VOL. LXXXYV,
FOR REORGANIZATION,
The Reporter Advocates the Reorganiza-
tion of the tyemocrstic Party in Penn.
sylvania Because It Helleves the Old
Organization Impotent and Partially
Discredited,
/ The Centre Reporter advocates the
reorganization of the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania because it be.
lieves the old organization impotent
and partially discredited.
It believes the old organization,
that for years has managed the Demo-
cratic party in Pennsylvania, to be
contented with Republican rule in
Pennsylvania, because under Republi-
can rule a number of them hold office,
and do so without opposition from the
Republican party. Notably among
these so favored is J. K. P. Hall, who
has been re-elected to the state senate
in a Republican senatorial district,
The Philadelphia section of the Dem-
ocratic party hes also been able to give
to a number of its leaders berths that
could be obtained only because of the
ability of theese leaders to deliver votes
at the poles for Republicans when
most needed.
The Reporter favors the reorganiza-
tion of the Democratic party because
the managers defeated the will of the
people at the Allentown convention,
by refusing to nominate Willlam H.
Berry for governor. The managers
refused him the nomination for no
other reason than to make certain the
election of the Republican nominee,
whoever that might be.
The Reporter favors reorganizatio:.
of the Democratic party because it be-
lieves, as do the great msjority of the
Democrats of Pennsylvania, that the
managers consulted with the Repub-
lican leaders in the state and agreed to
and did hold the Democratic state
convention in 1910 before the Republi-
can convention, so that the Republi.
cans would have the advantage of
knowing just what the Allentown
coopvention would do. That is the
only instance in all political history
where a winority party held its noml-
pation first,
The Reporter favors the reorganiza-
tion of the Democratic party in Penn-
sylvania because it believes the leaders
of the *“ old guard ”’ are not sincere;
they have placed personal ambition
in the past above party success, and
thereds n) evidence ™ repsatance ; to
beable to control the Democratic
party in the state is of more concern
to them than success at the polls ;
these leaders have been accused of all
kinds of crookedness—crookedness
without name and oumber—and cap
no longer lead except to the detri-
ment of the party and to the advantage
of the Republican organization.
The Reporter does not believe that
the ‘old guard” leaders are in
sympathy with the Woodrow Wilson
movement in Penonsylvanis ; there is
no evidence of it ; the candidates for
national delegate intimately connect-
ed with the “ old guard ”’ give no
bint as to their choice for presidential
candidates ; the * old guard” is al
ways open for a * dicker ’ with the
hope of getting a crumb for the lead-
ers, no matter where it comes from.
At the primary election, Baturday,
April 13th, every Democrat in Penn
sylvaoia will have an opportunity to
say whether he is for reorganization or
whether the discredited leaders shall
continue to dominate the Democratic
party in such a manner as to be of
benefit to the Republican party In the
county, state, and nation,
Because Chairman Guthrie refuses
to make compromises with the Gufley-
Hall-Donnelley discredited element, he
and the reorganizers all over the state
are accused of being arbitrary, Mr,
Guthrie, as the head of the reorgan-
izers, believes it is Lhe privilege of the
rank and file of Democratic party to
say who shall be at the Lead of the
party In the state, and entertaloing
that Democratic spirit he refuses to
treat with the men who have betrayed
the party in the past.
The Democrat who favors the reor-
ganization of the party must on April
13th attend the primaries and cast his
ballot for candidates for delegate to the
state and national conventions, as well
8s for county chairman, who favor reor.
ganization. A candidate who will not
express himself on this question is not
to be trusted. The reorganiz r must
lay aside personal friendship when he
marks his ballot on April 18th, The
question to be decided Is, are we to
bave in Pensylvania a Democratic or-
ganization free from Republican inflg.
ence, or is the Democratic party to con.
tinue, as in the past, a convenience for
the Republican party ? Are the nom-
inees for state offices to be the choice of
the majority of the Demooratic voters,
or are these candidates to be named by
the blican organization they
were 3s be Allentown convention 7
undoubted great mesjorit
Democratic voters In the state. noe of
Grangers Will Not Permit Dodging of this
Question of Vital Importance
A conference of representative farm-
ers, dalrymen and live stock breeders,
including William T. Creasy, Hon.
