FIRST NATIONAL
B—A—N—K
CENTRE HALL
Where helpful service takes the
place of just ordinary attention
3 Per Cent Compeund Interest |
on Savings Deposits
A A
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
...and...
COAL
Our Guarantee of Quality and Our
Service Go With Everything
We Sell.
SPRING MILLS, PA.
When You Need
A REAL MACHINE JOB Done or
some EXPERT WELDING, bring it to |
me and I will do it RIGHT!
I Am Also Prepared to Do
Acetylene Welding
at Prices that Are RIGHT
Bring your work here. You will be |
pleased with results
W. A. HENNEY
CENTRE HALL, PA.
(CENTRE HAL
GRAIN
ELEVATOR
AND COAL YARD
Wm. MeClenahan, Prop.
Dealer in :
All kinds of Grain, Winter, Spring
and Blended Flour, Dairy, Hog and
Poultry Feeds, Anthracite, Cannal
and Bituminous Coal, Woven and
Barb Wire Pencing.
Prompt Service and Deliveries
Made In or Out of Town
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
QUALITY MERCHANDISE
and SATISFACTORY SERVICE
Now, Mr. Customer, on this
we solicit your bDusiness,
Just unloaded our Second Car of--
5 PER CT. MEAT SCRAPS
and
60 PER CT. DIGESTED TANEKEAGE
ALSO, CAR LARRO FEED
CAR SALT, and our Yard Filled With
THE BEST OF COAL.
CENTRE HALL ROLLER
FLOURING MILLS
Bradford & Ce. Proprietors
CENTRE HALL, PA.
motto
STROHMEIER’S
MARBLE AND GRANITE
WORKS
Cemetery Memorials
STROHMEIER’S
CENTRE HALL, PA,
ASK FOR DEMONSTRATION OVER
ANY MOUNTAIN IN THIS
VICINITY
J. 8. BOOZER
CENTRE HALL, PA.
DO YOU KNOW
RE-TREAD PUT ON YOUR
OLD TIRE?
S. R.' RISHEL
Expert Tire Repairing and
Retreading
BOALSBURG, PA,
Compare the Prices |
WE OFFER FOR
CHOICE WHITE EGGS
Figure over a 12-month period and you |
will have the answer
Then there's 50 per cent. Beef Scraps |
for $3.50.
And 17 per cent. Laying Mash for
$8.85.
A Combination That Spells PROFIT.
Kerlin Poultry Farm
CENTRE HALL, PA.
A Chevrolet
THIS SPRING
“For Economical Transportation”
more than a oatch-pluase. Own a!
miles will thoroughly convince you of
its practical economy--on tires, gas
and ofl. These are the big items
Jihe upkeep of your car.
Homan’s Garage
complete Line of Accessories;
Tires. Expert Repalr Work
CENTRE HALL, PA.
When Your Hens Lay Down
on you instead of LAYING FOR YOU
it’s tough, but we have something that
will make them produce. Try our
‘Symco’ or ‘Pratt’s’
EGG MASH
YOU'LL BE SURPRISED
HOCKMAN'’S
FULL LINE PRATT'S REMEDIES,
BEEF SCRAP, OYSTER SHELLS
CENTRE HALL, PA.
“PILGRIM”
IS THE REAL GOOD
EVAPORATED MILK
Put up in Attractive Cans and made
right here at home,
Ask your grocer for it by name
Don't Say Evaporated Milk, Say
“PILGRIM”
Preserved and Evaporated Milk
SPRING MILLS, PA.
‘retail stores than in all
the banks. Their sales
‘by any other class.
business.
You can put the plus
They are
the County.
MANY PUT TRUST
IN THE UNKNOWN
Never Satisfi isfied | With Those
Things With Which They
Are Familiar.
INCLINED i) LL CHANCE
Made Possible Growth and Devel.
opment of the Great Mail
Order Houses,
A curious trait in human nature
makes itself apparent very frequently
That is an inclination to trust in the
unknown rather than in that with
which one is familiar. A person
very apt to take a chance, even though
he may know that the odds are 100 to
ne against him, instead of being satis
fled with lesser rewards about which
there is no possibility of doubt.
It is, possibly, the flaring up of the
| ever-present gambling Instinct but
there is something more In it than that,
There is in it the unexplained ten-
dency on the part of most people to
reach for the chimerical and Ignore
the tangible and =ubstantial thing
which is near at hand. Man is sel-
dom satisfled with those things that
are within his grasp but is reaching
! always for the unattainable. Too of-
| ten, he loses that which he might eas-
ily gain by blindly pursuing that which
| is always just out of his reach.
