COURT NEWS, Nerensded After 10 Years of Wedded Life, i Rebrkab Lodge Has Interesting Mesting. | Before vou fill your conl bin, see cur ——————— Au interesting meeting of the Lady | coal and get prices—R, D. Foreman, Second Week of Uourt Opened Monday Some of the Cases Disposed ®r, The following cases were dispoeed of at the first week of September court after the issue of Inst week's Reporter : The case in which Malin MeCloskey was defendant and Miss Fye was prosecutrix The charge was betray. al. A large body of evidence was re- viewed in this case resulting in a ver- dict of *' not guilty,” The costs were placed upon the county. The second case of the Butlers charged with interfering with the property of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, resulted in the acquittal of Mrs, Butler and finding the son, Hugh Butler, guilty. Like in the first case the Butlers were charged with cutting a wire fence, a detective having seen some one whom he thought was a woman doing the deed. Mrs. Butler proved that she had not been away from her home on the afternoon the act was dope. It was intimated by Mr. Butler that a good joke had been worked on the railroad company. On Wednesday morning the two prisoners who had escaped from the Western Penitentiary were again brought into court. They both enter- ed a plea of guilty and threw them: eelves upon the mercy of the court. Under an Act of Assembly made and provided in such cases the men were sentenced to serve a like sentence to the ons which bad been imposed upon them ip the first instance to begin at the expiration of their present pen- tence. In the case of John Blair this sentence was Aa minimum of two years end a maximum of three years, in the cass of Pasquale Usmmileo it was a minimum of four years and a maxi- mum of seven years, In the case of Lucien Rager of Milesburg, who was charge! with as. sult and battery the defendant entered a plea of guilty. The court suspended sentence snd gave the defendant sixty days to arrange the costs >f the suit, The case of the Commonwealth versus ‘* Beottie” Erb next came be- fore the court, This csse comes from South Philipsburg Borough. The de- fendant was charged with indecent as- saunlt and statutory rape upon a little girl thirteen years of age by the name of Lillian Hennes. A verdict in this case was rendered adjudging the de- fendant guilty. Ic the case of Comm. vs. Muschs, jury render-d a verdict of not guilty and placed the costs upon the prose- cuter end defendant in equal propor- tions, Comm. va. B, L. Brown, indicted for defrauding a board bill ; Prosecu- tor W. H. Hindle. The prosecutor being the proprietor of the Central Hotel in Philipsburg, ard the defen- dant having boarded there from some- time in October, 1913, until July 18, thing 'o the proprietor and going to of his whereabouts caused his arrest early in August. Verdiet, guilty. fendant enteriog into his own recog- nizapce to arrapge the costs and bill, Comm, v8. Ewanuel Crawshaw, charged with assault and battery; prosecutrix Hendershot. and county to pay the costs, Comm, va. Oscar Wert, first count, desertion and non-support of wife, second count, desertion and non-sup- port of children. Wert, Bill ignored and county to pay the costa. Comm. vs. Harris Hugg; first count, pon-support and tion, second count, desertion and non- support of child Prosecutrix, Louisa Hugg ; continued, The grand jary made its final pre sentiment ou Thursday morning, eélating that they had passed upon niveteen bills of indictment, twelve of which were found to be true bills and eeven ignored That they had visited the Court House and found it in excel lent condition, with the ¢xception that the furniture in the grand jary charge, desnr. pad suitable for keeping records of the grand jury work be placed therein: that they had visited the jail ana feund it in tidy condition, and would recommend the same repairs of the grand jury of February 25, 1914 ; after which the grand jury was discharged, Forest E. Harter va. Thomas Scholl ; being an sction brought by the plain. tiff to recover balance on book se. eount for labor, the plaintiff claiming something like a $100 while the de f+ dant cinims payment in full, Fhe case wos on trial on Thuredsy after. noon and on [buredesy evening the Jury rendered a verdict, in favor of the piaintifl ror $21.17 SECOND WEEK, Court convened on Monday morn. ing at ten o’clrek and after hearing some motions and petitions proceeded to the trial of causes, Mre, Nancy Baker, Br, use of Tillie Edelin, now nce of Alfred Cherry vs. W G Runkle, Executor of Catharine Harper, deceasid Verdict in favor of the plaintiff tor $145 Mary H. Denlinger, row Holt, va Mary Denlinger Holt and J. Kennedy Johnston, Administrators of J. H. Ho't, deceased, being an action to re. vive sand continue the lien of a judg. ment Verdiet jo favor of the plain tft for 2750 54 I. D Herritt va. Catharine Reese and James A. Reese, Adminiatrators of Christian Reese, deceased, being an action