Leonard Rhone, Jerome T. Allman,
A. Nevin Deitrich of the State Grange,
met in Harrisburg last week, and
promised to make an issue on oleo in
every Congressional District in the
country.
With the Grangers and dairymen
was Dairy and Food Commissioner
James Foust. The Lever bill, now
before Congress, which removes re
strictions from oleomargarine, was
denounced,
It was claimed that the bill was
drawn in the interests of the oleomar-
garine manufacturers and is plainly
against the interests of producers and
consumers of butter,
“ Nothing is of more importance
than the dairy cow,” sald Mr. Creasy,
“It is a producer of wealth and that
which will interfere with the cow will
interfere with every one of the more
than 7,000,000 farmers of the country.
No political party can afford to strike
such a blow as the passage of this bill
would mean and which would lend
assistance to a business controlled by a
great trust which Is already gougiog
the public in the high cost of beef
and beef products. The Lever bill
would turn the butter business over to
the beef trust, and, furthermore,
through its original package provision,
tend to encourage fraud by removing
police control of the traffic by the sev-
eral states
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After State ald for Roads,
KE. M. Bigelow, Pennsylvania state
highway commissioner, has compiled
a table showing all the applications
for state aid for the highway improve-
ment, exclusive of the routes in the
Sproul ** main highway ”’ bill, which
have been filed with his department
since he assumed charge early Isst
summer,
This table shows that 1584 applica
tions have been filled by thirty-seven
counties for the improvement of a
total of 2.230,710 linear feet, or 421 78
linear miles.
The number of counties participat-
ing in these applications is regarded
as low at the capital, for there are
thirty whica bave not applied for
improvement at all,
Commissioner Bigelow has not fs-
sued any statement as to what appli
cations, or how many, will be placed
under construction during the present
year,
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Spring Fashions,
The North American’s special Paris
Fashion Section for spring will be
issued as a part of the Sunday ecition
of that paper on March 17,
For several years the North
American has issued twice during
each year a compendium of the
Paris styles brought up to date by the
special Paris staff which is maintain.
ed in Paris by the North American,
whose duty it is to bring the fashions
of the French capital first hand to the
women readers of the paper,
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Ordained U. BE. sinisters, /
Bishop W. H. Fouke on Bunday at
Lock Heven ordained the following
miniswers of the United Evangelical
church : 8B. M. A, Jenkins, I. C.
Shearer, I. C. alley, W. 8. Kunkle,
as deacons ; H. IC Hill, R. 8. Dau-
bert, M. E. Bartholomew, J. H. Rich-
or, L. A. Miller, C. 5, Messner, M. CO,
Jacobs, J. B. McLaughlin, C, B,
soyder, as elders,
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Osman Awarded $1000 Damages,
In the last issue of the Reporter it
was stated that the case of Bamuel
Osman against the township of Spring
was up for trial. The jury in the case
awarded him damages (0 the amount
of $1000. Osman, it will be remember.
ed, two years ago drove into the Gens
zell lake at night snd narrowly es
caped drowning.
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The Pilak Label this Week,
The Pink Lavel will be found on
this issue of the Reporter, and indi.
cates that credits appear on your label.
Please examine your label and see
whether the figures represent what
they should. When no month is
mentioned, the month of July is ime
plied. All other months of the year
are indicated,
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1870-1912 moyer's Musie School,
$38.00 will pay for board and tuition
for a six weeks’ course of music, The
Director bas hed many years of ex-
perieuce as head of musical depart
ments In reversal Eastern Colleges.
Pupils well cared for. Terms
May 1, June 1, July 1, 1912. For. par
ticulare, address
Miss ANNA J. MovYER, Director,
Fresburg, Pa,
ER a
Btate College ls a measly town just
its schools had to be closed,
COUNTRY LIFE CONGRESS,
Pennsylvania Rarsl Progress Association
in Session In Fhilsdeliphis—State Col.
lege Professors Among the Speskers.,
At Philadelphia beginning to-day
( Thursday) and continuing until
Baturday s country life conference will
be held in the city hall under the aus-
pices of the Pennsylvania rural prog-
ress association. The specially inter-
esting program relating to social, re-
ligious and educational features will
be delivered.
