VOL. XCI.
LEITER vyRUOM SULDIER BOY
To His Mother on the Ugcasion of Mother's
Day. —Beautifal lo Sentiment,
The following letter has been given
the Reporter for publication by Mrs.
W. T. Noll, of Linden Hall. It is
from her son who is a sergeant in
Troop H, 301st Cavalry, Presidio ef
Monterey, Californis. It is an appre-
ciation of mother, writter on Mother's
Day, and is the sort of letter any
mother would be pleased to receive
from her soldier boy.
Presidio,
Ban Francisco, Cal,,
Mothers’ Day, May 12, 1918.
My own dear mother :
Do not be surprised at receiving two
letters from me in a week. I apawer-
ed your letter Tuesday, the sama day 1
received it, and I am now golog to
try and celebrate the best day of the
year by writing to the very best and
swee est woman in the whole wide
world—to you, mother dear. But,
mother, if I were only where I could
talk to you instead of writing, ob,
how much better it would be, Yon do
not know how I long to see you all
once again ; why it seems like yesrs
and years bave rolled away sioce last
I saw any of you. Bu’, mother, I
pray daily thst this awful war will
soon be over, so that we can all be to-
gether ounce more,
Mother, you should be bere with
me today. The Women Defenders
League of America is holding services
at the Palace of Fine Arts building
(one f the four buildings still stand-
ing from the Worlds Fair held here in
1915) to worship the fairest name io
the world—mother. And, ob, how
much more it means to all of us boys
now than it did a few years ago, a=
none of us can teil how soon we will
be called upon to go “3 and help our
brothers on the othef side, Bat,
mother dear, I will say this for the
flower of America’s manhood : every
mother can be proud of ber boys who
are wearing the uniform of soldier,
sailor and marine, It doesn’t make »
bit of difference » here you find one of
them snd ask him about going over
there ‘he answer always is that be le
crazy to go. This is true of the drafteo
men 88 well pe the regulars and
volunteers,
Mother, the first thing this morning,
in fact at the breakfast table, a sweet
faced, gray baired old lsdy came into
the dining room and gave each of us »
carnation, tve emblem of a mother’s
love, Bbhe then made us each promise
that he would celebrate today by writ-
ing to his dearest, best and most lov-
iog friend on this earth—his mother.
There are over twenty thousand troops
here at Presidio now rnd esch map
waa presented with a carnation—red
for the living mothers and white for
the dear ones departed,
Mo her dear, I only wish that you
could meet some of these sweet women
of San Francisco who are doling so
much for us, try to mske our stay here
" as pleasant as they car. They bave
starte club-roomes all over the ¢ity for
u:=—places where we can go for rec-
rea'ion or to have a pleasant chat
with some sweet-faced mother
has ope or more sons following Oo
Gipry, trying to ms«ke this world free
from the Beast of Berlin and bis [(ol-
lowers, Thank God it will be #0 be-
fore we come back to own the clothes
of civilisos sgain, And, mother,
when the boys do come back, may God
bave pity upon the slacker and upon
the foreign element who claimed ex-
emption upon the grounds that they
were not American citizens so they
will find that this country will not be
a safe place for them about that time,
Mother, this bas sure been a busy se
well ss Interesting week for me, All
week we were standing ges drills or
hearing lectures on the different Uses
of gas and the different +f ota It hes
upor the huwan race. I sm looking
for us 00D to go across, as the course
in ges Is generally the last thing that
they teach us here in the States,
Motber, here ian copy of a poem
which a Ban Francisco boy who Is in
France bas composed and malled to
bie mother, Bhe bad it published ip
the San Francisco Chronicle, I think
it is beautiful : what do you think of
it?
who
A LETTER FROM MOTHER,
He was ‘un the line in Flanders, doing service
with a flag
He waa telephone and wireless with that little
bit of reg ;
At the farthest point from safety he was standing
at his post,
Picking up the Information that the captain
needed most,
When a flash behind the trenches caught his
ever watchful eye,
And he stood and read the message that came
waving through the sky.
