a Whe entre femocral. AN Circulation Over 5,200-Lar SRICK PLANT | ALNOST COMPLETED Feo 2 BRIC It Will be One of the Largest dustries in Pennsylvania In. CENTRE BRICK & CLAY C0. It Was Conceived and Organized For the Purpose of Manufactur- ing Faney Building Brick—It is Complete in Every Detail. lo y 4 1 in recentiy Lee 1- An important and ted ii Orvi dustry will be put in operati Pa. . in a few days, which will as the ‘Centre Brick & Clay C The plant is located along Beech Creek, north of Orvis station, Central Railros last vear ground was and notwiths O first enterpr stressing panic with work on the an interruption eve was due to the fact that pany has the greatest con : industry proving a successtul owing to its peculiar advantages. The ‘Centre Brick & Clay Company” was conceived and organized for the purpose of manufacturing fat ing brick the fire clays that found on their lands in tl sion. recent years have had a strong er colors in brick gray, the vai tastes. tured fr ise same was conti out i i n from architects OTICK la re en } per day, with <n" «0 LT best ty pe and grind: material Immense sbeds for drying | tensive kilns for burning all practically completed. From the factory to the lofty summit of the Allegheny mountains, a distance of about four miles, a sabstantial nar. 18 been built ormous ag the clays anda 1to moulds are same that leads to t coal clay lie mountain Cove mons at a con varies ness, ies blend will g workmen that th A Narrow Escape : 1 DAITOW escape (rom ek. A Seve that time which led in the Fenton boys. Ab awire fence lose pr barn, and current running a board walk nearby was carried by an iron pipe under the walk the barn, ! striking the boys who weré sitting the steps leading to the barn. Harry Fenton was struck in the head and rend ered unconscious, becoming delirious about 6:30 and up to 7 o'clock mext morn- ing remaining in a condition that requir- ed five men to hold him in bed. Thomas Fenton was burned about the face and fingers, and while having a very close call, was considered out of danger soon | after the occurrence, as was the case | with Albert Philips, whose one side and foot were bared last we came about shelter ’ the 10 seek barn owned father o to to on r Dear Ones See Him Roast. A bridge near Shrader Station, in | northwestern Mifflin county, gave way beaeath a traction engine and threshing machine and killed Ellis Alexander, 14 years old, of Milroy, and William Close, 26 years old, of the same place In its fall the engine turned turtle and both young fellows were caught in the | machinery, Alexander's neck was bro- ket and portions of Close's body were | cooked in escaping steam. He was | pinned under the engine and practically roasted to death before the eyes of his wife and family, Methodist Day. On Methodist Day, Thursday July 30, at Lakemont park, Altoona, Bishop D, H. Moore, D, D., L.L. D., and Presi- dent Samuel Dickie, L. L. D,, of Al bion College, Mich., will be among the speakers, Special music by chorus and orchestra, t in Centre County. { awful | the church where t | Central AWFUL DEATH OF MISS JONES L.ast week, owing to the fact that the | was on press when | Miss Lizzie Jones, of Milesburg, met her | Thursday Centre Democrat death in Bellefonte, we were only able to give but a short | notice of the tragic affair, thus for the | benefit of our readers we { lowing detailed account, give the The nate girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, H. N. Jones, of Milesburg, and was about eighteen years of age, She was well known in Bellefonte the fact she was learning the trade of a miliner with Miss Mollte Snyder, on Bishop street, thus was in town quite q ly. On Wednesday evening sh came to Bellefonte and carried a basket of sweet peas to Miss Snyder, She spent the night at the home of Mrs Fos and Thursday morning i made a rom Ta § our i visited few » & little atte , walking the path alon On her way down she me ¢ noise and w B Md 2 Deel n its own tr nto te Central } i ack and was start toward Coleville On the other side the Central Per just pulling into the dej ntly she failed i made by No. 50 in track on its way out by the name of M away, ll the ot and 1 Lae I distance look out for he » Central and to meant get o L 5 nt oof ront © , one sister and piace from Milesburg, on whe he interment remains ay io stale re t vestibuie of weive to fifteen hun- Cred people viewed (1 I: was one of the largest funerals that ever took place in Milesburg Scotia Sand Co I} ‘ s mber of letters were ; and ining the expressed fervent I0OSINg various