the character of its personnel; unusual in the intelligence, ability and will to work of every member. The women composing it have been representative of the best in the moral, social and business activities in our community. There has never been a question as to the ex- cellence of their administration. Rather, there has been a source of wonderment at the devotion and personal sacrifices they have cheer- fully made to carry it on. The board has been composed of women who would spurn the suggestion that politics should weigh in the balance of their judgment; women who have filed no personal ex- pense accounts so that the ten per cent allowed them might go to those in need; women who have given up many more pleasurable activities in order that they might devote their full time to the work they have so splendidly carried on. Mrs. E. H. Harris, of Snow Shoe, has already been replaced by Mrs. Ruth Crain, of Port Matilda. Mrs. John S. Walker, of | Bellefonte, and Mrs. G. S. Frank, of Millheim, both of whom have been on the board since its organization, have been notified that they are to be dropped. Their successors have not as yet been an- nounced, but it is rumored that Mrs. William Young, of State Col- lege, and Mrs. Arthur Dale, of Bellefonte, will replace them. Inasmuch as the three members who have been retired are ex- ceptional in ability and qualification even among such an exceptional | group as comprises this Board, the loss of their services to the worthy dependent mothers of Centre county is serious. It is a ter-| rible price to pay for what must be the gratification of the petty spleen of some-one who has access to the Governor's ear. The disruption of this splendid agency of the County and State, no matter what may be said by way of justification by those who | have motivated it, is an insult to the County. It outrages decency and those who have been parties to it should be pilloried by public scorn until they hang their heads for shame. THE GOVERNOR HAS ANOTHER BOGEY Just why there should be any uncertainity as to the state of the finances of the Commonwealth is a matter of interest. If the State's accounting system is as comprehensive as that of an ordinary busi-, ness concern there should be no difficulty in ascertaining, at any moment, just what its resources are. Yet there is a continual wrangle between the Governor and the State Treasurer about the matter. A few weeks ago Governor Pinchot announced that revenues were falling off so rapidly that it would be necessary for him to make serious cuts in appropriations made by the Legislature in 1931, to carry charitable and educational institutions over the biennium. Of course the announcement threw the trustees of such institutions into a panic. They had made their plans on the assumption that funds would be forthcoming to carry them to completion and, in many of them, contracts had been entered into that cannot be brok- | en. It is an unfortunate situation, but no sooner had Governor Pinchot made the disturbing revelation than State Treasurer Martin authorized publication of the statement that the actual receipts for the year June 1, 1931, to June 1, 1932, the first half of the biennial period on which the Governor has based his scare, were some six million dollars in excess of the budget requirements. To be exact the receipts were $85,283,218 whereas the budget for 1931-1932 re- quired only $79,587,264. From these two conflicting estimates of the State’s resources only one conclusion can be arrived at: Either State Treasurer Martin is an incapable book keeper or Governor Pinchot is indulg- ing in loose talk. In the light of his many misleading statements in the past most Pennsylvanians will be inclined to accept the Gov-' ernor’s view of the situation “with a grain of salt.” It has been a hobby of his to take exception to statements made | by the fiscal officers of the State. In his first administration he and his present Superintendent of Highways, Samuel S. Lewis, who was then State Treasurer, devoted much of their time to quarreling over how much was in the Treasury and how much ‘more revenue might reasonably be expected to find its way there. "Then the Governor was in high esteem in Pennsylvania. The | masses believed he had put up the moon and in such a state of mind, of course Lewis was wrong. Time, however, revealed that Lewis was right. And so it may be that Treasurer Martin, and not Governor | Pinchot, knows best just what the State’s condition