Among the epeakers are Dean L. H.
Balley of the New York state college
of agriculture, Gifford Pincnot, for.
mer chief of the forestry service at
Washington ; Bir Horace Plunkett of
Ireland, Dr. T. F. Hunt, dean of
Peunslyvania State College; Hon. N
C. Behaeffer, state superintendent of
publie instruction at Harrisburg, Pa.;
O. J. Kern, superintendent of schools,
Winnebago county, Ill; Dr. M. T
SBceudder, professor of education at
Ratgers college, New Brunswick, N,
J.; B. H. Cocheron, principal of agri-
cultural high schools at Sparks, Md ;
Miss Alice McCloskey, rural school
specialist of New York state college of
agriculture,
The work the railroads are doing
to help farmers will be presented by
R. C. Wright and W. J. Rose of the
Pennsylvania railroad, P. H. Burnett
and 8B. R. Btevens of the Lehigh rail-
way and R. L. Rassell of the Phils-
delphia and Reading railway. Bocial
and religious conditions in the ru:al
districts will be discussed by the Rev.
C. O. Bemies, of McClellandtown, Va.
Rev. G. F. Weils, research secretary
of the churches of Christ in Americs,
Prof. Alva Agee of State College, Pa.,
Albert Roberts, secretary Y. M, C. A
country work. Rural sanitation will
be discussed by Dr. Bamuel Dickson
and Dr. C. J. Marshall of the Penn-
sylvania state health department.
The work of the grange will be
presented by Hoo. W. T. Cressy of
Catawisss, Pa., master of the state
grange, Mrs, Owen Wister and Mrs,
O'Hara, of Philadelphia ; Mrs. Will-
iam Crocker of Williamsport will rep.
resent the Peunsylvania federation
of women's clubs ; A. B. Farquhar of
York, Pa., will speak on isolation of
farm women; Hoo A. LL. Martin of
the Farmers’ lustitute bureau st
Harrisburg will discuss present-day
farmiog conditions. Other speakers
will be Prof. Martha Van Rennselser,
professur of home economics at New
York state college of agriculture ; Dr.
Hanoa T. Lyon, Mrs. Jean J. Foulke,
TI. Lynch Montgomery, B. H. Gitchel,
W. A. Burton and Prof. H. E. Van
Norman,
an AI A RATAN.
Lecomotive Wiven to State College,
The board of directors of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad Company has decid-
ed to give to Peunsylvania State Col-
lege the old locomotive No 01001, and
dynamometer car No. 4855682, which
the company leat to the college for
use in connection with its course in
railway mechanical engineering. The
locomotive was sent to State College
in 1908. The dynamometer car came
last fall.
The donation was made to the col-
lege with the suggestion that the pres-
ent lettering and numbering of the
equipment be removed. The equip-
ment from this time on will be the ab-
solute property of the institation, E
The donation has made possible
further experimental tests for which
the college is now rapidly coming to
the front. The gift represents a value
of about $30,000. Students in the
mechanical school have used the logo.
motive for practice runs between State
College and Bellefonte. A dynamom-
eter oar i» used to measure the pull
of engines,
ns IM AP AA.
A NOVEL INIRODUOTION,
Dr, Howard Oo, Makes A Spreial Price,
The Dr. Howard Company have en-
tered into an arrangement with Mar.
ray & Bitner's drug store, by which a
special introductory offer will be
made of 25 cents on the 50 cent size of
their celebrated specific for the cure of
constipation and dyspepsia,
Headaches, coated tongue, dizziness,
gas on stomach, specks before the eyes,
constipation and all forms of malaria
and liver trouble are soon cured by
this scientific medicine,
Murray & Bitner have been able
secure only a limited supply, so every-
one who wishes to be cured of dyspep-
sia or constipation should esll upon
them at once or send them 25 cents by
mail, and get 60 doses of the best medi-
cine ever made, on this special half
price introductory offer, with their
personal guarantee to refand the
money if the specific does not cure.
