he NE Page Tod ~ ~The Centre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PENNSYLVANIA A. C. DERR FAUL M, DUBBS......cov000 ORCL A. WALKER. ........ Issned weekly, every Thursday morning. Entered In the postoffice at Bellefonte, Pa., as second class matter, TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year, If pald In advance $2.00 per year, If not pald in advance The date your subscription expires is plainly printed on the label bearing your name, All credits are given by a change on the dute of label the first issue of each month. We send no receipts unless upon special request, Watch date on your label after you remit, Matters for publication, whether news or advertising, must reach the Centre Democrat office not later than Tuesday noon to insure publication that week. Advertising copy recelved after Tuesday morning must run its chances, All reading notices marked (*) are advertisements, Legal notices and sll real estate advertisements 10 cents per line each Issue. Subscribers changing postoffice address, and not notifying us, are lable for same All subseriptiong will be continued unless otherwise directed ——————— CIRCULATION OVER 7,000 COPIES FACH WFEK NOT MAGICIANS AFTER ALL It will probably prove surprising, as well as disap- pointing to a large number of Centre county citizens that the Republican leaders of the State are just plain ordin- ary mortals after all. It is just beginning to dawn that they are beset by many of the problems that heretofore had been considered Democratic property, exclusively, Un- less were far wrong in our conclusions, the new Admin- istration will lose much of the magic glamor it has been accorded. For instance, one source of rumor goes so far as to say that Republican leaders have just about decided at this point that they're going to have to levy taxes in or der to take care of Pennsylvania's needy and Carry on Pennsylvania's governmental activities, Another source pointed out that despite the Repub- licans’ professed admiration for “two-party government” as the only kind worth living under, there has been a marked absence of alarm in Republican circles over the fact that the Republicans apparently will be successful in getting control of the State Senate next vear as well as the House. As a matter of fact, a number of staunch Republi- cans have admitted already that if Governor-elect James is to carry out his latter-day campaign pledges to uphold so-called social legislation and to give “adequate” assist. ance fo the State's needy, any extensive or even percep- reduction in taxes will be more or less out of the question for the next two years, at least, With the election about seven weeks behind him, the new Governor, himself, indicated in his first and only policy pronouncement since the polls closed that there would be scant possibilities of any hand-outs to industry in the way of tax reduetions when he said: *This is not going to be an easy task which we are confronting and the preliminary surveys now heing made are even less encouraging than we had hoped. “1 cannot and will not promise industry any exemp- tion from proper responsibility to its employes,” he told the Pennsylvania Society in New York. “I cannot promise industry immunity from laws stipulating proper methods and proper working conditions. 1 cannot promise release from reasonable taxation.” tible JUR MISSION President Roosevelt in his Community Christmas Tree celebration in Washington, could not have broadcast to the world in half a dozen different languages a message more neded and more accurate. Envious and suspicious peoples can accept at full value the President's assurance that “we covet neither the lands nor the possessions of any other nation or people” and that “we of the Western World have borne witness by works as well as by words to our devotion to the cause of peace.” One wonders at times, if in the plan of Destiny, the great mission of the United States to keep on preaching and practicing such a doctrine, It has been a good old cus- tom of this Nation to boast about itself in terms superla- tive. This Nation has the tallest skyscrapers, the greatest automobile population, the mightiest industries, nearly all the world’s gold, wealth in natural resources to dazzle half the earth, possession of materials to dazzle King Midas. Such assets may impress other nations, but likewise make them envious. And it means absolutely nothing to such people, especially in the Orient where things of the mind outweigh matter in all forms, Might not the United States lead the world to higher levels of living, if it em- phasizes, as did the President, that in this land there is no covetousness? Could not the peoples of the world be persuaded to follow American leadership more certainly if the accent were put upon freedom of speech and press and religious worship; on the great charitable and phil- anthropic enterprises, of the unrestricted right to vote at the polls, of the great public school system and those other treasures which can be listed without using the dollar- mark? There is much more to the survival of nations and civilizations than great armaments and bursting treas- uries. In the last stand of a nation, its intangibles of cour- age, idealism, loyalty to principles and its decencies are the guarantees of survival. PLANNING FOR INAUGURATION Republican State