VOL. LXXIV. i. ISTORICAL NOTES. By MR. J. D.MTURRAY. the most convenient school house the children of Centre Hall had, stood a short distance east of where Samuel Bruss now It was called Mount Liberty. The childrep who went from Centre Hall to Mount ta school were about six in number, namely: John lives, Harpster, } is gons and had no children to send to schino years, This was the first year of the county superintendency, and a man by the name of Gipson was the first chosen. He was a Presbyterian minister: a man who had the reputation of being very well educated, about fifty years of uge, but he was a very poor pulpit orator, having an impediment in his speech. From all accounts Mr. Gipson performed the duties of his office very well, and perhaps there was no other man who could have been selected, who would have done better. He was the first to fill that position and dil not have the advantage of the experience of a predecessor, time one of the school directors on the south side of Potter township and it devolved upon him to find a teacher for Grove school. He engaged a man for Mount Liberty school by the name of Price. He was an old man, full of experience in his profession, and a fluent and eusy talker. It was at once seen that Mr. Price had met with the favor of Mr. Witmer. Knowing Mr. Witmer's credutous disposition, many persons preyed upon his eredulity either for profit or jokingly, but mostly for gain. Mr. Price opened his school; the first school the few eitis nire Hall had any in- terest in. The majority of the school was made wu, | Liven from the sur- rounding country, and yet it was only a small school. particularly bad name; there had not been much trouble in gover ning it. appears that the school had been taught a few years previous to this by young Lioys did not have courage enough to make any great effort to subdue this boy. Ing around his father’s stable, and when he came to the door he put his io- itials on it in large letters, “B. F. M.” Iu a few days John Harpster with another boy walked around to this stable and noticing the three large letters: the boy was ever after that called Bolover, a nick name he carried sll the time he lived in this village, and when he left for a time, was married and then came back to reside here he was Bolover as before, and if we have occasion to mention his name while writing up the history of this school it will always appear by the assumed name of Bolover. John Harpster was the next older brother to Jacob Harpster, who left this town for Montana about six or seven years ago, he being one of the very John Harpster was a bright boy and much inclin- ed to study; be managed to get to College at Gettysburg and was there when the war broke out. He left College and went to the war: after the over he contioued his collige cc urse sr d after graduation look a re gular course in Theology avd became a very He was a five orator and did not prese thought it was his duty to He was there either first settlers of this place. popular Lutheran minister, oug i ti it 14) 3 the wantiry; be become a missionary an hurch sent him to Tadia, five or « came vac to this o mintry and soon received a While was madea D. D ven Years Lis state of Ohio, in Ohio & in the the & iy this time he married a lady from his native state a church in one of the larger eit church conferred upon him a ds ie 21 AD e he was pretly well advanced in life: fos and they remained in Ohio a it to Ine present time he and his wif arn w years, when he again decided to do mission Lie is still doing a good work. At the : making a tour of the contivent and will visit fo Tudia. It was now drawing towards winter and the longest sch sisted of but four month Mr Mount Liberty on Mao chosen teacher, on the chair behind his ary work and was se; #, where a this place before they re ol ferm ice that school would open at Mr. Price, his sk, When Monday came the six towards Mount Liberty to meet their bs A con- [ie i Lt if reap 8, ye ALILIED last week of November, with fos : fav i ay, the % » pupiis were seen wending their way gray-haired teacher, Mr. Price, who was His gray bair stood on end: he vigor o y intelligent looking man, nan and possessed all the life and avery Was a i ®perin- Mr. Gipson f manhood, and when he was examined by the first county tendent, Mr, Gipson, be passed a very creditable examination. told Mr. Witmer that he held the This was another bright jewel