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he Centre Democrat
NEWS,
FEATURES
VOLUME 58,
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Liked Home Best
A female mink,
from her pen at the Magee Mink
Ranch near New Albany, January
2, returned seven weeks later. The
owner had set traps in the vicinity
in the hope of catching the mink,
which was valued at more than
$150, but she was too wary to en-
ter them. However, last week @
scratching noise at the wire fence
attracted attention while the ani-
mals at the ranch were being fed,
and the missing mink was discover-
ed trying to get back in her pen
She was much thinner than when
she went away. She seems very con-
tented to be back home, making a
noise similar to the purring of a
cat when her meals appear
A New Caddy
Willlam Woodin, manager of the
Towanda theatre, who with Mrs,
waoedin is spending several weeks in
Florida, lost two golf balls on a re-
cent day, while playing at a tricky
Fleetwood course at Miami The
following day, as a third ball “land-
ed” in the water, he saw a small alli-
gator dart from under an overhang-
ing bank, snap at the ball, and start
to swim away. Siriking the 'gator
with his driver, Mr. Woodin killed it
When the alligator was cut open,
Mr. Woodin found all three
which he is keeping as souvenir
balls,
Rat Round-up
‘Between 2,000 and 8.000 rats were
slaughtered in the of the
borough dump at Towanda, during
the peak of the recent high water.
The rats, forced from thelr holes,
swarmed up to the top of the dump
and were shot by walting marks-
men. When the number became too
great for the gunuers, boys and
men armed with clubs aided in the
slaughter, and dogs joined in the
killing of the rodents, some of
which were almost as largé as cats.
vicinity
Not Cavemen
Police Judge James Devin, of Se-
attle fined a woman $25 for disord-
erly conduct following a family row,
then explained: “In olden days It
was all right for a man and.wile to
hold a family squabble. They lived
gn several acres and the nearest
neighbor couldn't hear them. Times
have changed. We have befome
cliff dwellers and often dozens of
people are disturbed when a husband
and wife squabble.”
Back Scratcher
For 2 man to scrape the back of
his neck with an axe would seem
impossible but that's just what hap-
pened to John Kuhar, a farm hand
of Beaver township, Columbia
county. Slipping on ice while cut-
ting wood, the man suffered a cut
oh the buck of his neck from his
axe. Two stitches were required to
close the wound.
.
Between Two Fires
Pupils at Shelly's school, located
midway between two other rural
schools, at Quakertown, are keeping
cloge to their own domain these days
The reason: At one of the neighbor-
ing schools most of the students are
absent because of chickenpox. At
the other school. half of the stu-
dents are down with mumps
» .
Picking Up
Charlie Cline of Knoxville, Tenn
is doing better with his legs, Sev-
eral months ago 28-year old
Knoxville man broke both legs in an
automobile accident. Almost well
he fell, broke both them again
Tuesday night, Charlie walked into
the side of a moving automobile but
this time only one leg was fractured
+3
he
Dog Carries On
Although’ his master was burned
to death when his clothing caught
fire from a tree stump he had fired
for warmth, a sheep dog brought a
fiock of sheep safely to a ranch yard
at Condon, Ore, and then Jed
searchers to the body of his master
Joe Peters. 40 under a mound of
ENOwW.
Own Death Chamber
Robert West, 22, of St; Louis, con-
victed of the murder of Mrs. Vivian
Davidson, 20, has been sentenced to
dis on June 8th in the l«thal gas
chamber which he helped to build
while a prisoner in the State Peni-
tentiary at Jefferson City in 1934,
Lives 109 Years
Mrs. Mary Adelman, of Chicago
achieved her wish 10 “live long and
right.” She recently died at the age
of 109 years. Although she spent
much of her time sewing, she wore
po. Slase, not even to thread a
ne L
Six-Year Job
After six years’ work, Charles C.
Reynolds of South Pasadena, Calif,
recently completed a directors’ table,
which consisted of 1,110,000 different
pieces of inlaid wood. i
Auto Thieves in Toils
Clever sleuthing on the part of
State Motor police and the Clear- |
field chief of police resulted in two
youths, W. A. Brickley, 20, and Or-
vis Borst, 19, gracing the county
jail charged with larceny of an
auto and holdup of a Curwensville
R. D. man last week. What was first |
considered a wild goose chase end- |
¢d successfully when the youths
were persuaded to waive extradition
from Ohio.
