1855 1932 that P. Gray Meek edited and published for fifty-seven years and pov by his Estate at the Watchman Printing House, Bellefonte, Pa. Editors. GEORGE R. MEEK CHARLES L. GATES MARY GRAY MEEK Published weekly, every Friday morn- ing. Entered at the postoffice, Belle- fonte, Pa., as second class matter. Terms of Subscription,.—Until further notice at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.76 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 A sample copy of the ‘Watchman’ will be sent without cost to applicants. published un name of the writer. notified when a subscriber wishes paper discontinued. S the subscription must be paid up date of cancellation, BELLEFONTE, PA, IT WAS A WAKE, NOT A CONVENTION. The Republican National Convention in Chicago last week was | a rather forlorn gathering. In truth it was more like a wake than leaders in which a militant party the kind of a get-together of launches a hopeful campaign. It was not at all like the enthusiastic gathering, four years ago, when Mr. Hoover was first put in nomination. Then everything was rosy. A great (?) man was to lead the party’s battle, business conditions were normal, or nearly so, and all that was needed to in- sure victory was the promise of four more years of prosperity. The prospect was different last week. The G. O. P. faced No- vember with fear and misgiving. It realized that national faith in its ability to keep the dinner pail always full has been shattered and that the leader it was destined to choose was not nearly so much a wizard as he had been touted to be four years ago. As a matter of fact Mr. Hoover was never anything more than an engineer. Before he left the Democratic party, in order that his ambition to be President might have a better chance of gratification, his reputation for ability was founded entirely on accomplishment in the engineering world—a purely technical field. He had never had experience in statecraft or party leadership. He was not a contribu- tor to constructive thought in governmental processes and the wob- bling, impotent administration that has followed his election to the Presidency proves that outside of his chosen profession he is lost. He had no control of a Congress of his own party and, because of that executive failure and lack of vision, was like a child when the crash came on. With the country in the throes of its greatest panic for two years there isn’t an act that can be pointed to as evidence that he tried to avert it or gave a constructive suggestion for its relief. Every one of the panaceas he has offered has proven as spurious as the concoctions of a snake doctor. If there were nothing else to reveal the weakness and vacilla- tion of the Hoover character in handling great problems of govern- ment his attitude on the Prohibition plank of his party should be sufficient proof of it. Before the antagonists of the Eighteenth Amendment became cohesively organized the President was for the Volstead Act, without equivocation. ment.” When a noticeable change in public sentiment became apparent he shut up like a clam. And when he discovered he would have little chance, if any, of being re-elected unless he agreed to stand- on a weasel-worded platform he revealed a back bone as wilt- ed as that of a used bath towel. Republicans at Chicago knew these facts. They knew, also, that none of the other many presidential possibilities their party numbers would come to rescue the wreck that Hoover has made of it, so they went grimly and gloomily through the process of put- ting him into the bed of his own making; there to sleep into political oblivion. MR. GARNER ENTERS THE FIELD. On the eve of the Democratic National Convention Speaker Garner has tossed his hat into the presidential contest ring. While Mr. Garner has the delegates of only two States, Texas and Califor- nia, committed to him the announcement that he is a serious con- tender for the nomination might complicate deliberations at Chicago more than his delegate strength would indicate. His blunt declaration in favor of the outright repeal of Eighteenth Amendment will be reflected in the attitude of his dele- gates toward the plank in the party platform concerning solution of that problem and it is possible that in the turmoil that is likely to arise between the outright repealists and those advocating the rights of the States to have sole control of the liquor traffic that the ninety delegates representing Texas and California may be drawn into conflicts that may have a tendency to drive them away from Roosevelt after Mr. Garner gives