THE CENTRE REPORTER. CENTRE HALL, PA. THURS. June 21 ‘SHOES That Stand on Their Own Bottoms hat is true literally and it is just as true met- aphorically. Our shoes stand on their own bottoms, They rest on their well earned reputation. People know them. People like them. Peo- ple buy them. People wear them. e carry no shoes that must W be "bolstered up with clever names and elaborate ad- vertising. We advertise our shoes to let the public know what we are doing, but our advertising is merely an inci- dent. With some it the whole thing. Without adver- tising some business would die. This is not that sort of a busi- ness. or many years we have been I hoeing the people of this bailiwick with unvarying satis- faction. Upon the record we have made the business stands, We maintain that record by maintaining the same high quality in our shoes and by keeping the prices down to the lowest safe point. Mingle’s Shoe Store. Bellefonte, Pa. i8 B ae 00ND Good News Again Centre Hall is the high- point along the Lewisburg and Tyrone R. R. by 500 feet and that is why it re- quired Over Two Car Loads of Furniture, Wall Paper, Blinds, etc., 1 To fill our spring orders. Prices are way down. J. S. DAUBERMAN, 146m CENTRE HALL. “VV V OV VVOVVRe 0999999929222 22%0 “WWD OVD BVDV f Sons of Veterans at New Castle. The twentieth annual encampment Veterans, met at New Castle last week, with about 300 delegates present. The reports showed that the Pennsylvania division is free from debt, and that there are 7,000 members in good stand- ing. Past Commander Reed, of Phil- adelphia. reported on a project to cre- as the Sons of Veterans’ academy. His report was favorable and was warmly endorsed, The college is assured of an endowment of at least $200,000. are many cities already after the col- lege. A motion was carried to secure a pledge from each of the 7,000 to give one dollar a year for ten years, making $70,000. A fs ———— Outing Stories. While fishing on Cherry run, Fri- day of last week, editor Tom Harter came across two bears inside of an hour. Both, the bears and Tom, got skeered, 8. Matter and J. Cooper, of Logan- ton, while in the Black forest fishing, one day last week, they sighted a bear which they shot. Bruin weighed 325 pounds. Boys, while out at Bradys run fish- ing, killed a huge blacksnake which they cut open and found inside of the snake's body 132 locusts, a number of them still being alive. The blacksnake is harmless and lives on 1nsects. To Charleston, 8, © For the meeting of the National Ed- ucational Association at Charleston, 8. C., July 7-15, the Pennsylvania Rail road Company will sell excursion tick- ets from all stations on its lines to Charleston at the rate of one fare for the round trip, plus $2.00. Tickets to be sold July 5 to 8, inclusive, and to be good to return until September 1, in- elusive. On the return trip stop-over will be allowed at Washington on de- posit of ticket with Joint Agent and on payment of fee of $1.00. juneZl-2t Recent Mifflin County Deaths, Granville, wife of James Emery, age 69 years, Belleville, Barah Grady, age 57 yrs, Allensville, Yost Hartzler, age 70 y. In Japan, Rev. 8. J. Milliken, aged 78 years. Lewistown, Wm. Prettyleaf, aged 71 years, In Illinois, Aaron Wagner, age 84 y. m——— A ————— A Terrible Crime. The most terrible erime heard of in this state was commitied at Altoona Inst Wednesday, when Mike Richar- dell, an Italian, felonously assaulted little Rosy Petragello, less than three TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, Dragged Eighty Rods While Fast In » Mule's Harness, A frightful accident took place near Linden Hall, on Wednesday of last week, Samuel Spangler, a young man from Tylersville, Sugar valley, who works on the farm for Mr, Henry Gingerich at that place, was working with a span of mules in a field almost a mile from the buildings. At noon he unhitched the mules and mounted one, sitting sideways, In some man- ner he was thrown from the mule and his foot eaught in one of the traces and he was dragged the entire distance to the barn. When he was seen by Mr, Gingerich and taken from the animal, it found that he wae seriously and Dr. Kidder was at once Upon examination it was found leg was crushed, and broken his at two several ugly gashes about his head. ground and stones the clothing was al- most all torn from his body, and the flesh on his back terribly lacerated. and it is hoped he will the serious injuries received. The young man is unable to be removed to ly attended by the family of Mr, Ging- erich. emits CO ~~ More Business Firma. . be found here. in a couple of weeks will be a large and complete hardware