4 — VOL. LXXV. One Branch of a Potter Towoship Family near McoCounell, 111, In the early history of Potter town- ship, in the beginning of the nine- teenth century the name Stamm Was a familiar one in Potter township, this county, since then the great majority of the descendants have migrated else- where, and in a communieation, J. | H. Jordan, of McConnell, Ill, tells of | the descendants of one branch of the] old tree—Adam Stamm, who lived at Tussey Sink and reared a notable fam- ily. “Adam Stamm and his wife (Eliza- beth Keen) lived near Tussey Bink, and reared a family of fourteen child-| ren—five boys and nine girls. (George Stamm the third son and fifth child, is the particular branch mentioned here. George was born at Tussey Sink, July 2, 1808, and in 1832 was married | to Mary Price, a daughter of Jacob Price, of Ceutre county, Pa. The re- sult of this union was nine children— six boys and three girls. Mr. Stamm lived in Centre county | until 1842, when he bought a farm | near McAlevy's Fort, Huntingdon county, and iv 1854 sold the tract of land and moved about mile west to Rebecca Forge. It was in 1855 that George Stamm emigrated to Berrien county, michi- | gan, taking with him his entire fam-| ily except oue daughter, Catharine, | who was marrie | to E. Musser, and one son, George, who died March 1851, | At that place he lived until Mareh 17, 1856, when he moved to Stephenson | county, Illinois, locating fourt-en miles north of Freeport at Waddams, which lies near McConnell. Here he bought eighty acres of land, and made that spot his home until his death, which occurred April 13, 1871, and was followed to the beyond by his wife in 1889. Now a few lines in reference to the | cation, marriage, ete. of the child- ren of this noted Pennsylvania family. | Elizabeth, 1858, married Jacob Wit- | tenmeyer, now residents of Cedarville, | [llinois, whose family consists of five | sons and two daughters. married Elias Musser in 1853, and are | pow located in Huutingdon county. Children, four sons and three daugh-| same one | Catharine | ters. David married in 1871; three sons | and two daughters, Adam F. married in 1866, no children. Isaac married | in 1873, children, four boys, six giris. David, Adam, and Isaac reside on farms near McConnell. Sarah H. married Charles McNitt in 1865; child ren, four girls, live ou a farm in Dallis | county, Iowa. Johpathan M., married | {n 1879; children, two sons,two daugh- ters: located in McConnell aud engsg- ed in the Merc :ntile business. Jacob | W., married in 1880; children, four daughters, live on a farm near McCone | nell. | David, Adam, Isasc and Jacob, upon | the death of their parents, purchased the old homestead, and divided it among themselves which witty the lands previously ovned by them makes about three hundred snd sixty acres, lying in one square, thus the four brothers lived within haif a mile of each other. Their farm land is worth at least eighty or nivety dollars per acre. Besides this they own lands in Wisconsin and Minnesota and town pr operties. Jacob W. Stamm holds the office of town clerk for the tenth year. Io 1H- pois this is an important office. Jona- than M. also held the same office for several years. Adam F. has been com- missioner of highways, and for two terms assessor. The family is promi- pently identified with the United Brethren church. —— SY AAAS LOCALS, D. A. Boozer will until October 1 sell for cash harness, whips, blankets, robes collars, and all goods in stock, at a reduction of 20 per cent. from former prices. At a meeting of the Milesburg Sehool Board last week Miss Madge Orris, of Central City, was elected teacher of the intermediate school, in room of Miss Nina McCloskey, who resigned to accept a position as teacher of the Grammar school in Patton. Simon P. Moyer and daughter Mamie, of Womelsdorf, Berks county, are the guests of D. J. Meyer and family. Mr. Moyer, about eighteen years ago, was engaged in the lumber business in the vicinity of Centre Hall, and cut the timber off the Coburn tract, which is now the M. M. Decker farm. Mr. Moyer is at present en- gaged in the manufacture of cigar boxes, on a large scale. The Philadelphia Press figures that the Twenty-first Congressional district composed of Centre, Clearfield, Camer, on and McKean counties, gave Presi. dent McKinley a majority of 5,083 votes, and that in 1801, for state treasurer, it gave a Democratic ma- jority of 805. The Republicans are much aroused over the prospects of the Democrats being successful in sup- IMPERIALISM AND EDUCATION, Money Spent for Higher Education Com- pared with that Spent for Army and Navy. The cost of imperialism, as it affects great educational interests, is figured out by ‘Harper's Weekly.” Referring to the necessity of maintaining a large army in the Philippines, it points out that the maintenance, of a regiment of maintenance of a great university like Columbia. Extending its