He wondered what was coming from that fellow
Signal Man,
Wondered what would be the orders as the letter.
ing began ;
He bad done his trick of duty ; he had been
there through the day ;
He was tired, he was hungry, and he longed to
get away, | ’
But he read the rapid waving
he'd wanted moet,
“ There's a letter from your mother waiting for
(Continued vn mext ovum) ;
; Vwas the news
SCHOOL TEACHER» ELECIED,
Three New Teachers Incinded in Qorps for
Next Term.
The Centre Hall school board met
in ite apnusl meeting the first Mon-
day in July. The secretary and
treasurer closed their books for the
year, and found a balance on band of
$518.48, the borough auditors finding
the same correct. A statement of
finances will be tound published in
another column in this Issue,
The board proceeded to the election
of teachers for the grammar and io-
ermediate grades, the other two
schools having been supplied with
teachers at a former meeting. The
intermediate grade, baving lost ite
teacher, D, Ross Bushman, through
the opera ion of the draft, was given
to Miss Olive Way, of Port Matilde, a
teacher of considerable experience
and a Lock Haven Normal graduate,
.188 Isabel Rowe was elected to teach
the grammar grade. Miss Rowe's
home is Centre Hall and the board
feels ¢onfident that it has made »
good selection, Mies Rowe is sleo a
Lock Haven Normal graduate and has
for the past two years taught at South
Bethlehem where her services were
considered so satiefactory as to
warrant a substantial iocresse in
salary.
The personnel of the tesching corps
for the pext term, together with the
salaries to be paid, is as follows :
High schoo’, Prof. N. L. Bartges ;
salary, $125.00 per month.
Grammar grade, Miss Isabel Rowe;
salary, $65.00 per month.
Intermediate grade, Miss
Way ; salary, §60 00 per month.
Primary grade, Miss Helen Barthol-
omew ; salary, $60.00 per month,
The board re-elected Edward E
Bailey secretary for the epsuing term
avd J, G. Dsuberman treasurer,
Olive
{Continued from previous column.)
you at the post.
Over miles of dreary trenches, over friendly gun
and foe,
Came each cheerful flashing letter of the news
he wished to know ;
Through the heat and hate of battle and the
smoke filled atmosphere,
Came this little touch of kindness,
simpie note of cheer
Not a stern command of duty, but the words of
which to boast ;
* There's a letter from your mother waiting for
you ai the post.
and this
“There's a letter from your mother”, can you
picture now the joy
That went dancing through the shell fire to that
lonely sigual-boy ?
Oh, I don't know how to say it, but somehow
it seems to me,
That in hearts #0 fine as they are lle the seeds of
victory,
Hate and lust will never triumph over boys whe
proudly !osst :
“There's a letter from your mother waiting for
you at the post,
JOSEPH CANOVER.
This lad ia only eighteen years old
and be bas been in the Canadian army
for over two years, I think that it is
very beautiful, don’t you ? Mother, if
you want to you ean give that poem
to tbe psper to print, se I know tha!
any mother who reads it will know
that her boy over there is anxiousls
watching snd waiting for a letter from
his mother, I know from experience
that when I (et a letter from bome it
makes me f-el #0 bappy ; and ob, how
much more it must mean to the boye
over there living in the trenches ip
mud and water, hurling death and de-
flance at Fritz and having it barled at
them in return. How much more It
must cheer them to bear, ‘There's »
letter from your mother walting for
you at the post,
I have been talking to Americans,
English, French snd Canadians who
are back here in the Biates recuperat-
ing rom sickness and wounds received
while in the trenches and who are
now doling great work recruiting
young men of their own pationalities
to join the colors. Their stories are
something awful-—stories of Hving for
daye, weeks and sometimes months in
trenches half fllled with mod and
water, not knowing at what moment
death might come to them in the
shape of a bullet, fregment of shell or
schrapnel or the most frightful of all—
a dose of gids. One young Canadian
told us that after being shot twice
once in the right bip and ones In the
side—that while lying wounded in »
shell orater in “ no man’s land,” a
Fritz started to slide down to finish
him, He said that he could not get
on bis feet and that he had lost hie
gun, 80 he waited until the Fritz wes
Just about upon him, then be grabbed
hie legs snd throwed him and before
he oould reo.ver himeelf he choked
him to d:ath with his bare hands.