in Mr, Wi great pride in saving, in the whole towns inclined to t} Ina newly & spasn that was wi tel, oftentines {i t ale the law allowed him to issue. to take Lest certifi timer's crown and he seemed ff 1» Lg $x i ¥ or 5 $f ¢ € Lave Do mens M ated man, ¢, Petry, to call upon it this time acting under wriy Mount Liberty, " Lis We Vit was deseiviog of a great deal of credit for the fnterest he was taking in t sehioods; be had vo one to send, neither Lad we, but we were too much inclived to judge all men alike. We felt some ic- terest in schools knowing very well that they were of great value and ought to be encouraged but we could vot understand how a person could take so great an interest in something in which be had no apparent direct or indirect inter. est or claims. What he wished to secure we did not know; that he could be actuated by any mercenary object that might be in view was not possible, for there was no pay in it. He visited the sehool more frequently than directors generally do and always came home with the same old story, that Mr, Price was getting along so well and had good order; at one time he said io speaking of the good conduct: “Why, even Bolover is behaving himself better than he ever before did at school.” We had to hear so much about this school that it became to us a trite theme, We now came to the conclusion that for our own satisfaction, we would £2 to work on the case and try, if possible, to ferret out the cause, if any, of Mr. Witmer manifesting so much concern about this school, We did not do in this case as Mahomet did when he was studying out his new and untried religion. He shut himself up in a case and abstained from food for many days at a time, in order to become oblivious of all the world around him. He was successful as a solitary student and did pot fail to establish some kind of reli gion of which he bas thousands of followers today. Our case nct being a desperate one we concluded that a casual thougist, perhaps even miogled with some other thoughts of more or less importance might bring the proper answer. But in order to come to a conclusion we must in this case do as the lawyer does when hie has a witness before him; he wiil ask the witness many questions that an observer might think would have no bearing on the case at all, but when he begins to sum up we find every question and answer did have something to do with the case. So in this case, we must call your attention to something that apparently has nothing to do with the subject we are discussing. As lias been mentioned, Mr. Witmer was the oldest citizen in the place and there was not at that time any other man here who was worth one thous snd dollars. Mr. Witmer was a man who took great pride in having a good selection of sual fruit, and bad spent much time, labor and money on his fruit patch and it was just beginning to bear fine specimens of carefully select ed fruit of all kinds, except apples, not Liaving been here long enough for them to bear, He was not a stingy man, snd nothing afforded him more pleasure than to pick the finest specimen (o send to the sick or give to his friends. But Le bad great trouble with the piifering boys, and it appears Bol. over was the ringleader in all the depredations committed against him. He would tell the boys to wait until the fruit was ripe aud he would divide with them and this be did as the fruit ripened and iu that way sometimes effected a compromise with the boys, sent 1 i 4 ¥ gil 83 y pe , Hohe Penn's Cave, Bundayed with the fam-|list of war taxes which spent Hers, TRIBUTE TO SENATOR HEINLE Nominuted for President Pro Tem of the Senitte by His Party Caucus, | In nominating Senator Heinle, | Centre county, as the { nominee for president pro tem. of the | senate, Senator Wentz, of Moutgom- tery, paid a merited tribute to a fait! ful democrat and able senator, tor Wentz said: Mr. President—I take pleasure in compliance with the request the { democratic caucus to place in nowina- | tion for the ofMice of president pro tem § of j of this senate the name of one of our {most distinguished fellow members, { During his senatorial career, which : i i honored our party by recognizing his sterling qualities as a mau und a dens ocrat. He for that is good and true in politics as stands io other walks of life and and I feel that every member of our parts to up pi {this occasion for the Hon. William C. stands everything } | will regurd