researches farther, the ‘Weekly’ says: Nine thousand men on garrison du- ty in the Philippines, making no al- lowance for campaigns, use up as much in New Eogland and the Middle states combined, including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, When the promised reduction made we shall bave brought home 52,000 men from our is years. That means a saving two and a half times as great as the cost of maintaining all the universities and in the United States, and great as the combined colleges ers in the country. This is on the supposition that we pines with an army of 158,000 men which is twice the size of the regular army of the United States a few years ago, before imperialism took possess- jon of the government. Further says “tue journal of civilization’: “We are uot a military people, aud we think It may surprise some of us much for two military objects was ten to the university.” de ——— /y YOUNG MEN AT STATE, Professor at that [ostitution Centre Hall is well represented at Miles Aroey, who led the class of 1901, and is now The students from Centre Hall snd are as fol ws P. Hoffer Dale, Centre Hall, "93, Bi- iogical. WwW. R. Musser, Millheim, '84, civil Hamill Bathgate, Lemont, 04, elec jeml, Paul Murray, rieal. Claude K. Stahl, Centre ining engiveering. Centre Hall, '85, elee- Hall, 98, — cml The Tenant Farmer, The tenant farmer first made bis ap- pearance io this country in the census of twenty years ago, when it was found that one-quarter of the farms in the country were worked by tenants, or 25 5 per cent. Iu the last census— 1002—a little over one-third are in the hands of tenants, or 35 3 per cent. [his steady increase is evidently to go on uptil as large a portion of the land in this country is held by tenants as in any other. A number of farms operated by owners only increased one- quarter in the past twenly years. Those held by cash tenants increased one and one-third, and tenants on shares 81 per cent. This change has taken place in part in the South, where it marks the ad- vance of the negro, but in the broad line of fertile land which stretches from this State to Iowa there has been for twenty years a steady movement of farmers from the country into the town, where they live on the rent of their farms, If lighter taxation were to be im- posed on land which a man owns and cultivates with his hand than on a ten- ant farm the State would be doing its share to prevent a change not to its advantage. Every change from the farmer who cultivates the land he owns to the tenant who cultivates the jand some one else owns is to the loes of the State, and needs to be prevented by all legitimate means, ———— I AY AAA, Uamp Notes, There are more tenters on the ground than for several years past. The exhibits are of a better class than heretofore, The fruit exhibit was decidedly fine. The names of exhibitors will be given next week, Splendid order was observed during the entire week. ————————— AM SA. Witmer, alittle son of Mrs. Emma planting Republican Congressmen. P. Wilson, of Bellefonte, is ill with scarlet fever, 4 HALL, PA. THU PENNYPACKER SELF CONDEMNED, Autocratic Head of the Odious Machine Has Put Forth a Candidate Who is the Boss’ Very Own, The light has been turned on and the people of Pennsylvania may now know the plain truth concerning Mr. Quay's latest fair-minded and patriotic citizen, no matter what his partisan or factional views, can read the remarkable story confidence game. given In our news columns without surprise, indignation and shame. Here is calmly presented the cold facts that show Samuel W. Pennypacker to be utterly unworthy the confidence and support of the people of the great state he has so deeply discredited. no successful defense can be made. It 1s shown, beyond all doubt, that again the autocratic head of the odious ma chine has put forth a candidate for governor who is the boss’ very own It must be clear to every if this masquerading pretender would thus serve his would-be master before and after election as a candidate, if elected he would be under hig abso lute and degraded control. If this Is done in the green tree, done in the dry? what would be represents personal and family honor, professional and official probity, ele vated public spirit, the case becomes all the standpoint of the good citizen who ab hors the ways of political outlaws. It more enigmatical from the is pertinently asked, how could a man {mbued with right ideas, enamored of pure ideals, of ‘he honor of the commonwealth, de and desirous maintaining liberately ostentatiously the public apologist for and defender and eulogist of Quayism and all that it stands for, and this, too, while hold ing a place supposed to be wholly re moved from the influence of polities? Ex-Judge Pennypacker not only & none of the multiplied and mountain ous sins of Quayism; he even has the audacity to speak admiringly of him as “Pennsylvania's most distinguished