is today. It! is nafural that he should, since he is it's bookkeeper. | Assuming that he does and assuming that the State’s income last year exceeded by six million dollars the authorized expenditures what motive can the Governor have for throwing a scare into the institutions that are dependent on the State’s bounty? It is likely that when May 31, 1933, arrives it will be found that revenues have been adequate to meet the $79,587,264 of ex- penditures that have been authorized for the year. The surplus of the 1931-'32 period justifies the hope, at least. In any event the possible deficit will be so small that it seems only Pinchotesque to be crossing the bridge before we have come to it. ——The most serious blow that the Eighteenth Amendment has suffered was delivered on Monday, when John D. Rockerfeller Jr., made a public statement to the effect that he has come to the conclu- sion that it’s outright repeal is for the best interest of the country. Mr. Rockerfeller is only one of one hundred and twenty million people, but he happens to be the active head of a family that boasts of three generations of absolute teetotalers and which has given a third of a million dollars to bring about the legislation that he now believes has resulted in more harm than good. ——The Garner bill providing for a bond issue of $2,300,000 for public works passed the house of Congress on Tuesday by a vote of 216 to 182. The majority it received 1s significant in that it reveals that the Speaker has not lost prestige, as his opponents would have the country believe, and that the members of the house saw little FIFTY YEARS AGO | IN CENTRE COUNTY. | Items taken from the Watchman issue We wonder how many people liv- of June 16, 1882, scribers to their possibly reach their eye until after’ they had gotten it? —Mr. Walter Bayard, of Green's drug store, represented the Belle- fonte druggists at the meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association in Altoona on Tuesday. —The 21st of the present month will be the longest day of the year and we haven't had a real hot one yet. : — 7 lefonte borough has just passed an ordinance making it “un- | lawful for any person or persons to ride on horseback or to drive with any wagon, buggy or other vehicle over any bridge or bridges within ‘the Borough of Bellefonte faster than a walk.” —Ben Beaver, late mail carrier between Bellefonte and State Col- lege, has given up his stage and ac- cepted a place in the Sechler gro- cery, Mr. Page, late of the Meiss store, up town, has also joined the clerical force at Sechler’s. —John Barnes has bought Daniel | Derrs’ plumbing equipment, which, added to that of his own, puts him in position to continue extending his business. —A base-ball nine from the State College, in this county, knocked the stuffin out of a nine from Lewis- burg university, at Williamsport, one day last week. : —Clement Dale Esq., of this place, accompanied by his father, left for the west on a visit to friends on Tuesday morning last. —The other day a rat in the “Re- publican” office ran up Brit Steele's pantaloen leg, Of course there was terrific excitement and a great’ hub-bub in the place until editor Tuten a poker and started to belabor the rodent. His marks- manship wasn't very good, however, for he hit poor Brit's leg ten times for every blow that landed on the rat. While the rat was finally kill- ed Brit came so near meeting the same fate that he is now on crutch- es. —Farmers Mills is the name of the new post-office in Centre county and J. 8. Auman is the postmastér, | —Mrs. Sophia McEwen has been appointed postmistress at Hublers- burg. —A little son of William Peltz,’ of Madisonburg, fell from the tres- tle of Soutz and Elliotts’ sawmill, last Wednesday, and was killed. It was quite a long fall and the boy landed on the back of his head, —One man at market, on Satur- day morning, had seventy dozen eggs for sale. | —The mercantile establishment of | Isaac Guggenheimer & Co., in this lace, was closed by the sheriff on’ turday. The firm confessed judg- ment in the sum of $13,000.00 to | Mr. Hirsh, of Lancaster, —Rev. W. W. Hicks, formerly pas- tor of the Methodist church in ! lace and now living in Washington, | . C,, is spiritual advisor of Guiteau, assassin of President Garfield, is about the most unfortunate that has yet happened that devil, and the prison authorities | censured for thus imperil- chances of Heaven. Hicks | was a Florida Bob Ingersoll. —Mr. W. T. Bair, of