——When the regular term of December | PomoxA GRANGE AND PuBric Roaps. To AvromosiLists.—For the benefit of tires, substantially built, elegantly fuished cours convenes in Bellefonte on the sixth | _A4 the request of Mr. D. M. Campbell, automobile owners in Centre county it and upholstered in the best possible manner. of next month is will be in the ball on the | georesary of the Censre County Pomons might be stated thas the information neo- The vehicle was made to order. third floor of the Eagle block. But as the | Grange, we give space to the following ex- essary for an application for a 1910 license J. L. Brows, of Altoona; I. M. Schoch, of pression of that organization on the matter aus follows : Name aod style of machine ; | Philadelphia; F. R. Sbaw, of aclisle, and J. of pablio roads. With the intimation that | seme of maker ; manufacturer's pumber ; EE re sort ar woth better roads are desired only by automobile rated horse power, and character of motive : The family of Harry Allison, of Pine owners and that they are secured by in. | Power. Blak cpplications are now in the | 0 io gormerly of this place, returned Dears or Joux 1. Porrse.—Jobs IL Potter, one of the best known men of Belle- toute, died at his home on east Linn street ee .. November 26. 1000, at 6.35 o'clock on Wednesday evening. He Pa., November 26, 1909. | had been a sufferer the past year or more oh A - with Brights disease and in that time bad P.GRAY MEEK, - - FURL 5 eal bad stacks. His wonderfal Teaus or Susscmirriox.—Until further notice vitality, however, always tided him over this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the | oq ne would recuperate sufficiently to be the peace sod the grand jury inquisition shat ball will be plenty large enough. Li- conse court on Saturday, December 18th, following rates : trigne with the supervisors, the WATCH: bands of W. Harrison Walker, Bellefonte. ; . Paid strictly in advance _gio0 | out and around almost as usual. The last | will in all probability be beld in shat ball | ox does nob agree. It Knows hsb the ee Ap eee hoteles wes Mr. Allis will oid To ees sEpTabion Of YMF.mmereddi time be was down town was on the even- | also. ——Do you know where to get your g business at Pine Grove pablic geverally wants just as good roads seeds | measure DO a iawn | Liritn weds in yudiage ot w get more besefis from them than the farmer does ;and is is confident that the supervis- am — ——Ambrose Ray, who has bad such serions trouble with bis eyes the past year so that he ie almost blind, was in Wil- lismeport on Monday in consultation with Dr. Haskins, the eye specialist, and came home very much encouraged. Dr. Haskins informed him that there were several cataracts oo his eyes which bave caused all the trouble bat that they were almost ripe for removal and when that was done the probability is bie sight would be entirely restored. ——The Pennsylvania telephone com- pany have issued a new book, list of sub- soribers for the Central Penneylvania die trios, and attached to is isa notice that they will furnish to all patrons so desiring a forecast of the weather. Said forecast will be tarnished after eleven o'clock a. m. each day and will cover the weather for the ensuing thirty-six boars, or until eight = o'clock in the evening of the following day. The forecasts are received direct from the United States weather bureau at Washiog- ton. The meeting of fruit growess held in the Academy building on Saturday last was largely attended, both worning and after~ soon. Dr. H. A. Surface, State fucivpint, was the principal spenker and bis received the closest attention, Wm. Meyers, the meat merchant, after re- peated solicitations to extend his trips with the meat wagon, complied with the request and now makes three trips a week over the entire route. Mr. Meyers is a thorough butcher and deals only in high grade meats. Wm. M. Grove has been tiamping over the mountains for the last three weeks, sur. veying for the State. Mr. Grove has an ex- perience of thirty years in that line of busi- ness, and was for over three years the State Forestry Commission. Asa reliable and saceurate surveyor he has few Paid after expiration of yesr..............8.00 ing of election day, which he spent at the me | Bellefonte club. Since that time he had been confined to the house, though the di- recs cause of his death was & stroke of par alysis which he suffered on Taesday night. John Irvin Potter was a son of Capt. and Mis. W. W. Poster and was born at Pot- ters Mille November 23¢d, 1844, hence was just one day over sixty-five years old. Hie early life was spent at home, his parents moving from Potters Mills 6 