A “Sinless” Town i
Read the story of a town in the
United States that has no crime, |
liquor, police or jail, not even a di-
vorce. One of many in il~
Justrated articles in the March 12th
issue of The American Weekly, dis- |
tributed with the Baltimore Sunday
American. On sale at all progres. |
sive newsstands,
a
Davis, Sr.
set ALTOONA CHILD SLAYE
R
CREDITS PRAYER WITH
STAY OF
EXECUTION
“The Lord Told Me Something Was Going to
Save Me,” Declared Condemned Man
When Told of Last-Minute Respite
Scheduled to die early Monday
morning Ior the spike-killing of the
3-yvear-old Karmendi boy, Roy Lock-
ard, while spending what apparently
was his last hour with relatives, was
notified Friday that he had been
granted a month's reprieve, It was
the 16th respit granted the con-
demned man within 33 months
Lockard, confined in the Blair
county jail awaiting his removal to
the death chamber at Rockview, re-
ceived the news with satisfaction
“The Lord told me scmething was
going to happen to save me at the
last h
Governor Jame
a month’ }
further medica
the man’
ard had
Lockard
to allow
into
K
M1
1 examination
ndition. 1.
ted with
mental o«
Deven
conve
Two Injured As
Receive Serious Cuts and
Bruises in Highway Mis-
hap Friday Night
Thrown against the windshield of
a car in a collision with a truck near
Flat Rock early Friday ni }
Port Matlida—Philipsburg road,
Samuel J. Parsons 46, West Decatur
and Amanda Stone Clearfield,
are in the Philipsburg wpital in
critical condition.
Parson: i Tab
chest injuries and Miss
cuts, fractured jaw and
juries w 1 the car in which
were driving the rear end
a truck ’ by Dean English
3B Woodland, R. D
The car and the true
traveling up the mountain
the car smashed into
driver evidently
preceding car
with such he front
of the car was demolished and shov
ed into the rear gection of the car
Parsons and Miss Stone were un-
conscious when taken from the car
by passing motorists and English
They were taken to the Philipshurg
State Hospital where Mis
condition was reported as good
and the condition of Parsons as {alr
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Jury Exonerates
Death Car Driver
Blair Hubler, Morrisdale, is
Freed of Negligence in
Allport Wreck
Hubler, 24 Morrisdale
D., driver of the death car in which
two Morrisdale R. DD. men were
killed last November 18 near All-
port, was exonerated of criminal
negligence Friday and then art
by motor police for driving
death car while his license wag re.
voked
Hubler did not testify at
oner's inquest concerning the acci-
dent which happened near the All-
port cutoff! four months ago when
the car in which Hubler was one of
the motorists left the road and
rolled over killing Riley Carr, 30,
and Roy Crowell, 38, both singie,
whose lifeless bodies were found ly-
ing side by side, tossed 75 feet from
the wrecked car
The probe of the fatal crash had
been postponed for some time bee
cause of the critical condition of
Hubler as well as sickness of Coun-
ty Coroner E. E. Erhard, of Cur-
wensville. Hubler appeared at the
inquest with an injured leg still in
a cast %
A coroner's jury composed of Ed-
ward Densham, Elijah Jenkinson,
Frank Howe, W. H. Hill, Wiliam
and William Davis, Jr.
of Morrisdale, where the jury met,
found Hubler not guilty of criminal
negligence in the accident,
When arraigned before ‘Squire
Adolph Johnson of Winburne, Hub
ler, who stated he was the driver
of the car, pleaded guilty to driving
during revocation of his license and
also misstatement of facts in ob-
taining another driver's license. He
was released on bond for his ap-
pearance at court.
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uffered fa
trunk ¢
Siruck un
k were both
where
the Ir
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falling to
The
force that the
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truck st
and
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the cor-
CHILD RECOVERING FROM
BAD SCALDING ACCIDENT
A four-year-old Drifting boy who |
was critically scalded when he spill
ed a pail of hot water over himself
is recovering at the Philipsburg
State hospital after being in a dan-
| gerous condition,
The child, LeRoy Kephart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. “Bud” Kephart, while |
running to open the door for his
mother who was entering the Kep-
hart house spilled the contents of
a pail of hot water down his head
when he bumped the pail
He was rushed to the Philips-
| burg hospital where for a time he
was not expected to recover.
-.
