VOL. LXXV.
CENTRE HALL
Johu and Bill Depart from Politles for
A Season,
Bill : Hello.
John: Ta, ta ! What are you puck-
ering your mouth about ?
Bill: Centre Hall !
Jobn : Centre Hall ! What about it?
Bill : Centre Hall is all right ; it is
all rigot in all respects; the claim is
made without boasting. Centre Hall
is a first class town,
John: Good class of people, eh ?
Bill : There is not a town in Uncle
Sam's kingdom that has a larger per
cent. of residents who own and occupy
their own homes, or have prettier
homes.
John: The town has a reputation
away from home. I mean a creditable
reputation—a reputation for cleanli-
ness, comfortable homes, and every-
thing in good order, speaking in a
general or definite way.
Bill: The town has a goed school
building, good school teachers; good
churches, and good preachers, too.
John: That's true. A man with a
family, that is if he is a man of any
intelligence whatever, will avoid mov-
ing into a community where there is
no sentiment for education.
Bill: You think education becomes
epidemic in a community,
John: Indeed, it does. The senti-
ment for education in every commu-
pity ought to be cultivated. It will
grow under proper care, and where it |
18 left to itself it will become dwarfed.
Is your school tax heavy, Bill ?
Bill: Not more than might be ex-
ected. But the borough is free of
ebt, and the tax rate can be lowered
next year.
John : A borough the size of Centre
Hall to be without a school debt is, in- |
deed, remarkable, What will the tax
be next year?
Bill: The last bond was paid a few
weeks ago. The tax rate next year
ought not to be over six and one-half
mills,
John : Remarkably low.
Bill: The people of Centre Hall |
are industrious and sober, |
John: That's good. The moral |
tone of a community has much to do
with fashioniog the future generations. |
How about your loesal improvements ? |
Bill: Do you mean water, walks,
streets, light, ete. ?
John : Exactly.
Bill: Water! Centre Hall is fixed
all right in that respect. The plant is |
not altogether complete, but there is|
lenty of water for all purposes and
or power. You will need to travel
reat way until you find a town that
a us well laid 10 walks as this borough. |
You only appreciate walks when you |
go to some town that does not have
them. Itis thesame with the street
lights.
John; Of course, these luxuries add
to the eost of living.
Bill: Yes, but who would be will-
ing to dispense with the side walks or
street lights, or swap the waler plant
on wells and ‘cisterns? No one is
fattening, or even profiting, from these
jmprovements. They cost the people
the actual cost of maintaining them ;
nothing more,
John : Your town would be a good |
point for small industries, wouldn't it?
Bill + It certainly would. People|
own their own homes here, as was |
said before, and such people can al-
ways be relied upon to do right by
their employers. The country sur-|
rounding town is abundantly able to |
support a large population, which
lessens the gost of living and permits
the laborer to make profit ata lower
rate of wages than is required in cen-
ters of population.
Joho : Your srgument
Small mavufscturing establishments |
could find no better location than Cen- |
tre Hall.
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LOCALS,
Mrs. J. A. Alkens, of Bellefonte, |
was the guest of Mrs. Mary Odenkirk |
over Sunday.
The First Lutheran Church of]
Johnstown dedicated its new $65,000
house of worship.
J. Nevin Moyer, wife and little
daughter Emma, of Rebersburg, were |
fu town Baturday, the guests of Mrs.
D. J. Meyer.
Mrs. Rhoue, wife of Hon. L. Rhoue, |
of this piace, and daughter, Miss May, |
were in Philadelphia several days jast
week to do shopplog.
Those who have corn to sell during
the coming year will, without a doubt,
receive good prices. Corn in the west-
ern markets is quoted high.
Assistant postmaster C. W. Black re-
turned from his hunting expedition ip
the Beven Mountains Saturday even.
fng, baving killed the second deer the
Bradford party has to its credit.
President of Pennsylvania State
College Dr. George W. Atherton, with-
in a short time, will make another trip
to the old world, and will gruise
through the Mediterranean.
