VOL. LXXV. HASTING'S LORDING. John Tells Bill What Will Become of Hast. ings After Election, Bill: John, what can you say for the Republican party this week ? John : I could say a heap, but I've been in consultation, and have been warned to keep ‘mum.’ Bill: Been talking too much, eh ? John: Yep. I have made up my mind that the one man power in Cen- tre county is not the best, Bill: Be candid, and explain, John : You remember of me telling you that Hastings flopped over from the anti Quay side to the Quay side. Bill: That's right, and you added that the first plum Quay shook for Hastings and his gang was the dis- pensing of patronage in Centre county; that telegram, you remember, that took everybody by surprise, and bad to be substantiated by letter afterwards. John: Your recollections are clear. Besides that you remember I told you that he flopped over for what there was in it ; he flopped because he felt it was policy for Mr. Daniel H. Hastings to do so. Bill : He's been cock o’ the walk ever since ; aint you people getting a bit jealous over Dan’s dashing political figures? John: He's our game ; dead as a wackerel € he'll be as THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE, Notes from the Institution Furnished by the Free Lauce, the College Journal, The excavating for the new chapel donated by Chas. M. Schwab, Esq., is finished and the foundation wall is half laid. Bome of the iron work has The in the neighborhood of $140,000, A probability of the near future is Hall. When completed The plans are mod- rn and up to date in every respect Pittsburg sends State College more This year it has twen- York has nine, have, in Bill: When? John: After you know ? sultation. Bill : John : the Who with ? past years, furnished the great bulk of students. This year, however, the north and east are better represented and this ipstitution is becoming more and more a true State College. Penns Valley furnishes a half dozen or more students, two being from Centre Hall. represented by Judge Love, Lawyer Chambers, Secretary of Agriculture John Hamilton, Captain George M. Boal, Bill : © t Jim Strohm ? John: Nope! Not Jim Strohm. Bill: He was always termed a straight-out Republican, wasn’t he ? Sure he was. made a little skirmish for the superin- tendency of public schools of Centre|, county he said the Hastings element would be against him, and he finally This year two hundred and twenty- entered the Freshman lass and fifty-seven were admitted to he Bub-Freshman class, ee ——————— og ——— Baer and Bawer College Trustees, At Tuesday's session of the Eastern George F. Baer, president f the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- wards declared that Mr. Gramley was | ( elected by ‘‘manipulation’” hatched in the private office of Mr. Hastings. le Jobn : That's all true. Mr, Strohm . M. Bower was elected to a similar G. B. Heilman, John Hetz- er and J. H. Hess were named as the we are off the subject. I said I had|8 been in consultation with the straight- out Republicans. Bill: And what did you find out ? John: That Hastings and his handful of followers will be the under dog after the election. Their lording over the Republican party is too much for decent Republicans to stand. Hastings wants to be the whole thing. He selected the whole Republican county ticket; he bossed the demon- strations at the Grangers' picnic and the fair, and at the court house when the Republican rally was held. Bill : There wasn’t much enthusi- asm at those meetings, was there ? John: Well, I guess not. The straight-out Republicans are not apxious to boost the element that did every conceivable dirty trick to lick them in Centre county. They won't even hold to a contract. When Thom p- son was elected as a straight-out Re- d publican assemblyman, Hastings im- 1 “i 8 a I n e t Mercersburg. Continued from Hist column. its bands! Earl ‘uten toadied to Hastings ever since The Bellefonte fought the Republican Tuten was on the stafl”” all the time. The commis ioners have agreed that the Republic n, which paper is under lease to {astings, is to have all the county publican Every sucker on the ticket has greed to boost Dan if they are lected. Billi: You mean all but Mr. John : I guess it’s time for me to go; oes Strohm stand 7 John: Well, you remember that ittle skirmish you spoke of that Mr. but turn him down. Hastings is a|( traitor; he's for Hastings first and last and all the time, Bill: Hastings. Waso’t there a compro mise made whereby Hastings was to be bods of the Republican party in Centre county ? John: Yes and no, You can see Hastings wanted to get back into the Quay camp. He wanted in badly. He told the state leaders that