Wellsboro Agitator, The (Newspaper) - November 24, 1920, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania State VOL. 47. CAPTAIN HOBSON LECTURES FRIDAY Memorandum of Activities of Capt. Richmond P. Captain Richmond P. Hobson will lecture on at Bache Auditorium next Friday Nov. 26. Things not generally He is the author of original ure for Prohibition amendment to charge of same when voted on Author of original measure to council of National secured its favorable report from was not in Congress when amendment measure finally Secured authorization of Congress to establish office of of Naval recognized as ing more than anything else to the efficiency of the navy during the Author of original thor and founder of post-graduate course at Annapolis for Naval Con- Honor graduate of An- and honor post-graduate of seole in Author of scientific paper on Coming War in published by the U. S. Naval Publication in 1894 and discussed all over the Served 18 years in ed rank of Captain to Colonel in Regular promoted three grades by act of Youngest of men to attain such rank in history of Was within a few numbers lead of his ly would have had rank of but resigned in 1903 and went into public life to advance causes of pre- of preparedness in the basis of which is the following must always tain in the Pacific a fleet superior to the navy of any military nation of in the Atlantic a fleet super- ior to any military nation of American Navy must be Superior to any other policy grows out of our able for our own security and for the security of the Monroe the Open Door and the rights of the weak in fulfillment of our eight years in Congress on naval committee champion of preparedness naval and the committee on Merchant and author of a construction measure far building up our unanimously reported by the and Republicans basis of future law anally settled On author of measure co-operation with educational general and and of measures for federal one-third of total for states carrying out plan resulting from the On committee on elections and vice-president and members of chairman of sub-committee on woman early champion of the Sought authority for traveling men and ers to vote through postoffice entering politics he crossed the path of corporations endeavoring to control public policy and fought He soon came across the ister hand of the liquor traffic in tics and clinched with the same in a death Upon conducting a scientific investigation he found that the alcohol parasite has produced the deadly organic disease of degeneracy in the organism of the whole human Since that investigation he has thrown himself completely into the fight for organic world-wide Prohibition and uni- versal education in the truth about Among other things author of and Naval Great FIRE IN NOVEMBER 24, 1920, News of the Pact Few Days From Millerton and Nov. cheese factory being built here is nearly com- and is expected to open for I business in the near A. E. E. Dailey and M. N. attended a meeting of the Masonic Consistory in Corning and report an enjoyable Mr. and M. of Union formerly of this were calling on some of their old neighbors here FUNERAL OF MRS. Mr. and Mrs. Culver Pinned Under from and Nov. burial of. Mrs. D. K. who died at the home of her Mrs. Emma M. at N. took place at the cemetery Nov. 19. The burial was in charge of Undertakers H. Bookmiller Deceased was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. F. Wilcox spent the week-end with friends in Mrs. W. E. Deming entertained at dinner and Mrs. W. H. Hudson and Miss E. E. of Mrs. Susie of Alder Run is caring for Mrs. who is ill. Harry our new mail has rented Mrs. Ellen house on First street ani will take possession services will be held at church Thursday Rev. John a former will ireach the Mrs. Martha Miller is spending a few days with friends in The farm house of Victor Kurd at Jackson caught fire Saturday but by prompt action on the part of the inmates the fire was extinguished and the house was ed Miss E. E. of spent several days last week at the home of W. H. Valley R. R. Mclnroy was in Syracuse on business a few days last Mrs. Goodwin was shopping in Wellsboro last Doris Weller spent the week-end with her Ellen Fred Sample has moved to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. of Slate spent Sunday at R. A. A number from here attended the funeral of Arthur Hawk at Marsh Creek last Mr. Hawk re- sided at this place for a couple years and had a host of Mr. and Mrs. Bert of spent the week-end in Mrs. C. C. Ferry entertained a number of friends last Friday There was no school here Monday on of illness of the Mrs. Leigh James who has been and the wife of D. K. the well known merchant and postmaster at who preceded her in death After the death of her husband she to Ithaca to reside with her She was about 86 years of She leaves two H. F of and tor W. W. of the Westfield Free one Mrs. Emma M. of N. anc at last accounts two brothers and one Miles of B. of and Mrs. Walter of were She also leaves several grandchildren and other relatives to mourn her She was a member of the lands M. E. church a good share of her as she was familiarly called by those who knew her was universally loved and respected by all of her friends and One by one our old pioneer residents have passed over the until only a few are and the ones left are really of the second Mr. and Mrs. Claude Culver had quite an exciting experience recently when their car