Centre Far: nace, thence to Hecla and in 1866 to Belle- fonte. When the Bellefonte and Soow Shoe railroad was buils and opened up in 1870 Mr. Potter was appointed paymaster of she road. Shortly afterwards he engag- ed with others in the mercantile business in Snow Shoe under the firm name of Pot- ter, Wolt & Co. Later he returned to Bellefonte and went to work for the Penn- sylvania railroad company under his father, A Real Cause. Some of our contemporaries who, during the campaign, bad listle or nothing to say about the Supreme Court justiceship are now worrying themeeives and their readers as well abous the religions belief of the newly elected member of that body; just as it his ochuroh belief or denominational in. olinations adds to or detracts from his fis ness for the beooh. It is not the doubs on this question that should give them up- easiness as to what may be expected of him. 1s ic the fact that he was nominated by the gang, elected by the gang and that on all questions in which a division may arise in shat body, and in which the gang that backed him may be in any way interested, his vote will be with or for his bosses, is the knowledge that should bother them now. It is nos a question of church belie! buts matter of machine dictation thet furnishes a real oanse for apprehension. —— The White Iuvestmeus company, of which William F. White, a graduate of State College class of '87, is president, bas lately established ite main offices in New York at No. 43 Exchange Place. The com- pany bas ae its object the purchase and sale of bonds and securities, and the financing, developing and operatiog of approved im- dustrial enterprises, especially minivg, and those based on natural resources. ——————————————— these resolutions. If the tax-laws are uo just—a matter that is not disputed —tbe members of Pomona Grange, any of whom are life-long and bitter Republicans, should remember thas for them and their enforce mens, the Republican party is alene respon- sible : Waereas, The real estate owners are annually robbed of $34,828,882 —filteen millions of this amount ie directly extorted from the farmers, nineteen millions from the residents of cities and towns, ( whether they be owners or Sensnte) and as it ie this polioy of the State that has driven away from the farms and the rural ——Do you kuow we have the old style sugar syrups, pure goods at 40 cents and 60 cents per gallon, Seohler & Co. TTI Pine Grove Mention. Ed Bowersox, of Altoona, was here over Sunday. Mrs. G. W. McWilliams is able to be out of bed on a rocking chair. Miss Mary, daughter of Harry Gaves, is il with pneumonia. Mrs. Charley Houser is quite ill with bronchial troubie. Mr. and Mrs, O. F. Shaw vitited friends at Johnstown on Sanday. G. W. O'Bryan has been a very sick man at his home on Church street. Mrs. Frank Thompson, of Philadelphia, is visiting Centre county friends. Twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Al Bowersox recently but both died. Mr. and Mrs. Milford Corl were Sunday visitors at the G. B. Mc. Fry home. Lee Markle will be Hon. John Hamilton's right bower on the farm next season. Mrs. Annie Fortney, of Tusseyville, spent Wednesday at the D. W. Thomas home. J. Roy Goss, an expert typo at Carrollton, Pa., is here for his share of the big game. Our supervisors are getting busy shaping up the roads with crushed stone, for sleigh - ing. A.C. Kepler, one of Marion township's successful school teachers, was here over Sunday. 8. A. Dunlap lost the middle finger of his right hand on Monday by having it cat off by a circular saw. Dogs played havoc with Samuel Elder's flock of sheep, killing several and wounding a number of others. Mrs. Robert G. Goheen and son Lester, of Pennsylvania Furnace, were here doing shopping on Monday. Wm. Corl and Newton Neideigh are at- tending the layman's convention in session at Harrisburg this week. Harry Allison flitted to Spring Mills on Thursday, but will continue to run the flour ing mill bere until spring. " the west ion " mwiiscation of the ties. Bell Eispors visited ior 01d friend, | Tule8 EOvErn BE os ‘Americas “cup, M Henry, at Roedsville last week but big gesuluuces, if any, he received found her condition unchanged. ‘ 1 . Miss Florence Kepler, teacher of the Fil more school, was home over Sunday. She says she likes her school very much. After a viest of several mouths among her Centre county friends, Mis. Maggie Meek left for her home in Altoons, Tuesday. Carpenter I. L. Burwell is laid up for re pairs on account of a stick of timber falling on his shoulder while raising a building last Friday. The Everbart sale last Wednesday was a ringer. Bidding was brisk and