Centre L The d ¥ Democral, BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1908, Vol, 30. No. 6. Circulation Over 5,200-Largest in Centre County. FITTING TRIBUTE T0 W. C. PATTERSON. A Notable Gathering at State Col- lege Last Friday. - THE FOOTBALL BANQUET | 50TH ANNIVERSARY During the last football season the Bellefonte Academy team made an un- precedented record and so well pleased | was the principal, James R Hughes, | that on Friday evening he banqueted | the conquering heroes of the gridiron at | the Brockerhoff House, where landlord | { H. S, Ray put forth his best efforts to | mi " | satisfy the epicurean tastes of the fol- | - lowers of the pig skin, The large din- | " " {0TH MILESTONE IN LIFE | ning room Bs beautifully decorated A PLEASANT SOCIAL was | with gold and white their colors, and | : . is discharge FACT, FUN AND FANCY S FREE DISPENSARY For Consumptives Who May be in Destitute Ci tite atl CELEBRATED) diy sts Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. lace at Milesburg, Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs—-Selec | BELLEFONTE ermanently ted and Original. Wal- By ireuamstances wore, wife. EVENT. FREE TREATMENT EXTENDED The Event was a Deserved Com pliment to a Prominent Citi from the north west corner came beaut ful strains of music from musi zen— Notable Service Render- | ed the Institution. Friday W. C. Patterson, who for years has been at the head of the Agri- cultural Departm at State College, reached his yoth birthday. In spirit and activity he is still a young man and nat- urally paid but little attention to the f that he had reached age of three score vears and ten. While this may have been true a large reception was be- ing quietly worked up arranged by his many friends in all the walks of life, which had its grand consummation this momentous and memorable occa- sion About o'clock Mr. Patterson was induced, t heme and strategy, to Hall. You can on open ning room to find that of his fr had do honor to whom honor was ) y due The presid officer was Judge Ellis L. Orvis, w made af remarks, appropriate t mm en » J the S and on 2 hrougt go to imagine his ing the door nense din. hundred Asse endas gt us act | \ surprise | Hughes pre table, and droll remarks eli Around the festive ng Websters, C rho made the ole sat the | Speer, Arti | H Wayne { TI I'homas, { Cal. J. L.. Spang! J. Allison Platts, | Aside from the | serious and helpful w hie 3 hom 10a mers h 1 KOO results New Trial Refused Donley. noon W | turday They | his | character, and the mag nificen he has been doing, not only at State College, but for his fellow | men in general. Judge Orvis read res- olutions from the trustees of the College, the faculty, the alumni, student body, the old soldiers, the farmers, of Czatre county, the Grand Army, the citizens of State College and Bellefonte, and from the Methodist church, at State College, where for years he had been a faithful christian worker. They were also testi monials to his ability, integrity and as- siduity to duty. At the close of this patt of the program the Judge further sur prised Mr, Patterson by presenting him with a loving cup, of a beautiful design. It was a gift from the Board of Trustees attesting their appreciation for what he hdS done for the institution since .1872 whet be took charge of the Agricultural Department, which was then in its i fancy. Since that has made wor considered Mr. Patter i time the department : ful strides, and is gow - 5 es] Corporal Sept i Oct. 1 1862. | ing the entire out June 11, 18 | An Interesting Case Several months ago a in the Centre McClure, of Nittany Furnace § Co. and tany Valley Railroad Co whom tion o cated in nace Co. Botl preme « mrt railroad company The railroad « proceeding to col a bill tor the use i track for monthsat a tonnage rate of ten cer 1hursday and Friday taken on the case before | which drew together a railroad dignitaries and expert ace ants The Nittany Valley Ru: Company was represented by Hon. John G. Love and James A. B. Miller, Esq The Furnace Co represented by Hon. W. A. Glassco, Jr., a prominent attorney from Philadelphia Both sides had their witnesses present and the case through them, was thoroughly present ed tothe court. It was amicably de- cided on both sides that instead of ar guing the case each side would present briefs to the court within ten days, after ni which