Chairman Torrance is setting up his staff and program for the inauguration of Governor-elect James, January 17. Harrisburg Republicans have been charged with responsibility for providing the musie, ar- ranging the parade, building the grand stand, installing the sound devices, draping the decorations and all else which will make the occasion a gala one. Good sport Democrats, especially those in Harrisburg and nearby, will not begrudge the victors this imposing show of return to power in the State. Inauguration Day will be a Republican day mainly, but a holiday for most regardless of party. Under the American system of government these changes in administration occur, They have not occurred as often in Pennsylvania as they should and as they prob- ably will, now that more and more persons are convinced that their governmental safety lies in rooting out of power any group which shows signs of petrifying in office, By the votes of the people the Republicans have earn- ed the right to a sparking inauguration, If the costs which the taxpayers must provide, are to be kept down, so much the better. There can be an abundance of elation over an inauguration without tapping the till unduly, Harrisburg’s reputation for hospitality and broad- mindedness will guarantee the lack of any “sour notes” as the Republicans plan their “going-in” party. i ——— - POLITICAL JOB SEEKERS The following few lines are dedicated to that army of job-seekers bent on wrangling one job or another out of the Incoming adir'nistration at Harrisburg. An estimated 11,000 names will be selected to take over the host of secondary positions soon to be made va- want as the result of the reversal at the polls, During the campaign many were led to believe 30,000 jobs would be filled, That but one-third that number is nearer the truth will only increase the pressure when the handout begins, An observation or two may be in order concerning those jobs, There will be many persons filling jobs who have never seen the inside of the State House, much less the inner workings of the machinery that is called the State government, Some undoubtedly envision a “soft herth” in a swivel chair, a nice clean desk across which very little of importance ever passes. There must be some jobs like that, although we believe they are few and far between, And if the much-needed economy program of Governor-elect James materializes we believe the number of “soft” jobs will be reduced still more, Many of the i1,- 000 jobs are not in nice clean offices but far from the cap- itol at Harrisburg, To the victor belongs the spoils, is an old axiom, Un- der government as we know it in this country the par- ticular party in power naturally distributes jobs to those of its membership whose efforts brought election success, Impartial observers, if they can be so termed, have de- cried the growth of an increasingly top-heavy State gov. ernment, Whether in the interest of economy our new Governor will find it possible to bring about any reform in this re- spect remains to be seen. If there is to be any material relief from the tax burden as it now stands it would not seem improbable that he will clogely examine the internal workings of the myriad of offices at Harrisburg with an eye to weeding out unnecessary functions, We do not believe this will discourage many job- seekers from going ahead with their plans. We do believe, however, that there is little satisfaction in knowing that the next election is but four years in the future and that for a person seriously bent on building for the “rainy day” the Harrisburg jobs offer little foundation for such a structure NO BONFIRE PLANNED There won't be a bonfire of Earle administration measures when the Republican-controlled legislature meets—not immediately at least, This appears certain now from action by house leaders in deciding to abandon the idea of reviving the committee on repeal bills, Along in the forepart of the campaign Judge James declared most of the Earle administration measures should be taken out and burned. This brought on what was known as “the bonfire issue.” This Judge James and other Re- publican orators later tried to soft-pedal. Since election comparatively little has been heard of the proposal At the Hershey caucus of Republican members there ome talk, but the suggestion apparently didn't take with the leaders, Repeal measures, according to the pro- gram, will go through regular committees with no par- ticular effort rush them. Many of the measures de- nounced during the campaign, in particular the acts per- taining to social welfare and labor, not only had the sup- port of Democrats but many Republicans as well. Some of these Republicans are holdovers, Presumably they have protested against a party action which would place them in an embarrassing position, Then, too, there is the prob. ability that (. O, I, leaders bave come to realize that the hulk of the measures have real merit and in their opera- tion can be useful in carrying out the Republican pro- gram. So if you go to Harrisburg January 17 don’t expect to see the night sky lighted up with a bonfire of Demo- cratic laws was to THE MEMORIAL TO JEFFERSON The memorial to Thomas Jefferson, now in course of construction at Washington, may serve to remind the peo- ple of this country of a really great American. The manner of this man is clearly