up. In any event, Mr. Garner is something more now than “a fav- orite son” candidate. His delegates will not filter away from him af- ter a few complimentary ballots. They will stick until he gives the word and since they are necessary to possible abrogation of the two- thirds rule the importance of his candidacy is all the more appa- rent. Just what the Texan may have in mind is probably his own secret, but whatever it may be it is likely to have considerable effect on the outcome of the convention. The Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic women are sending to all Pennsylvania delegates to the party’s national conven- tion a copy of the resolution they passed at their April meeing in Scranton. It declared for “a courageous and outright declaration against national prohibition and return to the Jeffersonian doctrine of States’ Rights.” ing to be ratified by the entire country in November we have a sneakin’ notion that President Hoover, being so anxious to be re- elected, would be glad to come back into the fold and run on such a platform if he were invited. There will be no invitation, how- ever. ditry is losing in its fight against law and order because the country is so full of “untrained citizens who have the fortitude to stand up and shoot it out with a desperado.” The Association cites statistics in Chicago, where forty-one have been exterminated by others than officers of the law during the past eighteen months, as proof of its conviction, Extermination of banditry is very much to be desired, but the “untrained citizen who stands up and shoots it out with a desperado” has more fortitude than good sense. The beneficence of the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill is alarm- ingly revealed in the exports of our country. Our best customer, be- fore a Republican Congress foisted it on the country, was Canada. For the first four months of 1931 our exports to Canada were vallied at one hundred and fifty-five million dollars. For the first four of 1932 they were eighty-eight million dollars. That’s a drop that is not likely to be pointed to with pride by any of the Republican orators who cut loose during the coming campaign. On the eve of his departure for Chicago one of Alfred E. Smith’s confidential advisors remarked: “Our mission is not to stop anyone else, or to nominate anyone else” than Al. The “happy warrior” is both a delegate and a candidate and will undoubtedly be a stellar figure in the convention. He might do to Roosevelt what Bryan did to Champ Clark at Baltimore, notwithstanding the pro- phetic remark of his friend Proskanauer. But of he should do that and gain the nomination for himself even Hoover would defeat him. To Correspondents.—No communications — accompanied by the real In ordering change of address always give the old as well as the new address. It is important that the publisher ae street, Bellefonte, e In Ql Such C85¢S | of his cow. The animal is eight years JUNE 24, 1932 | ~ | sian Kitty that developed the urge Then it was “a noble experi- | the | It looks as if the ladies will have their wishes | gratified. The Chicago convention will undoubtedly adopt a plank | advocating just such a governmental procedure and since it is go- | The National Rifle Association is of the opinion that ban- | FIFTY YEARS AGO: IN CENTRE COUNTY. Items taken from the Watchman issue of June 30, 1882, the residence of the bride's parents, cock of the M. E. church of Miles- burg, Mr. C, A. Lindsey, of Houtz- | dale, Clearfield county, and Miss Liz- | zie Campbell, of Bellefonte. | —John Hawley, living on Howard desires informa- tion that might lead to the recovery | old, color between fawn and dark | red. She went astray on Monday.— (Editor's Note.—It is probable that Mr. Hawley’s cow was like the Per- | to hit “The Primrose Path.” | —The Mill Hall woolen mills, which were built in 1830, were burn- ed last Friday morning, The loss is variously estimated at $9,000.00 to $11,000.00. F. M. Welch & Bro., were the owners of the machinery, while | Robert Mann owned the buildings. —The Philipsburg Driving Park Association will have a race meet on July 4 and 5. Purses of $200.00 will be offered for three of the races and $100.00 for each of the other two that are listed. D. W. Holt is presi- | dent of the Association; John A. Mull, secretary; J. N. Casanova, treasurer, | —Mrs. Fred Chandler, of Zion, is very low with cancer. She has suf- fered from this virulent affliction for some time. —The new Lutheran church at Zion is going up rapidly, though the work has been slowed up somewhat by the