it an especial honor be | granted the privilege of voting i Heinle, of Centre, whose name? | office of president pro tem. of | body. this VARIETY 71 Mc coy ESTS OF WHEAT. | The Effect of Late a i £ rep (tion, Pennsylvanis State College, | { the varieties of wheat vary greatly; | { that the bearded varieties give tlie] | largest yield of bodh wheat and straw. | and that the measured bushel of beard { ed wheat is heavier than the beardless | These conclusions are somewhat eon. | trary to the general belief in reference | ito the productiveness of the bearded {| and beardless varieties of wheat. | Another Important (rived atin the experiments mentioned. conclusion ar. {is that the Ixardless varieties were in- jured more by the Hessian fly than the bearded chafl varieties, | An attempt was also made to discov. er the for micst favorable time § wheat, but the seasons varied so muel . SOWIDE that the most advantsgeous period for sowing could not be determined upon. 3 : Oy The late sowing, however, fn series ected the fly | than the early sowing, but the difter. i of years, was less eff euce in stand obtained by early sow ing fr i iently largely overbalageed the difference in fly destruction. The writer can say from personal ob that wheat asd servation “Own as late by fly, but not nearly to as larg: a per ieent, as the sowing accomplished Hep tember 1, yet the stand of the late sow. ing is far superior to thal of the early yield of wheat with reference ty ats sowing, For sriond ap Years, wheal sown from Se ple ber 1 i to 10, has yielded about the best i Encampment and Exhibition i The coming Encampment and Ex- hibition of the Patrous of Husbandry | to be held at Centre Hall Sept. 14 to] 20, will be made more attractive than | any held heretofore. It is the pur | pose of the committee, as has been in the past, not to permit any thing ofa disreputable character on the grounds over which they have control. There are enough opportunities given else. where outside of Centre Hall to fleece the inncent, and since the principles of the grange are in direct opposition to permitling any questionable per formance or methods, the committee isonly doiog its duty towards the or ganization which it represents by allowing only such on the grounds whose presence would be permissible any where, ————— A Hotel Guests, . The following is a partial list of the guests at the Centre Hall hotel during the past week, James W. Runkie, pro-{ rietor: Phare C, Karp, iewistown; Helen Sterrg’, Milroy; E. H, Kieh', Williamsport; A, Winifred Wieland, Freda Hess, J, Mitchél Garbrick, Lin. fen Hall; Harry A. Brown, H, L. Davison, Mi. rov: W.M.K. Kamp, EF. MeClintie, T;rone: W. W. Smith, State College; J. I. Oends, Sprirg Mills; George Steward, Millheim; Mullin Wayne, Pittsburg; Dr. Smith and wife, Eligabetl:, 111; A. A Hidrath F, C. James aud wife, Harrisburg; L. V, Burkholder, Chicago; Miss B, Jacobs, Belle foute; J, M. Barr and wife, Newport; George W, Howard, Shamokin; David Dale, Lemont; A, R, MaoNisg, D, 8, MeNit, Siglerville; ¥, N. Reber, Lewisburg; James Hl. Perry, Philadelphia; Jiw, lo Winters, New Berlin; J. M, Stonebraker, Coburn; G. J, Koush, Mifllinburg; Ed, Mowery, Spring Mills; H, W. Orwig, Huartleton: Hany Fratley, Altoona; W. H, Troxel, Bhamokin Frank Sherman, Hazleton; John C, Morris, Re bersburg: Charles Kyle and lady, Milroy; Ralph H, Taylor, Mary M, Bmith, Reed: ville, : I A The Xasth for 50 Cents. No, but Smith's one dollar per dozen nets, (regular price $2.50) is n nzs for any one who wants ph tures, For a limited time only. force July 1, sud are no longer exacted. ® Uy of Edward Be WW. W. Ssiri, Centre Hall Friday, July 12. : . i STAMP TAXES ABOLISHED, i — — | Onnnot Redeem Less than 82 Worth Stamps, The act of March 2, of 1901, amending effect on Monday, July 1, and will ro | tiove entirely many stamp taxes. The Government has made provi- | them rather thao to try to sell them. | The smallest amount redeemable Is $2. | Furthermore, the claimant must muke an affidavit and file it with internal revenue office of the district, ITEMS REPEALED. Bauk ehiecks, 2 conts. Bond, or obligation by guaran $i. | Certificates of damage, 25 cents. ’ Certilicates of deposit, 2 cents. Certilicates not otherwise specified, i i cents, Charter party, £3 to £10. Chewing £ gun, 4 cents each, £1. Commercial brokers, $20, Drafis the paymeut of money - tents, ai Drafis, sight, orders for £, $8 $63 of