VOL. XCIIII STATE GRANGE IN § Fifteen Hundred Delegates at Allen- town Meeting—951 Lodges Rep- resented. ‘Upwards of 1,500 delegates, represent- ing ps subordinate Granges in the 55 of the 67 counties in this state were pres- ent at the opening of the annual session of the Pennsylvania State Grange in Al- lentown, In addition to the delegates there were present upwards of 1,000 Pennsylvania men and women interest- ed in agriculture, Among the committees appointed was that on legislation made up of: A. D. Miller, Susquehanna ; E. M, Day, Wash- ington ; E. J. Tuttle, Tioga; F. Will- iamson, Chester, That the burdens of the world heaped on the farmer was the tenure of the report of the Legislative Committee of the State Grange, which submitted its recommendation to the vention, The report was presented by a committee, “The readjustment of war and extravagance has resulted in aln chaotic conditions and the result to ag- riculture is calamitous”, said the com- mittee, “The hastily developed and highly inflated baloon of the national business has been punctured and agr ture, as usual, has been almost greatest, if not the greatest, To avert a calamity a President must be elected by popular vote and the elector- al college abolished, according to the committee, and there must be legislation to give farmers the encouragement and freedom of action which other industries have received, From a national standpoint Grange asked that the United States Government immediately establish ma- chinery by which the credit of Europe be mobilized. The effect of this would be two-fold, said the comm First, if the Central Powers are pay their debts they must be allowed resume business ; and second, if can agriculture is to prosper gain its world market. Among the legal enactments demand. el were a tariff to protect the farmers, the passage of the Capper-Volstead to permit them to buy and sell collect- ively without prosecution, tion in detail of pensions to fraud, and drastic legislation oleomargarine and other butter tutes. The committee asserted is a flagrant equality of the state tax laws that the manuf : tions of Pennsylvania 5 so long have able to evade the paymen capit tal s are annual con- inflation 1088 icul- the sufferer ever A rir Aner it mre iL must 7 bill the publica- prevent against substi- that cturing ia Co ra. been a tax on should aka of tock, which it declared, be taxed, together with ces. It recommen especially coal and oil be taxed at the source, The Legisla iment with public schools, especially reference to manual training, agricul al course and domestic science. In con- clusion the committee said it should be given power alone fo reflect to Congress and the Legislat its sentiments what is best for agriculture, State Master McSparran was authoriz- ed to appoint a committee of seven Grangers to devise ways and means for the establishment of a State Fair. The plan is a fair will bring a revenue the State, after convincing the Legisla- ture that grounds and buildings costing at least $1,000,000 will prove a profitable venture. A resolution was adopted endorsing the conduct of the Department of Agri. culture under State Secretary Fred Ras- mussen, especially the valuable help given the farmer in inaugurating a mar- keting system and fighting live stock disease, The Grange was addressed by R. S. Watts, dean of agriculture at State College, who outlined the needs of that institution, John A. McSparran, of Lancaster county, was elected for his seventh con- secutive term as Master of the State Grange. The executive committee will decide on the place for the holding of the 1921 convention. T———— 1 RA ———— Use Christmas Seals. f It is not understandable why people hesitate to purchase Christmas seals, the proceeds from which are applied to the * support of one of the most worthy causes before the public today, There is noth- ing more important than health and if we fail to purchase this county’s allot. ment of seals, we send the public health organ ization of the county into its (1921 program curtailed and hampered by lack of funds to do what it has assumed as its objective for the year, let no one fear that in buying Christmas seals they are sending their money into other states or other cities for distribution, even