VOL. XCII1l. CHAOTIC RESULTS OF REPUBLICAN INCAPACITY. Republican Program of Reconstruc- tion a Failure - Peace Postponed — Chaos Still Exists. Congress has adjourned, When the Republican party won the election in aith that it would apply superior statemanship and into Navember, 1918, upon the f efficiency to public affairs, it went power with high hopes. An elaborate program of reconstruction wi in the newspapers a party were unable to conce faction which they felt nity had that time we have had six m We have had in to them. come which publican control 1 3 , a taste of Republican leadership. It is imposs for the most ardent partisan one single constructive has been adopted. The House frittered away its the futile investi and in cost of living gations of war § 14 the face arranged was kept at its post of the the record 1n the Senate The Senat insistence of is more 1 leaders have The Amer- h was held so high creditable. broken faith with our / ican acer lag, wi oun the ust by men who do not seem to under- what American honor requires America has won the 1 cial and the political 1 world. It was our duty to retain that have been the fi to ratify the treaty of have led the way Jn of the world. Th powers We should shred *>COonst on LAGS ¢ Senate has ju ghastly inaptitude and political thundering. It pied six months in sterile Peace has tional chaos still exists, the trade of th world the work of reconstruction } pleted six 1 has debate. erns int aL been postponed, is slipping away fron taken up and to remember only cans. nh ] picture to the wor iers in France gave a id of a generous The and help- ful and courageous America. Sen- ate has reversed the. picture to the world an Ameri ing and lacking in th own manifest destiny. These shows a selfish, hesitat- courage to face its 81x incalcuable loss —— Ameri paid a months have brought financial, economic and moral to The indeed, staggering penalty far the folly of elect ing a Republican Congress last ber. ca. people have, Naver MNOVEenn- A Ap Chairman Walker on Thrift 3 » mén and women, system Addressing ed rho inclu uperintendents eral tory of the movement He: erely a ernment. not for the Go rine effo gen ernment to teach and widest ap] f the movement will be making a plea for he part of tendents teachers, principals and superit Mr. Walker}in The way to instill the spirit in the youngster, to start him at the t (Give him a book and part said yusiness of little account let him practice practical savings while he is being taught the theory of it.” “Thrift will be a part of the public school curriculum and in anticipation of it, the Government has prepared Text Jooks to be used in the public schools,” --——— Accidentally Shot to Death. Last week brief mention was made that Clayton H. Horner, son of Wilkie Horner, of Altoona, had been accilental- ly shot to death, It appears the young man, nineteen years old, was hunting with a party in Union county, with whom was an uncle, | John Buttorf, of Mifflinburg., The party were taking an after lanch smoke and were gathered in an open place to do so, The young man was standing at a little distance from the others and attracted no attention until the report of a gun was heard, when he was seen to fall. Death followed almost instantly. EM i ————— Gov. Sproul on Thrift. “We have not signed any armistice with extravagance, waste, idleness, ig- norance and anarchism, Our peace of- fensive against this army of internal en- emies must go on ceaselessly, To relax our vigilance, to demobilize our habits of thrift and to fall into the way of tre Prodical Son will be an unhappy way of toying with our own ruin," William C, Sproul, THE DEATH RECORD. icle the death of a personal fr person of Thomas Coke Bell, of Coats ville, whose death occurred from He hunt pheasant plexy while seated in a cart, and a d gone out to and while Mr. young man lived in Bellefonte, alone expired, Bell was a brick layer an irvived by a wife who bef was Miss Annie Brooks, sis Brooks, west of C adopted i homa S Hull, Of lived in Hall id Mrs. Mabel Yeari and Willtam, AA Transfers of Real Estate. ay, et al t ong Holland Supper. be aut, s, salad, coffee Price Oyster stew, pie. bread or pumpkin pie served. Price, 35 cents also be Ice cream and cake will be the regular price. In connection with supper a zaar will be held, at which Fancy work, gingham