seen in the direc tions left behind him, on the back of an old letter, for a monument to mark a simple grave, “A plain die or cube of 3 1.” he wrote, "without any mouldings, surmounted hy an abelisk of 6 f, height, cach of a single stone.” And then, on the face of the monument, the following inserip- tion and “not a word more . , . because by these as testi- monials that 1 have lived, 1 wish most to be remembered” that “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson ‘author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religions Freedom and father of the Univer sity of Virginia'" It is interesting to observe that Thomas Jefferson did not make mention of the fact that he had been twice hon- ored by his countrymen in being selected President of the United States. The things that he preferred to be remem. bered for were his devotion of the cause of human free- dom, including freedom of worship to his countrymen and freedom of the mind in the pursuit of knowledge, It will pay all Americans to know more about the life and thoughts of this great man. AN ATROCIOUS CRIME Public indignation is aroused over the brutal slaying of pretty Margaret Martin of Kingston, The crime will go down as one of the most atrocious in the history of this state, It illustrates to what depths those who run brothels and houses of ill repute will go. That her death was brought about by a procurer for one of the white slave rings is being generally accepted by police. When the trail got too hot there was only one thing to do and that was to get rid of the girl and the body. How many more unfortunate girls have met a sim- ilar fate and their bodies never discovered. This unfor- tunate victim was abducted into the life from all reports. How many other girls are there, many from our own city and county, who are enticed into it of their own accord by promises of riches and a life of ease. The glowing pic- tures which are painted rapidly fade out and grim reality is faced once the step from which there can be no return is taken. It is time a state-wide move was made to wipe out this canker, the heart of which seems to lie in the upper anthracite region. SELLING FILTHY CANDY The other day, in an Eastern State, a small candy manufacturer entered a plea of guilty to a charge of sell ing candy that contained rat hairs, decomposed vegetable matter, dirt, filth and particles of mouse, The manufacturer was apprehended by Federal offic- ials and prosecuted after he shipped his eandy across state lines. Most of it was in penny goods, designed for child- ren. As long as he sold his product within his state, the manufacturer was immune to Federal prosecution. The incident illustrates the necessity for rigid state laws, pro- viding Adequate inspection of the manufacture of candy and other food products. Moreover, the law musi have behind it an efficient and capable staff with sufficient en. ergy to make the law effective. Tw THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. | ; THE Orrice Car | “A Little Nonsense Now and Then, Is Relished by the Wisest Men" Some Resolutions To Follow This Year in case you Office-Catters have back-slid on your 1038 model resolu- tions, here's a brand-new set you can try on your “resolutor”: | pelng within forty miles of Pike's Peak in 10930 Iw |b but you've got the stuff 11 will not fall off Pike's Peak in 1930, (Persons who contemplate can make this read “1 ill not fall under Pike's Peak in 1939.) 2-1 will not swim the English channel towing six men in a row. | oat. Be positive on this one 3-1 will not tell or listen to any WPA jokes, This one will be difficult old feliners 4-1 will not drink to.excess— without first sitting down on the floor with my back to a wall a n e h-1 will be kind to our feathered friends—especially If the feathers re oslrich and Sally Rand is behind them 6-1 will control my temper and count up to ten before I kick any wan 1 have knocked down 7-1 will not put slugs in the slot machine—at least not many, 8-1 will be scrupulously honest about counting my change twice ven if the clerk Is watching me 0-1 will observe the Golden Rule and sock my neighbor in the eye! if it offends me b bt his is in those resolution {ttle bit of there? Call To Arme Your Honor, ald the lawyer, “I submit that my client did not into the house at all. He found the parior window open, inserted right arm, and removed a few trifiing articles, Now, my client's arm himself, and 1 fall to see how you can punish him for an offense Well a ok hon there you are. Nothing won't take care of, Is that a reak ot committed by only one of his limbs ie “That argument.” said the judge, “is very well put, Pollowing it log- lly, 1 sentence the prisoner's arm to one year's imprisonment. He can gecompany it or not, just as he chooses.” be The prisoner calmly unscrewed his cork arm and walked out Oh, Dear, Oh, Dear The following is from a petition In a damage suit athtub was located In the kitchen “That upon emerging from the sald tub, plaintiff stepped on a cake by a lady whose of soap and was thus compelled to sit upon the range. That, although he arose therefrom with ¥ 1] other church. One of the deacons poker ey a SAI h all diligence, the discovered she randed No 1 Daockash Absence Accounted For “This coffee, sir; it's special from South America SArcas “Oh 5 where you've been Slow Walter