though such a scheme is commendable. All but a small portion of every dollar invested in seals or health bonds is to be expended in this home community for the purpose of spreading the gospel of health and making the vicinity a more liveable “This is the last issue of the Reporter for 1920, The next issue will appear January 6th, 1921, natural re led ws11 3 - La ture will be asked to ¢ Frew wal r ure on thar that to Reception a and Donation for Metho- dist Pastor and His Bride. Last Friday evenigg a company of about 125 of the Methodists of Spruce- town and Centre Hall met in the Cen- tre Hall church for the purpose of giv- ing their pastor, Rev, C. F. Catherman, and his mew bride, a reception, and en- joying the evening in a social way. A short program was rendered. The opening number was the hymn, ** What a Friend We Have in Jesus." sung by those assembled ; followed by a prayer by Rev. Catherman., The children both congregations then gave a number of recitations and sang several songs. The literary part was concluded by a sony by the young ladies’ class, The astor, who hs ad discovered in the mean- ber of jars and packages of various sorts had been do- nated to him and his good wife, arose their thanks in very ap- propriate words. The social part then be; one seemed of n on 1 i time that a goodly nun and expressed gan, and every to have a very enjoyable Refreshr ; dake, a and coffee were time, ants, consisting of ice cream then served, About 11 their homes, that it will ne : forgot ten, Christmas Entertainments in Centre Hall. Hall's f ntre Th will ree of Ce ve churches Chri fou Ahvng They inm render ainpments n within the next are in here given the rence, Evange Friday Lutheran Christma preparal Scoday church, LOCAL AND PERSONAL. .3 uarer eeting in Al ran attended the State Gran llentown, last week. 10. Cheer uj wii conlinu tally t § and all vegetation die, mer's brother, Jame kie homestead t week the recently + pvy } merchantable lumber, Andrew Rote, of Spring Mills, who juit the iX years aj the latter part of last week no longer he quite busy during the at the carpenter ns a had was a caller While be has been past year working trade. itt far RO, farms, says he George Taylor and Ster]l Stoner, two went last week, to Stoner returned of the young mea from near Tusseyville, to Fort Slocum, New York enlist in Uncle Sam's was accepted but Taylor home army. was of a weakness heart. George hopes to overcome the affliction and make another attempt some time in the future, because "public Sale Register, "FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, at 10 a. m., Chas. 8S. Stoner, at Tusseyville, will sell: Horses, mules, cattle, shoats, farm implements, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 12:30 at Potters Mills, A. O, Detwiler will seli: Horses, cattle, hogs, implements, etc, TUESDAY, MARCH 1st, at 10a. m., 4 miles west of Centre Hall, M. M. Kell. er will sell : Horses, cattle, hogs. im- plements, and some household goods, A clean-up sale, WED,, MARCH 2nd. 10 a. m., one mile east Potters Mills, M. A, Sankey will sell farm stock and implements, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, at 10 o'- clock, 1 mile east Centre Hall, Harry C. McClenahan will sell Horses, cat- tie, hogs, implements, A clean up sale, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, at 10 a. m., 2 miles west of Centre Hall, Lutz & Bartholomew will sell : Horses, cat- tle, hogs, implements, A clean-up sale, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, atg a. m., on the Goodling farm, 2)4 miles west of Centre Hali, Irvin Shuey will sell: Horses, cattle, hogs, implements, TUESDAY, MARCH 220d, 10 a. m., one-half mile south of Pennos Cave Sta- tion, by Jamison and Dauberman : Horses, DY hogs, and implements, A clean-up sale, MONDAY, MARCH 28, at Farmers Mills : Pure-bred stock sale : Percher- ons, Holsteins, Berkshires. W, F, RISHEL. Wise & Hubler, aucts, MARCH 39, 10 a, m.--B. Gardner Prove. im nts and stock ; armin pleme Foasehold §o0as, goods, Clean up sale. Le rd Mayes, auct. HAL L. PA usual, they will be union in character, Sunday, January znd Subject, The Supreme Need of Our Monday, January 3rd Subject, Showing My Colors,—Rev. R « O10 Tuesday, January 4th Subject, Joining Hands.