LOCAL AND PERSONAL. The oat crop in Union county is being cut, William H. Blauser, of Potters Mills, \is in a serious condition at his home, , Mondaysand Tuesday many furnace fires were built in private residences and shops in Centre Hall, Mrs. J. P. Herring, of Altoona, spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. Laura Lee, during the past week. Two army planes, each having two guns mounted, arrived at the aviation field at Bellefonte on Monday. A game of base ball is scheduled be tween Centre Hall and the Burnham shop team, to be played on Grange Park, Saturday afternoon, The outlook for oil for Main street is mighty slim. The lack of oil will cost the borough a pretty penny as well as continue the dust nuisance. Mr, and Mrs. Cyrus Brungart and Mr. and Mrs, George H. Emerick auto- Tuesday, to Rearick. ed to Williamsburg, on «visit Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Frank Phillips made his first trip driv- ing a truck for the distribution of state forestry signs, and in a few days will again start out on a similar mission. Samuel Klinefelter, farmer yer, had the misfortune to beon a load near Col- of grain when it upset and in falling to the ground broke one of his lower limbs, he bridge crossing the State high- way between the Carson and Blauser stores at Potters Mills was, repaired on Saturday dy Fred Carter and force of men, of was called home on account of the seri Mrs, Emerick, who is now living at Pleasant Gap. Norman Emerick, Williamsport, ous illness of his mother, Rebecca Mrs, James O. Sharer and son James O., Jr., of Scranton, are guests of Mr. and; Mrs. C. F. Emery. The nd Emery families lived Sharer neighbors at one time in { The the local branch railroad got an increase in wages, but the reduction in hours of labor each day Tonion couuty. trackmen on makes the returns per day less than re- ceived while the ten bour system was in vogue. the Penns Valley bank, and Miss Lillian Emery, who assists her in are taking their vacation and will go to Atlantic City, brother sister whom they will visit, Miss Ethel Rowe, clerk in father the store, this week, where the nel the latter ana oe iatler former has a a Mr. and Mrs, Cleve, S. Brungart made a trip to Buffalo, New York, last Thurs- day to bring in a new Dodge car for Boozer & Smith. While in that city they visited their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Fiokle. They re- turned home Sunday night, Mrs. Mary Christine, son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Guy all of Elysburg, motored to Centre Hall the latter part of last week and at T i Oa Sunday, Mrs. Moore and daughter accompanied the Crowl, visited Moore home. party home for a week's stay. Three men charged with transporting and having in their possession a barrel of whiskey waived a hearing before a U. S. Commissioner, at Monday, and were held Lewistown, on under $1000 bail, each, for their appearance for trial at the U. 8. Court, in Scranton, next October, Rev. and Mrs, R, R. Jones and daugh ter, Miss Jones, spent from Thursday until Monday ‘at the home of Rev, and Mrs. Victor R. Jones, at Al- toona. Another son, Rev. W, R. Jones. and family, from Clearfield county, were also present, so the gathering was a gen- uine family reunion. Gladys Overseer of the Poor W. E. Tate, and Domer S. Ishler made a trip to Dan ville a short time ago with the purpose in view of bringing with them Al. Os- man, who had been reported to be in a fit condition to leave the state institution It was discovered later that he was not physically able to accompany them home, * Mrs, C. H. Meyer and daughter, Miss Miriam Meyer, joined a southern tour- ing party on a Pacific coast tour to ex- tend over a month. The party is made up largely of young ladies connected with a North Carolina educational insti. tution in which Miss Meyer is teaching. A number of mothers and one gentle- man are accompanying the party. Miss Ruth Parsons, of tke Pittsburg district, was the guest of Miss Elizabeth Royer for a few days. She is the sec- ond daughter of Mrs. H. A. Dodsos and will be recalled by many of the young people who were her companions when the family lived in Centre Hall. Prof, Dodson i8 engaged with the Westing- house people kd is getting along fine. John F. Treaster, farmer west of Cen~ tre Hall, and Hiram Lee, of State Col- lege, figured in an auto agrident Sunday evening on the hill beyond the Centre Hall