by Irvin Bro’s, of Bellefonte, Several house, | general produce business. Of a few {others we will make mention when plans have chrystalized. The Repor- ter repeats its oft given invitation, pro. ductive of good : Come to Centre Hall | and see the good chances here, J Smooth lightning rod salesmen | working school and selling charts, such as the so-called new edu- | cation, and prices obtained for such ————————— i — 1nformation for School Doards, are boards | the same thing as the one that $7.50. Prices are governed by greenness of the school board. payments or drafts for getting signa- tures run high in most The cost of charts to salesmen averages from $3 to $4 per set, been sold at retall for less than | per set. In 10,000 set lots such are made for §2 per set. ————————— A pays Cases, Death at Zion John Shaffer, who was one of Zion's oldest citizens, died at that Tuesday last after a prolonged i from paralysis place on He was about 82 years i of age. day morning at Zion. children survive: gart, Rebersburg; Mrs. Benjamin Gent- zel, Spring towhsbip; Mrs. John Kaufl- man, Zion, and Harvey Shailer, Belle fonte. The Mrs. Newton A The Grabworm in Mes. The grubworm pest has again made its appearance in the Miles township cornfields and the application of salt does not operate against this insect, as was supposed, and we are so informed by Mr. Geo. B. Haines, of Rebersburg. Last year this worm destroyed nearly the entire corn crop in Brush valley. Fire Insurance, The Farmers’ Mut, Fire Ins, Co, held ils quarterly meeting of directors at Runkle’'s hotel, on Tuesday. Some $60,000 in risks were taken. The loss es of Jacob Bottorf on his farmhouse and of his son on contents, were ad- justed and paid, Mr. Bottorf $1028, and his son's $437. No assessment will be made, —————— Co —————— Grange Festival, The fesitval held on Saturday even. ing by the Grangers, in Grange Arca- dia, was well patronized by the peo- ple of the town and surrounding com- munity, and from a financial stand- point, as well as a social, it was a com- plete success, The Grangers netted a neat sum through their efforts, i so Sold Onions for Lily Bulbs, A swindler has been making a bar- rel of money in Tioga county this spring selling Bermuda onions for lily bulbs. His customers were mostly la- dies who did not know the diflerence until the unions began to sprout after they had been planted. Little Girl Hart. A 4-year old daughter of William Smith, of Potters Mills, staying with her grand-mother Bmith at Centrehill, while in the barn, accidentally fall down a flight of stairs, thereby taining a fracture of the wrist, TE el Committed Saicide, Samuel Eogle, a farmer living near Salem, Snyder county, committed sui- cide by hanging himself in his barn last Tuesday morning. Tho cause for committing the rash act is not known, years old, The child may die. What Bellefonte Has to Ralse, The public spirited part of Bellefonte | has a financial task awaiting them | which they are heroically endeavoring | to meet. To keep the Seale Works | from going elsewhere, it will be neces- sary to raise a bonus of $10,000, For the County Centennial the citizens may have to raise from $3500 to $5000, For the Curtin monument some $5000 | will be contributed by the citizens. This will be a heavy load, coming as it does all at one time. They are en- deavoring to meet it all, and we think they will. A liberal minded citizen if all did their share, but there are so | the works of others, This is truly said | by our friend, but such folks are found everywhere. In our own town this | has been so. What was for the general | good, had to be shouldered by a few. | Centre Hall, Messrs. Durst, Keller, | Wolf, Kurtz, and a few others, had to | bear the burden, and met the bitter op- | position of some who, strange to say, | opposed having a railroad. But thus i it will ever be. a—————— Childrens’ Day Services, Next Sunday the Presbyterian and | Reformed Sunday schools will observe Childrens’ Day, in their respective churches this place. They have the at been making preparations for Of= casion, and will render suitable and in- | teresting programs, consisting of mu- recitations, Prof. Ed. Crawford and Mr. J. Smith, so well known and highly appreciated for their musical ability, will assist at each service, | sie, responsive reading, { eto. | F. which wiil add greatly to the interest and success, The Presbyterian service will be held 3 { at 10 a. m. and the Reformed at 7:30 p. { I. aa aenmc— Vrvohibition Convention For the benefit of all wiah- | ing to be in Chicago during Na- Prohibition the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will | sell round-trip tickets to Chicago rate of one fare for the round Tickets to be sold and good persons the i tional Convention, at trip. g oing June | 25 and 26, and returning, after proper of the leaving Chi- A fee wil validation by the Joint Agent { terminal lines at Chicago, ! i cago to June 29, inclusive, of twenty-five cents for each ticket i Agent tickets are validated for return passage, i be collected by the Joint when | juneld-2L, AB A ——— inscrance Companies on Their Gaard | Some of the fire insurance agencies ling their iil all i policies in the upper part of Bald Ea- | in Bellefonte are cance gle valley where there have been so many barns burned the past season | that point to the desperate work of in- than five fires in that section, and the com- | panies don’t care to take their risks. i cendiaries. There were no less i applieation through some of its best | citizens to be included within the lim- { its of the Centre Hall company but the { officials wisely refused for the above { reasons. ancient Death of Young Man Jacob MceCool died a Oscar at the Wednesday morning at about nine o'clock. He had been ill for about three weeks from yellow jaundice. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Me- years, He was unmarried and his home with his parents. The neral will take place on morning. the cemetery at Georges Valley. aon An Odd Patient, The Williamsport hospital who was struck by a Beech Creek press train, while walking on a bridge spanning Lycoming creek, Friday | morning, and perhaps fatally injured. | When the engineer sounded a warning | blast, the lad lowered his head and ran towards the engine. As yet he has been unable to tell his name or where he is from. > Will Pay no Bounties, Juniata county commissioners decid ed that after the 20th of the present month they would pay no bounties for fox, mink, wild cat or other scalps, for the reason that the last scalp law pass- ed by the legislature has been held to be unconstitutional by some of the courts of the state because of the de fective title to the act. —— Date for the County Fair, The Bellefonte Driving Association is making arrangements for its first meet, which will be held on July 25th aod 26th, ‘daring the Centennial. Prizes to the amount of §1,660 are to be put up and some of the races are down as low as the 2.18 class, 80 it will be seen that the gentlemen propose briog- ing a lot of fast horses for the speed ls at their first meet, Eleotrie Light for Millheim, The Millheim knitting factory will be partly lit-up by electricity, having secured the dynamo used in the Re porter office. The firm contemplates adding a dynamo of capacity sufMoient to supply Millheim with electric light- ing if the requisite encouragement is found, as the factory engine has suffi. He was aged about 70 years. Bite Fixed for the Coartin Monument. Governor Hastings, with the coms mittee on location of the Centre coun- ty soldiers’ monument and Curtin me- morial, met on Monday, and marked centre of the Public Bquare The ground will be dedicated July 25, the first day of the county centen- will be invited ex-Giovernor | Pattison, deputations of the Pennsyl- vania Reserves, the Soldiers’ Orphans’ HBixteeners' R. The orator to make the dedicatory address has not yet been selected, but { he will be a man who was intimately | connected with ex-Governor Curtin. a it Last of Her Family, Miss Nancy Sparr died at her home at the old family homestead about two miles from Boalsburg on Tuesday even- | Sparr was an aged maiden | was taken ill last week diately after the death Margaret whose death lady, almost of occurred last week and was noted in these columns, about 6 Migs Bparr was aged 7 years, She was the last surviving member of her family. There were twelve ren in the family, all the parents are dead, of whom with be held at Boalsburg on Friday morn- in or 5 —————— SA A———— Mast Appoat Deteolives, Rtate Forestry Commissioner rock has decided to briog proceedings against all county commissioners who to and causing the ands. Deputy At- Dr. Rothrock that the commissioners who disregard refuse to comply with his request ferret out ’ iy ol appoint detectives to ppoin prosecute those guil 1 i burning of timber torney Elkin adyises his request are guilty of misdemeanor $4 ti ai ial f f cute the ficial upon information furnished the forestry hi agenls, a “- At a meeting of the Potter township the and it is the duty of the district attorney to prose offending of by commissioner, or Teachers Elected, hool board last week, ted: Earlytown, : Centre Hill, Ber- Pine Btumj fad following teachers were le ellen Ba tholowmi H