turned turtle on the Lick Run near G. H. pinning them but fortunately they escaped with The recent snow makes it seem pretty wintry and sleighs are being used to a considerable Mrs. Leigh of gave a party and dance at the Gaines I. 0. O. F. hall Friday Nov. 12. The Gaines Thimble held a church fair at the Odd hall Nov. 20. The Marshlands Grange held their i SHOOTS SELF NEAR CANTON Frank Well Known Commits Suicide By Sending Charge Through Frank a well known farmer and dairyman living in Canton near East committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a shotgun at 6 o'clock Monday Rushing out to the woodshed when they heard the wife and children found him dying condition with a large hole made by the which entered near his left He was 39 years old and had lived in that vicinity his entire For the past few years he had with a spinal disease which made it difficult for him to and it is believed that over his physical troubles caused him to be temporarily Surviving are his widow and three his John of one Baron of and one Mrs. Ada of The funeral services will be held this in charge of Rev. J. C. pastor of Church of Christ of annual harvest supper Friday Nov. 19. Amos Worthington has recently op- ened a store and lunch room in the Mrs. J. W. Goodwin store building at Ernest of New York James Who has been 01 lorK visiting in returned home on I formerly of came here nn a Mr. and Mrs. Ray Balfour and of Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Losey and of Wellsboro and Mrs. A. of spent Sunday at T. C. The I. R. O. M. of this place will a dance and supper at their Dec. 3. Everybody Mr. and Mrs. Jessie of are visiting their Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Newt From Tine Borden and C. J. Brown went bear hunting on Thursday Miss Myrtle accompanied by her Mrs. Arthur are spending some time with sister Mrs. of spent Wednesday with Mrs. Faye George Wagner is entertaining his sister from New York State recently on a hunting John Anderson saw a large bear Mrs. Maria D. Persing went to Galeton recently to look at a house she contemplates Earl who has been with rheumatism several is said to be improving Leo Prouty has been pumping the oil wells on the Watrous lease for Mrs. Will Mason miller have been ill Harry Guild and J. R. Schoonover are digging the trench for a water line to the Marshlands It is probable that the creamery will soon be shut down and the milk taken to the Galeton Several are already sending their milk up League prices are being paid up Mrs. Nettie of has been visiting Mrs. Douglass Campbell at NEW OIL Just Discovered in Region and N. Y. Adelbert an extensive oil has discovered an entirely new field in the region between and N. five miles from the famous which produced oil in big quantities up until a few years In a wild cat well just drilled Hr. Austin declares he has found 23 feet of rich oil and he is now making arrangements to shoot the Other operators are sending machinery and material to the scene and the development of the locality will be Mr. Austin made a fortune in the and since then he has been prospecting through the hills in search of another Ed. Baker and family spent the Dwight of for- week-end with their daughter Mrs. merly of this has been Earl Rater in relatives and friends Constitutional Truth About all in the Congressional Sinking of the Jones at and Line of Appleton Alcohol and the tional W. C. T. and the Human Fleming H. Revell Co. Native of now a citizen of residence Captain Hobston served eighteen years as an officer in the Navy and had attained the rank of full Captain when he resigned m 1903 to go into public He served eight years in Congress and was the earliest nent in America of the policy of pre- being the author of the original to establish a Council of National He still advocates preparedness national on the Pacific I He has been working m tha cause I of temperance and prohibition about j twelve years and introduced in gress in the first instance the tion calling for prohibition amendment to the Constitution the United His Great millions of copies of have been had an important bearing in crystallizing I the thought of the country for the amendment He is author of man regarded ns a standard work on its and the of use as a He is devoting all of his time under the auspices of the National League to carry forward the work of the enforcement i ica and that America take the lend in the moral forces of the world to bring about world-wide Earl Baker in Miss Elizabeth Baker is home from the Corning much improved in Mrs. Bertha is spending some fame with her Mrs. Will Fletcher at Pa. Mrs. Earl Mattison is visiting re- in Variety showers were given Mr Mrs. Thurston Roe and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dickinson have returned from Osceola to spend the winter Death of A. E. Arthur E. aged 60 formerly of died last morning about 6 o'clock after a long of at the home of his Mrs. Bert on Fischler He is survived by his nee Edith by his Mrs. Mary of by two wife of Bert and wife of James of also by one Wesley of N and two Mrs. Ellis of and of ing relatives and friends Ed. of took dinner at the home of C. E. on Elk last Mrs. Bert Champney and Mrs. Leigh of were recent Galeton visitors and took dinner at the home of Mrs. C. E. Mrs. Chester Feig and little of N. are staying at the home of Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. in for a Glen McCracken hauled a few loads