\ 5 \ NN CAMP HANUOUCK LETTERS, “ Local Boys in Tralnlog in Southern Camp Write Int resting Lettwis, ~New Machine Gans for Boal Troop, ‘ [ By PRIVATE WILLIAM BAILEY ] Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., . October 8th, 1817, The men of the division whose or. ganizations are to be changed or traps- ferred to other regiments in order to complete the war strength of the same, are very much down hearted about the change and show great disappoint- ment, altho they must obey it. The change €ffects our troop and on Wed- nesday we will ba removed from the 1st Pa. Cavalry regiment to the 3rd Company, 108th Machine Gun Battal- lor, of the 55ih Brigade. We feel very sorry that we must leave this reg- iment, but we must go! Only two troops will leave the regiment, viz, : the First City Troop of Philadelphia (known as the “millionaire troop’) and cur troop. What will happen to the First Pe, Cavalry regiment is not knowr. We are told that it is cone sidered a unit of itself. We are very busy ard hardly a min- ute is allowed the soldier during the progress of the day’s duties, We have been doing a great deal of biking and this hiking is by no means a enap, as the people back home may think, Having a weight of forly or more pounds on cur backs, and covering a given distance in a certain given time is by no means eagy. It certainly builds the fellows up and we are grad- uslly becomiog used to the hardships. When we move on Wednesday, we will bave added to our Machine Gun Company eighty-ore more men, thus making the quota of men enlisted, 172, and the cfficers, 6. There will be one captain, two firet lieutenants and three this southern country better. The radical change struck us rather hard at first, but now we have become sc- customed to the new conditions and order of thinge, with good results. A camp incident which was quite out of the ordinary occurred a few days 8go when three of our boys—Gerald Robinson, Walter Smith, and Charles Ecolt—while cut for a walk, mistook a strange tree and its fruit for what we term the ‘‘nigger toe” nut, They ate sevesal and were polsoned as a result, The fellows were taken to the basse hospital where they were treated and now have about fully recovered, A word about cur Y. M. CO. A. It Is doing a great work among the boye, and by way of entertsinment we are treated to lots of music, movies, aud vaudeville, Pr. JouN W, GARIs, a ———————————— Board Exemining 100 Men, This week the Centre County Ex- emption Board is busy examining 100 conscripts at Bellefonte, from which will be selected the physically fit and those having no valid claim far exemp- tion, to be held in reserve for Any em- ergency. A number of them will un- doubtedly be necessary to fill the coun- ty’s quota in the first call, Half of the 100 who have been noti- fied to appear were examined yeater- day (Wednesday) and the remainder will pass through the physical test on Friday. Oat of the hundred, thirty have been called from varicus parts of Penns Valley. Their names are given below : Kister, Wm. H., Asronsburg Campbell, Clyde Albert, Btate Col- iege, Btover, Horace Beaver, Aaronsbarg, Btover, Clayton B,, Bpring Mills, cusrge of their respective companies. Three companies of Machine Gun will cocetitute a battalion, and will be known as the 168 h Machine Gun Bat- talion of the 55'h Brigade, There Ww ili be three Machine Gun Battalions, viz. : the 108 b, of which we are mem- bers ; the 109:h end the 110.h ; these Battalions together will coustitate the 55:h Mszchine Gun Brigade, which like ull other Machine Gun unite, ie pick-named “Igicide Isrigade”, be- cause of its desdly work, We are getting pew gure, Guns that we have never seen before, and We must go thru an entire new course in the echooling of this machine gun, These guns weight 175 Ibe, and are twice the guns for deadly work that the Lewis, which we have been using, ie, #0 we are told, A good gunner can fire 620 shots per minute,—‘hiok of it, 10 shots per second, Imsgive 16 guns In one company in Retion,—'he noise, the casualties, —~il’s_ terriffte, Btatie- tical reports show that the average life of a machine gun man in action ia ouly three dayr—'hat’s all, but a guau- ner cau do a lot of good work in three days. Iu action the machine guns are Constantly changing their position ; if no‘, the direct fire from the mechioe guns would cause the attention of the enemy sod you can imagine what would next bepper. The machine guns are the guns that are playing the deadly psrt in the present conflict, and there are few survivors after all Is over. Even if we have three days to do the work in we are going to do a great deal and we are going to give them “h--" which is the seniiment that is expressed by each and every so'dier down here, In the chenge of our organization we coneider ourselves fortunate in keeping our officers, Captain