Customer ( tically) so that Strange Words From a Deacon A preacher told his congregation that he had a “call” who was quite adept asked how much money he was offered Three hundred dollars,” was the reply Well, 1 don't blame yo' nohow for goin’ 10 go 10 an~ at the art of playing remarked the deacon, but you should-all be more exac’ in youah languidge, Parson? Dant {sn't call” dats a “raise” HOLD YOUR BREATH ' I met her in the garden, The night was still as death ! knew che knew her onlons, 1 could smell them on her breath I left her In the garden, She breathed a fragrant sigh Her best friends wouldn't tell her 80 why the heck should 17? How About a Little Scoteh? A Scotchman had returned to his native land after a 30-year-ab- | Before leaving America he wrote and asked his brothers to meet | im at the station. When he arrived he was surprised to find both brothers wearing long beards fo yi § Ea Ww 5 “Chrye Ix to hurt his feelings as much as And why are ye wearing whiskers?” he asked ‘Dinna ye remember, Donald?” they replied “When ye left ye took razor with ye Isn't It the Truth? A certain old lady, who was rather plain-spoken in her speech, sent 3 her lawyer to make her will “I wish to explain about the disposition of ‘my property.” she be. The lawyer was sympathetic. “There, there” he replied, “don’t you orry about it. Just leave it to me.” With resignation the ml get It anyway old lady said: “I suppose 1 might as well We Did It—Here "Tis An Office Cat reader challenges us to write a verse, making the word | anthemum”™ rhyme. And this is what we got We have a new maid named Chrysanthemum, She sald: “My last place was at Grantham, mum But my mistress took fright When 1 shored in the night To the tune of the national anthem, mum Wien a girl plays with fire it generally ends up with the neigh | whood raking her over the coals ! hat’s all, folks. The girl who slaps her sweetheart may not want | she wants to stop them, “SCAT.” | ——- : > § Louisa’s Letter | Dear Loulsa:—1 am engaged to 4 tion, that is perfectly lily. If he | fine young man but he has not had a | doesn't keep himself clean and his | , oollege education. Most of my family | manners are such that they embar- | are college people. i i in | news and is interested in everything [Tass you when you are out with | The {act that my flance has only | friends, you may well hesitate before | high school education does not you tie up with that for life. But as | | worry me now but do you suppose it for the other—1 think from your | will alter I am married? He is very | letter that you are the lucky one of | telligent and keeps up with the the palr i LOUTSA. | | He also has a good job, | ed of him? | ANSWER: {describe him, I advise you to hold | ‘onto fim before he gets away. He! {seems to be a much more intelligent | | person than Ibe Don’t you know that a person can college. A person and intelligence Do you think Twill ever be asham- peas Louisa: I am to be married soon and we | If the young man is as fine as you | 2 give a dance at the club house the night before? are. educated without going to college? Rs i Eists Bef s. Hit : : bi | | Wilson's birth date, It should have been December 28 had been | | it was found that 50 per cent. of the people of the Query and Answer Column PROBLEMA man desired to change his name. Therefore he adopt- ed the prefix “Mac,” thus making his name “MacHines” Can you pro- nounce his name correclly? (Answer elsewhere in this depariment) FRROR Ci. H. H., Lock Haven, corrects us on the date of President 1856, ingtead of Beptember 28, 1865, as appeared in this column F. H~If there Isn't 4 man in the moon why is It that there I & hu- man face seen In it, And furthermore, all almanacs pleture the moon with a human face? Ans~There is no man in the moon. It is simply a coincidence thet the moon's mountains and valleys reflect the image of the human fare This Is carried In the almanacs =o that the reader will clearly under. stand that the drawing means “a moon”—just as though you drew @ picture of a house and wrote beneath it “This is a house.” R. HI wrote a story and wish 10 get It copyrighted I go about it? Ans Full information as well as application blanks will be supplied to all by the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washingion, D. C How should L. E~Were there any survivors of the Custer Massacre in Mon. tana? If so, who were they, and where do they live? i Ans ~At the Custer Massacre there was just one lone survivor —-8hu- i shee-ahsh. He was an Indian Seout (ricknamed Curley.) He was serv ing as a scout in the U, 8, Army. He died April 22, 1923. at the Crow Indian Agency in Montana, D. V.—Ex-President Coolidge has always been known as Coolidge.” Will you please answer what his middle name was? Ans "Calvin" was his migdie name. He was christened “John Cul- vin Coolidge the same a5 his father. During his youth he wrote his nate “J, Calvin Coolidge.” but when he entered onllege to stidy for the practice of law he dropped the “J.” “Calvin N. F~Whatl country was first 10 use coffee as Ans ~ Abyssinia W. P.