VOL. XCV_ PRESIDENT HARDINC'S VAC TION. The forthcoming recess of Congress recalls an attempt of that body to take 4 vacation some time ago, but the under- standing is that an adjournmentat that time was strongly opposed by the ad- ministration, Since then many of the Congressmen have followed the example of the President by taking impromptu vacations, and the roll calls show heavy a falling of relatively as election votes in an off year. In the meantime, as Congress swelter- ed and marked time while Chairman Fordney's Ways and Means Committee was drafting a tanff bill and a tax bill for the Senate to President Harding made a pretty good record as a vacationist. : Not counting horseback riding in the morning and golf in the afternoon, both of which are undoubtedly good for a President's health, a casual glance over President Harding's itinerary since late last spring shows the following : April 28—President and Mrs. Harding sailed for Hampton Roads on the May- flower, accompanied by five United States Senators, his physician and his secretary and the wives of two of the Senators, returning April jo. May g—Cruise on the Mayflower, May 24—Trip to New York where he spoke at a newspaper anniversary din- ner, May 30—Trip to Pohick, Va., where as rewrite, he made a public address. June 4—Trip to Valley Forge, return: ing June 7. July 1—Trip to Raritan, N. J., ing July 6. July 9—Cruise on the Mayflower, re turning July 11. July 16—~Cruise or the Mayflower in the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, re- turning July 18. July 22—Camping trip in the Shenan- doah, with Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and KH. A. Firestone, returning July 24. July 20—Cruise on the Mayflower to Plymouth and vacation at Weeks’ lodge in New Hampshire, return- ing to Washington Aug. 9. During these ‘Little Journeys” Presi- dent Harding made many addresses, but none so full of the spirit of the oc- casion as the one at Lancaster, N. H., in which he said : . “1 would like an America where there is some becoming leisure and opportuni- ty for recreation not for just a few people but for the fortunate American people in which all may participate.” ——————— Another War Hero's Body Brought from France. The bodyof Edward M. Beightol, a Tyrone boy who was mortally wounded in the Argonne section on September 28, 1918, was brought to Tyrone day evening. Edward M. Beightol en- listed early in the summer of 1917 when the Third Pennsylvania National Guard was camping in Tyrone for volunteers, He was eager to fight for his country and sacrificed his life for his country's sake. It will be remembered that when he bid his dear old mother good-bye, she was s0 overcome by grief that she gave way under the strain, and after walk- ing a few feet from the station, fell to the pavement. She was tenderly gath- ered up and taken to her home, where she passed into the eternal life a short time afterwards. Edward M. Beightol was overly anx- ious to get into service and in order to serve his country he managed to become a soldier when he was about eighteen, He was a son of the late Emanuel and Nellie Beightol and was born at Julian, Centre county. Fifiteen years of his life were spent in Tyrone. Interment was made at Julian, A squad from the Howard Gardner post, American Legion, acted as a guard of honor and casket bearers, return- Senator on Satur. Vast Amount of Supplies Needed for New Dog Law. Officials of the Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Agriculture are at work prepar- ing the supplies for the taking over of the complete supervision of the dog law enforcement of the state under the provi- sions of the recently enacted dog law. On and after the first of January, 1922, the Department will issue all tags, blanks and other supplies to the treas- urers of the respective counties. Among other supplies which the De- partment of Agriculture will be compel. led to provide the counties are 500,000 metal license tags, 180,000 application blanks, 500,000 license certificates, 20, 000 blanks for the assessors upon which to make their return of dog owners 40. 