Bellefonte, Pa., September 17, 1920. Borough Expenses Seventy Years Ago In these days when it costs in the neighborhood of fifty thousand dol- lars a year to conduct the affairs of Bellefonte borough it is really inter- esting to know that there was a time when the entire cost was only fifteen hundred dollars. But that was just seventy years ago, and Bellefonte then was rather insignificant in every way to what it is now. The auditors statement for the borough of Bellefonte for the year 1920, as printed, occupied the space of one full page of the “Watchman” which is a remarkable contrast to the statement published to the year 1849- ’50, which was copied from an old copy of “The Democratic Whig,” pub- lished in Bellefonte at that time by J. K. Shoemaker, and sent to us this week by Mr. George W. Rumberger, of Unionville. Many of the names contained in the statement are well known among the older people of Bellefonte. The statement follows: AN ACCOUNT. Of the expenditures of the Borough "of the the Bellefonte, for the year ending on first Monday of May, 1849, with amount of tax assessed. June 23rd, Orders: i - Jno. T. Hoover, costs in Boro suit§ 2.25 August 1st, Orders: Jno. Swires, lime for Boro....... 14.00 Thomas Huggins, work at pipes and hydrants.........c.viverssinn 13.00 N. Hillibish, one quarter salary.. 18.75 August 10th Orders: John McDermitt Lamb St. contract 100.00 H. Patterson, cleaning St........ 1.50 E. Patterson, cleaning culvert.... 1.50 C. Noland, cleaning novest........ 1.00 Philip North, digging on hill..... 1.00 W. HH, Blair, advertising......... 11.56 J. K. Shoemaker, advertising...... 9.66 August 18th, Orders: Humes & Son, for Boro in- debtedness ....c.cicnevisiiniveise 32.75 August 22nd, Orders: Wm. Harris, street surveyor..... 30.00 September 13th, Orders: Neil Harrold, extinguishing fires 20.00 N. Hillibish, extending pipes How- ard Street... caress 71.25 John Hoffman, order et sal....... 10.00 C. Kerin, work on Lamb St...... 4.5 J. Harris, work on Lamb street... 2.00 P. Brew, work on Lamb St...... 4.25 8S. Ballott, work on Lamb st...... 1.00 H. Hanold, work on Lamb st..... 4.50 P. Keiper, work on Lamb st..... 7.00 J. Rhinehart, night watching..... 15.00 October Tth, Orders: J. Gillaland, for two posts....... 9.11 J. Rhinehart, salary 4 months 5.00 January 30th, Orders: Thomas Higgins, work & labor.... 2.5 N. ‘Hillibish, amount bill....... 19.69 H. N.:McCallister................ 10.00 James Gillaland................... 8.00 John Montgomery................. 7.00 John MeDermit ................... 3.00 Philip North ......c.oic.icii oui 4.00 Geo. lL.oneberger, supervisor...... 6.00 N. Hillibish, salary ending October 23, 3840, LaLa, 18.75 N. Hillibish, salary ending Janu- Ory 28, A850... ieee iden 18.75 S. Morrison, money paid for work 4.00 S. Morrison as supervisor........ 5.00 Welch & Leydon, on acc’t of pipes 50.00 John McDermitt in full of his article of agreement of the 28th of July 1849 ........c.5. 00000 2 J. McDermitt, hauling dirt March 13th, Orders: Joseph Green for int. on notes.. D. I. Pruner, making cistern..... 25.00 W. H. Blair, advertising........ T.0 March 26th, Ordexs: Michael Kerin, work Spring st.... 14.25 Michael Kerin, excavating on Spring street. ......... 0... 0 89.84 John H. Neam, work and labor.. 1.00 April 18th, Ordets: Humes & Son, fire plug..... 6.00 James Gilliland .................. 3.00 John Montgomery..:............. 3.00 H. N. MeCallister................ 12.00 May 4th, Orders: N. Hillibish, laying water pipes.. 78.15 N. Hillibish, hydrants, repairing 14.29 N. Hillibish, salary due Apr. 23.. 18.75 J. Rhinehart, high constable..... Michael Kerin, repairing bridge. . 1 D. Campbell, street commissioner H. N. McCallister, frt. and charges On Stop. cock... La George Welch, new water pipes.. 385.63 W. P. Wilson, clerk to T. C...... 5 $1506.94 Amount received by Borough from W. F. Reynolds, collector of street, borough and water taxes for 1849. Street. Tax v.oi cviiivar. nis 5 1013:49 Borough tax .....5>.............. 306.31 Water taxis... i nn 300.87 BExonerations. ......... ae. 0... 48.29 : 1182.35 Five ipersieent. ,........ e000 59.12 1123.23 Amount received by borough from John B. Awl, collector of special taxes for the year 1849. 477.00 Probable Exonerations.......... 13.00 464.00 Five percent... coi oi inns 23.00 $ 487.00 F. 1. HUSTON, A. G. CURTIN, Clerk. President. October 30, 1850. BOALSBURG. Miss Mary Segner spent Tuesday in Bellefonte. Calvin Weiland, of Mt. Union, was a visitor in town from Saturday until Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Fry are visit- ing with Mrs. Fry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kaup. Mrs. Harriet McGirk, of Bellefonte, spent several days last week at the home of her mother, Mrs. H. Dale. Messrs. John and Howard Bricker and Samuel Roberts, of New Jersey, spent several days in town recently. Mrs. John Rupp and son, Mrs. Mary Sellers and Mrs. James Waddle, of State College, were callers in town on Friday. Mr. Griffith Lytle, of Downs, Kan- sas, visited his brother-in-law, D. W. Meyer, and other friends in this vicin- ity last week. Miss Ellen Rhone returned Monday, from Atlantic City and will spend an indefinite time with her aunt, Miss Sara J. Keller. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Meyer and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wagner attended the funeral of Philip Durst, at Centre Hall, on Monday. Russell Ishler and Charles Hoster- man, who were employed in the Pitts- burgh district during the summer, re- turned home last week for a few day’s visit before the opening of Penn State. Transfers of Real Estate. W. F. Gehret, et al, to Mary A. Gil- bert, tract in Rush township, $1 W. F Gehret, et al, to C T. Gilbert, tract in Rush township $1 Wm. H. Grove to J. A. Wagner, tract in Gregg township, $195. SMULLTON ITEMS. Herbert Stover motored to Mill Hall and Lock Haven a few days ago. Quite a number of our citizens at- tended Grange picnic Thursday of last wee Mr. and Mrs. George Smull enter- tainkd an auto party Friday of last week. The threshers have been making it lively in this neck-o’-the-woods for the past week. S. A. Walizer and father went to Bellefonte Tuesday of last week on legal business. Harry Fehl, of Blair county, spent several days at the home of his par- ents in this place, last week. Shem Hackenburg had the misfor- tune of breaking the front spring of his automobile on the way to the pic- nic last week. C. F. Winters is wearing high shoes and smoking 5c. cigars since the ar- rival of a boy boarder at his home several days ago. W. R. Bierly has proven his ability as a photographer by the specimens of his work; especially is this true of his interior views. S. N. Stover and family attended a birthday party Saturday evening, giv- en in honor of Mr. Stover’s sister, Mrs. Clyde Waite, of Wolf’s Store. It is a pity no newspaper is pub- lished in this town, as there would be plenty of news reporters. Some even talk of things they know nothing about. What a surprise it would be to the people of Centre county, and the resi- dents of this town, if the real reason were known by them why the Smull- ton postoffice was ordered discontin- ued. It would prove what a set of dir- ty politicians can do. C. L. Beck and family lately enter- tained their daughter, Maude, and children, and their son John and fam- ily, all of Wilkes-Barre, at their home. A regular family reunion was held at their home on Sunday, September 5th. Those present were Henry Beck and family, Tylersville; Fred Slifer and family, of Illinois; Mrs. Maude Leach and children, J. M. Beck and family, of Wilkes-Barre; James Harbaugh and wife, Rebersburg; Mrs. William Breon and children, of Millheim, and Herbert H. Stover and family, of Smullton. After partaking of a boun- tiful repast, prepared by Miss Carrie Beck, artist Stover took a picture of the group. Whether such a gathering ‘can ever be held again is a question hard to answer, because of the frailty of man. It must have been sheer luck with Lloyd George during the war, for every time he opens his mouth now he puts his foot in it. ' PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN | The Hen ‘Herder is Peeved, for Old Stupid, the Prize Boob of the Universe, {was over in the neighbor's New Garden land well nigh Et Up everything in Sight and the Neighbor vows that [Sabi wil! vot Grace a Platter at his [Sunday Dinner. Raising chickens, like Raising Children, is Easy—in the Books. CASTORIA Bears the signature of Chas. H.Fletcher, In use for over thirty years, and The Kind You Have Always Bought. HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA. Sick Kidneys Make Lame Backs. Cause broken, unrefreshing sleep, and in many cases that tired feeling that makes it so hard to get up in the morning. They also cause loss of appetite, lack of ambition, and other troubles. Hood’s Sarsaparilla contains the medical herbs, barks, roots, etc. that strengthen and tone these or- gans and relieve their ordinary ail- ments. Take it. And if you need a laxative take Hood’s Pills,—they work right. 65-35 ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COM- MONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION, AT THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY. NOVEM- BER 2, 192A, BY THE GENERAL AS- SEML .Y (F THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OI' THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PUR- SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section eleven of article sixteen of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eigh- teenth article thereof: — Amend section eleven, article sixteen of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which reads as follows: “No corporate body to possess banking and discounting privileges shall be created or organized in pursuance of any law without three months’ previous public notice, at the place of the intended loca- tion, of the intention to apply for such privileges, in such manner as shall be pre- scribed by law, nor shall a charter for such privilege be granted ior a longer period than twenty years,” so that it shall read as follows: The General Assembly shall have the ower by general law to provide for the incorporation of banks and trust com- panies, thereof. A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 1. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. and to prescribe the powers Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to article nine, section eight of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen- ate and House of Representatives in Gen- eral Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn- sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro- posed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: — That article nine, section eight, amended to read as follows: Section 8. The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district, or other municipality or incorporated dis- trict, except as provided herein, and in section fifteen of this article, shall never exceed seven (7) per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, but the debt of the city of Phila- delphia may be increased in such amount that the total city debt of said city shall not exceed ten per centum (10) upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two (2) per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the con- sent of the clectors thereof at a public election in such manner as shall be pro- vided by law. In ascertaining the bor- rowing capacity of the city of Philadel- phia, at any time, there shall be deducted from such debt so much of the debt of said city as shall have been incurred, or is about to be incurred, and the proceeds thereof expended, or about to be expended, upon any public improvement, or in the construction, purchase, or condemnation of any public utility, or part thereof, ‘or facility thereof, if such public improve- ment or public utility, or part thereof, whether separately or in connection with any other public improvement or public utility, or part thereof, may reasonably be expected to yield revenue in excess of operating expenses sufficient to pay the interest and sinking fund charges thereon. The method of determining such amount, so to be deducted, may be prescribed by the General Assembly. In incurring indebtedness for any pur- pose the city of Philadelphia may issue its obligations maturing not later than fifty (50) years from the date thereof, with provision for sinking-fund sufficient to retire said obligations at maturity, the payment to such sinking-fund to be in equal or graded annual or other periodi- cal installments. Where any indebtedness shall be or shall have been incurred by said city of Philadelphia for the purpose of the construction or improvements of public works or utilities of any character, from which income or revenue is to be derived by said city, or for the reclama- tion of land to be used in the construction of wharves or docks owned or to be owned by said city, such obligations may be in an amount sufficient to provide for, and may include the amount of, the interest and sinking-fund charges accruing and which may accrue thereon throughout the period of construction, and until the expiration of one year after the com- pletion of the work for which said in- debtedness shall have been incurred; and said city shall not be required to levy a be tax to pay said interest amd sinking-fund | charges as required by section ten, article nine of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, until che expiration of said period of one year after the completion of said work. A frue copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. ROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE P CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE COM- MONWEALTH, FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION. BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSLYVANIA, AND PUBLISHED ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN FOR SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION. Number One-A. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to article thred (III) of the Constitution of the Com- moinwealth of Pennsylvania. Section i. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com- monwealth of ennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following amend- ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof :(— That article three be amended by add- ing thereto the following: Section 34. The Legislature shall have power to classify counties, cities, bor- oughs, school districts, and townships ac- cording to population, and all laws passcd relating to each class, and all laws passed relating to, and regulating procedure and procezdings in court with reference to. any class, shall be deemed general legis- lation within the meaning of this Con- stitution; but counties, cities and school districts shall not be divided into more than seven classes, and boroughs into not more than five classes. 13 true copy of Joint Resolution No. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two-A A JOINT RESOLUTION Prcrosing an amendment to article three, sc ‘tion six of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so i! t the subject of an amendment or rv plement to a law and the subject to which such law is extended or on which it is conferred shall be clesrly expressed in its title. Be it resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania in General As- sembly met, That the following amend- ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: — That section six of article three be amend2d so as to read as follows: . Section 6. No law shall be revived, | amended, or the provisions thereof ex- tended or conferred, by reference to its title only. So much thereof as is revived. amended, extended, or conferred shall be reenacted and published at length, and the subject of the amendment or sup- nlement and the subject to which such law is extended or on which it is con- forced shall be clearly expressed in its title. 2 true copy of Joint Resolution No. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three-A. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section one, article eight of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen- ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsyivania in Gen- eral Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn- sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro- posed, in accordance with the eighteenth article, thereof: — That section one of article eight, which reads as follows: “Section 1. Every male citizen twenty- one years of age, ing gualifestions, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject, however, to such laws requiring and regulating the regis- tration of electors as the General As- sembly may enact: “First. e shall have been a citizen of the United States at least one month. ‘Second. He shall have resided in the State ome year (or, having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have re- moved therefrom and returned, them six Jontks), immediately preceding the elec- on, “Third. He shall have resided in the election district where he shall offer to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. “Fourth. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he shall have paid, within two years, a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months, and paid at least one month before the election,” be amended so that the same shall read as follows: { Section 1. Every citizen male or female of twenty-one years of age, pos- sessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elcetions, sub- ect, however, to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact: First. He or she shall have been a fHian of the United States at least one month. . Second. He or she shall have resided in the State one year (or, having pre- viously been a qualified elector or native- born citizen of the State, he or she shall have removed therefrom and returned, then six months), immediately preceding the election. Third. He or she shall have resided in the election district where he or she shall offer to vote at least two months im- mediately preceding the election. Fourth. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he or she shall have paid, within two years, a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election. : Fifth. Wherever the words “he,” “his,” “him,” and “himself” occur in any see- tion of article eight of this Constitution, the same shall be construed as if written, respectively, ‘he or she,” “his or her,” “him or her,” and “himself or herself.” ai true copy of Joint Resolution No. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Four-A. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to section one (1) of article fifteen (XV) of the Con- stitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen- ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen- eral Assembly met, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Penn- sylvania be and the same is hereby, pro- posed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: — That section one of article fifteen, which reads as follows: “Section 1. Cities may be chartered whenever a majority of the electors of any town or borough having a population of at least ten thousand shall vote at any general election in favor of the same,” be, and the same is hereby, amended te read as follows: Section 1. Cities may be chartered whenever a majority of the electors of any town or borough having a population of at least ten thousand shall vote at any general or municipal election in favor of the same. Cities, or cities of any partie- ular class, may be given the right and power to frame and adopt their owa charters and to exercise the powers and authority of local self-government, sub- ject, however, to such restrictions, limi- tations, and regulations, as may be im- posed by the Legislature. Laws also may be enacted affecting the organiza- tion and government of cities and bor- vlighs, which shall become effective in any city or borough only when submitted to the electors chereof, and approved by a majority of those voting thereon. snnire copy of Joint Resolution No. : CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number 35-A. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to article nine, section seven of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Sen- ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen- eral Assembly met, That the following ameudment to the Constitution of Penn- sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro- posed. in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: — That article nine, section amended to read as follows: Section 7. The General shall not authorize any county, city, bor- ough, township, or incorporated district to becime a stockholder in any company, association, or corporation, or to obtain or appropriate money for, or to loan its credit to, any corporation, association, institution, or individual. This section shall not apply to any con- tract cntered into by the city of Phila- delphia under legislative authority with respect to the use or operation of transit facilities, whether furnished by the city or by a private corporation or party or jointly by either or both. Nor shall this section be construed to prohibit the city of Philadelphia from acquiring by contract or condemnation in the franchises and property of any company owning or operating transit facilities, or any part thereof, within its corporate limits or the shares of stock of the corporation owniug cr operating the same, or any part thereof. x true copy of Joint Resolution No. 9.8, seven be Assembly CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Six-A. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Consti- tution of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Philadelphia County. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the following amend- ment to the Constitution of Pennsylvauia be, and the same is hereby, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof :— That section six of article five be amended 59 as to read as follows :— Section 6. In the county of Philadel- phia all the jurisdiction and powers now vested in the several numbered courts of common pleas of that county shall be vested in one court of common pleas com- posed of all the judges in commission in said courts. Such jurisdiction and powers shall extend to all proceedings at law and in equity which shall have been in- stituted in the several numbered courts, and shall be subject to such change as may be made by law, and subject to change of venue as provided by law. The president judge of the said court shall be selected as provided by law. The num- ber of judges in said court may be by law increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January succeeding its adoption. In the county of Allegheny all the juris- diction and powers now vested in the sev- eral numbered courts of common pleas shall be vested in one court of common pleas composed of all the judges in com- mission in said courts. Such jurisdiction and powers shall extend to all proceed- ings at law and in equity which shall have been instituted in the several num- bered courts, and shall be subject to such change as may be made by law, and sub- ject to change of venue as provided by aw. The president judge of the sald court shall be selected as provided by law. The number of judges in said court may be by law increased from time to time. This amendment shall take effect on the first day of January succeeding ite adoption. A true copy of 6.A. Joint Resolution No. CYRUS E. WOODS, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 65-31-13t, ossessing the follow- | Shoes. i= SNES SE a Io Io TT Te Ta oh = i A= =] LE SoS nian = reduction is Misses’ and Shoes. There Shoes. Prices on SHOES Reduced We have a very liberal reduc- tion on all summer shoes. This on all Ladies’, Children’s Low is plenty of time to wear low shoes this season ASA SASH anlar Els and if you are in need of low shoes, look our prices over be- fore you purchase. SSRIS Ha Yeager’s THE SHOE STORE - | fo] fs ford Bush Arcade Building = SA Si 1 58-27 Shoe Store FOR THE POOR MAN BELLEFONTE, PA. oS eee Re 5] il (LIT 4] Tf ol SHS SRSA SRSRSA SAS AE SRS saa en FS AS AL LR =r] =f SHS Co Cy SAS She EE CULE] ELE] Sk As SAS 1 Te i — : Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work. Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co. Fo Coat Suits and Dresses We extend a cordial invitation to all the ladies of Bellefonte and Centre coun- ty to see our new models in Coats and Coat Suits. All the new cloths in plain and mixed effects. Fur trimmed Coats and Coat Suits, also self trimmed. Dresses We have opened a big line of Taffeta, Messaline, Georgette, All-Wool Jersey and Tricotine one-piece Dresses in ma- rine blue, navy blue and elks shade, handsomely embroidered in the silk self color. We can fit well as the largest. the small woman as Prices that will as- tonish the economical buyer. Dress Goods Our line of new Plaids in wool is very complete. All colors with beautiful com- binations that make a handsome skirt. Shoes See our line of Children’s School Shoes, Men’s, Ladies’ and Misses’ Shoes. Prices the lowest. Lyon & Co. « Lyon & Co.