Catholic clergymen in New York ad-
vocate the building of the most mag-
nificent house of worship in the world
fn the hope that the Pope will remove
the Holy Bee from Rome to New York.
The applieation for the organization
of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Na
tional Bank, of Tyrone, has been ap-
proved by the comptroller of the cur-
rency at Washington, D. C. Capital,
$50,000. Those interested in the organ-
ization are Frank M. Waring, E. J.
Pruner, W. D. Metealf, Jr., William
Fuoss, ¥. Ww. Archey, a. Ww. Btrong,
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¥. R. Waring, James G, Fisher and J.
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AN ACCIDENTAL SHOT.
Joseph Strunk Accidentally Shoots His
Daughter at Home in Porter Township,
“Papa you shot me!” Buch were
the words that startled Joseph Strunk
Saturday morning at his home in Por-
ter township, Clinton county. The
words came from his daughter, Ethel,
who is nine years old.
Mr. Strunk had gone to his writing
desk to get a revolver, which two years
ago had failed to work properly, and
which bad not been used since, As he
turned round in leaving the writing
desk he struck the revolver against
something. The weapon was discharg-
ed. The ball struck his daughter Eth-
el, who was standing a short distance
away washing dishes, in the chest
near the right shoulder.
Dr. Painter was summoned. After
making an examination, he made an
incision in her back and took the bul-
let out. The ball had passed clear
through the child's bedy. Fortunate-
ly, it did not strike a vital spot.
The wound itself is not serious, but
as the ball has been in the revolver at
least two years, it may be more or less
corroded, which causes apprehension
that blood poisoning may develop.
Scored the Slouch,
Dr. Horace F. Livingood in an ad-
dress before the Berks county teachers
institute scored the teachers of that
county for their slouchy appearance in
the school room. Dr, Livingood said:
“Iam ino favor of discharging the
school teacher who is neglectful of his
personal appearance during profession-
al hours. Some teachers look as
though they had not taken a bath for
a week. Bome affect paper collars that
are much the worse for wear. Others
cling tos linen that frequent trips to
the washtub have carried past the
point of respectability,
A resolution was adopted urging the
Assemblymen of the district to enact a
law requiring a standard of qualifica.
ation,
wl Af on
Needs Sargical Ald,
Mr, and Mrs. Edward J. Crawford
have come to the conclusion that it is
fred, to a hospital on account of an af-
throat. The lad has
of late has interfered with proper
breathing and partakiog of food. If
au operation is performed it will be of
a peculiar and delicate nature. A
jaltimore Institution will be visit
ann ities
$1,000,000 Thenire,
Keith's new theatre, on Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, the flnest of the
kind in the city, cost fully a round
It puts out of the
race all competitors for grandeur and
size. The attractions there will be ad-
vertised regulariy in the Reporter, and
the readers who spend a night in
Philadelphia will always find first.
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LOCALS,
C. W. Bwartz gives the Reporter
readers a new advertisement to look
over this week. You will find some-
thing there of jnterest to you,
Andrew Reber, of Ramey, Clearfield
county, was shot and instantly killed
Tuesday evening while playing with a
boy who carried a loaded shotgun,
George O. Benner is doing consider-
able produce shipping, also apples, po-
tatoes, etc. He is ready to exchange
goods, or pay cash, for all kinds of
farm products.
The protracted meeting at Tussey-
ville under the direction of Rev. J. F.
Bhultg is still in progress. Great inter-
est is manifested, and a number of con-
versions have been made.
8. B. Gockley, of Danver, Lancaster
county, a jolly, German cattle dealer,
Tuesday morning shipped a car load of
cows from this station. D, J. Meyer
nesisted in making the purchases.
Forest fires, supposed to be the work
of 'eoon-hunters, are raging on both
branches of the Blue Mountains, in
Mifflin county, destroying mauy acres
of young chestnut cultivated for stave
making.
John I). Meyer, of Bellefonte; A.