Leit- z Ul still maintains his rank 88 cap- tain of the new organization. To my mind he is capable of handling the Job. He la great on military matters and takes a great Interest in having his organization the best, As it is drawing near time for me to get to other duties I must close, hoping that this brief letter finds all the folks in the best of health, THE BLACKBER. Bh tha aseunr earl Jou shat rans outer We quit 4 good And the slacker 80¢s by with a girl on each arm, And laughs at the soldier unlucky cuss, You go with a slacker, w y criticize us The slacker rides around in a Ford of his cwn And charges a quarter to haul us to town, We'll do our duty "till his Hver is white, Yet we leave the streets at eleven at night, While he sticks around as long as he cares, And laughs at a soldier whenever he dares, Discipline, we know, is a thing that must be, But houest to goodness we fall to soe, When a soldier drinks nothing but water and Wh) he drink y o rin of the slacker can't also bo 31 the slacker can dance, it seems ra That at a | decent dances the a, hn Sof Beh iE SO ou Bite oncaionest 4 Your xr dues, [Later word from Camp Hancock Judioates the move Maobive Gua Troop has been held up.~Ed.] y ——————— TROOP L BOY WRITES, Camp Hanooek Kuste, [FY "ute - Bpicer, Odie Clair, State College, Korman, Irvin Clayton, State Col- lege, Btover, Ralph Wise, State College. Btover, John Reuben, Boalsburg. Mensch, Harry Boyer, Millheim, Breon, Btuart Mervin, Millheim. Mervin, Frances, Coburn, Korman, Guy Willie, Btate College. Bhoemaker, Joseph (., State Col- lege, . Zarby, Elward, Centre Hall, R. D. 1. Homap, Chester Earl, 8'ate College, Bryan, Chas, Clay ton, Coburn, Balley, Phillip Joho, Millheim, Parsons, Walter Clark, Btate Col- lege. Horner, John, Linden’ Hall, Probst, Chase. Everel!, State College. Begner, Claud Michael, Boalsburg. Mofiit, Earl Lindsey, State College, Kerstetter, Leon Wwm., Btate Col lege,; Fetterolf, Frank, Centre Hall. Stover, John Levi, Asronsburg, Eubday, Chas. E., State College, Smith, Pan! James, Slate College, Jordon, George Boal, State College. Russel, Charles Allen, Btate Col- lege, Martin, Charles Wm » Biate College, Two New Days Proclaimed, Eunday, November the 4:b, as “Ge to-Sunday-3chool,” and Thursday, November 15th, as Father-and-Son- Day, have been proclaimed formally by Governor Brumbaugh in an oficial proclamation he has lesued at the re- quest of the Pennsylvania State Bat. bath Behool Association. Both move- ments originated with international Sunday school officiate, The Btate Sabbath Bchool Association base sent printed coples of the gubernatorial proclamation to Buaday school officers all over the state, The governor's proclamation re. marks that “jt ls particularly import. ant duriog war times that the spirit. uel interests of a people should be de- veloped and conserved in the most effective menner,” It points out that adults should set an example to chil. dren in Ruuday school matters, “Father-and-Son Day” has been de- vised “lo encourage the greatest inti- macy between fathers and thelr sons,” I ————— —————————— 2 nother Cattle yale, B. D. Peachy, the MifMin county cattle expert, will dispose of two oar- loads of cattle at Centre Hall to-day (Thursday) at one o'clock. One car- load consists of West Virginia feeding oaitic—reds sod roane—and will weigh from 600 to 80% Ibe, Another cariond are Westmoreland county well. bred Durham helferi—reds and roane, Ao lot of stock bulls will be sold, This stock has all been carefully select ed by Mr. Peachy personally and is first class In every repeot, a — I — ——— Red Oross Basior ss Meeting, A business of the Centre Hall Avxiliary to the Btate Colisge Ohepter of the Red Cross society will be beld in the P, ©, B, of A. hall this (Thareday) afternoon at 8,'clock. All members of the suxiliary are urged to be present. Mus, H. FP, Brrsss, Pres, Girl Struck Down by Auto, Miss Btella Raymond, the seventeen- year-old daughter of Mr, and Mre. Willlam Reymond, of Oak Hall, was struck down by an automobile on Bun- day night on the road in front of the Ferree residence at Oak Hall and se- verely Injured, Miss Raymond, in company with a bevy of girl compan- lone, was returning from church per. vice at Boalsburg and attempted to cross the road right ahead of the James Bwabb car which was being driven by Orrip Rupp. The car was moving along at a slow rate of speed and it was this fact which caused the young lady to take the risk of crossing the road ahead of it. Bhe erred in her calculations, however, with the result that the suto struck Ler, Enocking her down. Mr. Rupp mansged to stop the car before the rear wheels reached the unfortunate young lady. Bhe was picked up and carried to her home where it required a score of stitches to close up the wounds which were found about ber head. An ankle was also