That is only one incident of bundrede
that we bear every week from men
who have been over there and who are
trying to get back over again as soon
as they can,
Wel’, mother, I will close for this
ticoe, ae I have run out of things to
say. Give my love to grandma,
daddy, the twins and yourself, I re-
malin ae ever,
Your loving son,
Leer D, Nou.
Letter from ** Sharky ' Garis,
The Report er received the following
letter from John (better know as
‘“‘Bharky '’) Garis, who quite recently
arrived in France. The letter Is dated
June 10:
Dear friend ** Ted '’ :
Just a few lines to let you know how
I and the reet of the Yankees are pet-
ting along. I am here to tell you tha:
I am not sorry that I got into the
army, as I have seen enough already
to keep me thinking for the remain-
der of my life—even though I reach
ninety years. I am sorry that there
weren’t more of the boys to er joy the
tri; scroes. The great part of it was
the welcome we received in England,
I'he girls came out of the munition
plants, machine shops and storss and
taking our overcoats and hate, carried
them for us from the dock to camp—n
distance of five miles, It would have
been a hard and tiresome walk for ue
“Yapks', but the girls joining us
mnde the load lighter and the distance
shorter,
It was only natural that we should
show our appreciation to these girls
by giving them a call, 80 the next eve-
ning, pot being used to the shut-in
of camp life, » e got over the fence and
went to see our lady friends, and
when the officers * took check’ they
found 450 of the regiment gone and
they sent guards after them. I bap-
pened to get caught first as I came out
of the bou«e where I was entertalved
by some fine English folks, whose
cheerful spirit under distressing cic
cumstances was really wonderful, The
young lady told me that her father
and brother were both killed in the
battle of the Bomme and was left to
support ber mother and the family.
Yet a more cheerful people you could
vot find.
I am glad to change the subject and
say that I bave come lo lake my
stand with the boys bere in the field,
which will be shortly, You would
think we were ready if you could see
the boys getting in line when Capt,
Crissman gives the command, He is
s prince of a commander snd I will
soldier better now than I ever did be-
fore—and I was alway« on the job,
We get fine ** eats ’’ and good water,
The only thing that ls scarce is chew-
ing tobacco, apd especially my kiud—
Frish muth,
Well, Ted, give my regards to all
the folks back home. When I get
vack I'll have a book for you and
some German prisoners to do the work
—won't that be fie ?
Pri. Joux GARIS,
Hdg. Co. 108 Fiela Art,
Amer. E. F., vis, N. Y.
Camp Meucon, France,
Son of Mev. A. A, Kerlin Kliled,
Percy Kerlin, son of Rev. A. A.
Kerlin, a native of Potter township,
was killed on the night of June 20 b
vear Sharpsburg, Maryland, when the
suiomobile in which he was taking]
Leonard Himes, a Camp Meade #l-
dier, to Bharpsbuig, ran into a stone
fence, The sceident happened when
Mr. Kerlin released a hand from the
steering wneel to prevent his bat from
flying off his head. The soldier boy|
wa- uni jured,
Mr. Kerlin was a traveling sales
man, Burial was made at Sharpe
vurg, his home city.
New Phys clan Coming.
On snother page you will find ap
adve tisement of Dr, M, Salm. He ie,
no doubt, well known to people of this
country, having visited Bellefonte for
nearly twenty years. He has dope
good work and no doubt you will be
glad to call on him if you suffer with
any ailment of which be makes »
specialty. You ¢ p consult bim, free
of charge, on bis first visit on Mop-
dny, July 15, fiom 3 p.m. to § p. m,,
and every four weeks thereafter on the
same day and hours,
A Young Auto Vietim,
The body of Belmar Leon Hawke,
three yests old, son of Mr, and Mrs,
Charles O. Hawke, of Mount Rock,
who was killed at Cresson on July 4b
was taken to Lewistown for burial.
The lad was with the parents on ap
automobile trip through Cresson
when the wheel of the machine struck
a rut, throwing open the door,
through which he fell and the wheels
passed over his body, killing him al-
most instantly.