000 report blanks for the county treasur- ers to use in making their returns to the state treasurer and 5,000 damage blanks to be used in adjusting losses caused by dogs. The methods of issuing the tags and certificates has been greatly simplified over the method now in use by the coun- ty treasurers. The license certificates will be carboned in triplicate, The dog owners will receive the original, one car- bon copy will remain in the book which will contain a list of license holders in (Continued on inside page.) TAKES HER LIFE AT THE HOME OF HER SO Mrs. Bigler Shaeffer, While in Melan- choly Mood, Places Shotgun to Her Breast and Ends Her Life. — In Ill Health All Summer. Suffering a temporary mental derange- ment, which brought on a state of melan- cholia, Mrs. Bigler Shaeffer, a former resident of near Centre Hall, ended her life on Monday morning at the home of her son, Paul Shaeffer, a farmer on the Hoy fam on the Jacksonville road about three miles east of Bellefonte, A shotgun was used, which placed against her breast, and in some manper off the the woman's she undetermined she touched trig- ger. the charge tearing heart to shreds. Death was instantan- eous. Mrs Shaeffer had gone from her home at Wolfs Store to spend a few days with her son near Jacksonville, She had been in ill health all summer, but there w ere times when she appeared quite well. She had planned to return home on the day she committed the rash act, and neither her son nor her daugh- ter-in-law perceived anything unusual It posed that during a temporary absence Mrs. found she took as o’clock Shaeffer heavy She did not in her actions that morning. is sup- of the younger people, Shaefler went to a cupboard and the shell for the gun which to an up- It morning stairs room, used a truck room was about 7 30 Mrs. something the when Pauli she claims heard Hy the a re- f + fall upon floor upstairs, hear port of a gun. however. Hurrying up a h her mother-in-law dead nd stairs she found upon the floor, the gun on the floor bear- ing mute evidence of the tragedy that had taken place. Mrs. Shaeffer was aged fifty-two years and is survived by her husband, who is a tenant on the farm of Cyrus Brungart, near Wolfs Store ; Mrs. Thomas Hosterman, and the following children : Centre Hill ; Paul, of near Jacksonville ; Mrs. Carrie Coble, Linden Hall; Thomas, of Spring Mills ; Mrs. Emory Day and Nevin, " A also by her mother, of Coburn, Roy. f Of of at home. "he corpse was removed to the under- taking establishment of F. V, in Centre Hall, and later removed to pear Wolfs Store. The funeral services, which will be private, will be held at her (Thursday) morning.and burial will take place in the afternoon, interment being made in the Woodward cemetery. Goodhart, late home near Wolfs Store, this ————————— A SS ———————— Centre County Road Contract Award- ed. Nine coatracts for construction of of SEC tions of state highway have been award: ed by Highway Commissioner Sadler as a result of bids opened early month. The George J. pany, Clearfield, was awarded con- tract for a section of 5.804 feet in Philips. 3 el in ioe Thom pson Com- burg, Centre county, for $69,148 50, state to pay half, rest divided between borough and county. The other con- tracts awarded were in Cambria, Carbon Butler, Allegheny, Lawrence and Jeffer- son counties Hh the Poultry Culling is Profitable. Centre county farmers can save one- third of the summer feed bill of their poultry by the systematic culling of their flocks, This fact was brought out last week at the poultry culling demon- strations arranged by County Agent J. N. .Robinson throughout the county, Mr. Robinson bad secured the services of Prof. H, D. Monroe, poultry special- ist fromthe Penn. State College, for the demonstrations which 412 people attend. ed. Prof. Monroe brought out the ad- ditional fact that the feed which would go to feed the cull hen can more profit ably be put into the young growing stock, Furthermore, by culling out the non-layers each month, they can be sold at better prices than can usually be obe tained in the fall and this money will be received in time to help pay the feed bill as the young stock needs it. M ost flocks of poultry in the state of Pennsylvania could be reduced just one- third during the summer months with. out reducing the egg yield. In other words, a farmer can save one-third of his feed bill during the summer as well as receiving a good price for the cull hens and his egg yield will not be lower- ed, To prove this statement, last year in the state there were about 40,000 