VOL. Cl.
C
ACME FARMS SWINDLE
IS NATION-WIDE.
Swindle
Now
Indictments—FPlea
$50,000 Represents Amount
Netted—Nlicholls
Elghteen
and Gaines
Under
Is Insanity.
The
public ha
a
ahout 250.000, a
operations
more than
sum
absolute fraud
fon to this is $4,000 to $5.04
dvertising placed in d
throug
18 never
oun
rate money into
hands de-
clares they
hundred
inspect
would several
thousand January
scehme seems
1a
ines i
yy
bheginr
<i
a8 charges
rom Florida to
United States
equals
At
love
ploy
were
th
workers
Carry
In
h
to
en men
scheme. Solicitor I
these
had been
the letters
the checks,
which might
letters in
evervbody
When
approximately
checks was discovered in
ion with deposit slips made
Atlanta banks This said
one day's pts for the firm
Employes also said that about
much cash enclosed In letters
came in the form checks. This
Nichols and Gaines without
depositing in banks.
The men
proxiately
Atlanta
Between
which the
Monday morning.
forwarded
postal
to
on
anid hat
that
to
to
wovk
clerks had told they
lered not bother
which came in but
m orders or
be to
what
im
Ore read
get
cash
place
file,
EY
and
called
enclosed,
the
but which
waste basket,
prehended,
was
knew was a
trio were ap-
$2,000 in
their posses-
to
be
a
the
out
wae to
rece
as
was an
of
pocketed
to have ap
credit In
are reported
$17.000 their
banks
to
night
made,
15.000
the Thursday on
and
letters
the firms, which
returned unop
ened to the senders, it was declared
It is estimated that about two-thirds
of these letters contained remittances
of $3 or more, aggregating perhaps
$30,000 for four days
Inspector Tomlinson says that po#t-
masters in the different towns in which
the firme had forwarding addresses
arrests were
Sore
were to
the authorities
letters since a fraud order was ob
tained from Postmaster General New,
Some of thess were returned to par-
ties In Centre, Hall
Nichols and Gaines are being held in
the Fulton county (Florida) jail in de
fualt of $10,000 ball. The three men
are under 18 indictments charging
all three different degrees of fraud.
Larceny after trust, simple larceny,
Nand common cheating and swindling.
The defendants have filed pleas of
insanity through thelr lawyers, claim-
ing that both Nichols and Calnes had
been “mental patients” in hospitals In
Georgla and Florida.
“GOOD CHEER”
IN
Dr. Alfred Beirly Pens Letter on Mat-
of Strietly
of
Opposite
iis Youth,
fers
Recalls Days
The folloy nman:cation
mot: 1
A Lesson In Gloom,
Fir En 3
tl >
Commissioners teduce Taxes,
nh — ——
Meet,
ntre County Threshern
Threshermen to
The Ce
Farmers’
n
Protective Association
meet n the
House
it one o'cle
grand ury room in
Court on
P. 3
Saturday of this
Officers also «
Harrishn
Friday
Compensation
and
threshermen,
to the State convention
hald Th
20th and 2
surance, boiler
matters of
m
sidered
in
to hw and
uary in
inspection
interest
men and
A representative
office will address
answer questions,
to to the
whether
tor
farmers He cone
Hor
meet -
will
of the
this
saw ill
risburg
ing and
You want
now
Sny lLegisiature
in
compulsory
session you
automobile instrance nt
registr
Underwood,
present ition fee, or
Secretary.
not
lI SM AP ATAIAIAN ANN
T. B. on
Coincident with the
culosis cattle
official report of a
death rate from the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. The mortality of children
under four years may be attributed in
part to the aggressive campaign for
testing tuberculous cattle arid disposing
of animals affected with the disease,
Decline,
tuber
and an
decreasing human
disease, says
decline of
among hogs is
low
We may get back the one-cent post-
age on picture postcards. The meas
ure has already passed the house, If
the high rates of postage are contin-
it will be only because of the
boosting of salaries of clerks whose
services could be secured in other
lines at one-half the gost,
“a
Among the questions to be dlecussed
at the association of boroughs at the
meeting set for the 24th and 26th of
this month, at Harrisburg, is that of
payidg a salary to borough council-
men. Bhould the salary be based on
their worth treasurers will need to be
well acquainted with the decimal sys-
tem to enable ®Mrrect computation,
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i .