Anyone wishing to buy choles stock
“~horses, cows, young cattle or hogs
will flod ft at the N. O. Yarnell sale,
near Linden Hall, Tharsday, March
Ziat, a0 411 day gale. The stock is all
on.
"Thiers la Dot & sorub fo. the. tok
ou are inviled to attend this
LETTERS FROM SUBSURIBERY,
Reporter Subsdribers Correspondent Col.
amn--New Departmsnt.
MISSOULA, Mont., March 4, 1912,
Lditor Reporter :
Eoclosed fiud money order which
please credit on Reporter subscription.
We enjoy reading the Reporter
every Monday morning. We were
very sorry to read of the death of Mr.
John Conley ; one by one our old
friends are passing away.
We have had fine winter westh-
er, mild and pleasant. February was
like April. Msuny of the trees budded,
and robins made their appearance in
large numbers.
We feel the effects of an approach.
ing presidential election in Missoula 3
times are dull and we expect them io
continue so until after the election
of Woodrow Wilson,
It may be news to you that my
brother Isaac lives in Butte, Montana,
and that Claude and I live together in
Missoula, Mrs. Annie BShsnnoon
Dornblsser’s youngest son makes his
home with us, and sttends the State
Uuaiversity, which is located ic our
city. We very much enjoy having
this young cousin with us, for we feel
keenly the absence of relatives. Re-
member me kindly to all my friends,
MRs KATE HARPSTER MOORE
Rosswan Farm sold,
Josiah C. Rossman sold his farm to
William Musser for $5100 The farm
is located slong the Brush Valley
road, below Penns Cave, and has two
sets of buildings on it. The farm
proper is occupied by Mr. Rossman’s
son Eimer Rossman, and the father
lives iu a house near by. The farm
contains about 168 acres, and is in a
good state of fertility. Mr. Musser,
the purchaser, is a brother of Jacob
Musser, who lives below the Rossman
farm. He has lived in various sec
tions of the west, and by speculating,
it is said, asccumulisted s fortune.
The Rossmans will occupy the
Rossman places until the spring of
next year.
LOCALY
The Reporter records three births,
two in Centre Hall and one near by-—
two boys, one girl.
W. Gross Miogle, who handles
cement, crushed limestone, brick and
other building material, advertises in
this issue,
Mrs J. C. Meyer, and her daughter,
Mre. Mclotire, will make Tennessee
their home in the near future. Mr.
Mclutire is already located in that
slate,
Bee Lhe Pink Label this week. That
means that credits were given, and
you should compare the Pink Label
with a yellow label and see whether
you have been given the proper credit,
A. W. and Irvin Zettle, who with
their father are interested in the
planing mill at Centre Hall, were in
Centre Hall on Saturday, and took
with them the bay horse advertised
for sale by the editor of the Reporter,
A won was born to Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Breon, of Centre Hall, on
Saturday. This is the second son and
fourth chivd in the family, He is ali
0. k., and his name will be George If
the Repurter’s suggestion Is carried
out.
N Edward J, Williams, of Unlonville,
who for four years was culef clerk to
the board of county commissioners,
has taken up the sale of school books
wr J. B. Lippincott & Co., and hae
been assigned the territory in York
and Adams counties,
Miss Ella Rhone, niece of Hon.
Leonard Rhone, had the misfortune to
fall aod dislocate her knee and also
spraived her ankle, Her injuries are
sufficient to make her trip to her home
in Los Angeles at this time impossi-
ble, although it was her intention to
start homeward last week,
”"Oarl Bohn, the fourteen years-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel U. Bohn,
Jr., of near Linden Hall, has been suf-
fering very much from the wounds
received at a serenading two weeks
ago, when a gun was accidentally dis-
cuarged and twenty-six shot entered
his body at various polats. Up until
last Friday the boy suffered Ereatly at
times, but since then he has been im-
proving, and now takes nourisument
freely sod also sieeps well,
™ A. E. Grove, of Eiisabetnville, was
in Ventre Hall on Saturday and Mon.
day. Mr. Grove was agent on the L.
and T. at Millmont, and recently was
transferred to whe place named above,
For a month be is giving his time to
the Penoay in another line of work,
that of organising farmer's clubs, At
Centre Hall and various other sections
of Centre county, Mr. Grove found
the Order of Patrons of
1912.