hens examined by poultry specialists from the Penn. State College, of which over one-third were rejected as poor layers, After these hens were disposed of the egg yield yield remained the same, The value of culling does not stop there, however, the hen that lays late during the summer is the one that lays the most during the year. Hence, it can be seen that by disposing of the cull hens, only the high producers remain, By breeding from these high producers the egg production of the flock has been increased each year. Some breeders have increased their average egg pro duction per hen by fifty eggs. The av- erage farmer can easily attain the same results by systematic culling. ’ Lohr Reunion at Grange Park. The Lohr reunion, held at Grange Park last Saturday, was a success, even hough it seemed as though it might ain at any time during the day, and fi- nally did rain at supper time. One hun- dred persons were present at the reuns ion, ninety-six of whom ate dinner there. While gathered around the dinner table immediately preceding the partaking of the meal, the group sang, ''Blest be the tie that binds." ed eating supper on the grounds, but the rain interferred. The dant and no one went away hungry, A number contemplat- “eats” were abun- A 10-gallon freezer of ice cream was con- The af- one. Action was taken to make it a permanent affair. Grange Park was selected for the meet. ing in August, 1922 sumed during the afrernoon, fair was surely a social The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President, Frank Lohr ; secretary, George Lohr, and treasurer, Solomon Lohr, Following is a ‘near list” of those in attendance—a few may have been miss- ed, inadvertently : J. F. Lohr and fam- ily, of Mifflinburg ; Robert Lohr, of Huntingdon ; Solomon Lohr, of Clar. ence ; Frank Lohr, of Fillmore ; George Lohr, ot Oak Hall Sta ; J. H. Lohr and wife, of Rutledge ; Mrs. Ellen Pringle and Mr. Mrs. Boyd Kreider and family, of Lock Haven ; Mr. and Mrs Henry Mowery, of Aaronsburg ; Mrs, Mary J]. Smith, Helen and John Smith Mrs vy opty } ng hil of and ana and children, Ross and Miss Annie Charles Penni a Bellefonte : Mrs Joseph daughter, of Pleasant Gap ; Lohr, of Boalsburg ; E family, and Cl ily, of Altoona ; J. F. D. Bartholomew and family, Mrs H. W. Kreamer, Mrs Howard Grove and daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Emerick, and Mrs. J. L. Tressler, of Centre Hall Mechtley and arence Mechtley and fam- Lutz and wife, C. A ———— AM A Sermon Subjects for Local Lutheran Church. Rev. M. C. Drumm, pastor of the local Lutheran charge, will preach ypon the following subjects at the stated time, according to schedule “The Aug. 28, evening. “What shall the harvest 4, morning. ‘*Architects and architectures"—Sept. 11, afterncon, “Righteous morning. “What the place of modern dance?”’—Sept. 25, evening. hand-writing on the wall"— be 7"—Sept. indignation” Sept. 18, shall take the Holy Communion—Oct. 2, ing. “+A lesson in bumility” —Oct. 16, noon. The young man who came !¢ self" Oct. 23, evening. The first Gospel sermon to the tiles’"—Oct, 30, afternoon. Other subjects announced later. s———————— Reform- School Boys Build Model Dairy Building. A model dairy barn, constructed by the boys at the Industrial Reform School at Huntingdon. is one of the features of the exhibit of the Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Agriculture which will be shown at county fairs in this state, this fall, The model of the barn, together with the detailed drawing for a complete dairy plant, have been approved by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the De- partment, The model, which is built to scale, is finished, both inside and out, in the most minute detail. A portion of the roof is hinged so that it can be thrown back and the interior easily examined. The interior is complete, even down to the stanchions apd drinking cups and everywhere the model has been on ex: hibit it has attracted considerable atten. tion. mm APM AP IATA Married. At Madisonburg, on Aug. 13, by Rev! H. P. Maneval, Raymond A. Zeigler, of Rebersburg, and Miss Marian V, Kream- er, of Millheim. At the Evangelical parsonage, at Madisonburg, on Aug. 14, Charles E. Bartges, of Madisonburg, and Miss Cora B. Weaver, of near Centre Hall Rev. Maneval officiated, C—O TASCA. Some big fields are already turned