sudden disappearance of the best hod carrier on the job, a fellow who could carry monstrous loads of brick. In these days of strikes and scarcity of hands his quitting has | been a serious blow to the progress of the work. —Among the young men who took a prominent part in making the festival in the Presbyterian church at Port Matilda, on the 17th instant, realize $100.00 for the church were: D. Foster Williams, Dr. P, W. Swope, Dr. Harshbarger, Harry Chaney and Budd Thompson. Wheat is 1.25, rye, .80, corn .75, oats .50, eggs .20, bacon .15, ham .16, butter 15. —Gentlemen’s fine socks, six pair | for a quarter, at the Boston Cloth- ing house, in the Reynolds block, | Bellefonte. | —Dr. Hoy has heart disease, bad. | He caught it on “Bunker Hill.” —R. M, Magee Esq., is happy over | the fact that he is the possessor of a horned toad sent him from Arizo- na by a former Centre countian now located there. —The go-ahead borough of Phil- ipsburg is to be lighted with electric light soon. They don’t jump in and do it. —A big thunder storm played the i dickens with the festival that the | Presbyterian Mite Society under- | took to hold on the lawn surround- | ing Mr. Furst’s mansion, St., last Saturday evening, They had a tent erected in anticipation of such untoward interference, but it leak- ed and the ice cream, strawberries and people all got wet. —A great many youngsters in Bellefonte are enjoying (?) the measles at the present time. | —“Dode” McCafferty reached home from Atlantic City last week and his brother James will be home from Bradford for the Fourth. | —Oliver Witmer, son of Charles | Witmer, of Benner Twp., while en- gaged on the new house being erect- | ed by John Bartruff, on Bishop St., | fell from a dormer window to the ground, a fal of 25 ft, and landed (on a board pile, One of his wrists | was broken and he received other { painful injuries. | STATE COLLEGE TO HAVE ROUSING 4TH OF JULY The Alpha Fire Co., of State Col- | lege, will sponsor a three day cele- | | bration of the Fourth of July in| According to the pro- | that place. gram a rousing time will be provid- ea for all who attend and, as it says, there will be something doing every minute. The celebration will open Satur- day evening at 7 with a concert by swing on Atherton street, Darktown minstrels and . announce- ment of winners in the High school | popularity contest. On Sunday evening at 6 the Le- | mont band will give a concert on the front campus and burgess Lederer | will present medals to members of the Alpha company who have been | in active service twenty-five years. | On Monday, the Fourth, doings | will start with a fire drill at the primary school building and con- clude at midnight with the an- nouncement of who gets the auto- mobile that will be given away, The day will be crowded with all sorts of entertainment. Pine Grove and | State College will meet in a base- ball game at 9:45. The I. O. O. F. orphanage band of Sunbury will give morning, afternoon and eve- ning concerts, there will be a baby parade, magnificent fireworks dis- play, a pet show, and a ladder and dine Fire Co, of Bellefonte. The latter will be made at 1:45 on Col- lege Ave., between Pugh and Frazier streets. ——The Bellefonte chapter of the American Red Cross has another supply of flour on hand, the carload of wheat received by the C. Y. Wagner & Co. mill two weeks ago having been turned into flour and now ready for distribution to those who need and deserve it, ! the Pine Grove band. At the same | time there will be a midway in full | races, | first-aid demonstration by the Un- | A HODGE-PODGE OF NEWSY INCIDENTS The G. O. P. did the expected at Chicago last: week. The convention | gone conclusion, | forced the nomination of brother 1i tis, notwithstanding the | octogenarian, she had been in failing a % : years and Maria Louise Green Clark an fact that party leaders do not deem | DEATHS OF THE WEEK HERE AND ELSEWHERE | hative of Bellefonte, | WOODCOCK.—In the | of Mrs. | and religious life of the town. | health for several passing | June 11th, — Anna C. Forbes Wood- —O! ith | i 3 A. Wood- i | was so thoroughly saturated with | cock, widow of Rev. John od- | : Married. n the 28th instant, at | Hooverism ous nomination with | cock, Bellefonte loses another of it's Johns Hopkins hospital, and hag re- in Bellefonte, Pa.,by Rev. Mr. Wood- | no concerted opposition was a fore- women who, for half a century, had covered sufficiently to return to hig | and Dolly Gann | been closely identified with the social home, but a An | resulted in his death. CLARKE.