railroad station. The cars were go ing in opposite directions, and while Mr. Jee was arrangiog a suit case, his car scraped the side of Treaster’s car, doing greater damage to the former. No ore was Hurt, ©. F. Sheffer, of Dewart, accompanied his family, were in Centre Hall for a few days last week on their way to State College to make preliminary ar. ~ rapgements for the entrance of Mr, Sheffer’s son as a student in Penn State, While in town Mr, Sheffer also arranged Mr. Bartges for a better reprecen- a of the Dewart Products Company, during the coming exhibition. : LOCAL AND PERSONAL. | Warren 8, Krise, of Johustown, was a | visitor in town on Monday. Rev. R. R. Jones left for Lancaster Wednesday morning to attend a minit» terial conference in that city. The sugar situation is gradually clear. ing and the price is slowly but surely falling, according to reliable reports. Mrs. W. H, Slaten, of Indianapolis, Indiana, is the guest of her friend, Miss Edith Sankey, at Potters Mills. Miss Beatrice Emerick, of Altoona, is staying for some time at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Em- erick. James K. Conley South Dakota, attended t his brother, J. Will Conley, at Bellefonte Falls, funeral of of Sioux he ou Mouday, and then came to Centre Hall where he will spend a short time, M. C. Dru installed as pastor of the Rev. nm Lutheran charge, with se ter Hall, on Sunday, Au R. A. McCrea and family. Pittsburgh district, stopped off at Centre from the Hall on Monday while on a motor trip to Delaware Water Gap and other points } The party expects to cover 1000 miles by the time they return home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rigley, of Dubois, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bar tholomew, as were also Masters William Kittleberger, George and Ray Rigley and Charles Reed. The boys are mem- bers of the Dubois Boy Scouts camped at State College, and came to Centre Hall to see a really pretty country town and a generous and hospitable people. AAS ——— 2000 Educators Gather At Penn State College. teachers and officials ever held in Penn- sylvania is taking place at State College this week, and was featured by an ad- dress on Wednesday eveni Dr, Thomas E ent of public instruction, now at State College 1400 pul teachers enrolled 1n the summer session; fifty county school superintendents at- tending a special two weeks’ instruction course ; seventy-five vocational teachers and directors i force of more tha One Dollar bill which \Y h > Members nt ed nent ed : spent last week with relatives at Oak Hall, Hon. Cyrus Woods a wile, Greensburg. it several days week with relat Mrs. J. Robert Harter ate College from Frid of nd spent last ives here, visited mntil Sat urday. Mrs, Emma Stuart her home on Monday after spending a week at Pittsburgh Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coxey and child. ren dnd Mrs. Nannie Coxey and Mrs, John Durner visited at Altoona from Friday until Sunday. Misses Rachel and Elanor Mothers- baugh returned to their come at Hep- after spending returned to buraville on Tuesday several weeks with relatives here Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCrea and two daughters, of Bellevue, were over Sun. day visitors with Mes. McCrea's brother, H. E. Bailey. Mr, and Mrs. Lonberger and family, of State College, Mr. and Mrs John Lonberger and family, of Akron, Ohio, spent Sunday at the home of Bruce Lonberger. 1 fo rp Harry EE. SL LL Chewing Pepular in Far East One can escipe chewing gum by de parting this life, b by merely taking of America. It has become virtually asnlversal, due to the universality of mortal wayward: of the energy and in genulty of American advertisers. Eng nnd ual motion of the fnws fog a long time fell ; parts of ~ Lai'™ but he cannot do so leave ® { “th 1 fess VECH UNY resisted perpet Business College Altoona Business College, Eleventh wid Banks and Trusts Co's al Trust Co,, 1212 Eleventh Ave 0 Deposit Twelfth Ave, stain City Trust Co., Twelfth St, First 1 Second Ave, onal Bank, 11th Ave & 12th National Bank, 1400 Department Stores The Bon Ton Dept. Store, 1315-17 enth Ave. The Wm. F. Gable Co., Kline Bros Schwartz Bros, 1301 1318 30 11th A » 1305-07 Eleventh Ave 3 Elev Ave enin Drugs and Sundries Baecking & Meredith, 1106 Eleventh Jacob Sitaek, 1230 Eleventh Ave. Shaver's Drag Store, Sth Ave. Street. A. F. Shomberyg ath St. , 12th Ave. & Electrical Supplies