The Centre Reporter. $1.50 a year.
ROADS MAPPED
BY BUREAU OF ROADS
{ —
| Ten Transcontinental Routes Are In
Which
the
cluded In Highways Form
Network
States ~Standard
Adopted,
I'nited |
He
Throughout
Signs to
MARRIAGE
LICENSES,
a
(abinet Selections,
looked upon
Frist who no
some of the
head of the High
ne
refused to vic
er
influenced
by the tit
vay Department si
Wright
i suggestion of Gove:
During the
| Fisher will }
i heads of
iar
e Commissio
Mate laws
nor Pine
part
make
departments
¢
Of
jatter i
ikely known
AAUP
Fall to Drill for OIL
of Atkinson Mills, Mifflin
still waiting the arrival
well drillers, which were ex-
in December, according to the
| announcement of the representatives
fof the Standard Oil when
| they secured leases
tract of land that
| November.
According
Residents
county of
the oil
pected
are
Company,
on a
vicinity i
in early in
to a resident of that sec
| tion there has been no sign of pre
| parations to start the drilling and no
| ribresentatis e of the company has
been back since the leases were signed
Bellefonte Lady Breaks Hip In Fall
Following a fall in her home on Linn
Bellefonte, Tuesday
evening, Mrs
inst
Harrie,
aged and highly respected resident of
street, on
George F. an
that place, was removed to the Centre
Thursday morning
where an X-ray photograph revenled
a fractured hip, which ‘ls considered
very serious in view of the lady's ad-
vanced age. Mre, Harris Is a daugh-
ter of the late Governor Anrdew Gregg
Curtin, Pennsylvania Civil war gov
ernor,
County hosplal
I MSS ANSI.
When handling a gun “not loaded.”
always point the barrel toward your:
sell and pull the trigger. If you were
mistaken of your surmise, proof will
show Immediately.
Musser Co. Closes Business.
meeting th fe hold
|
|
—
Letter from
urance Directors Meet,
dire
Hall;
James FE. Harter,
Nittany: C. A.
%. Wieland, Linden
Bellefonte; E. J.
Yearick,
Hall; E
Genteell
",
A f statement of the business «¢
npany will appear in a future
this paper
a ——
Fire Mercersburg Academy.
Old Main Hall at Mercersburg Acad-
emy destroyed by early Sun
morning, entailing =a loss
mated at $300,000" The building wae
erected in 1838, and housed 80 boys
and five teachers All left the build-
mg uninjured and helped to fight the
flames,
It
structed
at
was fire
esti
was four stories high and con-
of brick. In addition to the
rooms for students and masters it con
tained the chemical laboratory, draft:
ing room. library and old chapel. Most
of the 3000 volumes in the 1ibrary.
many of them rare, and paintings of
prominent alumni that hung in the
chapel, were destroyed. The students
saved all of their personal effects.
It is announced the school will open
in temporary quarters on the 25th in-
stant. It is the intention to rebuild
the hall on the old lines, but with mod-
ern improvements
There are three hundred
enrolled in the school.
students
Card of Thanks.
H. E. Grove and family take this
method of returning thanks to those
who extended their services during the
Inst illness and subsequent death of
Mrs. Grove, as well as to the membeyps
of her Sunday school class who pre-
sented flowers,
A A Ar Ss ier.
The Harris township school directors
are advertising for sale the Plum
Grove school house, vacant for three
years,
AT THE COUNTY JAIL.
Other Given
hy
Stat'sties for 1026, as
out Deputy Sheriff DD. R,
mau,
—
Blood
Suffers from Polsoning.
Rajlrond Oficial Dead.