over, but in most cases the tractor did the trick, “THE HAND-WRITING ON THE WALL" or, Modern Babylon. — Hear this sermon, SUNDAY EVENING 7:30, in the LUTHERAN CHURCH By the Pastor, Rev M. C, Drumm a A — Everybody Welcome, Lost at Linden Hall. Good pitching went for naught at Lin- den Hall on Saturday afternoon, and the Centre Hall baseball team went down to defeat by a score of 7 tog. Newton Crawford was on the mound for Centre Hall, and it was his first full game pitch. ed this season, How well he performed is shown by the box score, which credits the Linden Hall boys with only four scattered hits. Fourteen fell victims to his speedy ball and were declared out on strikes. Such performance wins nine games in ten, but a loosely played game in the field nullified good pitching. Op- portunities for double plays failed in the infield, and a general lack of steadiness, due in a measure to Centre Hall's play- ing under the handicap of a crippled team, spelled defeat, Linden Hall, on the other hand, played a steady game. and McClintic pitched ably, holding the visitors to four hits. He received good support, especially in the outfield, where run-producing line drives were turned Manager Frank Ishler has a strong team and his wide awake interest in their play keeps the boys on the jump all the time. into outs. The following is the box score CENTRE HALL R H © gp. . 1 1 2 o N. Crawford, Knarr, 2b 0 1 14 0 Frank, ¢ Keller, Bailey, 1b 0 H . . . +. 2 A. Crawford Foust, 3b H Emery, 8s . Ralston, rf . Totals LINDEN HALL H IL. Ross, 2b. 0 H Ralston, 3b. . . 0 R McClintic, ss . . 2 S Ross, ¢ aa 1 M McCliatic, p Ishler, 1b Oo Carper, cf . C McClintic, Searson, rf . i¥ il Totals The score by innings Centre Hall —0 10001 1 0 1—4§ Lindes Hall—-300 310 0 0 x—7 Three base hit, Searson. Struck out, by McClintic, 8 ; by Crawford, 14. Hit by pitched ball, by Crawford. 1 ; by Mc- Clintic, 2. Bases on balls, off Crawford, 2 ; off McClintic, 1. Umpires, Reifsny- der and Kerlin. Scorer, Rev. E. Roy Corman, —— A —————— Interesting Ball Game at Hecla, The fast-go ng Philipsburg baseball team and the Eagle Silk company team of Shamokin, delighted the big crowd of people at the Business Men's picnic at Hecla Park, last Thursday, with a well played game, which resulted ina gs to 1 victory for the Philipsburg aggregation. George Evans did noble work on the mound for Philipsburg, holding the silk- ers hitless until the sixth inging. Philips burg opened the scoring in the second frame when Davies drew a pass, stole second and scored on Watson's single to right, The Shamokin boys knotted the score in the sixth when Anderson walk- ed and was advanced to second by Chap- man’s sacrifice. scoring on Mack's single to right, Philipsburg then decided to put the game on ice, so Palm opened the eighth inning with a double to right; Evans was safe on a bunt along first base line, and Crago walked, filling the bases ; Wheeling doubled to right scor- ing Palm and Evans, Roach flied out to left, and Donnelly lined to Gazella, who made a bad throw to first, Crago and Wheeling scoring. ————— MP —— MILLHEIM. | From The Journal | At a meeting of town council on Mon- day evening it was ubanimously voted to authorize the clerk to purchase 2000 feet of new fire hose. John M. Boob, a student at the Pierce weeks’ vacation at his home in Millheim. Mrs. Charles Ulrich and daughter, Miss Florence, of Buffalo, N, Y., are guests of her father-in-law, George Ul- rich, of East Main street, Roy Held, of Smulton, who for some time was on the Sunbury police force, has resigned his position, On Tuesday he began duty as night miller at the Mc- Mullin Bros.brick mill, McMullin Bros. have enough orders booked to necessi. tate running the mill day and night un- til the first of the year, The Coburn Camp Fire Girls are camping at ‘he Woodward Gun club this week. The party is composed of Misses Dorothy and Janet Campbell, Grace Bower, Anna Winkelbleck, Esta Grove, Celia Malone, Marian Meyer, Jennie and Marian Auman, Trafena Stiger, Florene and Edna Kerstetter and Mrs. Randall Harter, guardian, A reunion of the W, 8, Maize family was held at the Beaver dam, east ot Co- burn, last Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Maize and their children—Clayton Maize, of Freeport, 1Il.; Mrs. 8, L. Ulrich, of Cleveland, O., and Mrs, G. R. Boob, of