money, eign orders for the payment remain taxable, as provided jor Liy sec Ei Ex press receipis, 1 cent. ¢ i wort billsof lading, 10 cents. Domestic T freight bills o lading, remain taxs- ble ut 1 cent, Lusurance t fire d, , fidelity i | $100; marine, nls cent onl ity Hid guarsn- sul ou each sials to $1. : Le Lease, -d © Mauifest for cust yal hous? entry, to $5. Fa Mortgage oon Promissors $1 & 1A ir T 5 fare 1 roprielary mea: a gent. irs & : 'rotest, 25 cents, Pelegr Api tnessages, | it ieph MIE essay Postolice Mone each $100, Warehouse 1 is, 25 cents, A - Burprise Party Tuesday eveniog, July 0th, as Mrs Kate M. { Bsn, of LUrne Potlers Mills, Ie to Lis rUrprised d from a plessure drive seveu Mountains she was beyond expression, upon opening th door of her howe to find about fifiy of } { hi t + her friends ass2mbled to eelebrats i sixiy-sevenit birthday, Bo complet Was the surprise that not until the be- loved friend and wother bad open- tones of violins aud of such a gatherivg enter ber mind, To add Lo Lier surprise, upou euteriug the din- | Ules laden with abundance of ice creas and fruits aud wauy and much appreciated presents, fe : principal one being a baudsome twen- i ty-dollar couch, Afier speudivg a pleasant evening together they Lande | the aged wother good night, wishing | Ler many repetitious of the day cele | brated. Those present were: Dastel Deup aod wife, J. K. Bible and »ife, M HM. Miter nod wite, Win. Mi Uotaios wid wife J. Mi. Cason, wile and two daugbless, J. OU. Sis Vor ahd wile, Safin Amstoony wid wile, Thos. Palmer and wife, Win. Motler acd wile, WB. ¢ Hinde nid wite, Save: Bivie and wife, Ma I¥ MeKiobey, srs. Win MeKinnugy aod dengh | ter, Mrs, Kligs MoCinskey, Mrs Eiiza Beatie, Mrs, Sarah Faust, Mrs Jamies Palier, Mr. we spangier Mrs, Jains Stover, Mics Elite aud Mabel Sapkey, Margeret Evans, Paune Howes inson, Carviioe MoUisskey. Messie. M.A. saik- i: J. H. Bituer, Eiwiu Evaus, Brace Moca 0k, Lloyd smith, Cyrus Uonfer, Charles sid 1 howmas sitter, t= HAA So — Marrhd . Al the Reformed parsonage, Boalsburg, by Rov, A A. Bisck, July 4, Hesokish Hoy, Houser. ville, and Miss Sallie Bonner, Kock View. At the Reformed parsonage, Doalkbutg by 2%, A. A« Black, Lloyd i Smith, «Centre Hil, anid Miss Laura Kites Brown, Lindon Hall, A AP AI Marriage Licenses. Ham Miller, Howard, Kiln E, Bodie, Lomoia, Win, Sayers, Walker, Chrntina Dietz, Howard, John Oeear Tend Linden Hail, Nora Elien Fiory, Tusseyviile, [Harry Wars, Bellefonte, Tetwoon Davis, * Jobn R, Wion. Bel®fonte, Sara E, Johusonbaugh, Bellefonte. VB ako, Sora Nay Nathan, ofc FRAC nA Tr A rg AM Sr ass The Reporter's fores is indebted fo W. H. Dioges for a box of choice rasp- berries. Mr. Dinges Is deveting most of his attention to the growing of it, and Lins a great variety of ber ries 1901. DEATHS Persons WHO lavas Gone to the ie youd i Briel Sketohex MES. LEONARD Mi Mre., Leonard Messner, | Penn Hall, died very suilisnl { home on J uly 4 y al She was ill but fo days, having received a severe paralyt ic stroke. The interment at Green Grove Saturday IL muker, of the | which decenred { cinting. Her | seven yegrs. | Besides the husband, tie a family of | namely : Jacch, State (ol s114d lock ayy Was a miber offi Was ni age about | leaves SEVEeD lege ; John, Jos ji Mrs William, and } Hall: and Matilda, at home, Wagner, vear Penn and Anna fisburyg John RH. » Yslown; Ley Kansas, yr ¥ deceased Emanuel f iBLOw i zeit, West Iowa, William, « irginia; Bev. Charles, Newtown, s «1 ot ¢ » ana iu Home, are sons, Rev, Leitzell 1 i.e Judge decegsed, of Tusseyvilie, ond who Miss Rev. aus well-kne Wile married, § first wile being of |W. W. L atid the Bn daugtiter we, med wiie BUI'YIVes him, was ver. 1 nboutl here by the oid Ww re @ sidents and was held in high es teem. MARY k Jom " =. Johuston died a fers iis, June 27. fi 0 Mrs ind Mary in Pot § hie Mi fete Haug: the fool, afier ya id ed a} ug . i i Was is fie Frederick ale i homestesd FUTY IVE ¥ s friendsi { The morniog. dig 0 funeral | Inter | | PE ceurred Monday ment at Gatvsburg. AA ————— 333.387. Masks, Hawaif, the Indian Territory aed | Rescrvatious sre Incladed io Repurt. The census report issued last Friday at Washington gives the total popula | tion of the United States, including | i : aggregate ure 120. The population of Porto Rien? se- cording to a sumeration made by the War Department, “A3. The population of Cuba, according. to the same Departmept’s