Undoubtedly most newspapers in
the United States are honest but’
journalism has its black sheep,
>
A farmer grows food and feed for
himself; a planter buys both and |
speculates upon the price of a crop,
Karmendi of causin
b
witli |
We latler on
dead
Karmendl
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY,
MARCH 2, 1929,
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Just Like a Woman to Keep aFel
low Waiting
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Slayer Calmly Walks to Death Chair
William McKink B
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NUMEER 9.
Random
[tems
SISTER AND
BROTHER,
LAST OF THEIR FAMILY,
EXPIRE ON SAME DAY
Mrs. Amanda C. Holmes, 81, of Salona, Suc-
cumbs Shortly Afte
72, Dies at Ea
fler the deat!
Amanda
Slightly Injured In Wreck
aries | Pittsburg
THE CONRAD HOUSE FIRE OF 1894
An Event of Old ‘Steam
Engine’ Days in Belle-
fonte’s History
t fire which left ita dis
Discovered in Stairway
tien
Way 4 ;
the un Alle-
y str Brocker -
Hou
The building, comn
the Conrad House, was
structure and one of
buildings in the town
scorched a number of times by fire
but never badly damaged. Thi:
time, however, the old landmark was
ghen :
hofl FEL
ly known as
a solid stone
the oldest
It had been
of the old Cx
* of the outstand
adequate
Wan
quick
particular
(ifaw CONC
pornible
Therelore
morning ine
Was «experienced in reaching
tion + n
Lon 10 have the whistle
AlTayr
IMSDOnEs
Bot
Nevertheless the
Clover Farm Holds
Store Merchants and Com-
pany Officials Meet and
Dine in Tyrone
The Mid-Penn Clover Parm “Fel-
lowship Banquet,” held Tuesday
| night, February 21st. in the Moose
Hall, Tyrone, was a marked suc-
cess with 275 Clover Parm mer-
chants, their wives, sweethearts and
friends, officials and forces of the
Bayer-Gillam Company, and high
officials of the Clover Farm organ-
zation gathered about the festive
board for mutual fellowship and
furtherance of goodwill existing
among the 125 stores over nine
Central Pennsylvania counties.
Maynard Meckes, of The Bayer-
Gillam headquarters, Tyrone, acted
as master of ceremonies, bringing
the greetings, and stating sone-
Suing of the purpose of the gather-
| ing.
| A full course turkey banquet was
| served by the members of the Moose
| Degree Team, headed by Ernest An-
jderson, on attractively decorated
{and arranged tables. The evening
| was interspersed with hearty group
singing. headed by John K. Miller,
of Bayer-Gillam headquarters, as-
sisted by Joe Dickson and Walt
Hamor. The invocation was made
by Rev. William T. Sherwood. rec
of Tyrone,
Following the dinner, the toact.
master called on Grant Mason, Mer-
chandise Manager of Clover Farm
headquarters, Cleveland, Ohio, Mr
Mason, a young man of long exper-
I merchandising and in all allied
tor of the Trinity Episcopal church i
lence in the fleld of chain store |
Conrad House Once Used as a Hotel.
Fyo i
332
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radio looking SON str acthire
CR RNG namea |
Luling « Alieghieny
years
1854
box events of forty-five
# I {
Undines Wreck Engine
anes responded
fire alarm. The
on L? 0
strong
g. The
a RENL Whik
cene which might
wa
ath
OCR eG
several
the buildin
branches
subject of
his
for
Mr Mason spoke of wave
means of better merchandising,
gave valuable
Spoke at length on the
Merchandising, giving
much valuable |
and practice
a idiot
audience cod
thought
and
and
aid to merchants for
Increasing their business. He stress
ed the personal contact with the
customer, giving illustration and ex-
ample of how this could be suce
cessfully accomplizhed
He spoke on sales methods, sales
| psychology giving copious exam-
ples of the selling of the individual
article bore weight with his
{ hearers, Proper arrangement of the
store, attention to the customer
how to attract the customer when
| enlering the store. etc. were salient
Points dwelt upon. Closing his
| Splendid talk, Mr. Mason spoke on
the matter of produce und meat
(Continued on Puge 6)
that
LOCK HAVEN STORE
DAMAGED BY FIRE
In
Lock Haven's first
fire of the yeas
good-sized
: , the meal marke! and
store of George F. Wurster 638 E
Church were gulled and the
second floor apartment and smoka
house in the rear were damaged by
smoke and water shortly after noon
Sunday
The blaze was discovered by Mr
Wurster's son, Fred. who smalled
smoke on the second floor. He came
downstairs to the store to find the
refrigerator in flames. Tt was
thought later that the cork insula.