stock of all kinds brought top notch prices, the sale to: talling $4,350. Miss Henrietta McGirk, teacher of the Branch school, spent Thankegiving at her parental home at Altoona, and enjoyed a turkey dinner. Mrs. C. T. Lemon, after a two week's visit among her friends in Centre and Blair coun- ties, returned to ber home at Morgantown, W. Va., Friday. The social and festival Saturday evening was a success socially and financially. About $66 00 was realized to help purchase an or- gan for the High school. Owing to the short corn crop butchering is well on the way and few heavy weight pork: ers are reported. Newt. Yarnell reports one that tipped the beam at the five bundred pound notch. Mrs. Belle Kimport, of State College; Mrs. Myra Kimport and Mrs. Will Wagner and daughter Helen, all of Altoona, were royally entertained at the Everts home on Main street, on Tuesday. Tuesday evening the good people com- pletely surprised Rev. Harnish and his wife with a big donstion gathering. The contri- butions were liberal, filling their larder as gle in the twilight on Burn hill, eigh een miles from Saranac Lake, N. Y. Finally grasping with one hand his shotgun, the stock of which had been broken by r blow at the deer’s head, Chalmers discharged the load into the da ADDITIONAL LOCALS. ——County superintendent David O. Esters bas practically completed his pro- gram for the annual teachers institute to be held in the opera house, this place, the week beginning December 20th. Ove of the evening entertainments will be the Rooney Boys Concert company, which ap- peared here on a previous occasion. ———— A ——While the pass several days bave been very wintry like the weather all fall bas been most remarkable. The warm days of the latter part of last week and Sunday and Monday started vegetation and even the buds on bushes and trees as if it were spring. But the cold weather sinoe Tuesday has put a stop to all premature budding and growth. meter cae ——Eight big able-bodied men with five good dogs lets Bellefonte before six o’olook on Tuesday morning and went in an auto- mobile to Posters Mills for a days haont for rabbits in the foothills of the Seven monn. tains. The eight big men and five good dogs returned to Bellefonte after dark the same evening with one tiny little rabbit, and it was likely soared to death. POO r— —— Just ninesty-eight State College stu- dents took advantage of the round trip ex- cursion to go ous 2 Pittsburg on Wednes- day to be present as yesterday's State— University of Pittsburg game. Of coarse probably that many or even more students went outon one way tickets who were at the game and will remain at home until the Thanksgiving vacation is over. ode ——A [air for the benefis of the Method- jet church at Pleasant Gap will be held in Noll’e hall at that place on Friday and Saturday, December 10th and 11th, Aprons and fancy work of all kinds will be on sale, as well as homemade bread, cakes, pies, ice oream, candy, eto. It will be a good place to secure Chistmas presents and the public is asked to patronize the fair liberally. July, 1884, be succeeded him as the agent bere, a position be held continuously until his death. Mr. Potter was a man of unique charac: serand exceptionally genial disposition. From morn to night, day to day, aod year to year, he was always the same compan: ionable, high minded gentleman. Con- soientions to » marked degree he was the soul of honor in all bis business dealings with his fellowmen and for the company with which he was employed. Quiet and unobtrusive at all times, yet he found a special delight in the companionship and association of others. Though himsell uot a member his antecedents always affiliated with the Presbyterian church, and iu pre- cept be lived up to the dootrines of his for bears. He was the last surviving male member of thas branch of she Potter family aod as he never married his only immediate sur- vivors are the two daughters of bis brother, the late George L. Potter. As this writ ing the arrangements for the faneral have not been completed, though is will likely be tomorrow afternoon. | | Buck.