fractured, While it was a most deplorable sc- cident, no blsme is to be attsched to the driver of the car who had full view of the girls ahead and was driv- ing with the utmost care to avoid Le possibility of just such an accident. Rearick-Eckert, LeRoy G. Rearick, formerly of Cen- tre Hall, was united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Ecker*, at Hsrrisbuarg, et 20d, by Kev, LL. ®, Madge, The Ciloton Demoers’, of Lock Has- ven, aye of (Le morrisg Miss Eckert, now Mie. Re atiek, went to Harrisburg o teneibly on a visit to Mre. Edward Hunter and her slater, Miss Ella Michael, 18 North Fourth street, Bhe was Jrived there Tuesday morning by Mr. Rearlok and the ceremony occurred that afternoor, Mr. Rearick’s business engagements were such that he was compelled Lo re- turn home on Wednesday, Lut his bride remained in Harris urg until Bunday when ehe returned home, Mr. Rearick is the well known deal- er in furniture on Bellefonte avenus, and ls owe of Lock Haven's prominent young busivess men, Hi: bride is » most estimable young worian, with s large circle of friend, who will hasten to extend Learty congratulations to the happy couple, a — fo ——— Lutheran Minister Hesligar, Rev. M. D. Gi esey, who for the past ten years faithfully served the Aarons burg Lutheran pastorate, tendered his resignation on Bunday, to take effect the last of November. Rev. Geescy bas scerpted a cull from Louisville, Kentucky, and will make that pisce bis new fisld of labor, The Best wishes of hia many friends and parishiovers will go with bim, A se — Col'ege Gives Directions for Storing Pota- toe, Potatoes keep best if stored a! atem- perature of 33 36 degress F., bat very well also at temuperature of 40 degrees Or even a little higher, secording to the suthorities of the Penneylvania State College, Ideal conditions for potatoes are ces dom attained where cellars of dwell ing houses are ued for storage places, but euch cellars may often bs made satisfactory. A cellar room in which there is a farnace Is too warm for po tatoes. When there is heat in any part of the cellar, the storage room thould be separated from the rest of the house by brick, conerete or double wall of tongued and grooved boards baving a dead sir space, Buch storsge room should have at least one window by which ventils- tion can be arranged. The floor should be of earth rather than concrete or wood. It is important that light be excluded from stored polatoes, for even diffused light tends to tarn the tubers green and to irjare them for table use, When conditions sre not suitable for cellar storage, it Is often advisable to store in pits those Intended for late winter and spring use, Only a well. drained site should be ahosen for a pit, An excavation five to six Irches deep should be made and this cavity lined with straw, hay or leaves, The pota- toes should be piled on this material in a compact heap, then covered with four to six inches of straw snd followed by a six inch layer of earth, After the earth has fic 2:0 somewhat another layer of straw acd a eeoond layer of earth should be added. The Isyer of earth should be eight or ten Inches deep. Water should be drained away from the pit by means of shals low ditches, Rr ——— oo ——— Boost the Red Cross loesl soclely, Give of your means ss weli as 8 good word. Give, give; holt, knit, If bave no mesns from which to give, and can’t kn, or don’t want to give from your mesns and don’t want to kuit, shat your giv, A A ——— Centre Reporter, $1.50 a year, 1917, FOREST rIRE SEASUN HERE. A Plea by &, G, Barner, Nittany Pinte Foret ter, for Pire Prevention in Centre's Wouds, Dear Bir: As a resident of Centre county, in which county the State of Pennsyl- vania owns 79,267 acres of forest land, itis presumed you are interested in the forestry movement of the Blate sud in the protection of mountain land from forest fires, Without question the forest indus- try of the United Biates is one of the m ‘st important industries and fg ex- ceeded only by agriculture, Twenty per cent of the capital wealth of the ccuntry, or §2,250,000,000, is invested in wood using lodustries. Beventeen per cent of all the manufactured pro- ducts is derived from forest resources, Pennsylvania, so called on account of her richly timbered valleys and mounisius which were thought to be ipexheustible, led in timber produc- tion in 1860, The developement of the Hiate, reckless snd wasteful lumbering aud uneontrolled forest fires rapidly depleted Lhe supply, and in 1015 the Slate had dropped to the 18:h place as 8 timber projucing State, Even at that the capital invested in wood using Industries today is $63,000,000 and the value of the finiehed products of these indusiries reach each year to §100,000,000, The decreasing en: with « ing demand and ¢on quently iceressing price makes it Jwperaiive that some sleps be taken to