Altoona Elec. Eng. & 1114 12th Street Florist , 1016 Green Ave. Supply Co., Myers Bros Furniture Stores W. 8S. Aaron, 152625 Eleventh Ave Rothert Co., 12th Ave & 12th StL Groceries Budde Bros. Harness and Traveling Goods G. Casanave, 1213 Eleventh St. Hardware and Building Supplies Hotels Colonial Hotel, 1124 Twelfth Ave, Jewelers Isidor Marcus, 1107 Eleventh Ave. T. H. Walter, 1323 Eleventh Ave. he held in his hand. ate —— sis. nn a ii ——— £3 Ladies’ Ready to Wear Stores iBrett's, 1309 Eleventh Ave, 1 man's, 1124 Eleventh Ave. A, Wit "mw rh iter & Hon Men's Ready to Wear Stores schmid Bros | Leopol i nl Morticians IN. A. Stevens, 142: Eighth Ave o 1 Millinery liinery Co., 1411.13 1ith Ave. Newspapers Altoona Times Tribune Altoona Mirror Out-Door Advertising Thos. Cusack Co., 704 Eighth Ave. 0 1 Poin {Penn Central Light 3 Power Co Union Ave i Restaurants | Beam’s, 1117 Eleventh Ave. Shoe Stores Lester Shoe Co.. 1409 Eleventh Ave. A. Simon & Co., 1502 Eleventh Ave, Homer Hanson, 1109 Eleventh Ave. Theatres Street, The Strand, 1512 Eleventh Ave. i i i ———— [Spectacle Bazar, Dr. L. M. Philips. ing and see what may be dollar.” f 2 . then | Fiurope still hold ct bravely, but it is in the eastern hemisphere that chew. ing find most surprise ing ravages are to be found. The Chi nese rickshaw coolie now has his gum the Jupnuese geioha chews in rhythm with how dancing feet: and there are similar mopifestations of the gry wing populority of gum in Burma, Siam, In din, the Dutch East Indies, the Philip pines and Australia. Happily this token of civilization Is not worse, but infinitely better, than the Orient's un nut. which it Is to some degree supplanting. ~Bellman. Clever Hubby, “The man who can meet emergen eles, who can rise to the occasion, Is the man who will suceeed,” declares Charles M. Schwab, "like the chap who wns one evening suddenly oon fronted by a discontented wife, She sald: # ‘Before we were married you used to bring me flowers every day, buf now you never think of getting me even a bunch of ylolets.' “But, my dear,’ he protested, with. out a second’s hesitation, ‘the pretty flower girls don’t attract me now as much as they used to. “And, of course, she told him that on second thought she really dida%t gum's greatest wholesome betel care for flowers," shi Ei . ss Se LINGEREDTOOLON 0) Great Men Who Outlived Thelr | : Hours of Fame. Henry Watterson Tells of Statesmen, Nationally Famous, Who Became Pitiable Spectacles Amid Scenes They Once Adorned. Between the idiot and the man of the lunatic and the man of genius, there are degrees—strenks—of idiocy and lunacy. How many expect ant politicians elected to congress have entered” Washington all hope, eager to dare and do, and have come away broken in health, fame and fortune, happy to get back home—sometimes unable ta get away, to linger on In ob security and poverty to a squalid and wretched old age. 1 have lived long enough to have | 5 known many such: Senators who have filled the galleries when they rose to house heroes living while they could on borrowed money, then hang speak ; to buy a drink. whom the typical and characteristic story was told that the holder of a claim against the government, who dared not approach so great & man with so much as the intimation of a bribe, undertook hy argument to inter. est him in the merit of the case, The great man listened and replied : 1 have noticed you scattering your means around here pretty freely, but you havent sald ‘turkey’ to me” Surprised, but glad and unabashed, the claimant said, “1 was coming to that,” produced a thousand-dollar bank roll and entered into an understanding what was to be done next day, when the bill was due on the ealendar, : The great man took the money, re paired to a gambling house, had an ex traordinary run of luck, won heavily, ® and playing all night, forgetiing about the calendar, killing it for that ses sion of course. The day after the claimant met his rns A Ty —_— — August 4 SUBURBAN DAY “For a long accomplished with your and of playing amateur page In the house, of which my father had been a member and where he had many friends, though I was never officially 8 page, writes Henry Watterson {n the Saturday Evening Post. Was a particular little old bald-headed gentleman who was good to me and would put his arm about me and stroll with me across the rotunda the library of
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