DEATHS,
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Mrs. Anna Gramley, wife of J. A.
Gramley, of Mifflinburg, died in the
Lock Haven hospital Thureday night
of Inst week following a serious Opera.
tion “performed two weeks previous
While her condition was critical at
times, some improvement wag noice.
able In her condition during her last
few days, but on Tuesday evening
she began to fail and passed away at
time stated. A year ago she submit
ted to a similar operation, from which
she recovered,
Mrs. Gramley was a most estimable
woman, a devoted wife, a kind moth-
er, and an earnest christian, she hav-
fog been a member of the Lutheran
church.
Deceased was aged fifty-six years
last June, and leaves a husband and
eight children, Pines, Oliver, Charles
and Edwin Gramley, Mre. Floyd
Bowersox, Mrs. Augustus Weiser, all
of Mifflinburg, William O., of Bpring
Mille, and Mrs. A. A. Oberheim,
Lock Haven ; one sister, Mrs. Eli
English, and one brother, Geo. Blint,
Canandaigua, N. Y., also survive.
The remains were taken to the
home of the deceased’s daughter, Mrs,
Oberbeim, where funeral services
were conducted Friday evening by
Rev. Jacob Diehl, assisted by Rev. E.
E. Harr, and Saturday they were tak-
en to Mifflinburg, where the final
services were conducted Monday
forenoon and interment made st that
place.
Mrs. Harriet Crouse departed this
life on Wednesday afternoon of last
week, st the home of her daughter, at
Millheim. Bhe was born in Sayder
county, March 25, 1842 Her parents
were John and Elizabeth Lord. Bhe
was married to Aaron Crouse who
preceded her in death on January Ist,
1904. Two children sarvive—Mrs.
Housman, of Millheim, and Calvin
Crouse, of Rebersburg. Funeral ser-
vices were heid in the Reformed
church of Rebersburg, Saturday fore
noon, conducted by ber pastor, Rev,
G. A. Busaffer., Interment was
made in the Union cemetery,
Floyd Edwin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ambrose Weber, of Smullton, died on
26th ult, and was buried the Thurs
day following, aged nine years, nine
months, twenty-one days. Funeral
services were held in the Reformed
church at Rebersburg, conducted by
the Rev. G. A. Staufler,
A A As OAS
Transfer of Heal Estate.
Agues Shipler to Harry M. Stere,
lot in Union twp. $1000.
Mary E. Beck to Ida Bell, lot in
State College boro. $4500.
John C. Lingle et ux to Henry
Stover, tract of land in Gregg twp.
G5,
John Hamilton et ux to H. A. Leit.
zell, lot in State College boro. $5000.
Clarence F. Heim et al to Philip
Helm, lot in Gregg twp. $250
M. L.Gillet ux to Laura A, Gill,
tract of land in Spring twp. $1200,
Henry Thompson et ux to C. Ellis
Pletcher, lot in Howard twp. $000.
Robert Smith executor to Ellen
Long, lot in Gregg twp. $650,
H. H. Harshbarger et ux to Harriet
Zimmerman, tract of land in Boggs
twp. $120.
Martha 8. Bhope to Hattie Zimmer-
man, tract of land in Boggs twp. $1.
Arthur B. Lee, sheriff, to Frank
MoCoy, lot in Bellefonte. $1082,
Julia C. Harvey et bar to Joseph
W. Harvey, lot in State College boro.
$400,
Max Finberg et ux to John F.
Schoars, iot in Philipsburg. $500,
Abram Mayer to John Moore, lot in
Philipsburg. $600,
Arthur B. Lee, sheriff, to Samus] C.
Hoy, tract of land in Marion t Pe
$75.
P. H. Haupt admr to Sarah E. Hea
ton, lot in Boggs twp. $200,
W. H. Thompson et ux to Mary E.
Casselberry, lot in Howard twp.
$303.
Ezra Bmith to Martin L. Ishler,
tract of land in Benner twp, $500,
Wm. R Good et ux to Monroe H.