provide for the future and lo proiect and conserve what we have, Penpeylvania has realized the neces ity of having forests and has taken an sdvaneed place In forestry. Today over 1,000,000 acres of land have been eet nelde ns Blate Forests, are being protecled from firee, and slowly bat éurely are being improved and refore ested 20 ms to bring them back again to & state of productiveness. It Is a long and expensive f roposition bat the end le jasmified. Francs fa the Inst century by private and goverr- ment enterprises replanted 2,400,000 acres of waste land at an expediture of $18,000,000 and now has today a prop- sriy valued st §140,000,000, Ualess the citizens of Pennsylvan- ia give more serious oc peideration to he problem of protection from forest fires our attempt to equal and surpass ihe showing of France will be greatly bandicaped. Of the 8,000,000 acres of forest land io th's State fally 600,000 are kept von-productive by forest fires, Every spring and fall forest fires burn over an actes from 200,000 to 500,000 scres cans- ‘Og enormous direct r nd Modirect loss. é in timber operations, wages, taxes, waler supply, health and even life. The most reliable slalistios, covering & pumber of years, show that 85 out of every 100 fires are dae to carelessness sud could be prevented. Further- wore, indifference to the problem of forest fires is the cause of their spread. ing over such a large ares. That is to “ay, of the 85 carelessly started fires, lack of prompt atiention allows thein 0 gain sugh a headway that they burn over 100 per cent more ground than they should, In endeavoring to stp the pumber of carele:s fires and reduce the ares burned over, the Department of Fores. try through the Burean of Forest Fire Protection solicits your aid. Ina few weeks the forest fire season will be tere. Your farm adjoins mountain innd and places you in =» position where you may readily detect a fire, Prompt potification to a forest fire warden in cas? of a fire and immediste work of yourself and your neighbors In fightiog the fire till belp arrives, will do much to reduce the losses and give to the future a Biate worthy the usme ** Penn's Woods, Yours very truly, L. G. BARNES, Foreeter, Nittany State Forest. i —————— : Members of ths Bradford hunting club are devoting their pare time to pultiog up their permavent hunting amp iu the Seven Mountains, The structure is of frame construction and will be 18x30 feet in. siz, Thick Head mountain from the Brad. ford location rests a substantial stone ¢amr, recently ercoted by the State College club. A osvered conorete potch adda to the besuty of the camp, bat ite value, from a utility stand. polut, Is diminished during the deer soason, which ciowds the Christmas season rather hard, OS Keep in mind that Davie, the ma- glelan, will appear In Grange Hall on Wednesday evenlog of next week, Octobar 24°b. His entertainment will be most interesting and full of mys tery. Don’t mils thy opening num- ber, . a ————— os Hp —————— of the Treasury, William Becretary G. McAdoo, bas three sons In the navy. cloge - A thnber play | NO. 41 HED CROSS TREASURER REPORT, MAK ZY Report of the Treasurer of State College Ohapter, Amosrionn Red Oross, from Or. ganization, Presented to the Assas! Meoting Held Last Week at state Col. lege, The State College Chapter, American Red Crose, held its annual meeting, on 9h Inet., at State College. The Treasurer, David F. Kapp, rendered a very flattering report, the statement showing a total membership in the vive auxiliaries forming the chaptfy of 1160, and the contributions of char- ter and membership dues being $2179.10 ; disbursements, $1926.48 ; balance gn hand, $252.62. To this must Be added $22.00, a credit from the Bnow Bhoe suxiliary, making the grand total of funds on hand, $274.62, By a glance st the slatement ap- pended you can see the relative standing of fhe various suxiliaries: Contrib No. uted as Members dues, &e State College Chapter. , 804 $483.00 Half Moon Auxiliary, , 28 25.00 Spring Mills Auxiliary. 100 101.00 Pine Grove Mills Auxil'y 47 50.00 Baileyville Auxiliary, , 54 67.00 Lemont Auxiliary, , . 19 23.00 Millheim Auxiliary . . , 182 188.00 Centre Hall Avxiliary . . 101 101.00 Bnow Bhoe Auxiliary . . 240 891.00] Total . . 1160 $1422.00 Receipts from Gifts, Proceeds of Festivale, Dances, Cards and Refunds: Btate College Chapter, , $592.60 Millheim Auxiilary . , 78.15 Balleyville Auxiliary , , 80.95 Btormstown Auxiliary , 5.00 Boow Bhoe Auxiliary. , 11.40 Pine Grove Mills Auxil'y 15.00 Bellefonte D, A. R, , . . 