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