—Alter an illness of six months or more, ss the result of his advanced age, the venerable Christian Buok died as bis bome in Unionville on Tuesday. He was born in the neighborhood of Centre Line aod was almost eighty-eight years of age. When a young man he engaged in the tannery business near the home of his birsh, a business he followed until 1866 when be moved to Unionville and estab- lished a steam tanuery. Later be relin- quished that enterprise and engaged in the milling business with his son Daniel onder the firm name of C. & D. Buck, in which he continued up until the lass. Mr. Buok was swice married, his first wife being Mies Catharine Beck, of Centre Line, and to them four children were born, all living, as follows : Catharine, at home; Mrs. E J. Baird, of Look Haven ; J. Dur- td ——On Monday the slaters began work on the roof of the new High sohool build. ing. The root will be of slate with copper golleys and water courses, one of the most durable that can be put on. The plasterers bave commenced lathing the interior of the building and the carpenters are rushing along their work as fass as pcesible. The Bellefonte Steam Heating company have their battery of boilers in place and bave a force of men hard at work installing the machinery and necessary plumbing and radiators for the beating and ventilation of the building. = buck’s breast. Chalmers first wounded the slightly stunning it. He dropped gun and reached for his knife to the deer to death. It was gone, before he could recover his gun the buck rose to its feet and charged him. Chalmers’ hands were badly lacerated by the antlers of the deer, but other wise he is none the worse for his ex hausting struggle. bonds ; therefore, be it Resolved, By the Ceatre County Pomona Grange, in regular session assembled at Centre Hall, Pa., this 18th day of Novem- ber, 1009, that we enter our emphatio test against either the county comm . ers or township road supervisors entering into any such agreement with eaid combi ons. : BEEd Trading Girls For Opium. Natives of Sarangani, a group of islands to the south of Mindanao isl and, in the Philippines, are offering in barter young giris each for one ounce of opium, according to W. 8S. Lyon, a borticulturist, who returned from a trip through the south coast of Min danao. Mr. Lyon reports that there is con- siderable trafic in opium in South Mindanao, carried on by the Palm fsland. The government cutters are lacking in number and facility to sup press the traffic. > ——On Tuesday of lass week C. D. Case- beer, the jeweler, was cleaning out a drawer in hie store which had pot been entirely emptied of its accumulation of documents, eto., since F. C. Richard con- ducted a jewelry store in the same place a number of years ago; and in doing so be came across swo old newspapers, the Penn- sylvania Packet, dated 1776, and the Ulster County Gazette, dated 1800, which be exult- ingly exhibited to his friends as a very val uable find. A traveling man who happened $0 be around when Mr. Casebeer was show- ing his old papers, wanted to buy them whether or no bas Mr. Casebeer would not sell, as be had visions of the big premium suoh old papers would undoubtedly com- mand. Tater he discovered a publishet’s note in the 1776 paper which pronounced is a good fac simile of the original paper of that date and giving the price at ten cents per copy. They were doubtless printed in Philadelphia for distribution at the cen- tennial in 1876. Iu she future when Mr. Casebeer finds an old paper he will want an affidavit of its genuineness attached be- fore be exhibits it as a priceless relic. ——Thanksgiving is over and every family who could afford it likely bad the customary Thankseiving turkey; and those who couldn’s bad to be content with goose, duck, chicken or some other kind ofa bin, of Grand Junction, Col., and Daniel, roast. But it is not of that these com- of Unionville. His second wife was Ms, | ments are made hat of the wide range in Orpba Welsh, who died about two years price paid for the Thavksgiving tarkey ago, leaviog no children. In addition to right bere in Bellefonte. While 18 is a fact the above he is survived by one brother, that turkeys are ordinarily plentiful David, of Altoona, sod a sister, Mrs. throughout the county a few people in Jeremiah Beck, of Warriorsmark. The | Bellefonte must have thought them very faneral will be held at ten o'clock thie scarce, ae they paid as bigh as twenty-five morning, burial to be made in the cents a pound for the bird. Others paid western Unionville cemetery. twenty-two, twenty and eighteen oents, i | | even when the prevailing price paid by the SArFEE. Shortly wlier Why W'ohoot vi 1013108 loukela 45d. buiShere right along had been only sixteen cents, with some Sunday evening Jacob Shaffer died at the home of his son, S. H. Shaffer, as Zion. turkeys being bougbs for fittecn and even Over a year ago he was striok with paral: Souniees sus. On Jueiter morning one ysis aod bad been an invalid ever einoe,the er was in Bellelonte with quite a bunch of turkeys and in peddling them effects of another stroke causing his death. from door to door, offered them at fourteen Deceased was born in Elk county May : cents a pound. Sois