he would hand down his opinion case ounty courts before Lewisbu between the {0 ascertain Kk belonged lo » F Tur it all a por trad the ¥% 4 de mpany Ct ] of 74.000 sixty four t on of ne ount- road Was 1 Dr. Van Tries' Lecture Friday evening Dr. Thomas C. Van Tries, of Bellefonte, who has recently taken the lecture platform, received a warm and enthusiastic greeting in the Court House, where he delivered his lecture entitled, “‘“minent Men and Women Whom | Have Seen and Heard,’ There were present the very best people of the town who diagnosed the lecture as one of the best of literary productions, The Doctor is highty educated, and the lecture was gotten up in such artistic taste’ and delivered with such grace and eloquence, that he found early and em. phatic favor with his audience. His por trayal of the prominent men and women | of the country is not only interesting but instructive, Then the lecture was of high order, commanding the attention of his hearers from start to finish, list of celebrities included ju. B, Gough, the great temperance orator; Sam Jones, the Evangelist; Bishop Philip Brooks, | Wendell Philips, the anti-slavery orator; Will Carleton, the poet, Theodore Til ton, T. Dewitt Talmage, Henry Ward Beecher, Horace Greely, Belva A. Lock: wood, Wm, H, Seward and Abraham Lincoln, A, tf LB His | ju McCormi sel for t! ' the why ane granted, speaking at s {ry Hipple, for the commonwealt! | swered the points gh Captain | W. C. Kress, senior counsel for the | { oner, said he could not refrain from say- { ing a few words in behalf of his client, as it was a serious matter to life on circumstantial evidence The court after consultation, stated they were of the opinion that defendant had received a fair and to me lengtt + Ou » Lrou ry Deitrick’s his COm~ § [ om posed I | and grandchildren take a man’s | Relatives and at their Home Last 8 A Golden Wedding gary—An Interestin nnday-— Anniver Sketeh. or inter- F. Wal st Sune of their golden il linary | nT, took bl , ITH, VOUK Place celebration or ling, con paratively ew i i far ire anQq goo . i I After receiving hearty welcome at the hands he hosts the guests assembled in the sitting rincipally | room where the bride and groom, of | handsome and Cr partial trial | and that if a new trial were granted, the | | result would be the same, and as no | doubt existed in the minds of the court as to the guiit of the defendant a new i trial was ref and the rule di er prisoners bad been sentenced, when Judge Hall pronounced the sentence of Centre County Bang u of 3 ’ et ré in receipt ’ Thos Wier ce pr MaGee pres : retary treasurer Committee on bar t Ira D man, chairman; Gen. B. F. Fi Geo. P. Rishel, B. Frank Schaffer, McCafferty, Wm. S man Haupt, Rev. Dr, Robert Harkin- son, Max Liveright, Wm. A. MaGee, R! Loughery, Col. J. L. Spangler, Prof, Vm. T. Meyer, Dr. Stuart C. Runkle Olin Meek, Di Gray Mattern, » For Local Option, TAN (rar Dr Chas Farst, Esq, Her- sher L < The tem people o i } \ by the covet, Donley, pate. yet calm aud | His specch was a master piece. | collected, was to stand up, after the oth- | Judge Eilis L. Orvi | Miss | at what { Centre| | county are holding a local option confer | Conferences p. m be a to lav Gay and 2 ence in Bellefonte tu are held at in the evening meeting in be ad dressed by S. Ni yon, who the su perintendent of the Antisaloon League of Penna. The lively campaign will be waged this year | to have a bill passed at the next legis oa m Mass irt | the co no is { this union there were thirteen and | | lon ten | the absent one being Mrs | of Pittsburg | and an honor to their parents indications are that a | | lature submitting to the people the op- | yortunity of adopting a AW In our state local option In this issue it ex is | Pletcher, of Pittsburg; Mrs. E, W, Wi pected that candidates for the Legisla-| ture will be asked their position In local option propositi would do again jority to definitely state Centre county a on has carried, and by over 2000 mae Struck by Train [| Guiseppe Pannore, track walker on the V0 {lying on the south bound track at a woint about midway between Rithie and | Whetham, in Chinton county, early Sat- urday morning. It is supposed that the unfortunate man was struck by an east bound train sometime during the night as the body was found cold in death ly- ing in the snow, td | Cavalry Co 16, 1864, he was