-Why Is salted beef called “comed beef? Ans ~The verb “lo corn” means (0 season, cure or sprinkle with salt. The salt generally used was coarse-grained. The verb comes from an old noun “corn,” which mean! any hard particle, such as grain, seed or coarse salt. Hence iL was called “corned beef” M. H-In some new bulldings under construction have big crosses marked on the windows ‘What is that for? Ans It simply means they are calling attention to the fact that glass has been put into the window sash. These panes have 10 be put in before the plasterers start their work in order to stop rain, snow, sie. from spoiling the plaster 2 Leveraoe? The origin of coffee as a beverage Is ohocure, It was used in (Ethiopia) and Arabia more than a thousand years ago wide 8. K.—~What is meant by the “elastic clause Constitution? Ans. ~The ' i paragraph 18 EB. Article 1, of the U. 8B. Constitu t Corigress a choices or means of carrying out powers already granted Thus it was nicknamed the clause ’ the best part 1 the Unfisad State; elastic tion ‘ ’ \ Seon elastic H. 8. B--Can you (ell me why the peel of an of It? Ans C as is 3 the diet B. K.-—When and how long is the Victory Bell rung at Annapolis? Ans ~The Victory Bell at Annapoils is rung only when the Navy beats the Army in football games The number of times it is rung depends or the score of the game . J. 5. N~In Ans Fever treat: the coocus type of Ir sulfanilimide. It i= avall ries widely M. Glow can 1 { logs {rom decaying? Ans Logs may be kept free I Cecay for years U the pletely impregnated with water, thus driving out sential 10 the develop M. C~How many bridges are there peross the MNississ Ans ~There are more than 150 IL. F. §.~Whal {£ meant by the Ming Dynasty in China? Ans--The Ming Dynasty wus the governing family of Ching bee tween 1368 and 168. This dynasty is notable for ceramics and laoguer of great beauty. E. M~What are the higheot prices pald for best registered breeds of hogs? Ans~-The Office of Swine Hushandry says that (n a sale in Kansas City about 1921 or 1922 3 Poland China boar sold Tor $500, and a sow for apple is ~The peel of apples IS flesh near the core {nh 4 neh in more than six TT fir ile SEIN {ines 38 ale f pt ~ Ai80 Turns Aart vikaanin desirable bulk ihe Nene 5 Lhe been used In 4 number of dlrases due It 5 being largely replaced by the use of in muay large hospitals and the cost va. fever treatment used? what able vent are com- the sir which i e:- River? | $2000. Prices az high as $10,000 have been reported for boars. but N-is impossible to say whether the amount reported as actually paki Coad boar pigs at six montis usally sell at $50 to $100, and sow Pigs at 435 to $55, the prices depending on the blood lines represented by the pig and the price the breeder is willing 10 pay. J. N. T~Why does a steamship give three long blasis of the whistle? Ans — Three long blasts of steamship whistles are a courtery signal generally used by two chips of the same company as 2 salute, farewell or passing signal M. Hin what distance can a cir stop when it is traveling st & speed of forty-five miles an hour? Ans A car traveling at forty-five miles per hour under most orable conditions with the best brakes can stop in aboul ninety feet Under good ordinary condition It can slop in about 150 feel. This later figure corresponds to the requirement of thirty feet stopping distance al twenty miles per hour as contained in many local regulations H. B. M.—How many convictions did Thomas E. Dewey have while prosecuting racketeers? Ans Thomas Dewey had one acquittal and seventy-two convictions in his two years as special proseoutdr of rackets and racteteers D. B—Please give the order In which the Jaina series by Naso de ia Roche, should be read Ans They should be read in the folinwing sequence: Young Ren. ny, Jalna, White Oaks of Jaind, Finch's Fortune, Master of Jalna, White La. Oak Harvest N. B, 8.Can you tell me the estimated percentage of the worlds population that can neither read nor «rile? Aus-—In a survey made hw the United States Office of Educstion world are unable to read and write. This situation ranges all the way from practically no illiteracy in Iceland and Denmark, to 853 per cent in Brazil, $12 per j cent. In Egypt, and 82.1 per cel. in India M. C~If an American seaman deserts {rom an American merchad! ship in a French port, has he committed a crime? Ans--By provision of the Seamen's Act of 1015 desertion cessad to be a crime. If a seaman atl the present time deserts from an Americas | vessel he forfeits all wages he, may have earned and all effects (#71 on board the veseel ¥ H. C—~Can an Indian become President of the United States? Ans --FPull citizenship rights have been bestowed on the American Indians. There is no legal restriction which would prevent an Indian born in the United States, from becoming President J. R. B—To whom should 1 write concerning a pension for a Spau- ish-American War veteran's widow? Ans An application for a pension for the widow of & Spanish. American War veteran should be made to the Widows and Dependents Claim Division, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C. " K. C.—Please give the pumber of naval vessels that are being bullt in the United States. What types are for the proposed Atlantic Squad ron? Ans -~There are seventy-six naval vessels under construction. The Atlantic Squadron will of cruisers, destroyers, and two battleships, they usually up? Ans—According to Jeff Davis, a prominent hobo, there are road. Where these g3 § i ; 1 3 i : ! § 7 «For many pears it had been i that artist of sufficient note. i 1 2 3
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