ver 5,600—Largest in Centre County. Circulatio a, A MISSING MAN'S SKELETON IS FOUND IDENTIFIED AS THE REMAINS OF GEORGE M. FETZER DISAPPEARED FOUR YEARS AGO A Profound Mystery at Last Is Solved —Death Due to _ Accidental charge Rifie—Happened Runville—Easily Identified. of Near Last Sunday morning there gensation in the Vv cinity by the finding of skeleton In the identified a George Michael Fetzer, who home, near there 1807, In family lived ily moved across in March mained at the Mrs Alice after would join noon, sessafras have it took his on a { Ol April Sth, and was n¢ 1907, Ge J 07. SOME April roo pre former rifle lying they pi bones, and The of the mis gun home reside n the Mr. Switzer and noticed that ehedeton were scattered about, shoes and parts of the clothing The Initials on the gun, “J. K buttons enabled ther ntif remains ! the parts of a also the as those remains tered sor and was cayed follages was shattered in the to Milesburg empaneled ley, John SI Grove. Jo Learning in its mechan! was that Mr by the il rifle Mr. Fetzer making his He citizen munit wife Eliza children rifle was I Will Take a Law Partner ww } 8 YY Ara : ipabu for himse| Mr [| nt Fleming and fa zens ! sturdy lines Mr. Fien udation In native ‘ ! from Ha gree of A Year course Universit united from with the degree of | ert Eagles to Meet Next Week. Next week the Stats onventior of the Knights of Golden | held In Williamsport, and promise Le be one of the most # ings of that order ever State. Every castle in Pennsylvania will be represented, and large delega tions will be there to take part in big parade. The convention of Lad jes of the Golden Eagle will be there at the same time, the sessions beginning next Tuesday, The Knights of the Golden Eagle is a very strong organization throughout Centre coun- ty, and no doubt the convention will draw & great many members from the different castles. 8. D. Gettig, Faq, will represent Bellefonte castle at the somsnions, Eagle will Iw jecessful gather held In the Killed Big Snake. When a big blacksnake started to wrap itself about the right front leg of his horse, as he was driving Into Newberry from Daughertys Run, on Monday afternoon, George Cochran, farmer and mine promoter, went af. ter the reptile with the buggy whip. A few well-aimed cuts and the snake was dead, The snake measured six feet. numan | the the | had found a woman's held | TRESPASSERS FINED Men Taken by Railroad Of ficer on Saturday Seven in Dis- | | A New Junior week the (Gaze indor Linotype machi i : It wis tz and Mr the netalied ne orected 1? Dershem, his ‘ burg Jourre Valuable Gift i Almost a Sensation | t Thursdn reports wer through the that the wily of a woman ha wind on the mountain For a while It created a amount consterna vicinity and It was it was learned that wns a hugh Joke paper fluttering on side, and after investi. the report that they dead body ath ¢ View oon | above it place considerable tion in that time before whole thing boys had seen mountain gating it spread i! of SOM the Some up Engagement Announced. At a small party given last Thurs day afternoon to a few of her most intimate friends, Miss Elizabeth Fry- berger, of Philipsburg, engagement to Dr. Wilbur D, Twit. mire. Mr. Twitmire Is a son of Mr and Mra. W. T. Twitmire, of Helle. fonte, and at present Is practicing dentistry at Lancaster, The Oil Story a Big Fake. The story given out Tuesday that a Barnesboro citizen, while drilling well for water, had struck oll that was flowing 100 barrels per hour, and rushed | that Pittsburg parties had in their | to | announced her | Ship BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 4th, 1911, SCHOOL DIREGTORS MET ON TUESDAY ETTERS RE-ELECTED SUPERINTENDENT, RECEIVED INCREASE IN SALARY Had No in Sal ary Was Stoutly Opposed-—A Com -Brief Talk Contest. DAVID CO. 0 Opposition-—Advance promise Session—Short on Corn He there re ' ’ aris the motion that we | Fd and add 3150 it, making average salary of $2154 B A tual nt ol i standing declared a tie : sident for a 1) Was 1; of 4 ' the pre Post Office Looted Kindly Note wv} Inbel this 1 In case of In re PYRE] that wit! Veo An orn tity mit ur 1 and in confused ting aiwa printed on It will not LOOH LIne an ol WAY become the other accounts In ordering a change sure give the old, or former address, well as the new. This is important and will save us trouble or writing you again be to A Promotion, G. Harry Wion, son of Mr. and Mrs Frank H. Wion, of this place, after [having served two years and nine {months of a three-years apprentice. course, has been appointed as- sistant Inspector of Signals on the | Pennsylvania Rallroad, with head- {quarters at Hroad Street