captured at Deep Bot. | Pennsylvania railroad, was found dead | pity years were presented with wily gifts. These bore testimony to the high esteem in which Mr. and Mrs. Wallace are held children and friends. Emanuel Noll, on behalf of Mr. Wallace's G. A. R. come aa one & clock ant a svt Ago, crete Then , in his geniality d them the gift of their with a hildren Joh present Durse a 1 i git ana Noll doubt eaten this f Har wm and their ten ner he on wedding this occas ns weddirg dinner, most $0 On 5 i J . we deli old fashion turkey i strongly ite | the Mexican b | was born in the City of Tolut pear the City of Mexico. During the Mexican War, when but 13 years of age, he began doing errands for the boys in the 11th Penna, Regt. and in 1848 he came north with Sargeant Geo, W Watson. After arriving in Centre coun ty he worked at a number of places and finally learned the brick business, to which he has devoted most of his life On Feb. 2, 1858, he was married to Lucy C. Clyde, who then resided is known as Nittany Furnace The ceremony was performed by Rev Jioues Linn, D. D,, then pastor of the jellefonte Presbyterian church, To children, | On this ocean. were present, | Enos Shaner, | sperous, | They all married and are getting alon well, | They are as follows: W. F,, of Fyrome: | Bruce and Frank T,, Jr., of Milesburg; | Lewis L. of Bellefonte; Mrs. Mary | . y Wallace a a, two of whom have died of the children They are all pro Hams, of Hagerstown, Md; Mrs. C, J Blair, Tyrone; Ross, of Milesburg; Mrs, | Enos Shaner, of Pittsburg; Jhthes G., of Milesburg; and Brinton, of Bellefonte. | Mr. Wallace has an enviable war | record, ' In 1861 he joined the and Penna, F, of which Benner Wilson | He was out four years and On Aug. WAS major was a brave and true soldier tom, near Petersburg, Virginia, He | was taken to Libby Prison where he remained a day or so and then trans ferred to Bell Island. He made three attempts to S40ApS, two of them upsuc- cossf ul, but the third one gave him his liberty, He reached the union line in March 29, 1168, From there he was Friends Assembled | | Was represen and wife Miller man by their | accustomed | sent to Camp C , Ohio, and on May Just te [they wWers work de ft ny Ahan R35 SOR ¢ his | sur the oper ane mn the A fempx rary tar paper the t from th were ti asts wa tid ul a uriher o 10 prevent K 10 preven i inclement weather Clinton Co. Candidates, The following have announc ftames as candidates pomin the democratic ticket James F. Kinley, 1st ward, Lock Ha- ven, for prothonotary. W. Howard Klepper, 4 ward, Haven, {or sheriff W. H. Bridgens, Allison twp., for com. missioner; also Alex. Fla ha J tmenh for Lock aad Geo. o. Fox, of § ward, Lock ven Ona the republi lidates have OF Assemny side the following an nounced < a | Nature Snowballing and « ht winds, gait ing over x} 5 were roi Haven E a Beech after: a gale a peculiar sj aCe The snow faliing at big lerneath re reek ) after the 3 ast ™ wind got WwW into a ver saw this ox before A Big Class he eighty.seven stu agricult . ent the Pennsyl these men are studying dairy manufac ture and are fitting themselves for work ig creameries and cheese factories are taking the horticulture course and others are giving their time to a study of general agriculture. These men come Courses in ure at rania State College. Some Some | from the farms and have good farm ex- serience. The twelve weeks émbraced in these winter courses are sufficient to give to these practical men a consider. able knowledge of the underlying prin- cipies, but there are some superintendents when their completed February 26 study is Seven Killed at Northumberiand A boiler in the puddling department of the Van Alen & Co. nail mill explod- ed at 6:15 o'clock Monday Suotgiug Sev. en men were killed and seven others in. jured. A pumber of the latter who ame now at the Mary M. Packer hospital in Sunbury, it is feared will die. The men ows and twenty-two fatherless children, The mill had just resumed operations after a four-mopths’ shut down, Creeper is Best Collector With one leg off and the other useless, so that he is forced to get around on his hands and kneesy Pheanes Thomas, collector of Cleveland township, Colambia county, is one of the county's best tax collectors at Bloomsburg, He was at the Commissioners office on Saturday settling up his duplicate, which amounted to $1066, and