can easily be seen 1st, 1821, hence was 88 years, 6 months that whoever paid such tremendous prices aod 20 days old. In 1848 he came to Cen- tre county with hie father and family and engaged in farming in Walker township and all his life since was spent in the neighborhood of Zion. He was a member of the Reformed church of Zion and a man | who had the confidence aud esteem of all who knew him. His wile died a number of years ago but surviving him are two sons, John L., of Jacksonville, and 8. H., of Zion, and one daughter, Emma Jane Shaffer, of Pleasant Gap. He also leaves one brother, Miobael Shafter, of Centre Hall. The funeral was held from the Reformed church in Zion at 9.30 o'clock Wednesday morning. Dr. Ambrose M. Schmidt officiated and burial was made in the Zion cemetery. rm QA em— ~—The oft-repeated rumor that the Bald Eagle Valley railroad is to be double tracked in the near lature seems to be cone firmed in the fact that conorete piers are now being built for the various bridges on the road and all of them are being built a sufficient width for a double track. In fact work bas been going on for months past extending the sidings all along the line and to fill in the links between sta- tions will not be such a big undertaking once it is decided to complete the work. One thing is certain, and that is that the heavy freight trafic over the Bald Eagle almost necessitates a double track for the safety of the traveling public as well as employees of the railroad company. construction rate, as provided by the constitution of the State, 10 the end that the bess interest of all the people may be served by the laws of the Commonwealth. —— A ——r— FRUIT GROWERS ORGANIZE.—The fruit Lipton Will Challenge Again. Sir Thomas Lipton will challenge for a race for the America’s cup, to be sailed in 1911. Sir Thomas made this statement just before sailing for Bu rope on the steamer Lusitania from New York. Sir Thomas has been here for sav: eral weeks to learn the attitude of the members of the New York Yacht club day, the 20th, at Spring Mills was a pro- nounced success : The academy room was well filled with the intensive listeners, some of whom came quite a distance hop- ing to gain some knowledge along the line of modern oicbaid culture, and bow to make the business pay better than our people have as yet realized. In their ex- pectations they were not disappointed for the instrootors were well prepared with information desired and a lively interest was soon awakened in the meeting. The question as to whether Centre county was to bave a local Fruit Growers Association was settled after some points bad been made olear aud asa result the following persons were elected to serve for one year as officers of *‘The Fruit Growers Associa: tion of Centre county’ : President, Cyrus Brungart ; first vice presidens, D. D. Royer ; second vice presi. dens, W. P. Hosterman ; secretary, E. P. Wife's Legacy Kills Him. Mrs. James Edmonds, of Washing ton county, Pa., is alleged to have de serted her home recently, taking with her the entire household effects and five head of cattle, but leaving be hind an old mule. Edmonds has pre ferred charges of desertion against his wife and larceny against a Pittsburg nin ——Quite a good orowd attended the book social at the home of Mr. and Mrs, ‘Charles Gilmore, on east Linn street, last Saturday evening. Most of those attend- ing went there dressed in a way to repre- sent some hook and vaturally there were some fetchy costumes. The social was given under the auspices of the Mite so- oiety of the Presbyterian church and a nice little sum was realized for shat organiza. tion. man. Wednesday the mule, Edmonds’ on: ly possession, kicked him, causing his death a short time later in a hospitss Pennsy Orders 78 Locomotives. The Pennsylvania Railroad company has just placed an order for seventy three locomotives with the Juniata shops at Altoona, a. Sixty of the engines will be for passenger service. In addition to this an order was placed for 4000 steel hopper bottom coal cars with the Pressed Steel Car company at McKees Rocks and 1000 similar cars with the Standard Steel Car com- pany at Butler. Bonaparte Heads Municipal League. Charles J. Bonaparte, former United States attorney general, was elected president of the American Municipal league. J. Horace McFarland, presi dent of the American Civic associa tion. was re-elected. Clinton R. ‘Wood: ruff, of Philadelphia, and Ricberd B. ‘Watrous, of Harrisburg, Pa., were re elected secretaries of the respective bodies. Hypnotist Released on Bail. Professor Arthur Everton, the hyp county prison at Somerville, N. J pending his trial for