aprons, sun bonnets, and other articles suitable for Christmas presents will be on sale. Entertainment will be furnished by the W.C. T. V.and ¥Y. WW, C, A, served at the ba- Lieut. Reynolds Named Captain, \ In the announcement of names from Harrisburg of commissioned officers of the new Pennsylvania National Guard appeared the name of Lieut, Frederick V/. Reynolds, Jr., of Bellefonte, whose rank has been advanced to Captain, cav- alry, for the assignment of the First Reg- iment. This doubtless means the loca. tion of a cavalry troop in Bellefonte, In addition to this Capt. Harry Leitzel, of State College has been commissioned A major in the new guard, ————— A AUP ———————— Don’t Worry About the 17th. Rest easy on the 17th. The great ca- tastrophies predicted wii! not come to pass. The world will stand flong after the astronomer who made the silly pre. diction has passed away. The world is not yet ready for the end, so Jet us bend all our efforts toward making it a more livable and cheerful place to spend the number of days allotted to us here, Goodbye, | | _— 1 ea oe ¥ its 4 ne An, American $2 Bill Did This Le ahi nameless, | therless, age, the pal nt ir East ia. AL ame chi shown Ne £5 t nen a woe him happy, © Romewhere jon are ki y Near East Rel Asia. Many £2 bills are needed ariel for and to ca themselves APE BEFORE, SRE for tn until rs i ane o ell’s se when stu deposits o OUTS, TWO HUNTERS SHOT. | | | i { Brothers - Both Shot in Left Leg. Lr A innerard Ww. W mgara, the inner from a ori? ring irom a gun- of out hunti and Prank . and Frank George IV Woodward, were taken to § 100 te hospital each sufie shot wound, the resull had i | woods near Pad¢ an i hey been Bg 2 r Mot ¢ about 4 o'clock uu alternoon mp with the idea of going to the {road and taking the afternoon ome. They in acrowd | thirty hunters, all ng of their WW, ctrenn Working Hours. <A ———— FEx-County Treasurer's Barn Burned. EE —— ooze Thieves Sentenced. and Ha five years and six mouths and six months. About ] was f+ 5 ged to tell of the mts —-— Bankers Sentenced. A.C. Helfrick, formerly cashier of tbe Belleville National Bank, who plead guilty to the embezzlement of $25,000 was fined $50 by the Federal court sit- ting in Harrisburg, and sentenced to nine months in the Mifflin county jail. W. Bates Bell, formerly cashier of the Orbisonia National Bank, who embes- gled $10,000, was fined $100 and sen- tenced to serve one year in Huntingdon county jail. Farmers’ Institutes in Centre Co. The State Department of Agriculture has announced the following dates for holding Farmers’ Institutes in Centre county. Millheim— December 20. Centre Hall December 30, Unionville- December 31, Hublersburg— January 1. ————— A ————— Pastor Installed. Rev. Albert M. Lutton, was instalied pastor of the Pine Grove Mills Lutheran charge, on Sunday. The ceremony was conducted by Dr. Thomas C Hous, of Selinsgrove, president of Cen- tral Pennsylvania Synod, a‘sisted by Rev. J. J. Weaver, pastor of the Aa- ronsburg Lutheran charge, ss —— i We are now using a two dollar per month telephone, rue LSid | HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTER FECNM ALL PARTS cream, luo meals at all had o able experien of work and will endeav best of service. { jThe Pensos Valley Banking Com; is putting out a 1920 calendar value to farmers who desi record of the sales, which tv advantage in prepara tax report, or for personal sali not obliged to do so by the governme: There All this besides the regular calendar fes tures, is also a stock breeders tabi The mail planes are evidently keep closer to the charted route weather than they did some mont Last week, however, several planes ing low passed over town and then b ed for Bellefonte, Their regular cot carries them over Woodward, Aar burg, Sthullton and Mingoville to fonte, too far east and north to served from here. % While husting pheasants at Mic Gap, in Brush valley, Jay Winegar noticed Al. Harter's setter pointing into a brush heap and Jay went up closer to investigate and evidently got too close to suit the pheasant, With a loud flat ter of wings, says the Millheim Journal, the pheasant flew out into Winegard. ner’'s arms and knocked the gun ont of his bands and made good its escape, The five hunters in the party got two pheasants as a reword for the day's haat,
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