to revive and continue the lien of a judgment, and when the case was called for trial the pleadings not being in shape on acecunt of a rule snd snawer to open judgment the case was continued. The W. T Raleigh Medieal Com- pany, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of [linols, gusrantes, va, H. 8 Taylor, A. E Schad and E T. Hoan, guarantors of John Long, Jr, belog an action to recover on a guar antor’s bond, the defendants having gone on a bond for Mr Long who bad begome the spent to sell the produc se of the plaintiff, and subs quently on. der the testimony it sppenrs that the plaintiff had accepted the return of pome of the goods and that the plain. tifts had not proceeded to conclusion the collvotion of the balance elaimed from Mr. Loong, and the plaintiff wae principal of the bond in order to hold the guarantors. - At the close of the plaintiffs testimony defendant moved | Dr. H. H, Longwell, who has been | i noon met his wife in Bellefonte, she | a claes of six candidates received the | arriving at that place from New Al- | initiatory degree. Feveral auto loads | bany, Bradford county, and together | from Btate College were present | they made the trip across Nittany | among whom were Mrs, George Nears mountain in the doctor’s car to their | hood sud asughter, Miss Verna, and future home in Centre Hall. Because | Mrs, Bsmuel Shoop. Spring Mills of the fact that Dr. Longwell recently and Bellefonte were also represented, furnished his home complete with | After the business of the evening was new furniture and installed a heating over, refreshments were served, The plant, and in every way prepared for | candidates were Mrs, William Fetter- the coming of a most important event, | olf, Mrs. George Heckman, Mrs, Will- the rumor that it was a bride who was | fam Homan, Mrs. Clyde Dutrow, Mra, to share the comforts of this cozy | A.B. Krebs, Miss Jennie Btahl, home gained wide circulation and the | ——— same evening a delegation of fifty or | supreme Court Refuses Appial, more took the house by storm, the| The liquor element in Venango doctor, to uee his own words, thinking | county wes refused a petition to ap- that * the German army had begun an | peal to the Bupreme Jourt to reverse attack.” It was a peculiar case to the | the decision of Judge Criswell in re- genial physician, but he soon diag-| fusing to grant any of the liquor li- nosed it as a terrible delusion and at- | censes in his county, Baturday. The tempted to effect a remedy by stating | Buperior Court aleo refused to inter. facts, The unvarnished truth is that | fere with the decision of Judge Crls- Dr. and Mrs, Longwell have been mar. | well, last epring, holding that he had ried for ten years, the ceremony hav-| discretionary power to grant or refuse ing been performed in June, 1904, by | all licenses as he saw it. Rev. Robert B. Longwell, a brother of ef tenes the doctor, who subsequently left for Deathsjof Centre Countians, India where he labored as a mission” Mrs. Lydia Candy of Howard died ary for several years The doctor and | in the Lock Haven hospital of heart Mrs. Longwell, however, enjoyed the disesse and dropsy, sged seventy-#ix unique experience, and are thankful | years. for the pile of kindling wood which the serenaders provided while laboring under the delusion. A ee ——— LOCALS Spring Mills. Measles are so prevalent that there ig sore talk of closing the schools. C F. Lontz of Mifiinburg attended a ae | the funeral of hi: step-father, Jerry The W. C. T. U. will meet in their | gpavely, on Monday, hall Saturday afternoon. Rev. Rearick of Williamsburg wae Mr, and Mrs. J. M. Heckman of | circulating among his friends. He at- Bpring Mills were visitors in Centre fended the fanere of Mr. Sagvey. k Hall, Tuesday. eath hes been thinning the ranks of our aged people : Jeremiah Bpavely, Cyrus Brungart the local justice of Mrs. Hettinger and Mrs. Katharine the peace, had his card inserted, in this | Bitner. issue of the Reporter. Mra. J. D. Long fell lsst week and broke her arm Dr. Braucht was esll- Mr. and Mrs. H. A, Kauflman and ed and reduced the fracture and she is Mr. and Mrs. Foster Bharer, of Zion, getting along 8s well as can be ex- pected, Mre, Bamuel Long paid her daugh- ter, Mra. Allan Burrell, of Millheim = visit and helped to care ‘or the little dsughter that came to that home. Word wea received of the death of Mre, Donachy of Lewisburg. She was the grandmother of Ber jamin Dona chy, who is laylog wo {il »t her home in Lewisburg. C. Dunlap, our sccommodating barber, went to Jersey Shore hospital | last week. His condition was so seri ous that Mre. Dunlap was sent for on Friday. At present he Is much better. There were only five tickets sold to Milton fair from (Coburn station op Thursday ; three of theses were Rpring Mille people, namely ; Bright Bitper Long. Quite a number sutoed to the fair, UP ———— Colyer. The saw mill up in the kettle is tied up on sceount of low walter, The farmers are busy cutting corn