with him at the head of the party the Republicans could swoop everything in sight in Centre county, The state leaders con- sulted the straight-out Republicans and asked whether they could stand the association of a mongrel, and the straight-cuts said he could come in the Centre county camp if be behaved himself. Bill: He got in, I see, and —— Jobn : With both feet, and no soon- er in than he began his old tricks. He declared himself the head of the party; and his Friday Reeder next to the head. He just relieved the rest of the Republicans of all responsibility in polities; made the county ticket to hie own liking; got himself on the state stump, and now he’s blowing a gale at the rate of forty miles an hour, with no perceptible loss to his wind bag. Bill: And he’s got the dispensing of the patronage in Centre cofinty ! John: Did you observe any dispens- ing of patronage since that * dispens- ing '’ telegram was received ? Bill : There are a few appointments to be made; why are they held back ? John: Hastings’ and Reeder's en” dorsement will not amount to shucks —~after the election. Mr. Hastings’ county ticket will be defeated, and down goes Mr. Hastings, and up ) Joes the straight-out Republicans, ast. ings will be dead duck after the elec- tion. “What portion have we in Daniel; now see to thine own house, Daniel.” The straight-out Republie- ans will return to their former leaders, When there is an appointment to be filled the endorsement of a straight- out Republican leader will be required Mark my word, Bill, that's the situ- ation. Bill : That will be a little hard on the fellows who are on the Republican ticket, won't it? John: Berves them right. They deserve nothing but defeat. Just dize them dp! There is Foster! He was put on the ticket for the sole reason #0 that Hastings’ bank would get the Conti nued at foct of next column. | I 1 I He was urged by consci- iramley is an out and out Hastings In order to do so, eld office for several terms, but if he leave matters take their own Bill ; Do you really think that that 8 the reason Mr. Btrohm refused to oint in the contest for the county John: The suggestion made Mr. ii He began to as that with tings’ friends Bill : He made it when he got the mination for assemblyman, didn’t 1e 7 John: Strohm thought so; he Bill ; John : What's the matter? He's a man without a coun- nor is he an original When he took the ngs he sacrificed his straight-out Re- Bill: But he gained Hastings’ John: Do you think so? Not Bill: Gramley ought to feel grate or pulling out of the race John t Hz iiss no use for such a with a cross the square on the ballot Bill: Bo you think BStrohm will not fare better than the rest of the Haustings-seiected Republican count ticket, and that the whole ticket will go under because Hastings Is one too inany for the straight-out Republicans John: You have it right, and add this : Hastings #ill not dispense an patronage whatever; it will be demon- strated on election d that —————— MISSIONARY RALLY, Miss Hawes Tells Her Experience as a Chi. nese Misslonary— Escapes the Boxers, Perhaps the largest and most enthu- siastic missionary meeting ever held in Centre Hall was that of last Bunday evening in the Presbyterian church. All the churches of the town were well represented in the large audience that completely filled the auditorium and lecture room notwithstanding the inclement weather. The choir, assist- ed by Messrs. Crawford and Smith, Mrs. Crawford and Miss Lowrie, led the congregation in singing several grand missionary hymns. Rev. J. F. Bhultz, of the United Evaogelical church, read the 72nd Psalm. Rev. G. W. Kershner, of the Reformed church, made an earnest, fervent prayer. The great attraction, however, was Miss Charlotte E, Hawes, of Wel Hien, China. The fact that she had by a very narrow margin escaped death at the hands of the Boxers and endured many trials during the Chinese rebellion snd that she was going to tell about it doubtless drew many; but she was able to satis- fy the highest expectations, and it can hardly be otherwise than that all went away either with an awakened or in- creased interest in Foreign Missions, For nearly an hour she held the undi- vided attention of all. People who had been thoroughly convinced that all missionary talk is dry were surpris- ed to find how interesting the subject can be made by a skillful speaker, Let not the reader infer that the in- terest was created by omitting the theme proper. On the contrary the address was packed full of the most telling missionary data. From the rhetorical point of view, as well as from that of interest, the address was a real work of art. Miss Hawes show- ed unusual