—Thomas J, Clarke died gat hig on Saturday following an illnegg of {at hs. D eight months. During that time pe | home in Baltimore, | underwent a serious operation tl relapse ensued Which He was a son of James B, and d wag him a strong tail to the Republican | her death was the result of general born in Bellefonte on January 8th, kite. The convention straddled the | prohibition question which will give debility. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- When a child his parents | 1865, hence was in his 68th year. moved | the party barnstormers a chance to liam Forbes she was born near from Bellefonte onto a farm in Bep. | talk temperance in bone dry States Chambersburg, in Franklin county. ner township and it was there he and preach repeal of the 18th Educted in the public schools of her grew to manhood. He wags educateq home community she engaged in in the schools of Bellefonte and gt amendment in wet latitudes. teaching, an occupation she followed the Bellefonte Academy. He oft Next week the Democrats will until her marriage, in 1870, to John Bellefonte about 33 years ago t, meet in the same building in Chica- A. Woodcock, then a young minister | become superintendent of the Stan. go that housed the Republicans last in the Central Pennsylvania Confer- dard Lime and Stone company, | week. The building, we understand, has been properly fumigated and oper- {ence of the Methodist Episcopal ated by the Baker Bros. in West church. During the ensuing dozen Virginia. Later he became ga con- aired so there ought not to be any or fifteen years her home was where tractor for the same firm ang locat- mollycoddle germs floating around. The disciples of Jefferson, Cleveland it pleased the the annual conference to presiding Bishop of | ed in Baltimore. send her | While living in West Virginia he and Wilson have a golden opportu- husband, but in 1883, Rev. Wood- married Miss Blanche C. Burnett, nity staring them in the face if the cock, at his own request, was placed | who survives with the following delegates sent to Chicago to repre- on the superannuated list and he children: Thomas C. Clarke Jr, sent the party do not make jack- then located permanently in Belle- Joseph W., C. Baker, John A., Mrs, | asses out of themselves before the fonte, in a house erected for his own | Levan Sothern, It Blanche M. Clarke, all of Baltimore, | Shindig is over. Sunday was ‘Father’s day” not a florist in Bellefonte had a spe- occupancy on east Linn street. George A. ang was there that Rev. Woodcock died He also leaves the following sigterg but in 1895 and five years later Mrs. and brother: Mrs. J. C. Lambert, of Woodcock sold the home and went Philadelphia; Dr, J. W. Clarke, of cial sale of flowers in his behalf, to Scranton to reside with her Johnstown, and the Misses Mary E, neither did the pastors of any of the son, Dr. Lee B. Woodcock. She | Maria L. Susan A. and Anestagia churches have any unusual services was there eleven years and during | S., all of Bellefonte. for the dads of Bellefonte. we don’t believe one out of twenty children in the town knew it was Father's day, and yet he is entitled to his share of the credit for them being here as well as a whole In fact that time inaugurated the beginner's every department in tke Elm Park Metho- | Catholic church, Baltimore, dist church, the that denomination in the city, | which developed into one largest departments in Funeral mass was held in the on the largest one of morning of June 15th, burial being and made in the Druid Ridge cemetery, of the] the church. | lot of other things since they arriv- Returning to Bellefonte in 1909 she | Haines, il 1} HAINES.—Mrs. Mary Elizabeth widow of the late Dayig | | | ed. But take it from us, ninety-nine inaugurated the beginner's depart- Haines, who served as a policeman dads in every hundred will fight shy ment in the church here which has in Bellefonte for a number of years, of celebratin’ over him for anything also proven a success. It was through | celebrated her 90th birthday anni. he has done for his family or his her suggestion that the Home Mis- versary on Sunday. In feeble health sionary society of the church under- for several months she apparently country. that big men prefer little took the task of educating one | enjoyed the day. However, at 12:40 And speaking of dads why is it young woman a year, a work that| o'clock on Wednesday she women | has been continued ever since. Dur- passed away, the result of a stroke quietly and a big woman generally ties up ing the years that have intervened Of paralysis. with a runt of a man? On the street, Since 1909 