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Lewhaburg Odd Fellows Dedieate New Hall,
Lewisburg Lodge No, #8 1. 0. O, F
dedicated ita handsome new hall in
the I. O. O. F, Building on Wednes-
day evening, June 26h, represents.
tives of the Grand Lodge of Penneyl-
vania being present and taking part in
the dedicatory services, The Grand
Master, Roy D. Beaman, of Harrie
burg, presided, and the Grand Chap-
isin, Grand Warden and Grand Cone
ductor were present and took part,
The exercises were impressive,
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Bulld with ocemente~the material
that wears longest.—R. D. Foreman.
PIG BREEDING CLUBS FOR CENTRE CO
County Agent Olmstead Hes Started »
Movement for Better Hogs in Two Com.
munities.
Through the efforts of R, H. Olm-
stead, County Agent, two pure-bred
pig breeding clubs have teen organiz-
ed in the county and are being run in
a feeding contest at the present time,
One club organizad at Dale Bummit
consists of twelve feroales and two
male pige. These are all pure-bred,
registered, Duroc Jersey pigs, the fe-
mules havipg been brought in from
Westmoreland county and the males
from Ohio, The other club located . at
Julian consists of nine females and one
male pig These are all pure-bred reg-
istered, Rerkshiree, the females hav-
been purchased from the Penn Btate
College and the male from W. F,
Richel, of Centre Hall,
All of these pigs were put out with
boys and girls under twenty-one
years of age and st the present time
they are sll being run in a feeding
contest, Each boy and girl is feeding
their pig separate and trying to feed it
out to the best advantage, This fall
all of the pige will be brought togeth-
er where they will be judged and
priz.s awarded on the following basis :
individuality ; gain In we'ght ; re-
ports on all feeds ; and the one who
has grown out the best pig. This fall
after the feeding contest is over the
sows will then all be bred for spring
litters,
Both of these clube are being finance.
¢d by banks in the county for one
year with the parents’ security. The
First Nations! Bank at Btate College ls
financing the Dale Summit club and
the club at Juiisn is being backed by
the Centre County Bsnk; of Belle
fonte,
This will not only mesn a big im-
provement in the hoge In these com-
munities but will prove a good busi
Less experience for the boys and girle
inthe clubs ss well a8 an locreased
pork production for these two com-
munities,
Lf pf ————
Kicked By an Horse,
Willard Smith, son of Robert 1.
Smith, sod tenant on the Foriney
farm at Tu.eeyville, was rather ser-
iously Injpred by a kick from a horse
recently, He was cultivating corn
when a elogle tree became loose and
while in the act of fastening it one of
the horses struck back, kicking the
young man in the lower part of the
sbdomer, cutting the flesh so that
several stitches were required to close
the wound, Comiug right in bayiog
season the young farmer's enforced
idleness was not to his liking, but
through the eflorta of his father-in-
law, W. 8B, Martz, the crop was stored.
I'be young man bas resumed bis farm
labor,
I fe Foss Family Gratefal \
Io our friends « f Centre Hall :—
Permit us through this medium to
express our most sincere thanks to you
for the very generous expres-ion of
tangible symoatby extended to us
«luce our loss In the sweepingly des
tructive Logauton fire,
Very sincerely yours,
F. H. Foss and Family.
EAA. S—
LOUGANTON TO RISE FROM RUINS,
Lutherans Clear Debris Preparatory to Re.
balding —~ New Houses Soon to go Up,
The people of stricken Loganton,
imbued with an indomitable spirit of
progress and pluck, have decided to
rehabilitate the burned village instead
of deserting it and locating elsewhere,
and with this end in view the work of
cle.ring away the debrie of some
burned bulidiogs is alresdy under way
sud in the course of a wouth the erec-
tion of quite a number of homes and
business houses will have been begun.
At a meetiog of the members of the
Lutheran church bheid recently presid-
ed over by Pastor Reish, this rame
epirit of optimism and determination
was manifested for it was unanimous
ly decided to rebuild the burned
church and parsonsge even though
only $3,000 insurance was carried on
the two buildinge. It was further re-
solved by the members to celebrate the
glorious Fourth by working in clear.
ing away the debris at the church and
the parsonage. Today many of the
women members, eager to ald in the
work of restoring the church, also
volunteered to work with pick and
shovel by tue side of the men. As
soon as the debris is cleared away and
pew material can be gotten on the
ground the work of rebuilding the
church and parsonage will be started
and it Is boped to get the buildings
under roof before winter sets in.