he asked exon. erations for only $8. * It is almost as ‘easy to give advice as to reject it, nigan, of Mill. Colebrook A majority of them will return | | to their own farms, | who are available for positions as farm | id Mai | 5 | inane ntained I: in Distro It is eat IATge an H the patient to do this is ane as few of ti consume suf eggs without constant urgiog sually consumptives are 100 war clad—heavy flannel underwear sup- plemented by thick chest pads is very often worn even Warm summer { weather,” The evil effects of this contin. tual over clothing are so often apparent ! great care taken to give raldvir, Tlottoad veouid eo. Ito the weather. All this is covered in : her “yy m will in mn ar % wo visit the dispensary. As soon as the number of patient Fran Va ree we appointed Cost of Donley Trial. ’ yyy : mn we made fr that { above the some that the trial would the fig testimony there » res given 1s Lhe witnesses tipstaves ey and fares attor: Car n fact all expenses Attempted to Hang Himself John Bohousky, of Morrisdale, now languishes in the Clearfield jail on the charge of assault and battery preferred | against him by Mary Barish, of Colorado Mines, No, 3. Soon after being placed {in jail groans were heard issuing from his cell, and on investigation John was discovered hanging by the neck from | the bars of the cell by means of a pair of suspenders. He was hastily released, and dxpressed indignation that his plans were interfered with and did not think much of a free country “‘whena man can't do what the want to.” To Those Who Have and can Give We know there are citizens in our | town who have and will continue to | help to relieve those in need. The se | verity of the weather reveals the fact | that there are some young prope in our town who would be helped much bya | donation of clothing, Some need under . | killed were all married but one, and as a | wear, some over shoes and some other result of the accident there are six wid. | articles The charitably inclined can as | certain where this help is most needed | by inquiring of the principal or the | teachers of the schools, Who will help out’ ! New Variety of Apples. | A Colorado nurseryman, named Spen- cer, has succeeded in producing an apple that when matured is seedless and core. less. The taste is practically the same as any other good variety of apple and it is likely it will meet with favor by who eat this fine fruit. Since the advent of seedless utanges: raising, ect, some nuserymen have n experiment. ing in the propogation of other fruits ma are to contain no seeds when matuf- h § £5 ] b Rd Lae {the advice given to those patients who | i ch. get there foot forward, but with both feet If a woman is re o interested her to really in resort irs she needn't dumbbells for exer ? { The world has plenty of sympathy for {the for alifortunate, except for those {he afe unhappily married, The gladdest are these "Enclosed find check RON] which fn, fired mor- 1 Crown Prince A Car ¢ Crown nes, uk Assassins CAITIAR® raer for from through waths have wing § A Were sd that the their Hh ile N many n i Madnd ] d Portugal and work ate th ad - Dac w at CREDIT GIVEN wid their subscrip- ng the month of January will find proper credit All persons who | ur ur tionto Tue Cexree Democeard given for same by achange of the date on the label, alter the name, this week Look at it now and, in case of an error, once. Remember that these figures are corrected only at the end of each month your account is kept and every week For or you to inquiry as to the standing of your account, Remember, also, that we are required to discontinue papers when they become over one year due. There are several {hundred subscribers who are in arrears | more than that amount who will miss their paper Kindly give this matter ‘your prompt | attention, and you will greatly aid as in adjusting our business to these new con | ditions, Bell Tolled For Wife While Samuel A, Conway was testing a new bell, Wednesday, that had been in a church tower at Dalastown, fork county, he said, ‘1 wonder whose death it will first toll.” The next day Mr, Conway's wife died suddenly of heart hare and the new bell tolled for her . please notify us at There is where you can see it after your name that reason it is unnecessary f write to this office and make { i
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