skill in bringing in the Boxer matter, the most attractive part of her address to the unmissionary TAXPAYERS NOTE With Republican Rule Taxes Go Up, With Democratic Rules They Go Down. It has been clearly demonstrated by history that with Republican rule in Centre county taxes have advanced, This is not a matter of opinion or guess work, but history has recorded it to be BO. In 1897 the indebtedness of the coun- ty was $12,812; that was under Demo- cratic rule. Three years of Republican rule followed, and the result was the debt during the first year was increas ed to $17,881; the second year it was $10,177, and the third year it was $5, 252, making a reduction of but a little over one thousand Year, Under Democratic rule the entire debt of eight thousand dollars was wiped out, and today the county stands alone in Central Pennsylvania as being without debt. Thanks to the Demo- cratic board of commissioners, Bat, it will be said, raise the taxes and it is an easy matter to pay debts, That is the way the Republicans man- aged to reduce the debt, Observe: when they came ipto power in 1867 $2.46 was collected from each taxable person. The Republican board in- creased the tax until in 1508 the aver age tax paid by each taxable was and the following year it was 0 dollars for each a4 dy 51, When the debt of the county was paid by the the tax paid by each taxable was in 1890 $2.52 and in 1891, § Democrats, average 0 oh How was the debt paid ? By the practice of economy. Tl f How did Democratic commissioners economize ? 3y doing away with extra clerk hire. 30, 1902. INDEI'ENDENT REPUBLICANS ACT, ihe State Ticket and Senator Helnle's Fine Record, 10 the of the Republican Party in (le arficld and Centre Counties: Having for years supported the poli- cles and candidates of the Republican party we deem it due to ourselves and to those who, like us, cherish the prin- ciples of free government and place the welfare of our State and county above party allegiance to define the purposes of those with whom, as Inde- pendent Republicans, we are acting, aud to set forth the causes which have compelled us in common with thou- sands of Republicans throughout the Btate, to take the position we hold. We urge all those who believe in honesty in the administration of pub- lic aflairs, in the overthrow of bossism and ring rule in State and county, in the election of men whose character as Endorse Voters well as their pledges are a guarantee that if elected they will conscientious- ly labor to overthrow corruption and bribery in public affairs to join with us in this movement. J. E. HARDER, Chairman Union Republican Ci mittee, Clearfield County. » As Chairman of the Unio NO. 43. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Rainy weather Monday, It's up to the voters as to who will governor after Stone be Ira Cottle ' WwW ho died in Milroy Bat. prominent Woodman insurance of $2,000, day, was a and carried an f Vote for Ta a friend of the young men and has always shown re- yior; he is spect for the old: he Is brave and true, Buequehannpa foot was not a half match for the The was University The il 4 Dall lea state College eleven, BCore Mre, Calvin Horner, of near Centre Hall, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Daniel Laflerty, and Mi man, at Alt Horner's sister, Mrs, A 8, MOLI leaving “Cal” to «@ care of things for the time being. he Lock Haven Democrat BAYS A. EE. Patton was in that place, very good humor, and adds i money of the operators price on coal vas inaugurated, 4 re- Williams, west hn can Party of Centre county, nq fiedly endorse the above and earn: request all Independent of Centre county to shos pendence and vole nga } ods and Quayisms until the Quay in the State is comp en. Having knowledge that A ton, Republican Senator of this candidate District d | tepublicans paid $700.00 for clerk hire ; ibe Democratic commissioners | paid §10.00 for clerk hire. | aid | the county debt and keep it out of deb ti by being economical when delivering | election blanks, ete. The Democratic commissioners i mind, so as to gratify a normal curios- ity and hold the attention and yet 80 | as pot to obscure the missionary fea-| ture. The most thrilling incidents | were used as hammers to drive in gos. | pel nails. If the church everywhere | could hear her, much would be done! to dispel the awful apathy existing | even among Christians in regard to | obeying the great commission of the | Head of the church. | Miss Hawes in addition to the meet- | ing at Centre Hall addressed a well at- | tended meeting at Spring Mills Satur- | interest in missions, | —————— a Keith's i For the current week an above-the- | average