—Rev. M. C. | y., January sth ’ractical Religion—Guardi Wednesda Subject, Th ag ursday, January, 6th “t Fi i en h Subject, Practical Religion— Business Saturday, Subjec v Jamuary 8th The Church's Debt to the Com Sunday, Ja anuary gth Subject, PROGRAM — ining Hands.—Rev. M. C, I Tuesday, January 4th My Colors.—Rev. Showing nesd iY. Junuary sth ct, Practical Religion---Business } gi Lelie igh . Practi on : : cal Religi ty's Debt to the 10 0 COCK s'extended to yi choir SOM se th iw A0 Laat ¢ success of the will be taken e le Society ¥. an Rit CA 510% S. | writs Centre Hall H. 8S. vs. e Boalsburg H. 00 Was ¥ 1 law oratind wae # school play ground was § est for those who a re lovers ws) a esas played a soccer game--and the other were on two games the bovs- ae 11 3 giris—a volley ith games were played with vh school IO SCH $e . 3 The beg volley ginning easy game ball game at four for was playe o'clock girs practice Bogt MTS, ed a our seem they h Oo ' i ad the advantage of the 3 with the sc Hall Miss pal here, was referee. “The r game started at about 4:15 with Centre Hall making) the kick- oft. This started one of the bardest fought games of the season, The first half, a period of twenty-five minutes, was a give-and-take period with neither e scoring a goal. Before the first half was rightly begun we saw that we were up against a fast team and they lived up to this idea throughout" the whole game. “After a five minute interval the sec ond half was begun with Boalsburg aking the kickoff, but in this period Centre Hall was more successful than in the first for about fifteen minutes be. fore the end of the game we scored the goal, but Boalsburg was tnable to put the ball through our goal area, although they made a co..mendable effort, “The field, on account of recent snows, was very slippery and made the fobting very uncertain, but nevertheless many good plays were made by both sides. Ernest Frank, although inexperienced in the art of refereeing, did his part well during the whole game, “The game placed Centre Hall ahead in the Vocational League, Eastern Die vision, and we have expectations of playing in the championship game." girls, ore of 21 Rowe, ti The game enc 3 in of Centre | assistant princi. Boalsburg favor ae sre ROCCE gid Each Paid $100 Fine. Simon Keefer, of New Columbia, and W. E. Evens, of Lewisburg, R. D,, were reported for violating the state game laws, While hunting in the Bunker Hill section of the White Deer forest in Union county, the men ‘‘shot first and looked afterward” and killed a handsome doe. Game Warden Miles Reeder, of MifMlinburg, preferred charges with the result that within twenty-four hours the hunters were each fined $100 and costs, —————— AAT, Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year to all, vp 1920. HALL. Lutheran Church nmunity.-Rev, J. F. Bingman. Lutheran Church R. Jones. Evangelical Church rumim, Evangelical Church ny Speech, —Rev, C. F. Catherman. Methodist Church Bingman, Methodist Church Reformed Church F. Catherman Reformed Church C. Drumm, nunity—Rev. C, ~-Rev, M, urch,-~ SPRING MILLS Lutheran Church R. R. Jones, utheran Church unity. Rev, Evangelical Church Jailey. Evangelical Church f Grace.—Rev, R. R. Jones, Reformed Church I. C. Bailey. Retormed Church C. F, Catherman, Methodist Church Drumm. Methodist *, Catherman ion, —Rev, 0, = h.~Rev, Church we he evenin these services. Wide Rewival. for God's blessing upon the re ngs and ; expenses and for the benefit Home for Christmas. Frazier, Western Re- : Fred- College ; Penn State ; , from Susque- for the from , Cleveland, from versity Dickison exander, fre s Mir Universit Hare Al Mis hanna fom * Huyet ry and am are home © Y Chris ui tmas vacation. A I MP IATA AAA. Theft at Lock Haven. ” da The McEwen and at Lock Hav aw! Was secu mmerman jewel. broken isto valued at over ry store €n WAS jewelry red, ives are working on clues and arrests are expected soon, AAP TARAS 115 Deer and 12 Bear Killed in Union County. Detect Our neighbor county—Union-scored uring the past deer season, A yucks and 12 bear were re- killed in the four forest districts, known as White Deer district, Captain Jack Division, Buffalo Division and Penn Four hunting parties killed the limit o deer, while three others killed five each, 3 Division, { six