one who has served his country well” What a monstrous injustice to the long historic line of eminent publicists and pure patriots, from Benjamin Frank- lin to “Pig Iron” Kelley and the in- trepid Randall, not one of whom would have been guilty of any of the mani fold offenses against civic righte ness which have darkened the career THE. of this political free-booter during the past 30 years. insult to the and virtue of the people of Pennsyl vania never was put forth. It should and will be resented at every fireside where there is abiding reverence for truth, pat-iotism and justice. The machine candidate stands hope lessly self-condemned. According to his own words and acts, Pennypacker- {sm and Quayism mean one and the same thing. Thus the supreme lssue is presented... A vote for Pennypacker will justly be taken as meaning a vote of unqualified endorsement of Quay- {sm., a declaration for its indefinite continuance in state, municipal and focal government In Pennsylvania fhere is no escape from this conclu sion. intelligence, patriotism —— A TATA, Colyer. Mrs. Eve SBtrohm and Miss Jennie Bodtorf, of Tusseyville, visited at Cals vin Bodtorf's on Wednesday. Miss Myra Moyer and niece Miss Myra Rockey spent several days at the home of the former's brother Wm. Moyer, of Milroy. Miss Budie Bodtorf returned home after spending the summer at George Lee's. Mrs. W. Alfred Reiber, of Johns town, returned home, after spending some time visiting at Centre Hall, Col- yer and other places. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thall, of Belle- fonte, spent Bunday with Mrs. Thall's mother, Mrs. Holderman. Mr. and Mrs. John Spangler, of Tusseyville, spent Bunday at J. H. Moyer’s. Quite as number of people attended Grange plenic. J. 8. Housman transacted business st Bellefonte Thursday. Mrs. Della Broom and children, of Milesburg, visited her mother Mrs, spent Sunday home. Miss Nannie Meiss was in Bellefonte Monday. Mr. and Mm. James Runkle, of Tusseyville, spent Sunday at the home of thelr son James Runkle, RSDAY. SEPTEMBEI — ~~ LEAKS ON THE ean WN Farming Could be Made Pay Wasting Less, Betier by One of the chief reasons why farm- ing does not pay better that too much wasted—fruit, grain, hay, straw, fertilizers, and everything pro- { duced on het farm, is, in many cases, recklessly handled. The one item of fruit represents a large amount of money, fully one- third of which is wasted on the aver- age farm in this As proof of this au instaoce is cited where apples were put to their best use and turned into money by Wm. Goodhart, of pear Spring Mills. The refuse apples, those not fit for storing for winter use last season, net- | ted that gentleman the sum of | eighty-five dollars. The apples were is is neighborhood. nice i t {evaporated in a small evaporator, | Eighty-five dollars the | wheat erop of six acres of wheat, yield- represents ing twenty bushels per acre, at seven- ty cents per bushel The cost of grow- ing six acres of wheat is many times 3 18, 1902. TUE FIRST GUN A BLANK, | The Effort to Create Enthusinsm for the | Repub ican Ticket a Dismal Fallure, It wa a blank shot, In hi« brief address on the occasion | of the opening of the Republican meet- ing at Grange Park Tuesday, General | Hastings said Centre county always | got the best of everything, and that | the first official guv the Penny-| packer campaign would be fired in| Penns Valley. It was a blank shot; devoid of the least semblance of thusiasm. Only once or twice there anything like a hearty applause, and that followed the extolling of the | American soldier at Santiago and the i heroic Dewey. confined to Republicans alone, but was | participated in by all, the | American soldier is neither a Re subli- | in a en- was | This applause was not because American Mr. Pennypacker was the first speak - | er introduced, and he opened his re- marks by indirectly referring to the | Pennypacker parrot North American, and said he felt can or 8 Democrat, but an cartoon in ihe the | i more than i i i € the cost of evaporating ighty-five dollar's worth of apples, | yet the average tiller of the soil, year | afte r year permits more money's value | to go to waste in his orchard than be crop he works | while the other is rotting. | can realize on Lhe This season many acres of the finest which if | cured could be pr fitably fed into cat- | | clover will remain uncut, | tle and the soil not lose in fertility | Every season enough corn fodder | wasted on the average farm to feed | from three to ten head of cattle during ! the entire winter, | | contain too much food value to be lav- |ishly wasted for bedding. | of young cattle thrive with no other Thousands | provender than straw and a balanced | ration of grain io localities where in- | tense farming is practiced. | better. osnastlfisove. A > LOCALS. | several days with his son Joho Durst Iron New York, are spending some time