Keith show is indicated by the | list of entertainers announced. Head- | and Jac Tucker, the former one of the | greatest actresses the American stage. Their appearance in * Drift wood,” than which, perhaps, there is on the many little plays that have been provided for the delectation of Keith- ites, It is a piece that provokes laugh- price of admission to Keith's, fp Every four-legged hog is mad at the Watchman, because it made the like- ness of one of them represent the editor of the Gazette. Don’t forget, brother, . — A mn Ml The opening article in the Novem- ber Scribner's, “In the Paths of Im- migration,” is by James B. Connolly, who recently made a trip to Europe for the purpose of making a careful study of a problem that is of constant. ly increasing interest to America. He tells of the way the immigrants are dealt with by the great foreign trans portation companies, whose business it is to deal with the largest possible human cargoes, how they travel on the railroads, how they are fed and housed at the great terminals at Ham burg and Havre, and of the treatment they receive on the long voyage across the Atlantic, ————— AT SIO The object in view in electing Mr. Foster for treasurer is not to further Mr. Foster nearly 80 much as it is Hastings’ banking company, where the funds of the county are to be de- posited. Now what interest have the voters of Centre county in Hastings’ bank that they are bound to vote for his man Friday for county treasurer? None whatever. Mr, Carlin secured his nomination without pledging him- self to any one to extend such person- al favors, and for that reason, if for no other, every voter can support Mr, Carlin knowing that if he is elected he is not hampered in performing the du- ties of his office by bargains of the bascst sort entered into before he could be siated as a candidate. Resent the dictates of Hamings by the full Democratic ticket. en the Quay eamp, routs stump, and n end, Ay J The expenses of | A.V. Miller, the Republican comm iss- | for twenty days blanks was $40.01: the expenses Democratic Commissioner P. H. Mey- er for thirty-one days was $39.56 loner, delivering | i of | and | the expenses of Dauviel Heckman for | twenty-seven days was $33.91. You may look at the expenses of | conducting any branch of the county | affairs you like, the result will be | creased cost if done by Republicans; | decreased cost by Democrats $ i in~i Dol if not, | vote for Meyer and Humpton. i What do you say, Democrats? tte Prof. W. A. Krise bad the misfor-| tone to fall from a ladder while pick- | ing apples in an orchard on his farm | struck on the side with such force as | to fracture a rib. The services of Dr. | Alexander were required to ease the patient, M. M. tondo and son Clyde Mon- | day will go to Darragh, Westmoreland county, to enter the employment of | the Madison Supply Company, a firm | doing a large business. The company conducts a meat market in connection with their business, and it is of that branch of the business the Condos will take charge. The senior Condo will take charge of the retail shop and Clyde will do the slaughtering. Officers of the Boalsburg Lodge No 894 1. O. O. F. were installed recently by D. D. G. M. Glossner, of Howard. After the instsllation, refreshments were served and the evening closed with an enjoyable smoke. At Pine Grove Mills the following officers of the Penns Valley Lodge 2671. O. O F. were installed by P. G. A. G. Arch- ey: N.G, F. W. Graham; V. G., J. Will Kepler; Bec, M. E Heberling; Treas, 8B. GG. Heberling; Representa- tive to Grand Lodge, G. H. Goss; al- ternate, A. J. Tate. > Farmers, don’t be fooled info voting for Mr. Btrohm thiokiog that you are voting for one of your class. Mr. Strohm owns a farm, it is true, but lit- tle of his muscle was ever spent in cul- tivating the soil. He has cultivated the political fleld of Centre county much more thoroughly. The “crops” Mr. Strohm has sown and harvested within recent years have been : Come missioner’s Clerk, County Commis stoner, Census Enumerator ! besides the many “windfalls” from the Re- publican ple counter, He has been & stand-by of the Republican Court of Centre county for appointments! These are the CROPS Mr. Strohm planted and watered and cultivated, between a seven months’ term of pub- lie school ! Mr. Btrohm's opponent, Mr, Kepler, was raised on the farm, takes the fork and plow and works like a Turk dur. ing the whole of the summer months ! Kepler has grown oats, corn, wheat; Strohm has reaped office, office, office, and not content with the returns, Farmers if you want to vote for one and integrity of our present ator, Hon. William CC. Heinle Democratic