Why “Con” Man Thrives.
Coupled, in a way, with his faith in
the unknown is the tendency on the
| part of so many people to place con-
| fidence in a stranger in preference to
| one who Is known and has been tried
{ and proven. It i= this tendency which
| makes possible the operations of the
| “eon” man, the get-rich-quick artist,
| the unscrupulous promoter and the
| salesman of worthless mining stocks,
|The man who would not think of
| trusting Bill Jones, his next-door
| neighbor and fellow church member,
is
| savings to a stranger who unfolds a
{tale of riches to be won. Bill Jones
| might talk his head off in behalf of a
legitimate proposition without getting
a dollar where the slick stranger with
the worthless proposition can get thou-
i sands, :
It 1s these two tendencies which, ap-
parently, are so widely prevalent
! among all classes of people that have
| made possible the success of the great
| mail order houses In the big cities,
| A knowledge of psychology is as im-
portant to the mal) order man as a
knowledge of business practices. He
plays upon these tendencies of man
to take a chance, to trust in the un-
known rather than the known, to place
confidence in the stranger rather than
the friend.
Hope to Draw Prize.
Those who buy merchandise from a
mail order house are moved partly,
it or not, by that
them to trust in the unknown rather
than In that with which they are fa-
They are hoping. it may be un-
They do not know
for it is impossible
what they will
for one to
get,
know
or-
from a picture and
He is taking a chance on the
Juying merchandise from the local
merchant, on the other hand, contains
none of these elements of chance that
When one buys a stove
store in his home
thrills
he will get a stove that will last longer
one
that he might get from the mail order
individual,
these things are likely to be more im-
portant than the thrills
Using Your Eyes.
When you buy from the local mer-
chant you see the thing that you are
buying, you inspect it carefully, ex-
amine the workmanship and the qual-
ity of the material of which it is made
and in many cases you have the privi-
lege of testing it before paying for it.
You have not only your own eyes and
knowledge of values to rely upon, but
you have the advantage of the advice
of “the merchant who has an expert
knowledge of the merchandise which
he is selling and who, in 09 cases out
of 100, can be relied upon to tell the
truth about it. Then you have the
guarantee that is backed not only by
the retall merchant, but in many cases
hy the manufacturer. If the article
which you buy does not prove satisfac.
tory after it is given a fair test, you
can take it back to the store where
vou bought it, In most cases, and get
your money back. The retailer may
get his money back from the manu-
facturer but If he doesn't, he stands
the loss, In any event, you are pro.
tected,
Why a person will place his confi
dence In a stranger rather than a
friend or will trust in the unknown
rather than In that which is tangible,
is something that is hard to under
stand. Even the mail order house does
not pretend to know why it is so but
it accepts conditions as it finds them
and makes the most of the oppor
tunities that they offer.
The man who believes all he says
doesn’t HIwnYs say all’ he belleves.,
0.T. CORMAN
SPRING MILLS, PA.
DEALER IN
General Merchandise,
Poultry, Potatoes, Lard,
Fish, Oysters and All
Kinds Country Produce
Bring me your eggs dnd poultry
and receive highest market price
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DIAMOND ORID
BATTERIES
Guaranteed for two years by the
manufacturers as well as
ourselves
All Makes of Batterfes Charged and
Repaired.
Insyde Tyres—Blowout Proof
and
Coffield Pure-Gum Tire
Protectors
CLYDE A. SMITH
CENTRE HALL, PA.
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The Saving Habit
Is a Good Habit
The optimist Is the fellow who pays
last week's board with next week's
Wagen,
This is the same person who opens
a Savings Account with real enthusl-
asm, makes regular deposits for a
time and then tapers off to the van-
ishing point. His Intentions are w»till
good but his resolution Is slipping.
Most successful men are optimists
who have paved the way with bank
deposit slips,
First National Bank
SPRING MILLS, PA,
BUYS A BUICK 1917
5-Passenger Touring Car in Excellent
Condition with two Extra Cord Tires
IT'S A REAL BARGAIN
Come Here and See
Expert Repairing
ON ALL MAKES OF CARS
Hauser’s Garage
SPRING MILLS, PA,
Real Bargains in Used Cars
in and our prices today
FETTEROLF'S GARAGE
CENTRE HALL. PA.
Come get
SPECIAL SALE
ree) Nee
KITCHEN CABINETS
NOW, 845.00,
All Over Stuffed Leather Rockers, $15
All Other ROCKERS REDUCED.
Cotton Combination Mattress. .. $5.00
Best Vacuum Washer on market, $15.00
RUGS AND HOME-MADE CARPEY
AT SPECIALS
John Smith & Bro.