tion of the refrigerator caught fire
from the adjoining chimney.
os
The blaze was under control after
an hour's hard fight, and the fire-
men returned fo their stations |
shortly after 3 o'clock. The store
was badly damaged, and most of the |
Undines Figure in Ac-
cident While Respon-
ding to Alarm
TT OAamage was
Newspaper Office Damaged
The
George
firct
BIEL
B
floor wa
Crawford’;
! ard room, which
next to the Reynolds
Crawford had just purchased the
business from J. 8 MoCarger, the
(Continued on Page 6)
occupied by
tobaocen
was
and
Jocated
building. Mr
stock will probably be lost. No es-
timate of the damage could be made,
but it is partly covered by Insurance
Both Mr. and Mrs, Wurster were
absent at the time. Mrs. Wurster
was visiting her mother, Mrs. Robert
Barr, of Williamsport, who has been
sick
Lad Finds Father's Body
A 6G-year-old son's shout “Come
here, something has happened to
daddy.” led the parents of Russell
Bowman
bullet
He was found slumped on the floor,
a 32 rifle bullet having pierced his
chest, The self<inflicted wound may
cause the young man's death as his
condition is very serious. He was in
poor health
-
Just a reminder that might save
your life; drive carefully.
26, of Curwensville to the |
peppered body of their son. |
r Jacob Slatterbeck,
gleville Station
leaves one other son and
[8
The annual Bellefonte Y. M. C.
A. Teather and son banguet at the
“¥ lust Thursday night was a most
enjoyable affalr. In fact the only
unpleasant feature of the entire
evening came when it was noticed
thut the puper hats placed at each
{plate bore the legend “Made In Jae
pan” Mayor I. T. Parsons, of Lock
Haven, chided BeBefonte for not
calling upon Lock Haven's fire des
partment for assistance during the
two recent major fires, He declared
that Lock Haven is “Itching” to re-
turn some of the favors Bellefonte
has done for that city in times of
floods. Lock Haven residents have
hers. G Malcolm Holmes Dot forgotten the lood, milk, water,
n, Mich, Mrs. Edward
Bmith of Salona and Mrs. Helen Mil-
er of Pittsburgh; 16 grandchildren
grandchildren
conducted
Holmes
Marcus
made
reat
"Were
inday at the
by Rev
Interment was
r HR] cemetery
for her brother, Mr
held Saturday at
t church Blan-
the oPMe-
Rev. A
officiated
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‘1
tl
Ar
ian
Neighbors Rescue
Husband and Wife
Altoona Man Rushes Into!;
Blazing Home to Save
Screaming Wife
trucker re-
ue, Altoona
afternoon
Teddy
same floor
to check the flames
clothes
onfined
Voltz had
her cries for
ought
£04
g smoke
where
sighbors
bark because of
and rapidly movin
ha
o
anes and smoke was ebbing
f: vice upper part
of the dwelling
A ladder, rushed to the front porch
by neighbors, was thrown up
the pair scampered down to safety
| Teddy, the six-year-old son,
ceived treatment for
in the
{in
the Samet
thal he had Deen
matches. “1
clothes burned. ™
ned by
plaring
said
he
Tyrone Couple
Wedded 50 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Smith
Began Housekeeping at
Marengo, This County
wiations are in order for
Waller M. Smith, of
on Sunday quietly and
happily celebrated thelr fiftieth
wedding anniverzary. The day was
marked with the visits of relatives
and friends bringing flowers, fis
and warm congratulations
Walter M. Smith and Phoebe Tay- |
lor were united in marriage Febru-
ary 27 1880 at the Presbyierian
manse, Pennsylvania Purnace, the
late Rev. J. C. Kelly, officiating.
Following marriage they took up
housekeeping at Marengo, remaining
there until 1891 when they went
Tyrone residing there noe. Mr.
Emith followed the profession of
istore mason unill a few years ago
| when he retired.
Five children blessed this happy
union, of whom three are living:
(Mrs. William Benford, Bellefonte
Mrs. James Shea Tyrone and Her-
man Smith, Akron Ohio. ‘There are
also fourteen grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
The occasion was marked with an
anniversary dinner, graced with the |
preserice of their
Miss Alice Shea.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Smith are en-
Joving fair health, and were very
happy in the anniversary oelebra-
tion,
granddaughter,
Kindness Leads to Death
No more will John Wargo, 50, of
Spangler, stop to pet dogs. He was
struck and killed by a oar as he
affectionately stooped to stroke a
dog which was standing in the
road.