amounts, for Democratic suc Businessmen's Picnic Privileges The Passenger Department of the R. Roof Pa that bids for the various stand privileges at Hecla Park account of the Centre-Clintog County Business Men's Picnic, will be received up to noon of August 4th. Those siring any of the following privileges and such others as may be proper, should get their bids in before that time. Sale will be made to the highest respon sible bidderl, reserving the right to re ject any and all bids: Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Cigars & Tobacco, Restaurant, Peanuts, Shooting Gallery, Fruit, Candy, elc, Typhoid at Hastings. There are now 48 serious cases of ty. phoid fever at Hastings, Cambria county, |and the number is increasing at the rate of ten to fifteen a day, The source of infection has been traced to the town's water supply and the Pennsylvania Rail. road Company has offered to furnish all of the pure water needed during the | epidemic. Crust Reunion. The Crust families and their friends in Centre county will hold their annual reunion this year at Hunters Park on Saturday, August 29th, to which all who are interested are invited to attend, It will be a basket picnic, Further infor- mation will be published later, ch —— Grange Picnic—Sept. 12 to 18. The date for the Grange Encamp. ment and Fair, Gran ark, Centre Hall, is from Septem 12th to 18th inclusive. fol. | unfortu- | has announced | Tuesday, August 18th, | de- | BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1908, AUTO REMINISCENCES BY T. B. BUDDINGER He Tells of His Trip Through the Sunny South, TWO MULES DRAW HIS CAR | He Walks Two Miles Before He (Gets Assistance to Help Him Out ot a Serious Dilemma-—Oth er Interesting Facts Edward | cup of pleasure nice roars weather, thus ith 1s alway 5 del an auton before iad some experiences whi fourth and fifth g | Among these will | wile y and his were day, en) 10 be seen ou 1¢ one bene f gear difficu aine out « ud found the 1K, 41 Was going SDE Wasi “yy started on a journey of fifty miles t Tampa where the machine was placed on the cars and sent to the factory in New York for repairs Mr. Bud esther ty A later the chef H whon Armea who had made retreat easy g tonvenient doors, soon reach- the outside of the building, t not | before his pursuers saw him double quick toward the mountain were yut Seven or more bullets were fired after | | the fleet.footed intruder, | quickening the pace of of each shot the man, but as no bloody trail could be discovered next day, it is thought that the burglar es- caped with a whole skin, In aNew Dress. {| On Monday the Philipsburg Journal | | made its appearance in a new dress | of eight-point Century Extended. It | wonderfully improves this popular sheet | | that makes its daily visitation to our {table., It is always chuck full of new- | sy matter, which certainly must be ap- rociated by the people of that thriving ittle borough over the mountains, The new dress also shows the progressive spirit of Editor Bair, who always tries to keep abreast with the band wagon, Large Chestnut Crop, The chestnut crop promises to be large this year. The trees throughout the county have been covered with blos- soms, and the weather conditions are ideal for a bag crop. Fatal Rattlesnake Bite, Edward Childs, of Jersey Shore, was bitten by a rattlesnake on Sunday at Slate Run. He was conveyed to his home, where he died, George Steiner, at one time a resi. dent of Beech Creek and later in the emi oy of 8. M. Bickford & Sons, of Lock {aven, was killed by ajboiler explosion ida in a saw mill at Dighton, Mich, Lost an Arm Andrew Fye, son of Willian snydertown, who had his arm ted at the Bellefonte hospital is ting along as well as can t The serious accident took afternoon July 2nd at Huyett saw mill, at Snvdertown. twirling of the arm signal to st reaching the young ten years of age, Fve, of amputa the ured arouna the on i | all bespatte the right arm bow and the upper tween the shoul lad was was the strong har the arm, rangements fonte hos; by stopping t ¥ ight, off from the bor reasop to 1 gave nuscies al pulled apart Christ Miller Ki led P M: ler the f amt Hellet N nN. man Yarcas walker Laura thers a P., William te. The funeral was bh afternoon at 2 o'clock R im services be see hy arca L Was | lecree of versed an lefendant involved propositi hich there was hear that irt will likely sme Court for furthe Two Men Killed ng disaster, took place at Acme near Philipsburg, at noon Thi day. As a result of the accident t men are dead and another is at the Col. lege State