Bartl tha Duck; Plam. Grove, £ y, Thomas Moore; D. K. Keller; Manor, K. Egg Hill, D. R. Pine Grove, J. B. SBtrohm; ters Mills, Grammar, M. A. SBankey: Potters Mills Primary, Stephen Smith; Rock Grove, Jonas Smith, Gap, Florence Smith; Loop, Fortney; Tusseysink, John J. C. G. Spicher; ble. Bo pt D. Foreman; man: Fleisher's ds J Bpang- Cold 3 *. ler; Tusseyville, Spring, J. R. Bi tl Wheat Makes Another Jump. heat prices shot up 3 lo 5) cents ne per bushel on Monday from a move of i a ¥ 5 speculation, owing to the discouraging + crop reports which continued to flow | into the exchanges from all sections This made a about 14 cents per bushel of the spring wheat belt, inl rise of to from the recent lowest prices for wheat the advance in which has been follow- {ed by a sympathetic improvement of | prices of flour. ——— A —] —————————— Want Maney Paid for Fines Enterprising school directors will be | interested in the action of the school has noti- convicted for intoxication. iol a fine of §2 to be so paid. ————— A So Low Fare for the Centennial, roads in the State the extraordinary low rate of one fare for the round trip to the Centre County centennial. This, in itself, assures a tremendous crowd for July 25 and 26, A oly Church Appointments, Presbyterian church: Services at Centre Hall, Sabbath school at 89a. m., Children’s Day exercises at 10 a. m,, Y.P.B.C. E.at 6:30 p. m., prayer meeting every Wedneaday at 7:30 p. m. Preaching at Spring Mills at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Rearick’s appointments, Bun day, June 24: Centrehall 10 a. m. ; Sp. Mills £ p. m, ; Tusseyville 7 p. m. > May Recall the Letter, Postmaster General Bmith has amended the postal regulations so as to permit the sender of a registered letter to recall it after it has been dis. patched. Heretofore the rule has been that such a letter could not be recalied without the consent of the person ad- dressed, Pald the Claim, The Union Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, has paid the claim, with costs of John F. Potter, for hisson who was murdered in Potter county. It amounted, with costs, to over $2,000 The case was in litigation several lent power for that purpose, /4 FREE PICTURES EVERY WEEK, The Most Magnificent Series of Plotures Ever Distributed, The appreciation of the recent tures given free to readers of the great “Philadelphia Bunday Press’ has duced the management of that paper to announce that a beautiful picture Press'’ “Philadelphia Bunday every Sunday. The assurance is also given that this series of pictures will be the most magnificent ever distributed. highest class of artists, The picture for next Sunday, June 24, will be a decided novelty, It will be 14x20 inches in size and its promi- : nent feature will be a reproduction Percy Moran's water “The Ideal Bummer Girl.” body knows Moran and his girls, so that this be immensely popuiar, It will of farnous color, Every - added value by the fact that in corner will appear an artistic calendar { for July, something that everybody {| will prize, It will well to next Sunday's ‘Press’ early, i oe ——— i a New Pest for Farmers A small white grub has made its ap- | Dubois at Dubois, and is killing the | the pest can only be stopped by plow ing up the land. says the worm is working with | rapidity that in a short time the hun brown, bate, and sere as a pennyroya { is forthcoming. GARE SRR IRR I NIRS RREP ow oe Ba Goods for Spring and Summer SIE i WA WS er BH ee wala ale Ba co We have adde -. Fa » 2.8 - - :s large new ine GRAD 2.8.0.0.0.8 TT —_—””—_ wee en i a el. pn ow Pee AEM XB x . “ - a. WE ee 4 eR I — . pa Selle % A WB.0 8H ol 4 wieaw w CC we SPRING MILLS. $e 7. 8 ww tat Aart ow ele Cs i) a fee OVO AT BRACHBILL'S. BELLEFONTE, WT WW WV BVD BBW T9090 N NNN DDNDVUN Extension Tables, Rockers, Springs, JOHN SMITH & BRO., ela eTe ya. CN 0.0.0.8. .8. 8.0.0.9 9 an 2 & wv NR AN RY NARRATE Gable & Co., ALTOONA. ph He ¥ » pd BANS aN a Me - », i wa « KD - « ww Uncle Sam’s ne i is RE — RRNA i Postoffice WW BY Bee ee a AT Be LR 5 BRINGS : The | Daylight NE RE NE AAA sw we WT WW ww a va at eRe a . FX - Remember we i: Ra prepay all to hh charges on Dry Goods points within 109 miles of Al- ae a toona, and sell you good goods HATE TE BR at lowest prices besides. To GABLE & CO., ALTOONA, Yat i ] 3 4 PA. x Ve 5 a | Every Ball OF OUR BINDER TWINE * Bears the Factory Ticket. Don’t buy rades of twine » » G. H. LONG. Spring Mills, - - Pa. a9 N90 / Come and see before they get away from you. “90D VDODDVDVRRHVLVDYD PA. WWW WWW WW WW NO Mattresses, ete., will be sold at a ~~ SPRING MILLS
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