report, is 1,672,- Toy. The total population in 18%, which is given in the report as a basis of com parison with the census just con:iplet- ed, was 63,060,756, comprising 62,622, 250 persons in the States and Territo- ries, 32,5602 persons in Alaska, 100,182 Indians and other persons in the In. disu Territory, 145,272 ludians and other persens on Iodian reservations sud 88.990 persons in Hawsil. Rbode Island, the report states, with 407 lubabitants to the square wile in 1900, ik the most densely pop- ulated state in the Union. Massa- ¥ is 853, babitants to the square mile, whi'e New Jersey is third, with 250, snd Connecticut fourth, with 187 inbhab itants to the square mile. Four other states have more than 100 inhabitants to the square mile—New York, with 152 6; Pennsylvania, with 140.1; Mary- land, with 1205, and Ohio, with 102 inhabitants to the square mile, Altes ka bind Sut one person to every ten square miles in 1900, and Nevada only fous or i gauare mile; Aripona 1.1, New i anon A ——— 26, bills. 4 TOWN AND COUNTY HEWS. HAPPENING 3 CF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, gH AN El 4 Bunday’s sun dried many tons of hay, Miss Romie Van Pelt Mo day went pi 5 to Williamsyp There were many visitors at Penn's Cave on the Fourth. Bev. aud Mrs W. H, Schiyler spent { Tuesday of lust week in Aaronsburg A festival will be al the lawn Saturday held on the Reformed ehurch evening, Mr. and Mra, I, Morgan and son Louis, of State ( ollege, were in Ray i town Bunday. ‘he hottest days in the country are more pleasant, than tise ordinary hot day #in the cally, Mrs. Mary Mills, is cpeniding ericks, of Spring «3 i he week with rela- tives in this i § Mrs. Aunie ii} is eC from und Jersey Shore. enahan, of Pollers a visit to Mill 3 £ % i A #2 reflurned J $ i Miss May Rete, of Ridgeway, Pa., | has been the guest of her friend, Miss Bertha Wolf the past week. A Elmer Campbell and Miss Eliz- abeth Davis, of Linden Hall. were vis- itors in Centre Hall last week. Irs i Miss Nellie Leisher, of I is spending several weels with her sis- | ter, Mrs. Bamuel Kaup, at B alsburg. tenovo, J. E. Decker, of Polters Mille, will offer at public sale Saturday, July 27. a house aud: lot on Main street, Miil- heim. Mr. d Mrs. W. W. Boob. of this | piace, Baturday went to Ciueinnati, O,, where an they will - remain for several days, returning Frida ft ¥ of thls week. Notice the change of ads ertisement of Ira C. Korman, implement dealer, bind- provocation. ty you up least Chatunoeey genhouser, of Bar, igs wey arrested : Gv Bie to mountain He was re. Williamsport, who we al that il on his biey- ell pping and son are spend- nds Mr. ! from American Expo ition, and 1 witl 0 Lair Ki NMOhio f ng frie in aud the Werle iy. Mrs. Weber ned ghee Miss M buyler, daughter of will return to : Hail Of Saturday, ween leaching in nsdowne, Pa. ard [ the term i including ‘ » Syracuse, Niagara Falls B04 olher points, sho i $3 ip During this set=isn of Legislature appropriation S30 was fw cured for State College for investigue tobacco Tins appropri- tion was not solicited by the College what regard the an of growers of the Site. ass, Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Smith Monday returned to their home iu Elizabeth, Jo Daviess county, Illinois, They caine together as far as Buffalo, wien Mrs. Smith came to this place and the doctor went ou to New York, Joining her at this place last week. Dr. Bmith ie emoying a good practice, and is muoh pleased with his Illinois home, Prof. Frank J. Meyer, who holds &» very desirable professorship in the And. more High School, just outside Phils delphia, is at his home near Penn Hall, He bas been re-elected to the same po sition, and in September will occupy a 165,000 light stone building now in the course of construction. Last fall while Prof. Meyer was ex rimenting in one of the taboratories tre was a defective flue from which the gna en caped, causing an explosion which the building on fire and totally de- stroyed it, Colonel Samuel L. Stiver, A. M, B. D., Ph. D., of Bunker Hill, Hiinois, arrived in Centre Hall Monday morn. ing to look after the estate of his moth« er, Mrs. Mury Stiver, deceased. Col. Stiver owns and eonducts the Banker Hill Military Academy, an institution recoguized by the state of Illinois for ita ad educational w lege, 1870, and of the Union foal University, N. ¥Y. He
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