the Philips- | burg Journal, paid his first visit Bellefonte last Tuesday, ———A surprise birthday party was held at the Paul D, Fortney! i | home, on east Bishop street, last | much alive. The siege was kept wp!” the borough work. A meeting of Saturday evening. It was in hono: | all night and about nine o'clock on of Mrs. Albert Quick and the eve- ning was devoted to “500.” The guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Quick and son, Brown, Mr. and Mrs, Daniel Houser, Mr. and Mrs. George Hazel, Miss Verna Smith and Mr. end Mrs. Paul Fort. | ney and son David. A —— ——Home grown strawberries were fairly plentiful at the curb] cts. a box or two for 35 cts. While | the berries were damaged by frosts and freezing weather late in April and early in May the crop still promises a good yield, according growers, if sufficient rain falls mature the berries. to to ——Miss Caroline M. Valentine has presented to the Centre County hospital land for the site of the proposed new home for the nurses of the institution. The plat com- prises nearly an acre and lies to the south of the hospital property. The gift is a memorial to Miss Val- entine’s sister, the late Anna J. Val- entine. ~The Woman's Club of Belle- fonte will hold a bake sale in the Variety shop Saturday, June 11. Their very good pastries and other foods, to be sold at reasonable prices, should be an inducement for you to do your over Sunday buying from them. The sale will open early ‘of virtue in the bill which President Hoover had presented. Centre county at the time. horrible ever ' rawboned man, tragedy, at Woodward, thirty-six years ago. man, at least, who. is John P. Condo, of who was sheriff of : The tragedy was one of the most enacted in Centre county. William R. Etlinger. a woodsman, was a regular terror in his home community, He had served (one term in the county jail for ag- gravated assault and battery. A big, high-tempered and irrascible by nature, he was disliked and feared by all his neighbors. Dur- ing the winter of 1895-'96 he had a fight with his father-in-law, Benja- min Benner, and hit him on the head with a piece of stove wood, cutting a large gash in the scalp. A warrant was sworn out for his arrest on the charge of aggravated assault and battery but the constable of Haines township refused to attempt the ar- rest. At that time borough and town- ship elections were held in February and John Barner ran for constable in Haines township on the platform of arresting Etlinger, if elected. He was elected and several days after he was sworn into office, armed with a warrant and accompanied by | C. G. Motz and John Hosterman, Barner went to the Etlinger home, | located at the eastern end of Wood- ward, and found the doors locked and windows fastened. He forced open a door and going inside the thee men found that Etlinger, his wife and two children had gone up- | stairs and had locked the stair | ing in Centre county today can re- 5, was admitted last Monday as a Of the Centre County | call with any degree of exactitude surgical patient. PATIENTS TREATED AT COUNTY HOSPITAL Cary Wyland, of Bellefonte R. D, Charles Miller, 7 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, of Bellefonte R. D., became a medical patient last Monday, James Kramer, of Pleasant Gap, . a surgical patient. died at the hos- pital last Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. Lester McKinley, of Spring Mills, are receiving congratu- lations upon the birth of a daughter, at the hospital last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glenn, of State College, are the proud parents of a son, born at the hospital last Tuesday, William Meyers, of Nittany, was discharged, Monday, after being a medical patient for 293 days. Margaret Carver. of Bellefonte, a medical patient, was dischargel last Monday. Mrs. Harry Barto, of Julian, was | discharged Tuesday after undergeing medical treatment. Henry, 7 year old son of Mr. and | Mrs. John Shindler, of Milesburg, was discharged Wednesday after un- dergoing surgical trcatment for a. day. Mrs. William Snyder, of Boggs township, became a medical patient Tuesday. Mrs. Orvis Taylor, of State Coil- lege, was discharged Saturday after having undergone surgical treatment since Tuesday. Mrs. Helen Bitner. of Boggs town- ship, was admitted Wednesday for treatment. Joseph, Emil, of Bellefonte, was | admitted Wednesday for surgical treatment and was discharged Sat- urday. door. Barner demanded admittance | Vincent