candidate for re-electi » and bis fine four years’ record risburg, we earnestly advocate al, Republicans to work for Senator Heinle for re-electi ae Sinte Me nator from thi fourth Ne: Nig storial District. ed, H. H. HARSHBERGER. me—————— A A ——— DEATHS WM. ECELEY. bak Wi. Eckley, formerly a resident of Ph Bellefonte, was found dead ila- i iim in Mrs. Wm. Dawson, infirmities of old age. place in Bellefonte Wednesday, E. C. DEITZ. residence at that place afternoon of last week, after a brief ill- aged thirty-seven Dietz was one of an years. Howard's most sions. The deceased is survived by his | wife, four children and aged ! i mother. Ira T. Cottle died at his home in | Milroy, Saturday, after an illness of | about three weeks, from grip. His age | was forty-eight years, seven months. Interment took place Tuesday. The deceased leaves a widow, whose maid- en name was Aunie Alexander, and four children: Carrie, Boyd, Verin and Mary. Mr, Cottle was a tailor by trade, and about twenty years ago did business in this place, living in the house now occupied”by Dr. George Lee. MRS, NANCY MANN, Mrs, Nancy Mann, wife of Robert Mann, of Curtin township, was found dead in bed on Tuesday morning of last week. It was about midnight on Monday when the family retired and a8 a consequence it was late on Tues day morning when her son Robert arose, and it was necessary for him to pass through his mother’s room on his way to the kitchen to make fire, He thought as he saw her lying with her hand under her head that she was sleeping, but afterwards when he went to wake her found that her spirit had taken its flight. Mr. and Mrs, John Moore, Miss Elsie Moore, Mrs. Jerry Smith, Mrs, Samuel Bruss, Mrs. Mary Ross and Mrs. John Q. A. Kennedy, of this place, and Mr. and Mrs. John Bible, of Centre Hill, attended the funeral of Ira Cottle at Milroy on Tuesday, ese] John Weods and Cal. Horner, one night last week, imagined they had treed the "coon that escaped from the 's ‘coon home, A fire was built under a high rock oak tree, and a charge of shot fired in the direction of a partly hidden living creature The result was an opossum dropped of your class, vote for Mr. Kepler for Assembly. dead to the ground. party Friday oldest son , 0 had reached his who de- games, re. ws sir i b Those casion spent a playing AWAY choice had a bath room his residence on Runkle, irser bs of Mr. y pretty and com- The Reporter is also that he is doing a good tombstones and a Chicago nurse, 1,000, the gift rn friend Chicago ULE DON mi di w hie has been lo- She has been Miss Martin S06 Is a Free. n of Leslie 1 «mall ealibre aiher boy in yard, Sunday contained only a powder im- of his face On BAYS © eye wes 1 Attorney Run- Penns Valley i* made of the bout to fin. is not out wen served. noe be an after his exhibition : to rker 41 Joh tes uct dna ers just rece n few political point. headquarters, Bepubli- igs for lording party in Centre t the siroke will para- The dis- age, John says, will revert to { old-time leaders. John ee Btrohm of getting out of the race for county superintend- t on the county ticket. ai iu traight-out fast John says the Th silt RIE Willi I 3 chuke I Ys over th § wanty his political ambition, i1¥ ix i pe fs if DRINg Oi ALTON pe Hi hi BOL sit Lo oe ent to get W. M. Grove, Esq., of near Centre Hill, purchased a fine registered Hol- stein bull, last week. The animal is a year old and was shipped by express. "Squire Grove believes in having good stock, and bas come to the wise con- clusion that the only way to raise good stock is to head his herd with a pure-bred bull. If his example was generally followed the stock in Penns Valley would soon show radical im- provement, No county official could be more obliging than A. Gi. Archey, the pres- ent Register, and candidate for re-elecs tion. He is courteous to all, whether Democrat or Republican, and has never taken a cent more for fees than he was justly entitled to, but it is noth- ing unusual for him to throw off the odd dollars or cents. The office of Register requires au officer of more than ordinary ability—it requires a san of some knowledge of law, Mr, Archey is that man. Mra. J. W. Keller and Mrs, James SBwabb, of Lioden Hall, were brief callers Tuesday, Mrs, Keller may be classed the most successful business woman in Centre county. She has, for a number of years, been doing a splendid and profitable business, and her general store is an ideal one. She is dependent entirely upon her own business capacity, and there is nota salesman on the rond who will not say her judgment in making purchases is ‘wants and buys it when she sees it,
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