.
| Spending money on battleships
seems foolish to people who live one
thousand miles from the coasts,
|
~ ¥ ir =i oy i
he was hall bad job of runn
and
clothing and stoves sent there from
Bellefonte, nor have they forgotten
that Bellefonte's firemen helped to
pump the city dry after the flood
waters receded, Mayor Parsons ade
ded
’
10
hear some Bellefonte people
complain about the money we're
going to have fo spend to get 5 new
High schoo! building, you'd imagine
town had been struck by a ma-
jor disaster. Our neighboring city,
Lock Haven, is quite frequently vis
ited by destructive floods. The high
bullding several years ago
iflered tremendous damage and in
addition most business places and
individuals suffered heavy
And yet Lock Haven rebuilt
school; cleaned up and repaired
and homes, &nd
complaint was heard
rom them. The difference between
the two towns is that Lock Haven
has learned to take misfortunes
gracefully.
Lhe
Choo!
o_o
108508
the
business
ECAIORlY 2
places
Centre county plumbers are sleep-
ing on a gold mine Btatistics re-
veal that of a wial of 2,105 farms
n the county only 200 of them have
bathrooms. With a Uttle sales talk,
it seems thet baths could be in.
stalled In at least several hundred
of the other farm homes.
After all the upsets Governor
James has had in refteni attempts
0 economize in the State govern-
, this department bets when he
bed at night he admits to
that Governor Earle and
his band of “brigands” didn't do a
the Siate,
all depends upon whether you're
outside looking in, or inside looking
put. We feel a little sorry for Are
} He was 50 cock-sure that costs
of government could be materially
reduced, and now at every turn he
finds 11 practically impossible to
shave even a few dollars here and
there {rom expenses.
ut |
himself
Tt
it
| Time was when every proud fae
ther hoped that his son would some
ve- day become President of these
slight face | United States. We've heard of »
hair was also slightly few local fathers during the past
He confessed | week who in punishing their unruly
with
1t 8 mateh and the your ways I'll run you for Presi-
| sons, threaten: “If you dont mend
dent!
A number of Centre couniians
may Jearn a lesson through & case
itried here in court this week A
man living in a small tomununity
went 10 a storekeeper and borrowed
$2. leaving a gun with the merchant
as security. Sometime later the man
| went to the store, offered the mer-
chant $2 and asked for the gun.
The merchant declared he wouldnt
release the gun until a $18.70 store
bill owed by the man was paid. The
| owner of the gun preferred tharges
of larceny by baflee, and in oo
| Monday & jury found the merchan
guilty. Similar methods of obtain
ling payment of attounts are °On-
doned by officials of a certain Cen-
During the week this department
has heard much dissent among Re-
publicans and Democrats alike over
| the unsatisfactory ashing of streets
{and highways during the recent
treacherous snowfall. Ashes were
| plated only on curves, and the re-
| mainder of the county's roads were
| sheets of snow and . In line with
| Governor James” economy program,
| many ‘Highway maintenance em~
| ploves hive been aid off, and Rt Is
[reported that ashing crews cant
{leave the local barns without ore
| ders from the Clearfield office. Un-
{der the former system. ashing
| crews went to work after each snow
{reached & certain depth,
| wafting for orders from officials
| distant cities who had no knowledge
of jocal conditions. The people vot
ed for economy, and ecofidimy means
doing without things we've become
sccustomed fo. So if your car goes
When Crime Poses
| A trueslife story
iconscienceless’ racketeers
ivantage of the grief and fu
{those who seek So
{their joved ones.
American
[tributed in this territory
| Balitmore Sunday Ame
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shi
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‘KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES’ — Safety—At a Price
I'M Sune GLAD
YOU'RE SrayvinGg
HERE WITH ME
THESE DAYS,
Orsicar DOLANY
i FEEL A LOT
SAFER. §
Freer
THEY HAVENT
Fy i
Ovi WE'LL GBT
Hit WaT I My
GUESS IS THAT
HE'S A HUMAN
PULLED ORR A FiiW
JOBS WHEN WE'VE
HAD GUARDS POST
ED AT THE FRONT
AND BACK DOO
OF TH BUILDING J
ROBBE
WHY, HE'S