SPRING MILLS, PA.
«i AM NOW SELLING-—
COAL
AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
PUNXSUTAWNEY and LUMP.
. cansasnsBle Por Cwt.
CANNEL
FEA
NUT & STOVE.
A. M. GROVE
Coal, Lime, Stone, Cement, Roofing,
Hay, Straw
SPRING MILLS, PA.
PATTERSON'S
i
L
wmtesville h
offic
MNurseriey
aye
of the
that hun
dreds of rabbits infested thelr
premises and are destroying the sapl-
ings by gnawing at the An in
vestigation i= made and t
game authorities believe the destroy
ers are not rabbits, but field mice,
quite prevalent at this time of
year
Francis de Cesaro and his
were arrested by county detectives in
with the killing of
a steel mill foreman,
down ax he was
(xine protectors in Ce
been notified
Kennett
by the als
Rguare
have
roots
being
fe
the
wife
connection
Oyler
shot
his home In Swissvale,
burgh According to
they are working on a “jealousy” the
ory de Cesaro sald, had threat
ened to with Oyler se
days ago
Corry dedicated two new s
bulldings, a junior high
Fdward's parochial
Ray Umholiz
near Harrisburg,
quelhinnna
which he
wet Sg me
John
who was
about to enter
Pitts
‘tives
near
the deter
they
get even’ oral
hoo!
river
Wh
Boyer, 13, whe i
nn
g 10 the host ur
Bayer Ew
and Keyx by olingin
til it gro
boat, escaped by
mded on an island
of undeterm]
ng hou
fire
ned
«¢ at Rankin, near
the hullding,
was destroy with a loss es
timated at $15 Thirteen
pant® of the dwelling, all
in In 8 room
Pittsburgh
which
Ret 0
ed
¥e) Ores
colored per
»
sons, were rescued hy police and fire
men
John ¥
win}
Nicholas,
aed 56, of York,
drop dead while running to ea
BB CAT
Falling down siairs
aged 3 of Tamaqua
skull
Edward
new shoy
Marion Malick
fractured her
Mengle
while
8 Schuylkill Haven
handling a rifle, shot
himself through a } wd leg
Judge Thomas I ahan,
Pittsburgh courts, w
and ar
Carn af the
£
crimins Hx t
when he slipped and fel
on 80
Washingtor:
chanic r, celebrated
VOTrsars
Willlam T. Knight, aged 61, died at
home while sitting at
a table eating =a
It cost
a day =»
oners in
The
camp
the Fift
ate ceremonies
Pickpockets operating Tehigh
Traction are robbing girls em
ployed at Hazleton factories of their
pay while they are on their way home
Helen S-yvear-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs was drows
ed at Mont
open well
David
asphs
meal
Blair ««
head to maintain the pris
the county Jail last
lewistown VP
American
minty only 30 cents
year
(} x af A
preseqted an flag to
h ward school with appropr
on
Cars
Gow,
James Gow,
rose when she fell int
W. Bailes mine
was xinted gasolls we f
while pumping water out
mit Mine of the
Company, pear Altoona
Ira J. Relghter., of Harrishurg
lowest bidder for the
a concrete and steel
creek at Wes!
bullt by the Let
missioners
Grabbing
and 15, from in
mtractor
by ION
<4 the Sum
James & Diamond
was
ction
over
COnstr
hridge
Jonestown, to
the
of
Swaltara
he Mmnon county com
two daughters, 1%
front of a church at
Girard, near Erie, Mr. and Mrs. Fran
Bablo have them and re
fuse to divulge thelr whereabouts, po
lice allege. The girls had been com
mitted by court to the Fimwood Home
for Girls at Girard. Poth parents ar
being held withour ball in the county
jail at Erie, and according to the po-
lee they admit taking the children.
J. E. MeDaniel, of Alexandra, 1a.
who escaped from the Nockview pen!
tentiary in 1017. was faken to the
county jall at Pittsburgh from Louis.
tana. where he was capture] recentls
by a parole officer. He was serving a
term of from one to one and a half
years when he escaped,
The first charter of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers for a title
and trust company In Pennsylvania
was filed with the secretary of the
commonwealth at Harrisburg The
bank ix capitalized at SI125000, with
Warren F. Stone. president. It wil}
be located In Philadelphia,
Bloomsburg upnion carpenters an
nounced that after April thelr rate will
be 00 rent an hour, with an elght
hour day.
their
cls hidden
ee —
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F. V. GOODHART
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
FURNITURE
CARPETS
RUGS, é&c.
CENTRE HALL, RA.
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Bell Phone 37R2
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