Millbeim-—were present, as well as a number of friends of the family. One daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Sams, of Powder River, Mont., was not present. i 9%, 1921. GAME LAWS FOR COMING SEASON, Information For Hunters as to When Season Opens for Different Game and How Many May Be Shot by One Person. A copy cf the official game laws has jnst been received, and for the guidance of Centre county hunters, who will find a number of changes from last year, the Reporter gives the following informa- tion : The bear season opens November 1 and continues to December 15 be shot a season with three for one camp or body of men. ter county any number may and pens may be used in 1921, The season for: pheasants and quail runs from Novemuver 1 to November 30, The limit on pheasants is three in one day and six in a season and on quail eight in one day and twenty. five in a season, The season for black, fox or gray squirrels opens November 1 and closes November Six of the combined kinds may be killed in one day and 20 a season. Wild turkey may be shot from November 1 to November 30. The limh is one a season. The season on hare, which may not be caught in traps, ex- tends from November 1 to December 15. The limit is three a day or 15 a season. Rabbit season opens November 1 and closes December 15. One can the limit In Pot- be killed 30. Five may be killed Male inches above skull may be shot between December 1 and December 1s, The limit is one a searon for an individual and six to © camp or body of men. Blackbirds, limited, may be killed from August 1 November 30. in one day and 40 in one deer with horns season. fue four the e oO There is no limit on fur-bearing ani. mals, exept raccoon, with the season extending from November 1 to the of February. Raccoons, ut be hunted end Yirme itd iimited may from October 1 to January 31, and rails, unlimited from September 1 to November 30. Reed birds, unlimited, may be shot from September 1 to Octob- er 30. The killing on snipe is unlimited and is from September 16 to November 30. Woodchuck with the limit six in one day and 20 in one season, may be killed from October 1 to November There is no bounty this year on mink. The bounty on wild cats is § ; on foxes, $2 on weasles $1.50 30. The open season in. cludes both dates given. Confess to Robbery and Murder. Full confessions have been made, the police asserted Itoona on Sunday night, of the robbery of a mail car of the Manhattan Limited train of the Pennsyl vania Railroad on July 30, and the mur. der of William E. Niehaus, an insurance claim agent. on August 3. The alleged confessions were made by Georgs Laff. erty and Edward Yon, of Altoona. Par. tial confessions had been made previous. ly, it was said. Marion Yon and Gilbert McCloskey were implicated in the train robbery in the confessions, it was declared, while McCloskey, who is under arrest in Can- ton, O., was said to have figured in the murder. The men, according tn the al- leged confessions, obtained only a re- volver, a safety razor and a watch from the mail car, and denied robbing Nie haus atter his death. The quartet boarded the mail train at Gallitzin, the police say they were told, and, after robbing the cleris, Edward Yon went to the locomotive and compell- ed the engineer to stop at Cassandra, where they escaped. On the morning of the murder, according to the confes- sion said to have been obtained trom Lafferty, they were waiting for George Karides, a restaurant proprietor, whom they believed wealthy, but when he fail- ed to arrive they went after Niehaus, Tem ia Methodist Pastor Going Abroad. Rev. Horace Lincoln Jacobs, pastor of the First Methodist church, of Lewis. town, and formerly district superinten- dent of the Williamsport district of the Central Methodist conference, sailed from New York city on Saturday, Aug- ust 20, for London, England, Rev, Jacobs will represent the Central conference at a ecumenical conference of churches that are an outgrowth of the Wesleyan movement. He will visit in Belgium and France and may also visit Italy before returning, ““State’s’’ Football Schedule. 