Merril Allison, of Centre Hall, J,
Frank Meyer, of the University of
Pennsylvania, and J, 8, Meyer, Euq., of
Penn Hall, went to Alexandria Wed-
nesday to attend the funeral of Miss
Walker, which takes place today
(Thursday.)
The Misses Jane and Mary Potter,
west of Centre Hall, were in Phila-
deiphia for two weeks or more, return.
ing the beginning of this week, Miss
Jane underwent an operation at the
Wills Eye and Ear Hospital, of which
institution Dr. Radeliffe is head sur.
geon, for an affection of the eye,
"¥
Disposition of Soft Corn,
Much of the corn that is being husk-
ed is of a poor quality, especially that
husked from late planting. The ears,
in some tases, are not well filled with
grains, and in many cases the cob is
entirely bare. Of course, the corn
also soft. The best disposition to be
made of such corn is to chop it into
pleces and feed it to cattle old enough
to properly masticate it. Hogs im-
prove little on immatured corn, ow-
ing to the fact that the nutriment that
ordinarily ought to to be in the grains
remains in the cob which cob is refused
by the hog but eaten by cattle. This
argument is proven by chemical anal-
ysis and tests conducted with the clos.
est observations. There is only
other disposition of the immature corn
stalk and its product that is more eco-
nomical, and that is the feeding of the
whole stalks to cattle, having first been
properly cut and placed in a silo,
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LOCALS,
is
one
corn worth fifty cents.
Charley Arney had the good fortune |
to kill a large wild turkey Monday. |
The Reporter has the manhood to |
give credit when it reprints from local
exchanges. !
Coal production is daily 70,000 tons |
short of the normal figures for this
time of year.
Philip Baul, a type of the industrious |
German, was a caller the other morn- |
ing to advance his label on the Re-!
porter,
i
Bave your wife the hard work of |
washing and ironing your shirts, cuffs |
and collars by sendipg them to the!
:
laundry. i
Rev. J. M. Rearick attended the |
Northern Conference of the Lutheran |
church at Salona, which closed Wed- |
vesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Boal, after]
spending several months in France, |
Saturday returned to their country |
home in Bosalsburg.
Advertisements in the Reporter!
reach a large majority of Penns Valley
consumers, that is what makes it a
valuable advertising medium.
Mrs, James Gregg is spending a few
weeks with her sister Mrs. Porter
Odenkirk before going to Philipsburg,
where she will join her husband.
Mrs. Rebecea Bparr, who has a num-
ber of good investments in and about
Centre Hall, has been the guest of Mrs. |
Maggie Harper for the past few days.
Joseph C. Brehman, of Lewistown,
was Tuesday appointed vy Governor |
Stone Associate Judge of Mifflin coun- |
ty, vice W. P. Mendenhall, deceased.
The unusually fine late pasture is of
great value to dairymen. Butler Is
well up in price, too, which ought to |
catise the cow to receive special at-
tention. ;
Robert H. Bennison, son of Captain
H. B. Bennison, of Abdera, snd Miss
Mabel Bessie Yearick, daughter of O. |
E. Yearick, of Walker, will be married
vext Thursday.
C. P, Long, one of the energetic
Spring Mills merchants, this week ad- |
vertises a new line of goods, Mr.
Long wishes to clean up stock to make
room for the holiday trade.