most of her time was although she and Elizabeth Barry and was born sometimes | at Coalrain Forge on June 19th, at 1842. It was after her marriage to as well as with her | Mr. Haines that they came to Belle- low son, Dr. Woodcock, at Scranton. In fonte and this had heen her Saturday night, we saw a woman who looked six feet tall with a man who hardly topped five, and the wo- man had become stoop shouldered in trying to get her head down spent in Bellefonte, made periodical and lengthy visits to her old home, | Chambersburg, She was a daughter of Jackson home enough to talk to her husband in a | 1911 she accompanied her son on a ever since. She was a member of the she she | natural tone of voice. When stood up straight every word said floated right over the top his head. The Pennsylvania railroad is still | curtailing expenses. Up until recent- |1ly the Pennsylvania-Lehigh express talk long | was well patronized but now travel | about anything out there; they just | by train has been so curtailed that at {even it has been cut | three cars—a combination baggage and smoker, a coach and a combina- | tion lunch and chair car. And it is | | Evidently the people haven't the | money to travel with. { On one morning last week we i counted cars from five different | States parked in front of the Penn | Belle hotel and one thing particularly | | noticeable was that there were three | | cars with Ohio licenses, Commenting | | far, | three months trip to Vienna. Her survivors include two sons, of Dr. Lee B. Woodcock, of Scranton, Who made their United Brethren church and one of the class of old-fashioned women home a kingdom | and Rev. Jay R. Woodcock, of Syra- for themselves and family, and as (cuse, N. Y.; two sisters brother, the Misses Mary an ca Forbes, and Wilson Forbes, | Chambersburg. morning, and Rev. and one | 8 housekeeper she had few equals. d Rebec- | of ago but she is survived by two sons, Mr. Haines died eighteen years Charles and William, and one broth- Private funeral services were held er, S. T. Barry, all of McKeesport, her late apartment, in Petrikin Her grand-daughter, Miss Margaret down to | hall, at 10:30 o'clock on Wednesday Haines, has made her home with conducted by her son Jay | her grandmother since the death of Horace Lincoln Jacobs, her own mother, and was especially interment being made in the Union | careful in looking after her wants. on Linn | & rare day when they are crowded. cemetery. ll SM ELTZER .—Clyde Smeltzer, a well known hardening of the arteries, Now that Mrs. Haines has passed away she will go to her father, i Newton Charles Haines, at McKeesport. retired ’ mer, died at his home at State Der late home at 2 o'clock tomorrow College, last Friday, as the result of 2fternoon by Rev. G. E. Household- He had Funeral services will be held at er, burial to be made in the Union not been in good health for a year °¢eMetery. or more but his condition did not become serious until several weeks lon this fact to another Bellefonte | £20 | man we were informed that every | | Ohio license seen on a car doesn’t’ | mean the owner lives in Ohio. It | seems that there is a standard fee | of $5.00 for a license on all pleasure | cars in that State and some Pennsyl- | | vanians, it is charged, take advantage |of this fact to have their cars | registered in Ohio and go to that | State on a visit late in the year, | stay long enough to get a license, | then come back into Pennsylvania. | In fact, we are told, there are one {or more such men living in Centre | | county. If you have a dog that barks at | night, annoys the neighbors as well | | as yourself here's a sure sleep-pro- | | ducing trick which is vouched for | | ‘by a dog-loving attorney of Belle- “crc Beld at his late home at 10 fonte. Pat the dog on the head, pull his ears in a friendly way, give him | a few more pats then spread a pair | of your old pants on the floor and | it will promptly curl up on them | and go to sleep, Whether a woman could do likewise the lawyer didn’t | say. i Wanted—A sure death for the Mexican bean beetle without using | a hammer, STORMSTOWN 4-H CLUB | ORGANIZED LAST WEEK The Stormstown community 4-H | poultry club held their first meeting (on Tuesday evening of last week | at the home of Harry Fisher. The | following officers were elected for the coming year: President, George | | Gray; vice president, Roger Way; | | secretary-treasurer, Edith Davidson. | | It was decided at the meeting to | | meet regularly once a month during | | the summer and programs were | | planned, such as instructions regard- | ing the care and