13 Penn State's 1921 football schedule has been announced, and is as follows : September 24-Lebanon Valley at home. October 1-—-Gettsburg at home. October 8-—North Carolina State home. ’ October 15—(Alumni day), Lehigh at home. October 22 Harvard at Cambridge. October 29--Georgia Tech at New York, November s—(Pennsylvania day), Carnegie Tech at home, November 12~Navy at at November 24—(Thanksgiving Pitt at Pittsburgh, “ye i 2 NO. 33 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. of Altoona spending several weeks with her cousins, the Misses Royer, near Centre Hall, Miss Thelma Greene, is Samuel Gingerich and Miss Alice Pot- ter, of Centre Hall, are visiting among Mr. Gipgerich's relatives in Clearfield county. J.-C. Hill nounces a clean-up sale for March 1922. An Holstein cows, heifers and bulls will be sold. Goodhart, of Centre an. 23, jot of extra fine The local Boy Scouts, under the su- pervision of their excellent master, Rev J M. Kirkpatrick, are enjoying a short season of camping in the Seven Moun. tains, Two airships of the very latest types all Ps Of Lhe very iat + iypes the Mifflin this are carrying passengers at County Fair Lewistown, week, The New York aviation school furnished the ships. Official information was received at Jellefonte last that name of Jobn L. Knisely was sent to the Senate week the for confirmation as postmaster of Belle- fonte, | Korman reunion will Cave on Wednesday, 31st. All members of th ] their friends be present at the gu Miss Ellen Mecke Md. returned home last She accom - panied her elder sister, Miss Belle Meek- er, who is employed in Baltimore, since the close of school, week . The Centre Hall baseball scheduled to play witl team is the occasion of Spring Mills" comm he sib anily Thurs- picnic, which will be held to day) in Herring's woods Mills, Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Shoop are on a trip to Baltimore, Md , and other Included in the party are Mrs. Shoop's brother-in-law and Mr. and Mrs. Long, of near Lewistown, in whose car the trip The , east of Spring motor points, sister, is being made, party will be gone for a week. The Millbeim Business Men's associa- tion won $26¢ in prizes at the 25th an- nual convention of the Retail Merchants’ association at Pottstown, which was held two weeks ago. The prizes were award. ed for greatest purchases and for largest increase in membership during the year of Bellefonte took po chances with the weather picnic at Hecla Park! and had an ance policy drawn up to protect them against rain. Araing ed on the park and was in charge of an expert from State College. The day was beautiful. The business men at their insur- 185 uge was install Orvis L.. Horner, that watermelons of Colyer, is proving may be successfully grown in Potter township, for he has fifty or more on a small patch tried out as an (experiment. The melons are giants in size, too. Next year he pur- poses setting out a half-acre in melons, A number of Potter township school bouses are undergomng repairs before the opening of the next term of school. In a number of instances pew shingle roofs are being placed, and new toilets, to conform more nearly with the speci- fications prescribed by the State depart- ment, are being built. The Greater Blair Couuty Fair, held at the Altoona Driving park last week, was one of the biggest and best fairs ever held in that county. Large num- bers attended each day, the record crowd being present on Thursday when, it is estimated, there were approximately 30, 000 persons in attendance. The exhib- its at the fair were never better, Capt. W. H, Pry, one of the most ac- tive veterans of the Civil war in Centre county, has about completed arrange ments for bands, speakers, and other features for the program of the annual reunion of the Centre County veterans, which will be held at Grange Park on September 7 in conjunction with the Grange Encampment and Fair, Prof. L, O. Packer, of Glenshaw, who a short time ago purchased the Dr. |. F. Alexander heme in Centre Hall, came here last Friday with his son, Sumber Packer, and assisted in unloading an auto truck load of furniture for their new home. The Packer family are now residents of Centre Hall, but Mr. Packer expects to return to his teaching in Pittsburgh on September sth. Windom Gramley, of Spring Mills, while standing on the side lines watch- ing a baseball game at the Business Men's picnic at Hecla Park, last Thurs- day morning, was struck by a foul ball, The range was close and the ball came
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