Hospital, in a serious condi: tion. The killed are Joseph Cockroast and Joseph Ray, and the one so badly injured is Joseph Lambert. A min Slope, irs wo The men were coming up the slope, | when unfortunately the ‘‘trip and running and injuring after enroute to the hospital, while Lambert, who at the hospital isin a condition recognized as very criti. cal The men killed are both Englishmen, Cockroast leaving a wife and two sons and Kay a wife and an adopted daugh- ter. Lambert is a Frenchman, and un. married, Exonerated. Evidence in the death of Lizzie Jones, of Milesburg, who was killed near Belle- fonte last week, was taken by Coroner P. 8. Fisher at Bellefonte on Monday, The trainmen were called as witnesses as well as several who were near when the accident occurred. The railroad men were exonerated from blame. Prohibition Ticket. For president, Eugene W, Chafin, of Chicago. For vice ident, Aaron 8S, Watkins, of Ada, Ohio, The ticket was nominated by the Prohibition national convention and both nominations were made unanimous, at their national con- vention held in Columbus, Ohio, Sometimes even the poorest ball y. er can make a hit with a girl, piny broke, | back caught the three, | {killing Kay instantly, | Cockroast so badly that he died soon ANOTHER NEW INDUSTRY ' . lefonte in pi Cony Blocks — Rece Have Gi ndence in Into Building Experiments (S11 + How About that Team is Har The other Brack Gerb hau Rbule's {a mue ana & 10 Us slabie 1 C58 getting ou Rr odge r Camping Under Difficulties Bla ‘ ty arty of took them A like experience was had by ' Barty party fonte on a { might on hing creek two seasons In the ‘evening, having camp pie order, a cyclone came across the mountain and ripped and scattered all in and about the tents, rain drenching the campers; a tree blown down by the | storm lodged in the fork of a tree over. | the provision tent, attached to the din- ago nD appie 1 Apne | ing tent and would have crused it but for [its being lodged a few feet above Misery abounded But next day the | fragments were gathered, the camp rehabilitated, and from that on for two | weeks a good time was had. That night Il had been soaked, were without shel. {ter, during a night ot Egyptian dark. ness. A New Bridge. field counties met Thursday and opened the bids for the new concrete bridge over the Moshannon at hapth street at Philipsburg. The lucky bidder was a Barnsboro party, named A. R. Scott, and the contract price was $3,498. Work will begin on the structure in the very near future. The concrete bridge is now considered the only one worth spending money on especially over streams impregnated with sulphur the fumes of which eat away the metal and the paint which covers it, Local “"koockerfests” will lose an old reliable Soghe when Maple street boasts of a new bridge, The Dale reunion will be held at Oak Hal on Saturday, August 1, 1908, No Special invitations have been issued but who are 1 in the reunion are cordially invited to attend, The commissioners of Centre and Clear- | Vol. 81. No. 28 FACT, FUN AND FANCY" Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs ted and Original. THE FACE Your bathing -Selee~ AND THE FI waist Yep, pap. “You-all tell him to take't away.” him verself TE v Pay etty Mr, phia at cont acting rhter Miss Caro- ne of Beech ~t " : of honor sister of the the best man was George Stone.a brother of the groom Following the ceremony an informal re- ception was held after which they par- took of a palatable wedding feast, The bride was the recipient of many beautiful presents from a large tircle of friends I'he bridal couple left on the evening train for Beech Creek where the groom { has furnished a home for the reception of his bride The groom isa young business man of that place and abund- {antly able to take care of the bright young lady whom he has chosen as a bride nan Bellefonte Central Railroad. The Sunday schools of State College will hold their annual picnic at Hunters Park, Saturday, July 25th, The Woodmen of State College will picnic at Hunters Park, Saturday, August 1st, e Crust reunion will be held at Hunters Park, Saturday, August 29th, A High-Toned Hen, George Laubach, of Durham, Bucks county, has a hen that is a very good layer, and has selected a large grand. father rocking chair in the parior as her nest for laying, and will not be satisfied unless she gets there. Her whim is granted, There will be no service held in St. ee Tk. Be or A ioe wil le ad in the Re- formed church at Zion, next Sunday, at 10,30 a. Mm, u
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