Kulp & Co, tract of land in Miles
twp. $160, :
Elizabeth 8. Bhillingford to Joseph
H. Burroughs, tract of land in Rush
and Taylor twpe, $1,
A. A. Mott to Charles E. Bartley,
tract of land in Boggs twp. $2200,
Jus, B. Sliker to Elmer E. Bartley,
tract of land in Boggs twp. $400,
Frank Bronoel et al to Elmer E.
Bartley, tract of land In Boggs twp.
Thomas Houtz et ux et al to Monroe
H. Kulp & Oo, tract of land in Miles
twp. $150, :
A A A A S——
John W. Siokelsmith,
ohlidren they
NO.
11.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
» FROM ALL PARTS,
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mre. Witmer Meyer, of Centre Hall.
Miss Edith Sankey was the guest of
her cousin, Miss Florence Rhone, for
several days last week,
Al. M. Rishel and son Walter Rish-
el, of near Bellefonte, were in Centre
Hall Friday of last week.
Mrs. 8 R Kamp, who had been in
Belvidere, Illinois, with her sons for
several months, is again st her Lock
Haven home,
The Anna Btambach property in
Asronsburg and a tract of timber land
in the mountains was sold st public
sale to Clarence Eisenhower for $300,
Jacob Kerstetter bought the interest
of his brother, Emanuel Kerstetter, in
the Kerstetter farm, between Millheim
and Coburn, the consideration being
$3800,
A Milroy correspondent says that
John Btrong and wife came to Centre
Hall last week, and from here went
to Biate College where they will be
employed.
The W. C. T. U. held one of its most
delightful meetings on Baturday af.
ternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
B. H. Arney. Three new members
were received—two of them heads of
families.
H. 8 Taylor, Esq , will be found on
the third floor of Temple Court, in
well-fitted up rooms, where he will at-
tend to his legal business and also look
after the interests of the Bellefonte
Gee and Steam Heating Company.
Hon. Robert M. Foster publishes
bis announcement ss a candidate for
the office of representative in the
General Assembly of Peunsylvania,
subject to the decision of the Demo-
cratic voters at the primaries April
13th.
Mr. and Mrs. William Walker are
the proud parents of a boy just four
weeks old. There was a gap of seven
years between the last two children,
and this led the youth of seven to
venture the assertion that the little
brother was * cute all right.”
Mr. snd Mrs. Eugene Teede, of
Williamsport, were guests over Bun.
day of Mr. and Mra. 8. W. Moore, the
former being a brother of the latter.
Mr. Teede is 8 member of the Will-
iamsport police force, and is well
qualified physically and otherwise for
such a position.
Rev. N. A, Whitman, who became
pastor of the Lutheran church at
Rebersburg, in Augustof 1910, closed
bis active work as a minister on re-
signing as pastor of that charge sever-
al weeks ago, and Wednesday he and
bis family left for their fature home
in Fairview, Illinois,
Prof. Homer Jackson, head of the \
department of poultry at Pennsylvania |
State College, and who on several oc-
casione talked to Centre Hall sudi-
ences, has severed his connection with
that iostitution to write a series of
works for the Cyphers Iocubstor Com- |
pany, at Basic, New York, /
Charles Grenoble, of Yeagerstown,
will be at the home of I. J. Zabler,
Spring Mills, during the first two
weeks io April, where he will be pre
pared to do all kinds of repair work in
the jewelry line, also watch repairing.
Mr. Grenoble also has a diploma in
optics and will be plessed to serve
any one needing anything in that line.
See his adv. in this issue,
Rush township poor overseers have
purchased the John Bishop farm, at
Oold Stream, and will conduct it as a
home for the poor, believing that the
unfortunates who need township aid
can detter be provided for on a farm
than in any other way. The sight of
a poor house has had a good effect on
some poor (7) in some sections. Of
course, there are many poor who de-
serve being oared for, but these wel-
come the poor house,
aN
Another forger is in the Bellefonte
Jail, and this time it is H. H. Vonada,
of Coburn, charged with forging a
check in the sam of $15, using the
name of L. M. Miller, of Madisonburg,
and makiog the Farmers’ Natiogal
Bank of Millbeim his convenience.
Vonada planned to go to Ohio with
the proceeds of the check, but only got
as far as Bellefonte, on last Wednes-