Killed Largest Buck This Year. The distinction of slaying the largest deer killed in Pennsylvania this year is claimed by A.A. Dietrick, of Nanty Glo, who hunted with the Gum Spring club near Philipsburg. The buck weighed 285 pounds and its antlers bore twenty-seven points, The buck has been hunted for a number of years and has been famcus among sportsmen, who say it bears all the ear- marks of the old time Pennsylvnnia deer, which is larger than the cross bred stock which is found today. ————————— AAPA ———— Blames Congress for Loss. Operations of the United States postal service for the fiscal year 1920 resulted in a deficit of $17,270 482-<the second largestin the history of the service Postmaster General Burleson shows in his annual report to the President, in which expenditures of the postoffice de- vartment are placed at $454.322.600 and revenues at $437, 130,212, The! mas. ter charges congress with direct respon. sibility for the deficit, explaining that the expenditure included approximately $33,202,600 paid as a war-bonus to pos. tal employees and stating that but for thig'there would have been a sarfilos of $18,427,017. Reference also is made t6 the decision of the Interstate Commerce eommission, granting the railways additional pay, aggregating $8.103,889 for carrying the room mails. This served likewise to offset in. creases in postal” Secsipts, Mr. Burleson | declares, AI Puta Red Cross Christmas seal on your letter—of course, in addition to the regular postage, It will indicate that A SAD SU RPRISE. Reporter [Reader Finds Scarcity of ‘Gentlemen’ Among Centre Countians, and Then Takes a Knock at Them. S'prised ? I'll say so ; but that is too tame ; 'stonished is more like it. Why 7 Well, I used to think Old Centre” was a very tidy, respectable place to live in. Having been born there, and “brought up” in a way, too, I'll say I've had a great deal of pride in my soul for the place—lo ! these many years, but now I read the most distressing report in the Centre Reporter 1 have ever about its people that I used (« were good, generous, moral, rig and some even pretended to be ly.” In the olden days, and it is probably so now, Old Centre was crowded churches. In the village from o eight and more of those institutions ex. isted, all opposed to each other trine, but all headed for the apparently. That fact always strange to me, even when a y Why, I would reason—why do unite and be sociable and neighborly discharge most of their preachers, one or two real good ones, gnite tl the musicians into one grand grand time and practice being frie toa greater degree? think Why don't they. In them times every village and town had one or more booze certain consolation,” fairly upright, greater impetus to religion thru that here were some ben: that needed saving, and, on an average of once a persisted iz back-sliding a be “saved” again, the preachers } read J hteous, “saint with ne ne 1¢ same aire choir, hav I still joints thru which teil niuas betime wi the booze ones sough ut Ep ¢ MOSt persons factor 4 the ghted were or gave act ct souls though saved year, yet n 1 the y having to again and course, kept John Barleycern is His demise was long coming, last, thank ought to help some. The parsons more time Yallow le; en,” and ip everywl of a higher standard, why are they not? I looked over th list of County Jur gosh ! my convu ision when 85 names, ¢ gentleman, H--- now at goodness, bave to eat” citizen eh yas JUL is ie "Centre i this weel whole system I saw ly one person onl who 18 Now-d¢ a n't-that-beat- Avver: Brisry, on Chicago, Ili Editor-1If uit callis {Dear Mr. seo your way clear, gq s*‘gevtiemen Idi mischievous th Call them retired, ulators, or even and pace for Centre county's editors to qui that ancient notion that a 'gestieman, '—B ] . No Paper Next Week. its time-honored cus- tom the Reporter will not be issued next week —Christmas week-—thus affording; its employees a week's rest fro busy routine of the prin The fice will be cpen, however, to receive money on subscription and give atten- tion to you Can ng those idlers s are apt to be more At sons who are busy Pun as er 3 pe out of ness, loafers set the “i loafer is Conforming to or 5 the of- am t shop. job work. AA “They All Dot" — It Appears. Twenty