Prof. George P. Bible, of Philadel-
phia, formerly principal of the SBtrouds- |
burg Normal School, is one of the lec-
turers before the Huntingdon county
teachers’ institute in session this week,
Do not fail to attend an evening of
pleasure and profit in the Presbyte-
risn church, Centre Hall, Saturday
evening, November 22. Fine music
and a gifted elocutionist. Admission
ten cents,
Wm. 8B. Furst, son of ex-Judge A. O,
Furst, of Bellefonte, and Miss Mary
Watson Bhantz, of Williamsport, were
married in the Presbyterian church,
Williamsport, Wednesday evening of
last week. The affair was quite fash-
ionable,
Oraln dealers are offering fifty cents
for new corn, and up to the present
time have been able to buy but a
very limited quantity. Foreman &
Smith will be obliged, so they think,
to get a car load of ear gorn from the
west, ;
Dr. C. 8. Musser, of Asaronsburg,
stopped in Centre Hall for a short
time Tuesday on his way home from
Bellefonte, and made several profes-
sional and social calls. Dr, Musser is
one of the most skilled surgeons in
Central Pennsylvania,
Andrew B. Cyrns, sou of William J,
Curns, the boy who was accidentally
shot at the school house at Caldwell,
Clinton county, October 15, died in
the hospital Friday evening at 7.80
o'clock. It will be remembered that
Andrew In picking up his gun at the
school house steps struck the trigger
against something, which discharged
the gun, Theside of his head was
shot away. With this terrible wound
in his head the boy lived nearly a
month. He was fifteen years old in
POMONA GRANGE MEETS
Friday, November
Program,
At Mileshurg,
Centre county Pomona Grange, No,
13, will hold its fourth quarterly meet-
ing in hall of Bald Eagle Grange, Fri-
day, Nov, 2Ist, 10 a. m.
degree members are invited, All fire
insurance directors are requested to be
present.
Fifth degree will be conferred in the
afternoon,
2
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1902.
DEATHS,
BIMON WARD,
Bailey ville lost a prominent citizen
in the death of Simon Ward, which
occurred Thursday morning of last
week. Mr. Ward, several weeks pre
| vious to his death, cut his leg above
the knee with an axe, and never fully
recovered from the shock.
ELIZABETH WALKER
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Walker, ol
Address of welcome—Bald Eagle
Response— Progress Grange.
Discussion : “Should the
| Grange hold a series of special private |
| assist the local granges.”” To be open- |
{ed by Col. James F. Weaver, of Bald |
| Eagle Grange.
| Recitation, by Mrs. John Dale, Lo-
| gan Grange.
1:30 p. m.-~Conferring of degree,
Report of Grange Fire Insurance Co, |
| Report of Girange Encampment and i
| Exhibition,
Miss Florence Marshall, |
Benner Grange, |
Report of Committees,
Discussions : “Should the National
“Would it
ay the farmer better to raise grass and
controlled by farmers.”
I
ing and selling
To be opened by James Gil- |
liland, Victor Grange. “Where can
the grange secure suitable books giv-|
ing instruction in management of lit-|
©rary entertainments, recitations, |
drills, marches, plays, ete, ?
i
Miscellaneous business, i
!
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LOCALS
Visit the public schools.
Stop at the Haag Hotel when in|
Bellefonte, !
Hoover Dalby moved to Lewistown, |
where he has secured work,
Rev. W. H. Schuyler on Monday at-
tended av adjourned meeting of Pres- |
bytery in Tyrone. |
Samuel Durst, at will
make sale of farm stock and imple
ments March 17. i
Belle-
fonte has advanced the price for heat- |
tng just forty per cent.
Earlytown,
The steam heat company in
The Misses Bayard and Bert Hay-
ard, of Bellefoute, were guests of the
Misses Rhone, Sunday.
How about the
They are of great importance and
should be looked forward to with
pleasure by all s;hool teachers |
William H. Wagner, conductor of
the local freight on the Milroy branch
of the P. & E. railroad, was killed at
the crossing below
tion.
The
local institutes?
Lewistown June- |
burns received by Howard
Bricker, of Boalsburg, recently are!
healing. He poured coal oil on live |
coals in a stove, and an explosion fol-|
lowed.
Mrs. Rhoads, wife of Rev. W.W. |
Rhoads, of Idaville, Pa., arrived in!
Centre Hall Wednesday forenoon, and
Mesars. Olie D. Stover, John Stump
and F. E Aroey are proud of the ap-
pearance of Mrs, Myra Kerr's house |
since it has been repainted. The |
home is much improved.
