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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.