of logs to the Gaines basket factory with but the snow came and he had to Lieutenant Victor of Big N. recently visited his un- cle and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. The Gaines Junction station D. R. is selling hard having purchased two car loads re- Quite a good deal of soft coal is being hauled from the Gurnee mines Quite a number of people here have the mumps and the Belle C- The funeral of Mrs. Belle C. wife of Mike W. of was held Nov. 12, at her late Rev. pastor of the Baptist church Mrs. maiden name was Luce and she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert of She was born Oct. 16, 1886, in Brookfield and died Nov. 9, 1920, at her home in after an ness of four Part of the time she was able to be gradually months ago she was taken worse and kept her Everything that her loving family could do was done to restore her to health but to no Mrs. Butts is survived by her band and the following Charles E. aged 16; Olive aged 16; aged 12, and Vivian aged 5, besides BIG HUSKING and Other Help Mr. and Newell and Had a Good Joe Nov. of Mr. and Mrs. Frank of Joe learned that he had a barn full of corn that needed so one evening last week 73 workers from Roaring Branch and a few near took it as their job to husk that com. After two and a half hours work with that many husky men and boys and of all ages and a big amount of Work was Then all were invited to the house where a bountiful lunch was ing of fresh pumpkin sweet cider and all the necessary trimmings that Mrs. and assistants could set out to satisfy hungry Twelve auto loads toiling up the mountain made a beautiful The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth who had been buried m the Hillside cemetery for fifteen were and removed to Shippers are loading potatoes at Roaring Branch this week for 85 James Apgar has rented rooms in the Odd building for the of visited Mrs. Grace Newell a couple of days last Mrs. Ward in- tends to spend the winter with her Thomas G. Ward in where he is employed as dent of a large lumbering George Bostwick died at his home at Roaring Branch Saturday He had been a great sufferer for eral being confined to his room and wheel Ho was a veteran of the civil He is survived by his widow and one of i Pa. Nelson of spent day with his on Joe At 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of the bride's Mr. and Mrs. Charles of their Miss Hazel Fannie of was ried to Gilbert W. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. of The ceremony was performed by Rev. Melvin J. pastor of Grace M. E. of in the ence of 35 relatives and friends of the young under an archway of evergreen and yellow The bride was attired in a suit of blue silvertone with hat and veil to She wore a corsage bouquet of red and cream She was Following the ceremony an mal reception was after which a wedding dinner was covers being laid for 35. The table bore yellow place cards and vases of The a popular I DEATH OF MRS. Mail Carrier Stricken With Paralytic Nov. the faithful mail carrier on R. D. 2, was stricken with paralysis on Sunday Mrs. Charolette aged 85 died at her home on Academy street Nov. 14. She was born in Lawrenceville and spent most of her life She was the last ol the family of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Ad- which at one time comprised six girls and three Mrs. Merchant was a member of the Presbyterian interested in i the work of the She is j vived by her W. H. The was held There will be r. union ing service at the M. E. church on Wednesday Special music will be J. W. Rockwell and family have moved into their house on Cherry WHOLE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS HERE Revival Meetings to Be Held at Church of Christ Next Two Revival meetings will begin at the Church of Christ on East avenue on Nov. 28. The Rev. M. S. will preach morning and The Sunday School will give a Home Missionary gram at Everyone is invited to this At the evening vice Prof. of will 1 sing. He wil lalso sing on Monday ers and Merit B. Luce and Ira G. of Mrs. Frank of and Mrs. Gordon of She was a member of the Baptist church and was a woman possessing a very beautiful Christian character and died as she had lived in a hope of an immortal The large at- tendance an many beautiful al offerings spoke of the esteem in which she was held by Burial was made in the family lot in Mt. Pleasant cemetery Free at Mrs. William Henry Baker is laid up with a broken He was born in Hew Nov 1R anti H- F- Maynes 1860, serf of Hiram and Mary ley He was A member of the M. E. church of Asaph and the Maccabees The funeral was held ial at Club A group of enthusiastic neighbors met at the home of Mrs. J. M ell near Tioga on Nov. 12, and organized a community club for farm The club is known as Club No. 1 of Tioga being the first in the township and we believe in the The object the Of thP f Ok ly returned from a trip to New York Several of our citizens were ly in Wellsboro on Representative-elect P. H. of was recently in Tioga on Mrs. Ina Anderson and daughter have moved from the E. M. Watrous house into the Kate R. Mattison house at and Mrs. Theo who has been visiting her Mrs. G. W. has returned to her home in Detroit the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. is ill of Her who is taking training at the Blossburg hospital is home to care for Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. who have been visiting relatives in for the past two