and raising potatoes, Orvis Horner sold a hog to John Taylor that dressed 262 (ba, The water ia gettivg iow every place in this vicinity. Augus® Kerlin of Liverpool ia slay- Dr. W. H. Behuyler and J. T. Potter Mr. Btoten, former supervisor of the Mrs, Joseph H. Kreamer will return o her home in Reading today ( Fhurs- lay ), after a week's visit with her The Lucas carpenter force conaisting of John D. Lucas, Lawrence Runkle, Mm. F. P. left for Geary and Newport daughter yesterday John H. Msrkle of Tyrone was in who employed him for a period of fifteen years, Mr, Markle is now em- Fred Klinefelter and Robert Hosl mede a business trip to Centre Hall Saturday evening Mr. and Mre James Harshbarger of Yesgertown spent Bunday at the P. B. Jordon home George RB Miees on Halurday re turned from his trip to Milton fair and other places Mr. and Mrs. George Yarnell and daughter Catharine spent Sunday at the GG. Kk Meiss home, Fred Klinefelter and George Jordan Inst Haturday opened the:r butcher shop, assisted by John Wiogard and James Farver as head butchers The condition of Mrs. Ralph E, Dipges, whose iliness isa mentioned in H. Longwell and Dr, RB. G. H. Hayes of Bellefonte, were in consultatior, Wednesday morniog Dr. C. 8. Musser of Aaronsburg was also called, and at this writing a marked improvement has taken place, The real estate of the late J. H. B. Hartman in Millbeim was offered st public sale, but no sale was effected, Wheat red ...... Market Reports, To make room for a big line of { Fall and Winter Goods DRY GOODS, SHOES, RUBBERS, Etc., I am making a 30=Day Clean Sweep Sale Be New Fall and such as: Dress Goods Outings Ginghams Bed Blankets Shirtings Big reductions in Summer Dry Goods, Lawns, Flaxons, Silks, Crepes, Etc,, also on all White Shoes, Men's and Ladies’ Low Shoes, in Black and Tan; odd lots of Ladies’ and Men’s Dress Shoes at HALF PRICE to close them out, Don’t miss this sale. Sweaters in all colors and styles Outing Dresses & Night Robes Don’t fail to give us a call C.F. ENNERY CENTRE HALL, PA. Call and see SPRING MILLS, PA. INB06P00r00CRQ0O00R06S CODLOVVEIVI00000 PGI QOBE OBES YY J) SAVESYOU "from $25 to Clean Skimming Easy Running Light Running Long Life Few Repairs i of Cleaning Discs 5s yw The the tle 5% sree y IL TRE Here is the farmers are using it Get in line for one this vear and 'pre- : trek pare for better crops by doing better plowing. The Syracuse brings results. because of the fact that the best offer Corn, on cob, 70 ibs... was entirely too low considering the | C0. shelled, 56 be. ...... location and condition of the prop-| re Wane erty. Since the time of the sale sever! Barley ...........o.......... al Millbeim gentleman are interésting | Hay, Timothy, first grade...... sven themselves, and may induce dome ope HAY, ®ixed a ——— to buy the foun ate it, THE LOW-SPREAD SPREADER True to its name; this is a low Spreader, which makes it very easy to load and permits loading to its full capacily, and still spreads evenly. No throwing in lumps, but a good even spread, light, medium or heavy, as you may desire. Regardless of the condition of the soil the Low-Spread Spreader does the work. Words cannot do justice to this Spreader. You should examine it carefully to see its many good points, We would invite you to call around at our office of business and inspect same carefully, H. C. SHIRK gran Centre Hall, Pa. The New Idea Ma- nure Spreader We received a short time ago a carload of these fa- mous spreaders. The New Idea is more than a spreader, it is a pulverizer, putting the manure in best shape for distri- buting on the ground. It is simple and easy running, strong- ly built, and should have a place on every farm. Burch’s Clod Crusher An elegant tool for crushing hard, lumpy carth and leaving the soil in narrow ridges, but fine and mellow. This implement acts upon the seed bed not unlike the spayd on earth that is being packed by the railroad build- er under the tie, Itis an ideal implement. Woven Wire Fencing--Carload of all kinds We have the wide and narrow woven wire fence, all of the best makes, also plenty of barbed and smooth wire, teed —no catches nor technicali- ties in our guarantee. Your engine must satisfy yew or you don’t keep it. “Your good will means our success.” That's the prine cipal that built our business. LAUSON FROST KING ‘Gasoline Engines have ew Lauson Gear-Driven Magneto, which eliminates all Ei Built into theengine—won't wear out. Throws a big, spark that never weakens, Sears Rasily.~The 1to 1001. P. Ning starts on the magneto without turn 1 Types over. Requires no cranking. Positively geil frost proof. Low fuel consumption ~ high efficiency. Case-hardened and ground wear parts practically eliminates wear and kage, We're back of this ahging with our own reputation; we wouldn't handle it there were anything questionable about it. we can trust freeyen can trast we, Deep in wee easily It starts and how smoothly It ress
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