with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Duck, of Spring Mills. Charles C. Homan, son of Heory | Homan, bas a clerkship at 357 Lycom- ing Bt, Williamsport. Heretofore he was in 8 feed store at 41 Eldred SL John and | butchering iu their butcher bought out Messrs Samuel Kimport Boalsburg They Bre Altoona and segner snd Ishler. stand in | Ed. J. Wolf, whose marriage Lo Miss | Katherine Crebo took place last Thurs Eureka, Kansas, assistant of the Citizen's National Bank | of that place. D. W. Reynolds, of Reedsville, came hear Pennypacker and his as- sociates talk at Grange Park postmaster at Reedaville and is anxious that the g. o. b. live forever, Mr. and Mrs, Jeff, Shaffer, of Lewis- town, are the guests of Laoson Berris, west of Centre Hall. Mr. Shafler is engaged at the and has plenty of work at living wages | day at in cashier ¢ over to Frost visited many places in the valley Sunday morning, but no damage was done. Monday morning © Jack!’ again put in his appearance, but did no particular harm. Mrs. Cyrus Goss, formerly of this place, is no longer matron at the Chester Springs Orphan's School, but is matron in a similar school at West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. Dr. W. E. Park leaves this, (Thurs. day) morning for Nelson, Tioga Co. where he intends locating, returning about the 15th of Oct. for his family and household goods. Dr. W. E. Park requests all people who have accounts with him to please call and settle before Oct. 15th when the accounts will be placed in the hands of his attorney for collection, It Mrs. Mary P. Jackson, of State Col- lege, Mrs. L. E. Reber, andthe latter's two sons are going to Florida for the winter. The boys will enter a prepari- tory school and Mrs. Reber and her mother are going to enter as special students at the same institution. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lipton, of Kan- sas, passed through Bellefonte on their way to Roland where they will visit friends, says the Daily News. Mr. Lipton wasat one time a resident of Bellefonte, being prothonotary from 1868 to 69. Miss May Lesher, of Northumber- land, is the guest of her former play- mate Miss Mabel Arney. Bhe is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, James Lesher, who were resident of this town some years ago, when Mr, Lesher con- ducted lumber operations in the Beven Mountains. | audience knew him by fof the | speaker then credited to the a comparison The depubli- picture with himself | can party every good dee i performed 1 | under the sun, - - —— teduced Kates 10 Washington For the thirty-sixth XN A BD. C | the Petiusyivania Raliroad Co ations 12 2%, WOO Oetol cam pment, G. be held Washington, er 6 1o 11, Hpany will sell round-trip tickets to Washing- | ton from all poiuls on its iinhes al yr the round trip ip. Leis will be on sale from October to of single fare { inclusive, and good relus until | October 14, By depositing | ticket with the Joint Agent al Wash- ington between October 7 and 14 jnclusive ati | the payment of 50 cents, an extension of the return limit to November 3 may | be obtained. rates and ur For specific mation apply to nearest ticket fp, LOCALS The fis annual convention o Woman » Susqueb : Missionary Sociely a Classis of the Refo church, will be { October 2 and 3 smull and J. held at Aaronsburg, WwW. | berg, were among the Republ ‘cans of | Miles tov {district (Georgy Hacken- whip who repre sented their the Republican meeling i Tuesday. [tmay be noted thal are both residents of Smuilton. they {* There is possibly nothing more dis tasteful to Mr. Strohm, the Republican candidate for the Legislature, to hear | than the oft repeated remark that he with Mr. Gramley should link ans road to lecture on * the ot Prof. J. Frank Meyer. of Penn Hall, Ardmore til {and go on the |p leasures of holding « lice. ”’ will open the school and o¢- cupy that position un of the University of Pe | Mr. Emerson, Mr. Meyer's | at Ardmore, in a hospital | treated for appendicitis. | Renstor Henry Cabot { Massachusetts and Senator Paris Gib- | | son of Montana contribute to the Sep- | tember National strong articles on two | | public problems of the first class, | Senator Lodge takes occassion in his | Natioual article to interpret for the | general understanding the terms of the Philippive civil government bill. the opening ney iVanis, i SUCCESS or! being is Lodge of | he Republicans were pot content with having a Republican representa~ tive like Mr. Allison in Harrisburg. | Mr. Alliscn did not vote for every Re- | publican measure before the House, | and for that reason he was laid aside and James B. Strobhm substituted. Ni one will accuse Mr, Btiohm of wish- ing to vote for anything but Repub- lican measures, and a straight out Re- publican for the United States Senate. The official reports make out tl Boer war to have been a much greater undertaking than has been judged by Americans and English. A