This determination on the part of
the progressive people of Loganton to
rar a prettier and more substantial
village on the ruins of the old land
marks ls most commendable indeed
and they will have the assistance of
the people of the entire country In
their lsudable «forte,
Letter from North Dakota,
Maxbass, N. D.
June 24, 1818,
Editor Reporter :
Enclosed plesse find check to boost
my subscription for another year as I
can’t get along without my home
paper. Although it is a good many
years since I saw my native home, yet
there are 80 many pleasant memories
lingering around it that I am just ae
eager for the paper as ever. I had
lived in hopes of spending at least
part of this year in Pennsylvanis, but
as my bearing falled so very much I
am not able to travel slone so will
have to give up the trip, at least until
I can persuade some one to go with rae.
I have poticed in the paper that
there had appeared a letter “B' on
the oats blades and that someone has
interpreted it to mean * bread’, If it
does that is what we North Dakota
people have been doing fr six months
or more—we bake bread out of oats
flour, barley, rice, rye, corp, and al-
most any thing that we can get that
« il] save wheat #0 a8 to help win the
war ; meat Is almost a thing of the
psst. The butcher hae even closed his
door as every one is trying to save and
to deny themselves all they cap. All
the Liberty drives have been very suc-
cessful and so hae the Red Crosse drive
and I am safe in saying that the War
Savings Stamps will be a great success,
and the women have been very busy
working for the Red Cross,
In regards to weather and crop con-
ditions we have had more rain this
epring than for five years, therefore
lees sand storme, sithough in some
places there are bundreds of acres of
grain that are destroyed, but in this
windy country it can’t be helped ;
otherwise the prospects are for a good
crop. We have had some real warm
weather of late but throughout it was a
cool spring. Gardens are very back-
ward so far,
All are well ; with best regards,
Yours truly,
Mrs. MARY H. PrICE
County Treasurer's Daughter Has Narrow
Escape In Auto Accident,
Miss Verna Chambers, dsughter of
County Tressurer David Chambers, of
Clarence, and a young lsdy friend
who waa ber guest, were painfully in-
Jjured and parrowly escaped death
Friday aflernoon preceding the
“‘ Fourth" on the state road between
Bellefonte and Milesburg., Miss Cham-
bers, who is an expert driver, with her
friend were enroute to the former's
bome in Clarence in ber big wire
wheeled Cadillac roadster when they
met Ray Kelsey, of Bellefonte, going
in the same direction in the latter's
Maxwell runabout,
As Misa Chambers attempted to
pase, Keloey, for some unscocountable
reason, pulled over in front of ber and
stopped his machine. lo an effort to
get by without hitting Kelsey, Miss
Chambers ran too close to the guard
fence and her handsome new Cadilisc
swerved on the olled roadway, orasb-
ed through the fence and turned com-
pletely over in plunging down a steep
embankment to a raliroad siding be-
low atl the edge of Spring creek. But
for the fortunate circumstance that
the left front wheel caught in the
flange of the raliroad track, the big
oar with the two young ladies in it,
wouid have plunged into eight feet of
water in Bpring creek, where they
would very probably have been
drowned beneath the heavy car.
Mr, Kelsey quickly summoned aid
and the young ladies were helped
from their perilous position by a man
whe was working on the ro-d nearby.
Both Mise Chambers and ber compan
fon were painfully bruised, though no
bones were broken and both are pow
recovering nicely from their thrilling
experience. Their escape from serious
injury or death is however considered
miraculous, The big Cadillac road.
ster, purchased for Miss Chambers,
who Is Deputy Treasurer of Centre
county, by her father but recently,
was badly damaged.
I ——
Oard to the Public,
Having put in a full suto equip-
ment, vie.—a Combination Oasket
Car, and a new Funeral Car, I am pre-
pared to transfer bodies to and from
trains and hospitals and guarantee my
prices to meet competition. All oalle
promptly answered night or day.
adv, 8t 3. M. CAMPBELL,
Millheim, Pa.