11
appointed specia
depart
the
1904
freight
lines east {
oL
Erie
claim
t to
erkship on February 1
made assistant
the old
Buffalo and
the department
1925 Mr. Bauer
sistant freigit claim agent
delphia, with jurisdiction
tire systern. He is eurvived by his
wife, Delilah, and a son. John L. who
is connected with the Philadelphia ter
minal division of the road
ihe was
{agent of
burgh,
When
ized in
was reorgan-
was made
in Phila:
over en:
as-
the
A A MP UI A SAA.
Mercantile Appraisers,
Union county: John Hackenburg,
Hartleton
Snyder county:
Port Treverton
Mifflin county:
Reedsville.
A AAA APA AAS SA
IL 0. 0. F. Association Meeting.
This (Thursday) evening the 1. O. O
F. Association will hold a regular
meeting in the lodge rooms A quor-
um is very much desired. as it wili be
the time for the election of officers,
and other important matters will be
presented —RBy order of President,
Jacob Shaffer,
Ward Walk,
We have had rather pleasant winter
weather since the beginning of the
new year. It has been cold, it is true,
but not excessively cold. The by-roads
are well vpen or elve good field de
tours, and this adds much to making
living In the country desirable
I. ——— ER
On August 10, 1024, Willlam Ropo-
#tolsty escaped from Rockview peni-
tentiary and was free until a few days
ago when he was captured in Chicago.
He is from Luzerne county and was
sentenced to ten years, seven of which
had been served. This week he was
sentenced by Judge Keller to serve
the unexpired term and in addition the
a
original ten year sentence.
AND COUNTY NEWS.
FROM ALL PARTS,
ins
ny.
well
2 Aa
ds that
parents
not
om in”
nment
verdict
rec”
been
wen
east,
wrohibit the offsprings fr
in port npris
driver or a
ging
a carciess auto
from him is small
’ 4 3
«hig
Phils
iki that
WwW. Zeig-
was associat
in business for eighteen months.
Thompson A Young attorney,
but is making his way forward in the
legal profession. He is licensed to
practice in the courts of Centre and
Clearfield counties. the appellate courts
of the commonwealth Pennsylva«
nia, also the U. 8 Treasury Depart
ment, and the U. 8. Board of Appeals.
friends
of Mrs
Eeq., of
office
George
Edward J. Thompson
a law
of
ipsburg, opened fee
independent
whom he
place
ler
ed
Mr
Esq. with
is
of
Out-of -town relatives and
who attended the funeral
Howard E. Grove, in Centre Hall, last
week, were the following: Mr. and
Mra. J. H. Hoy, Mr. and Mrs. Davis
Tressler, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Corl and
two sons, Curtis and Dorsey, Mr. and
Mrs J. A. Cramer, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Corl, Mr. and Mra. I. D. Fyre Mrs
Samuel Corl, Bdward Houser, Miss
May Cramer, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bart~
ges, of State College: Mr. and Mrs
B. F. Cramer, of Tussey Rink: Fern
Minnemyer, of Tyrone; Mr. and Mrs
Alfred Albright, James and William
Gummo, of Penna. Furnace: Mr. and
Mrs. Wim. Cramer and daughter Isa
bella, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMullen,
Mrs. Bertha Cramer and son John, of
Altoona; W. H. Grove and daughter
Esta. of Coburn; Mr. and Mre. Percie
val Tharpe and daughters Ellan and
Orpha, Mr, and Mrs. G. A. Lohr, Rob
ert Neese, Lester Condo, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Runkle, Spring Mille: Mr. and
Mra Wm. Calhoun, of Look Haven;
Mra. J. F. Grove and two sons, Ralph
and George, Mr. and Mra. Roy Keeler,
Mrs. Allen Whitmer, Mr. and Mrs
Geo. W. Grove, Etta Grove, Vianna
Grove, D. A. Grove, A. C. Grove Jas.
H. Harshbarger and family, of Belie~
fonte; Miss Nettie Gill, Mrs Sarah
Lohr, Mr. and Mrs D. B. Eckenroth,
Pleasant Gap; W. EE. Grove Julia
Shuey, Lemont: Wm. Rockey, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Rockey, of Boalsburg.