station, Phil. adelphia. Mr. Wion graduated from | the Penna. State College In 1908, and {since August of that year has been | employed In the Signal department of {the Pennay., Mr, Wion Is an aggros- | sive young man and we expect to hear lof further advancements in his work. The murderer will be hanged In thither to make leases, proves to have | pennsylvania in the future as in the been a fake. The originatof story had evidently been from a “brain storm.” of the suffering | ure substituting the electric chair for t. The senate defeated the meas the gallows. an | WANT BETTER ROAD T0 STATE COLLEGE GENERAL PROTEST TO PRESENT HIGHWAY, IMMEDIATE ACTION WAS TAKEN Committees Appointed to Lay Matter Before the Highway Department— Can't Wait on Sprow! Bill—A Den onstration Needed A THE ¢ ¢ good roads + It swas brought nat It we nif} meeting at this least four years out take nt Pn pd Spree ean bheoon a ther King 8 10 Ix iy 1 windiing, o it rapidl dizintegratq AS an ob iect lesson for our supervisors, it What they need Is a simple demonstration of the best method of bullding and repairing our highways 0 that they will be durable and nt | for travel, at a minimum expense, | without calling In civil engineers make blue prinde or high salaried loaf ers as inspectors, and other expen- sive red tape. Heretofore the Highway Department has trated too much money on smal areas. Their theoretical state roads are fine, but the fodder Is too high In the rack for practical Instruction. We need more “ordinary” road building that will give more miles of “good road” for the same amount of money, If the Highway Department appre- clates any merit in this suggestion, we would urge them to put it in a cons crete form by Improving the road un- der discussion, and which i» so much traveled by farmers and others from all parts of the state, The Sprowl Bill does not pretend to build $10,000-a-mile state roads over the extensive routes mentioned, aa such an effort would bankrupt the state. The object is to construct and maintain substantial roadways over the state; and here, with the varigus reed as a fe Is ums lean tol State | concen. | | | : i i ~~ ral. demon can best be WiLL COMMENCE WORK INAL GUARD ENCAMPMENT ed am thi cCAampment the National The tents w in Wealthy Clearfielder State Ahead tert stanced Nerd the the wo ont ¥. M. C race rth as onNy America has nearly £00 such ARpOCIALIONA total membership of approximately 300.000, and there are twice many more In the rest of the globe, Near ly every college, university and pre paratory school today has its Y. M. C A. and State has the biggest one alone Taking Mail Account, The employes of the Bellefonte post office on Monday morning began the task of counting every plece of mall matter passing through the of. fice and the time required to handle each mall, This will be continued throughout the present month and the same thing is being done In every postoffice in the country. The count Is being made with the idea of re. ducing expenses In the department and will give the officials an oppor tunity to find where they oan dis pense with men, : Hon. Robert MoAfes, secretary of the commonwealth, sent out an im. portant notice recently regarding the terme of Aldermen and Justice of the Peace that is of general interest. In his letter he Interprets the Act of March 1911 as follows: with a | of {of the finest c— Vol. 34. No. 18 A VIOLENT STORM CAUSES DAMAGE VER NITTANY ON MONDAY LARGE BARNS ARE DAMAGED Were Down SWEPT ( VALLEY Orchards Destroyed-—Telephone Lines Fences Blown Over Barns Unroofed-—A Much Heavy Rain Damage Done. all 1 . ghed the barn filled with imple raved " oy nt ker fmtend that al npa wl fa towards wr organizati it A Business Change ently Toner Hugg sold his place business at Milesburg, to H. GO. Ebbs, of Warriors Mark, and the iat. ter gentleman assumed charge of the same today This was considered Oho equipped places In the county for dispensing soda and joe cream, and while Mr, Hugg enjoyed a large patronage and was prospering, a tempting offer for the business caused him to part with It. He had an immense trade In_lce cream, both wholesale and retall, ind had some of the handsomost serving counters to be found in any store in contral Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Ebbs comes to Milesburg with the proper qualifications for a continuance of the patronage. Hospital Notes, Operations: Miss Risabeth Fish burne, State College; Mra. Lolo Crate er, Spring Mills. Admitted for Mins John Louise Willinmbk, Clark, Waddie. There are twenty-three patients in the hospital at present, Rex treatment: Bellefonte;
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