Kane, of Bellefonte, was on the threat of breaking down the discharged Sunday after undergoing door and Etlinger told him if he Surgical treatment for several days, broke open the door he would do so Mrs. James Confer, of Orviston, at the peril of his life. Securing an Was discharged Sunday. She had axe Barner broke out one panel in been a surgical patient. the door and was in the act of 6 John Henry Bullock, 19 months crawling through when Etlinger fir- 01d son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles | ed two loads of buckshot into the Bullock, of Bellefonte, was discharg- | constable’s head and body. Later he ©d Wednesday after undergoing went down the stairs and cut his medical treatment. throat, ear to ear, Motz and Hoster- Mrs. Mary McCool, of Spring man beat a hasty retreat, Mills, was admitted for surgical This was on the morning treatment last Thursday, i March 5th, 1896, and at that time | Harold Custer, of Connellsville, a | there was no telephone connection Student at Penn State, was dis- | with Woodward. There were few Charged Tuesday after undergoing telephones at Millheim and one or Surgical treatment. two at Coburn. It was also before | '’iliam Smeltzer, the days of automobiles and the Vas admitted Friday for surgical only communication with Bellefonte treatment. | was a drive of seven miles from _ John H. Raymond, of Milesburg, of Bellefonte, | | COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOLS | TO MEET IN MILLHEIM i — | The sixty-third annua! convention | School Association will be held in ' St. John's Lutheran church, Mill- heim, next Monday and Tuesday. June 13 and 14. The sessions will open Monday af- ternoon at 2 o'clock, with president C. C. Shuey, presiding, and close with the evening meeting on Tues- day. The program follows: MONDAY AFTERNOON 2:00—Registration of delegates 2:30—Worship service, Rev. A. C. Paul- hamus, pastor Millheim Evangelical charge 2:45—Address of Welcome, M. O. Stover { Superintendent Millheim Lutheran Sunday school REBPONSB.....cercrcsscssssemamuinni ls FF. Wetzel, president District No, 11 | 3:00—Conferences: Children’s division... Mrs. F. M. Fisher, Leadership training...R. Stanley Kendig, Penna. State Sabbath School Ass's Stan | Adult's Division............ Walter E. Myers, f Penna. State Sabbath School Ass'n Stafr i Special Music 4:00—Address.............. Walter E. Myers 4:30—Announcements and adjournment MONDAY EVENIN4 | (Presiding officer—S8. W. Gramiley, Vice i Pres, Centre Co. Ass'n) 7:30—Worship Service, Rev. H. A, Pruyn, pastor Spring Mills Methodist charge Anthem.......... -.Choir St. John's Lutheran church 7:50—Address, ‘The Home Contribution | to the church". .R. Stanley Kendig Hymn | 8:80—Address ‘The Challenge of Relig- ion to the Youth of To- | day" ...........Rev. BE. H. Brewster Penna. State Sabbath School Ass'n staft | Anthem, | Offering | Announcements Benediction TUESDAY MORNING (Presiding Officer, C. C. Shuey) 9:00—Registration of delegates 9:30—Worship Service, Rev. G. A. Fred Griesing, pastor Aaronsburg Re- formed charge 9:45—Camp Kanesataka,.....Ruth Bechtol 10:00—Young People Conference. R. Stan- ley Kendig Open Forum,....... Rev E. H. Brewster 11:00—Question Box TUESDAY AFTERNOON (Presiding Officer—Mrs, J. R. Miller, Y. P. Division, 12th District) 2:16—~Worship Service,...Rev. Paul Miller, pastor Rebersburg Evangelical charge 2:30—Address, Rev. W. C., Thompson, pastor Bellefonte Presbyterian church Special Music 3:15—Rusiness Session TUESDAY EVENING cee MEN’S Quartette Woodward to Coburn and by West- ‘ern Union telegraph from Coburn’ to Bellefonte. As soon as word of the killing was noised about Woodward a cour- fer was dispatched to Coburn to send an appeal to Sheriff Condo for assistance. available man in the vicinity of Woodward, armed with rifles and shotguns, surrounded the Etlinger home to keep him from escaping. But he made no effort to escape, However, he took pot shots at every man who got within shooting dis- tance, slightly wounding two men. When Sheriff Condo received word of the tragedy he quickly gathered together an armed posse, which in- cluded the late Col. H. 8S. Taylor and James Cornelly. about twenty-five in number, went to Coburn by special train and were conveyed from there to Woodward in sleighs and sleds, It was almost dark when they got to Woodward and Sheriff Condo stepped out in the open and called to Etlinger to come out of his house and surrender. A shot in his direction was the only