7.00 17.00 $757.10 $2179.10 1928.48 $252 62 22.00 Total amount received . Disburcements , , , , , Balance on hand Buow Bhoe credit $274.62 “Farmer * Cee av, Hass Close Call, “Farmer” William Creasy, e¢x-Mas- ter of the Btate Grange, had" a close call from death last week, at his farm near Calawisss, when a team of epirit- ed horses ran away and dragged him some distance under a light Wagon, The wagon fell on his body, cutting and bruisiog him as he was draggea over the rough land. When the horses tore loose from the wagon his life was probably saved. Farm em- ployes went to his ssslstance ard he was taken to his home, He refused to £0 to bed, Altho a bit lamed by the sccident, Mr. Creasy declares that it will take more than that spirited team of horses to keep him at home in bed, i —— Increase in Widows’ Pensions. Payment of increase in pensions of widows of men who fought in the Civil war, Bpanish war and Philip- pine ipsurrection, provided by an smendment to the pension law attach- ed to the soldiers and sailors Insurance bill, will begin with the disbursements November 4. The pensims were rals- ed to §25 a month, the increase rang- ing from §5 to $13 a month. Story and Yong Service, The United Evangelical Bunday- School, of Tusseyville, will render = Btory and Bong service entitled ‘Mary, the daughter's dsughter, next Bunday evening. FOLKS WE ALL KNOW TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS The horse chestnut crop Is good-— for nothing, Corn from the field fs being sold at 8 $1.00 per bushel in various sections io the valley, H usking hae just right- ly commenced, “ Bervice ” flags are finding thelr way to Centre Hall and other points in Penne Valley, 80 far the one-star flag is the popular one, Farmers are In need of six or eight weeks of fine fall weather, Apples, potatoes, corn, clover seed, plowing all are on the program. Beven-tenthe of an neh of rain fell last Friday, which was much appreci- ated by the farmers, who needed it in their cisterns and on the wheat fields, The apple crop throughout the southern section of Centre county is a decidedly poor one. It is even rare to find single trees in orchards that are bearing anything like a fall crop. Mre, W. F. Leitzell, of State Col- lege, wife of Captain Leitzell, of the Boal Machine Gan Troop, and three children left Thursday for Augusta, Ge., where they will remain as long ss the Captain is stationed at Camp Hane cock, The Lincoln Deposit and Trust Company is the name of s new banking institution which began bosiness in Alloons. ou Monday. The building which has jast been ¢ ym pleted, is one of the most modern bank buildings in Central Penusylvanis, Any one who will make disparaging remarks about the Red Cross is not a good citizen. This is no time, and there never was a time heretofore, nor will there be hereafter, to sneer ai Red Cross work, Btinginess hides poorly under Red Cross abuse, Town looks ragged at present owing to the large quanity of leaves falling from the many shade trees. Bat these will floally all be cleaned ‘ap. And jast here it fa proper Lo esy that all the leaves on your own premises #hould be gathered up and placed on the compost heap—not burned. The Detwiler farm, at Fledler, was s0!d to Thomas Meyer, of Coburp, at the rate $185.75 per mere. The farm contained one hundred and twelve acres. Paul Winkleblech is the ten- ant on the place, and it is understood that be will remain for at least one year. Twelve acres of mountain land was also sold to Mr, Meyer In lamp sum of $156, Btart lu with the first number, Wednesday evening, October 24th, and get the fall benefit of the entire lecture.course this season. You resl- ly can’t afford to be without the ele. valing and cultivating influence which such a series imparts. Davie, the magician, appears as ths first num- ber. Bee him, cven if you can’t fully understand him, Boyd Potter, son of George Potter, south of Centre Hall, Inst week started to drive the big milk truck of the Mill Hall condensary, which makes dally trips through this section. The lose of the young man from the farm would have seriously handicapped the father, bat since another son—John Potter—has moved from Boalsburg to the parental home, farming opers- tions will continue se before. Saturday of this week, October 20ib, the smallgame season opens with grey squirrel and pheasants becoming legal game. Of the squirrels, six may be killed In one day and only twenty during the season. Four pheasants may be killed in a day and twenty. four are allowed for the season which closes on November 30th. Locally Pheasants are sald to be scarce, due to the heavy and continued rains during the hatching season, The plotugs’ post card, provided there is no mersage on it, may be mailed after November 2, same as now, for one cent. But if there is a mes on it, it will require two cents, no —~ to where it is addressed. There is no one-cent postage for any first-clars mail. The postal oard and post card with a message on it, will require two cents, no matter to where they are addressed In the U, 8, Missing from her home since Thee of
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