parlia- mentary document just made public puts the grand total of British troops sent to South Africa since 1889 at 886,- 081, besides 52,414 men raised in Bouth Africa. The final casualty figures are , Killed 5,774 ; wounded, 28,029 ; died of wounds or disease, 16,168. The European papers attach much more importance to President Roose- velt’s speeches on the trusts than is done in this country. Both the conti pental and English papers assume that he is engaged in a great war against the trusts, which forecasts their destruction. We do not see that the President's speeches have bad any such effect in this country. His anti- trust declamation, very uncertain and indecisive, is set down to politics and campaigning needs. The London Star says the President has “fairly thrown the gauntlet to the giant evil,”’ and that the “whole world will watch with breathless interest,” but it puts {n the saving clause that “the Repub- lican power is built upon the support of the trusts.” That is true, and it is the power to which the President will INGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Opening : chestnut burrs, Attorney N. B. Bpangler started on a business trip to Colorado, HAPPEN District Small pox has caused the opening of the Du Bois schools to be postponed, Owing to the absence of Rev. G. W. Kershner the pulpit of the Reformed Perry Alters, assistant at the Hecla Park station on the Central R. R., is home for the week, will make a good railroad man, and is beginning Perry to master the telegraph instrument. for building the new “tate College has been of com - The contract auditorium at 0., Philadelphia Work will be shurg college Get tn Ope ped with a fifty-seven, and a - Both wees were io- freshn preps sOphiotnore and J nit Class of sratory class of sixty-five, r ci E10 Cregsed LY Dew Ine mbers i + harvestis Farmers about Belleville, Mifflin a fine crop of tinal s oF - d, but complsin about apples ar weather set in, vegetables decaying. Lingle, of Cherokee, g her grandmother Mrs, ¥ 1 i i other relatives is the r. and Mre, Bruce well known here, Senator M. L. wus the scene Wednesday, Mmar- jarbles, supervi- Dig ie ft Of AM Carrie eldest daugin of M WI ure Rie, oof ex-Ntlate Of, Was kK Central railroad, of Rev.J. W, Milroy, is to with that of Gen. +. being the artistic & Autrim, Philadel- ve Siandard Company Beliefor Scale re- the in- dustry was started about ten years ago aud dBUuppiy ate to be moved from te, where While the new location is not definite- supposed the plant sken to Greensburg Enown, iL is iy will be i Ex-Sheriff Condo, of Millheim, was a gaest at the Kyler house, Mill Hall, i we Lock Haven Demo- i% a jolly good fellow ge varus with the best will in the vear future as his permanent week, saves U1 erat. Mr, Us sod © ao al excoa He § oi t 3 locate in Baltimore of them residence, LL Lao of Mt Jersey, is stopping with lark, Ephraim, New D. C. Keller ber up ua car load of ck. Mr, Clark is f the firm of Clark duct a large implement 1 OnE eLOURD ) IB OWS, Bi Lie Huet #1 seo INemr « & MOL, WHO CO The Lewistown Gazette says: Joe, year-old Merchant asilor Anderson, who swallowed a penny when a child, last week went five better by letting a nickel go down his throat, After dieting on crackers for two days and a hail the coin passed from biw, turved to a black wn of baviug color. The borough public schools are closed this week, The Ewvcsmpment bas too many stiraciions for the school ehil- dren not todivert their attention from studies. When school opens Monday those having children under their that they are in he school room, and that they attend regularly. care should see resbyterian church and parsonage as completed Friday of last week. The walk is a five one and adds much 10 the appearance of the surroundings of the church home. Dr. J. F, Alex- ander is the agent for the Ohio lime stone used, and be will be pleased to receive further orders, Mrs. Lillie D. Showers and Mrs. John Bilger, of Pleasant Gap, were callers one day last week. Mrs, Showers advertises public sale of her household goods, ete., Tuesday, Octo- ber 14. After the sale Mrs. Showers will make her home in Altoona, where her son Orrie is employed as a fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad. The young man previous to becoming a fireman was engaged with a cable come pany, and crosred the Atlantic to England, . The vicious attack by the Republican press on Bherifl’ Brungart illustrates the attitude of the Republicans to- ‘ward the Democratic office holder, yet at the same time these organs are ask- ing Democrats to forsake their own candidates and vote for a Republican. The fact of the matter is Sheriff Brun- gart is all right, but his politics, in the minds of the Republicans, is all wrong. The slurs east on Sheriff Brungart are meant for Democrats: in general, and bow in submiwion. should be met with contempt.
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