weeks are at home There will be a business meeting of the officers and department super- of the Charleston Sunday School at the home of Harry Wednesday November 24. All interested in the Sunday School work are requested to be There will be a union ing service at the Baptist church at p. m. Rev. Mr. Stevenson and Rev. Mr. Cole will conduct the It will be preceded by a ner at the Grange real old fashioned Thanksgiving ved by the ladies of the the price of dinner being only 35 children 15 to be ved at 1 m. Every one Mrs. VanTassel and Mrs. j nie of are spending j a few weeks at the home of J. G. Fair a Big Nov. annual fair of the Tioga Grange was held in the Grange hall on Thursday and A chicken pie supper Thursday ing was well and a large 1, Death of G. T. Hon. Gideon T. aged 69 Science Christian Science are heM the in the Odd Main 11 Subject for next Nov. 28, and Modern alms ism and Thanksgiving Nov. 28 at a. m. m regular intervals as a means of to broaden the views of its to promote to enliven rural and to over- come the isolation of farm Information for organizing these clubs will gladly be given to anyone who wishes to organize Antrim High School The third and fourth grades were for chapel with the High School i riday The sale of Thrift for the amounted to This is the amount in any one week llin School will be closed ing The Senior class realized on the bake sale last Ruth a student in the eighth is in Elmira taking treatment for asthma C. and O B Friday which was followed by a dance for which the Tioga Jazz chestra Tioga merchants contributed a large number of cles for and there were ous articles made by Grange as well as farm produce and A concert by the tra and a drill and dialogue by the Grange children was given Friday evening after the It is mated that nearly was Hammond Baptist Our pastor has been giving n ies of sermons on Spiritual Next Sunday evening Story of the Pink will be A silver collection will be the proceeds to go toward buying a Sunday School will be held at Sunday and prayer meeting on day evening ai his near after a He was injured in an automobile accident over a year and never regained his He is survived by his The funeral was held interment in the Hart He served two terms in the Michigan Legislature and had a host of friends in Social The Parent Association had a very enjoyable social in the Primary building last Nearly two hundred parents and ends were present After music furnished by the pils of different all were ved light which ended a very successful Tho next regular meeting will be held Thursday Dec 2 at 4 p. in the High School building at which all will be given a chance to join and pay their annual dues of 30 circle of She was graduated from Northside High in the class of 1917 and for the past two years has the rolF Of the Corning Glass Mr. one of ing's fines young is a graduate of Northside High School in the class of 1917. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy and served for two his period of enlistment taking him through many foreign For some time he was on duty in the Sea in the vicinity of ice. He is now a machinist ed by the Corning Glass Mr. Jenkins is a popular man who has many After a western wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins will make their home at 328 West Pulteney Corning The marriage of Miss Ethel A. Reese and A. Y. of took place at the home of the bride's Amos P. at Tuesday November 9, at 6 The mony was performed in front of the which was banked with Rev. Mr. of the Congregational Miss Winifred Wilkinson acted as flower girl and Master John J. Reese carried the ring in the heart of a white The bridal chorus from Lohengrin was played by Mrs. Wilkinson and the bride was given in marriage by her She was most ing in a gown of white crepe de Chine over Her bouquet was pink rose After the marriage the wedding dinner was served in the dining which was beautifully decorated with Cecil Bruener smilax and Besides the family the guests were Walter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon S. Miss Helen C. Miss Lucile Le Ferber and Mrs. en all of The bride for the last few years has been connected with the of the last two serving as principal of the Marshfield High Mr. Meyers is a prominent i business man and banker of where the happy couple will re- Presbyterian The celebration of Father and Son Day in the Wellsboro Presbyterian church was a great Sunday morning the boys were the guests of the men and the pastor preached the Kingly ling on the life and works of In the evening the fathers were the guests of the boys and the sermon Father's Responsibility for the Lad Who Went The used the life of Absolom as an The men and the Boys met in the Bible School room before the services and and then marched into the church to re- served for Girls of the church acted as ushers for the Many of the men tarried for the Bible School the attendance being the best for the On day at p. the men and boys sat down to the banquet tables and enjoyed a wonderful supper which had been prepared by the laides of the Every boy was given an in- strument of and lost no time in trying it Judge S. F. nell responded to the Young Man in the W. W. ler gave a toast on the Man in Hon. George W. liams spoke on Young Man in and the pastor on Young Man in 'the Mason gave a toi The speeches brief but After the banquet there hour of followed by lecture on Yelli National in which nei slides were and boys were