quarts of whiskey. seven bar- rels of wine, hundreds of bottles of ja- maica ginger, stomach bitters and horke vino in odd lots were coufiscated in raids on four placer-~pool room, grocery and restaurant, barber shop and confection< ery—in Altoona, conducted by state, county and city officers. The proprietor or one in charge at each establishment was arrested and held for a hearing. Notice Regarding Dog Law. On or before the 15th day of January, 1921, the owner of any dog six months old or over shall apply to the County Trasurer. either orally or in writing, for a license for each such dog owned or kept by him, License for maledog ...... $133 License for femaledog ..... $250 Any person violating or failing or re- fusing to comply with any of the pro- visions of the Dog Law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and npon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not ex- ceeding $100.00, or undergo an impris- onment not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the court. The Commissioners of Centre County will enforce the Dog Law to the letter in the year 1921. ———— ——————— Annual Election. The annual election of the Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Centre County will be held in the grand jury , Court House, Bellefonte, Monday, ! Jasuary toth, 1921, between the hours of toa. m, and 2 p. m., to elect twelve directors for the ensuing year, F. M, Fisher, Secretary, Col, W. Fred Reynolds, Pres. C—O ——— at NC ). 3 TOWN AND COUNTY KEW HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERE® FROM ALL PARTE nham school children dd 4700 Christmas seals and ; to support two Arr year, Bur chase ed fora A dellefonte | menian license week for Miss Emma V. marriage was last ¢ Fran) of Colyer, and State College, Christ Christmas eve Hall, t has st few years, +4 tmas carols will be on the street as been custon Ixty 2d by onte, within Il are sold, y is this : Wheat ead fifteen cents per loaf $: ry pr TE one 1s sing mon ary and the table, Some of 3 well mpany, art # ars anor Stoner, calendars David to his home nea Hall. In parceling oming Christ the th out mas your rememb childr Cais gifts Ee especially poor hearts may be gladdened by § ] o {f small Bums. Way § n the footbal i eleven gdilure © Charles back on Lam p's choi oy TR Ft ae ped ieiepaone 8 new direct the sa ry erick have decided that that 1 ore, will be ab Witt as hereto work. was filled gle woman, David Reari nice buck A son of Valley, shot a v of the seasor Dempsey-B an reng were 5 at door ipsey, $108,000 ; Jemsey relains Or weight champion, The local Red Cross ‘is the Reporter informed, teeth the children treated. Of cour ail the chilc ganization feels need their of this character. The Youth's Companion dar for 1921 has reached as usual, is a rich and practical work, Our thanks are Mason Company, publishers of the Youth's the best of American fact and comment.” is of examin se, this does iren, but those whom the ou due joston., : Cor - life of George W. Clark, who was the and landlord of the Musser Millheim, when it was burned 5, 1909, committed suicide in a house in Williamsport, where sided sivce the the big fire in which started in the stable on ser House lot and soon spread to adjol ing building. he hac Milthe The next issue of the Reporter wil January 6, 1921, when our mailing lis will have been corrected and pu credit given on subscription to all remitted since October. Others desire to see the figures on their strictly up to date, should remit at so that a correction of their labe: be shown with the first issue in the year, Washington county farmers cannot be termed profiteers, for a report comes from a customer of a huckster who sold potatoes that to date in the heart of the potatoes there have already been found five pennies, one nickel and one quarter dollar. The money was completely surrounded by the potatoes in which the pieces of money were found. How the cash got there is a mystery. Charles Duncan, who for cighteen years represented the dry goods firm of Euoglish & Co., at Shamokin, as a trav- eling salesman through Penns Valley, made his last trip in that capacity last week. He is a member of the prosper. per who who label ouce may acw
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