answer. Col. Taylor, who personally and while knew Etlinger, attempied to tempor- work has been scare | here had about as much religion as ize with him but a bullet whizzed oouian't get S a he | past his head and he beat a retreat. | go applied for work on the streets The posse then attempted to shoot to it out with Etlinger and round after ‘round of ammunition was fired but 'at regular intervals an answering | shot would come from the house telling that Etlinger was still very the morning of the 6th, Jommy Cornelly volunteered to set house on fire as the only means of breaking the siege. While the guards kept up a desultory gunfire from the front of the house Cornelly crawled up in the rear and applied | an oil-soaked torch. It was only a $73,778.96. | few minutes until the entire rear of ' drew $1692.17 from the county and | Supt. the house was ablaze. time later watchers saw an A short outside market, Wednesday morning, at 18 .ellar door being pushed slowly open $381365 to make the triennial as- from the inside and one of the Et- linger children pushed out. Then came the other child, followed by Mrs. Etlinger. The woman was un- armed and she told the men her husband was ready to give up. In the meantime every The posse, ' ' became a medical patient Saturday. (Presiding Officer—E. R. Shreckengast, Emily J. Shultz, of Curtin, was past president 12th District) admitted Friday for medical treat- 7:30—Worship Service, Rev A. J. Miller, | ment. pastor Rebersburg Reformed charge Mr. and Mrs. George H. Frucher, p APNE Mens Choir of St. Jehn's Luth- of State Ccllege, are the proud par- | sqaress Dr. W. R. Heaton, ents of a son, born at the hospital | Centre County Coroner on Saturday. Offering A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Hen- | Anthem, .... eccrine Men's Choir ‘ry D. Ellis, of State College, died | Address, ........ Rev. Homer W. Tope, D.D. at the hospital, several hours after Installation of Officers : Benediction birth. | Fred C. Miller, 9 year old son of |Mr, and Mrs. Charles Miller, of ON Tueslay moaiog sewer | Spring township, was discharged | oads By Jeeps ony punday after receiving medical pon school students, from Poplar i men i There were 35 patients in the Grove, Ohio, stopped for a brief per- _ lod in Bellefonte while the girls hospital at the beginning of the loaded up with lollypops, provisions, Etc. They were evidently on a camp- ing trip as the rumbl? seat of one —-—Chief burgess Howard M. of the cars was filled to overflowing Freeze, of Danville, is playing in with loaves of bread and paper bags ‘hard luck. Though he holds the containing fruit and olhoar provi- highest office in the borough he is sions. Most of them were clad in ‘only a laboring man. Last year he pajamas that reached to the ground | collected and turned into the bor- and we naturally wondered if all the ‘ough treasury over one thousand girls in Ohio wore such extremely dollars in fines and licenses. For long “pants” , some months past the burgess has —eteee— ‘had hard sledding to get along. IN BELLEFONTE CHURCHES | ST. JOHN'S REFORMED CHURCH |e SE vee Ae wie | morn- ‘and with the water department but | ing. Preparatory service in the eve- was refused by the men in charge. ning. Then he applied to the borough | Robert Thena, Pastor. : didn't demand a salary — but asked that he | ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH BS Ziven-a.shave 9:30 A. M., Church school 10:45 A. M., Children's day serv- ice with program presented by the Beginners’ and depart- ments, 7:30 P. M., The vesper service and | sermon: “Helping Others Without Money." Clarence E. Arnold, pastor. METHODIST CHURCH Church school session, C. C. Shuey. 9:30, Big study: Goal attend- ance, gifts to Children's day fund. At 10:45, an extensive program by | representatives of the school’s de- | partments. Miss Kathryn Kingsley tells the story, then the childien, trained for , begin their to labor at, council was held last Friday eve- | (ning and the Street and Water | committees were instructed to give | His Honor work whenever possible. { : = Cem | ways. For the year 1896, the time lof the Etlinger tragedy, the total | | expenditures of Centre county were The Sheriff, that year, | the prothonotary $352.85. The court | costs were 5540.28 and it cost but | sessment. i i The sheriff called to him to come In another column of the Watch- man the news bureau, at State College, tells of all the activities | during their college years of the six- | ty