The Army Medical Department haa
developed a mobile X-ray outfit for
use near the front, carried on a modi
fled Army ambulance. It consists of
a standard portable outfit made up of
Delco gae electric set, high<tsnsion
transformer, special type Coolidge
tabe, and includes an X-ray table,
dark room, snd complete set of appa
ratus for the localization of foreign
bodies. Bome of these oulfita are al
ready lo service abroad and 66 are in
course of shipment,
IA SR.
Oentre Reportar at SLO0 per year.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS
The local railroad station has
wired for electric lights.
Carl Auman was home from Al-
toons for a few days the past week.
Allen Boehoeh, of Middleburg, was
the guest of Mise Helen Brubaker over
the Fourth,
Mise Daisy Rowe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, George Rowe, of Boalsburg,
is visiting her cousine, the Misses Isa-
bel, Verna snd Ethel Rowe.
Rev, aud Mrs. J. J. Glenn and chil-
dren, Jemes, Josephine and Rile, of
Carlisle, spent a few daye with Mrs,
Glenn's mother, Mre, Mary Goodhart,
in Centre Hall.
The Bellefonte Republican wae the
only county paper published last
week, Editor Dorworth preferring to
take off the week of July 25th instead
for his vacation.
been
The “ Fourth ’’ paesed off quietly in
Centre Hall, many of her people
spending the day and evening st State
College and Boslsburg, where safe and
sane patriotic features were enjoyed by
immense throngs,
Mr, snd Mre. I. W. Griffith, of
sSlatington, motored to Centre Hall
last week and spent several days sat the
Reformed parsonage. Mr. Griffith le
a brother of Mra. Jones and is presi-
dent of the bank at Blatington,
Mre. J. H. Bitner and three chile
dren, Laura Edwin and Mary Jane, of
Youngstown, Ohjo, and who have
been visiting some time at the Will-
fam Bitner home at Tasseyville, were
pleasant callers at this office Friday.
Henry A. Bhoemaker, father of Col,
H. W. Bhoemsaker, suthor of the
“ Legend of Penns Cave, '’ died at his
New York home ‘tuesday of last
week, Col. Bhoemsker left his sum-
mer home at McElhsattap, Clinton
county, to attend the funeral,
Misses Lens and Carribel Emerick,
the latter of the Reporter typo foroe,
spent several days with their brother,
Domer Emerick, and family, at Al-
toons. Miss Carribel also visited her
friend, Miss Rebecca Kreamer, at
Lewistown, daring her vacation
period,
Mr. and Mre. Bimon Moyer, chil-
dren Clarence and Clair, and Calvin
Moyer and daughter, all of Womels-
dorf, motored to Centre Hall last week
and spent a few daye with Mr. and
Mre. D. J. Meyer. The first mention-
ed Moyer was formerly in the lumber
business in this locality.
Charley Batcheler, of Philipsburg,
state game protector, scocompsnied by
Mr. Blutterbeck, game protector of
Mifflin county, and the latter's assist.
ant, was in Centre Hall and Potter
township last week and passed the
death sentence on several dogs which
were said to have chased deer in the
Seven Mountains,
The Lewisburg Journal, for a score
of years under the management of J.
Fred Kauriz, has been eonsolidated
with the Schuyler Printing Co., of
Lewisburg, the publicstion and gen-
eral printing business to be conducted
under the corporation name of The
Schuyler Printing Company.
Calvin Osman, of Glen Iron, visited
friends in and about Centre Hall for a
day recently. Mr. Osman is the sec-
tion boss in that part of Union county
and bas a record of thirty-five years of
faithful and efficient service with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In
all that time the road bed and track
have been kept in such splendid con-
dition that not as much as a derail
ment has taken pisce on that section.
The Penns Valley M. E. charge
may be without a minister in the near
future. The district superintendent
of the conference lsst week regittered
ten ministers of the district with the
war department, and Rev. W. H.
Willlmms, pastor of the local charge,
is one of the ministers registered for
duty as chaplain or for Y. M. C. A.
work: The government wants a large
number of these men in the national
cantonments, but it is very uncertain
when the Spring Mille clergyman will
be called, if at all.
Through the courage and prompt
presence of mind of Mre, Grace Hart-
sock, the life of little Robert Dippery,
three-year old son of Boyd Dippery, of
Lewistown, was saved , when death
was close at hand. The tot fell into