of the celebration was 1 the untiring labors of and daughters who wam some share in doing Fathers and First church as we join the union Thanksgiving vice in the Presbyterian Rev. M. S. pastor of the Church ot Christ will deliver the The Baptist Young People's Union meets Sunday at 6 p. m. Those who join before Jan. 1 will be considered charter This is new and It is for Young Remember the hour and get the Miss Lucy L. Austin and her Mrs. Charolette visited in Wellsboro over the Miss Austin was to see many of her friends or to go about much on account of her which is still very They returned to Williamsport Monday The officers and of the Bible School are at work on several delightful plans for the Christmas That they will be de- lightful if everyone lends p and helpful H. S. of will preach Monday Nov. 29, and every evening for two Mr. is forceful speaker an sages will be He has church of ye Charleston New Mildred of spent Sunday with hei fatU M Mrs. John an asred dent of this died Nov. vices were conducted by Mi interment in the Bullock ceme The Aid will serve at their rooms on dav a cordial invitation The young people will give an en- in the church nn giving A silvei collection will be taken Mr. and Mrs. L. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bryant and of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. ant and of this were Sunday guests of the Misses Bryant's at Joe Avery has recently purchased the Nickerson which he rented tho past in Hector was burned with all its contents Nov. 14. The sequel was the arrest of Ralph whose tracks were traced from the barn to his and upon a Carr confessed to the but said he was hired to dp so by the He is now in jail in default of There was insurance on the barn and and it is said the policy was about to Dimon is an old resident of but is now living in He has always ed the best which tives any suspicion that may attach by reason of the confession of the culprit or other Carr was arraigned before Justice of the Peace at Harrison Valley Nov. 15 and there under oath acknowledged himself guilty of the crime of arson and said mon had hired him to do the Justice Harrison bound Carr over fixing bail at the sum of 000, in default of which Carr was imprisoned in the Potter county jail to await the action of the Death of G. S. G. Borden died Nov. 11, at the home of his Mrs. Charles at He was born in N. Sept. 26, 1837, and came to Pennsylvania with his in He enlisted in country's service in 1861, serving three years in the civil He married Miss Cynthia Bacon in was converted in 1870 and joined the Methodist He had been a faithful Christian all these His only son was accidentally killed a few years He is vived by his widow and one F daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred find Lyle son of Merlon G. were married in Tioga Nov. 8, by Rev. Joseph H. Bond They were ed by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan is a sister of the They are a very popular young both being graduates of the Mansfield High claw of 1918, and have a host of who wish them a long and happy Baptist Church at Mrs. address Monday evening was Liberty im- personating a Swedish It was very showing us our ob- ligation to tho On Sunday morning our pastor's theme was Sacrifice of and in the evening Mr. theme was we find in Him all we On Tuesday evening there is to be a union Thanksgiving service in the Christian Missionary Alliance Covenant Saturday at 2 p. m. Services next Lord's dav as usual in tho Sunday School lowed by preaching and the evening tho union service will be held in tho Alliance Rev. Mr. Jeffery will pivo tho day School every Sunday afternoon at at Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon of week-end guests of relative i here Miss Emma who has been ill. is Mrs Edward Gibbs was in Sayre Thursday to see her who is a patient in the Packer Miss Grace of is spending some time at the home of R. Mrs. William Carpenter and little son attended tha Wednesday Club at the home of Mrs. Robert Latzer Wallace Elliott and Ted Baker at- tended a meeting of the Masonic Lodge in Ulysses Friday night Phil Kline kicked by a horse one day last but was not ely The ladies of the Club of remembered the Bethel Orphanage with a nice lot of new cloth last week and at their next meeting they ex- to finish an outing quilt for one of tho North Jackson Twin sons were Nov. IS to Mr. and Mrs Charles At the home of Mr. and Mrs ert their White and Howard Irving Pease were married on November 17 bv Rev. H. H. of He is an uncle of tho ter n bountiful wedding Mr and Mrs Pease left for a short ding trip to parts unknown and on their return expect to reside on a farm in Everyone wishes them happiness and good First Presbyterian David R. A. p. annual giving union m this Rev. M. S. Blair will preach the mon. The offering will be for locai Lord's day ine worship with sermon bv tho tor and to the 12, Bible Jesus was Received Read ers 11 and 12; Golden unto all that labor and are laden and I will give you ing worship at 7 with mon by the Seats are Strangers always welcome to all League The League has ly hired C. A. who was for- merly the president of the Borden's Farm Products and who fe one of the most expert milk men to the United Mr. Weiant assist the organization in ing markets for and gelling men's League milk and manufactured and his expert help and ad- vice will be a very large factor in assuring for the League Co-Operative