manslaughter in connection with the death of Robert Simpson, a hypnotic subject, who died after recovering from a cataleptic ’ the next meeting to be held by the aseo- ciation will be announced in due Sime. Former BriLEroNTE Boy SHOT. —Robers Hunter Dankle, eldest son of former sheriff and Mrs. T. J. Duokle, of thie place, was accidentally shot near his home at Punxsatawney on November 11th, by his younger brother, Maloomb R., and bled to death before help could be bad. The Dunkle family have been residents of Punxsutawney a number of years. Oo the day above named the two brothers started on a huotiog trip. They were seated along side the trolley track waiting for a car when a rabbit jumped out of a thicket near them. The younger brother bad a new gun with the mechanism of which he was not very familiar and in his excitement to get a shot at the rabbit the weapon was accidentally disobarged. The load of shos struck the brother below the knee, severing an actery, with the resuls that be bled to death. The unfortunate young man was over twenty-one years of age and beside his par- ents is survived by several brothers and mac AY me ar— ——The Avderson school fcotball team of Altoona was too much for the Academy team last Saturday, defeating the latter in a game in the Mountain city by the score of 5100. The Anderson school eleven had been strengthened by the addition of three pew players but at that they were only able to score on a trick play the last five minatesof the game. It was one of the closest and most exciting games played in than the market price and bave only them- Altoona this season. selves to blame. —— Just one week more of good weather and the masons and bricklayers will have the walls of the new addition to the court house completed and ready for the rool. Once the latter is on the interior finishing can be pushed along quite speedily and while the whole building will not be finished throughout by the fires of the new year there is no question but what it will be by the regular February term ol court in 1910, sud then those taxpayers who will be bere to attend court will have an oppor- tunity to eee just what they got for the money expended. --e— ——The people of Beeoh Creek and vioin- ity were treated to an unusual fire spectacle last Saturday afternoon and night and on Sunday until the fire was extin- guished by rain. Sparks from a passing locomotive set fire to the grass on the east side of Beech Creek and in a short time the flames had burned into the woods near- by and swept rapidly up she mountain side. Farmers living at she foot of the mountain had a bard time fighting the fire from their fences and buildings and were compelled to keep on the watoh all of Sat- urdsy night. The fire raged unchecked until it was extinguished by rain on Sun- day night, by which time is had burned over five or six equare miles of territory. day of last week Mrs. Murtofl was Miss Viola Robb and was assistant cashier in Joseph Bros. store. From Tyroue the young couple went to Scotia and spent several days at the home of Mr. Martoff's parents, deoiding to come home on the Belietonte Central train Saterday evening and as a regimen precaution against a sersoade they ar- ranged to leave the train at Stevens and drive to Bellefonte. Everything went ao cording to program until they left the train when they were promptly surrounded by over a dozen employees of both the Potter— Hoy company sod Joseph's store. The bridal couple were hustled into Joseph's delivery wagon which was hitohed behind one of the Potter—Hoy dalivery wagons and thus they were brought to Bellefonte aod paraded around the town amid the glare of different colored lights and the din of cow bells and other discordant noises. Taken to their own newly-lurnished home on south Spring strees they were confront- ed with a sight that might be timely a year henoe bat whioh looked very premature to Mr. and Mrs.{Murtofl at this time, limbs an dragged her quite a distance, caus ing many bruises and scratches, but fortus nately mo bomes were broken. Hereafter she will retire to safer quarters to do her milking. Spring Mills Turkeys are plentiful in this neighbor- hood. There was no trouble in obtaining a bird for Thanksgiving dinner—excepting the filthy lucre. W. O. Gramley bas bis uoderground drainage nearly completed. He does not jotend having any mud puddles about his premises if he can prevent it. Our hunters are very quiet. Some parties report having captured a deer or two, but strange to say the deer are invisible. I guess the capture was only in the mind. Dr. Lieb last week received from Cincin. pati & very handsome phacton with rubber OR