handling of chicks, | | recreational programs, Etc, [ | This club is made up of ten mem- | bers, under the direction of Ellis | Peters, club leader, and the agri- | cultural extension service. Other members of the organiza- tion are: Elwood Way, Donald Fish- er, Wilford Fisher, Marjorie Tomco, Beulah Peters, Philip W. Ghaner, and Thomas G, Wilson. ——Owing to the absence of Miss Noll, State health nurse, no baby clinics will be held in Bellefonte un- til September 2nd. He was born at Pleasant Gap on September 30th, 1866, hence was in his 66th year. Most of his adult life was spent in farming in Buffalo Run valley but ten years ago he quit the farm and moved to State College. Fie is survived by his wife and the fol- Luther Krebs, of State College; Or- vis and Edward Smeltzer, of Belle- fonte R. D..; LeRoy, of Centre Hall, and Norman, at home, He also leaves three step-brothers, Curtis, George and Marion Meyers, all of State College. . He was a member of the Reform- ed church and Rev. H,. L. Wink had charge of the funeral services which o'clock on Monday morning, burial being made in the Meyers cemetery. Il WEBER.—Mrs. TIE E. Weber, wife of William Weber, died at her home at Howard, on Tuesday after- noon, following several month's ill- ness with a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of Dr, L. R. and Sarah E, Hensyl and was born at Howard on July 5th, 1869, hence was 62 years, 11 months and 16 days old. She was an active member of the Evangelical church and Sunday school, a member of the Social club and the Eastern Star. In December, 1891, she married Mr. Weber who survives with one daughter, Mrs. R. I, Hoch, of Lock Haven, leaves two brothers and a sister, Dr. George F. Hensyl, of Mahanoy City; Dr. W. C. Hensyl, of Berwick, and Mrs. Annie I. Kurtz, of Howard. Funeral services were held at 3 O'clock yesterday afternoon by Rev. I. N. Blair, of Williamsport, and Rev, W. E. Yingling, of Howard, burial being made in the Schenck cemetery, il KLINE.—Mrs. Rebecca 4 Kline, wife of Jackson Kline, of Howard, died on Friday morning as the re- sult of a stroke of paralysis sustain- ed several months ago, Her maiden name was Rebecca Jane Musser and she was orn in Pennsvalley 73 years ago. She married Mr. Kline 41 years ago and he is her only survivor. Funeral services were held at her late home on Sunday after- noon by Rev. W. E, Yingling, burial being made in the Heckman ceme- tery. | i | ‘wanorlarre mien am Wance, died at her home at Rebers- burg, on the night of June 10th, as the result of a stroke of cerebral apoplexy. She was a daughter of Scott and Susan Bower Stover and was born | in Miles township June 17th, 1879, hence was 52 years, 11 months and lowing children: Harr Seltzer of 23 days old. She was a member of | Bellefonte; Earl Sy and Mrs, the Reformed church most of her life. She is survived by her husband, | Levi Wance; her parents, and one sister and a brother, Mrs. J. D. Hauser, of State College, and Edgar Stover, of Bloomfield, N. J. | Funeral services were held in the Reformed church, at Rebersburg, on | Monday morning of last week, by | Rev. A. J. Miller, burial being made in the Rebersburg cemetery, MecooL! Bruce Frazxin McCool ‘died at his home, east of Centre | Hall, at nine o'clock on Sunday | morning as the result of heart dis- | ease, | He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. | Ammon McCool and was born at | Spring Mills 26 years ago. He mar- ried Miss Mary E. Weaver who sur- | vives with one daughter, Jane Marie. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. | James Brooks and Mrs. Margaret ' From, Funeral services were held by Rev. D. R. Keener, at 2:30 o'clock | on Wednesday afternoon, burial be- | ing made in the Centre Hall ceme- ‘BOY FALLS INTO CREEK ! WHEN LIMB BREAKS { | On Wednesday morning Billy No- | lan, ten year old son of Mr. and | Mrs. Joseph Nolan, of north Spring | street, climbed into a tree, on north Water street, to watch the men Aig ging the ditch in Spring creek for the sanitary sewer. The limb he was | perched on broke off and he fell | twenty feet, landing in the ditch that had been dug. He was knocked unconscious Put was taken from the water as quick- ly as possible and rushed to the hos pital. An examination revealed 10 broken bones but head and back 10 | juries, While his condition was I¢ garded as serious he was removed to his home. Yesterday he Was slightly improved. ——A feature of the morning service in the Methodist church, OP Sunday, will be a violin solo by Miss Eleanor Barnhart. a at.
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