Foreman & Smith the beginning of
this week shipped a car load of pots
toes from the Centre Hall station. For-
ty cents was the price paid. Scarcity
of cars has hindered shipping toa con-
siderable extent.
Mrs, George Jack and daughter,
Mrs. Lizzie Armstrong, of Rushville,
Nebrasks, returned to their home
after spending some weeks at their
former home in Boalsburg aud other
points in Centre county.
Mrs. J. O. Delninger will be accom.
panied to New Bloomfield by her son,
C. F. Delniuger who came here Satur-
day from Pittsburg. Mrs. Deininger
will stay with her daughter, Mrs. Stu-
art, at that place, for some time.
The wintry days come on apace, and
the anthracite supply in New York
and cities of that region remains inad-
equate. The situation produced an ap-
prehension that isan added worry to
the list. In Canada machinery has
finally been devised that successfully
dries the peat of the central provinces,
and this is asserted to be a substantial
substitute. Soft coal and oil, with the
costlier electricity, mnay figure largely
in the fuel bills of the winter.
Wood | wood |! Would that every
one would have wood to burn, Ina
wooded country like this it would be
thought that wood wouid be cheaper
than would coal, and that people
would be very willing to burn wood,
but you would be very much surprised
to find the complaints going up from
the wood-piie by the wood-chopper
who would much rather be sitting by
a wood fire than cutting wood. Would
it be possible to dispense with coal ?
Jupe,
Monday morning about one o'clock
from the direct effects of spinal menin
gitis, she having been afflicted wit
spinal trouble since childhood.
young lady, being cultured and
1 refine
to the highest degree. i
She was 1
rian of the Alexandria Memorial Li.
brary at Alexandria, and had a host o
friends who sorrowfully mourn her un
timely death. Miss Walker
al summers visited at the
MN
home of J
Meyer, Esq., near Penn Hall,
her many friends in th
"nl
is valley wil
mise her from her annual visit,
JOHN
John Weaver, an aged
Lioel
A
respected citizen of
Sunday night, H
wife and
Btraw, of Julian, and
ser, of Loganton: on
Weaver, of Fresno Cit
and children as follows:
yun, New Brighton,
B. Kelley, Hughess
Love, of Lock Haver
Reynoldsville, Mr
born February 15th, 182
county.
For twenty-one year }
school and afterwards became a mill.
wright and followed that o
until a few years ago
began to fail.
two
of
PRION
when his health
JOHN RIPK
A
The venerable John Rij Ke
Mond
says the Watchman, after a lingering
illness with heart trouble and diabetes,
1y afternoon, last week,
Having been born in Gregg township,
August 1825,
“landmarks”
Known t¢
he was one of the
3
10,
of that vicinity and was
' everyone as “rap’’ Ripka
all. Of
German extraction he was frugal in hi
habits, honest and industrious.
PALLY
associated himself with
the Reformed church
fast unto death.
and was stead-
Surviving him are his widow and
two of their three children : Mrs, John
Fagan, of Altoona, and Sarah,
home, The son, Willis died
year ago, His brothers and sisters liv-
Wwill-
iam and Benjamin, of Spring Mills :
George, of Bouth Dakota, and Mrs
Catharine Breon, of Centre Hall.
al
about a
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Patton's Majority, 195g
The Return Judges for the 34th Sen-
atorial District met in Bellefonte Tues
of the Dis.
The result was :
Alexander BE
William «
J. Zeigler.
trict.
Patton 14580
Heinle 12416
Making a majority for Mr. Patton
over Mr. Heinle of 1958, The Return
Judges were George J. Bickford, Clear
field county; Ed. A. =mith, Clinton
county, and George W. Rees, Centre
county.
Another Trust,
An axe and tool trust will be incor
porated under the laws of New Jersey
ations under the name of the Inger-
national Axe and Tool company, Jan-
uary 1, 1903, with a capital of $42,000,-
000. The purpose of the company is to
control the axe and tool business of
America. There will be twenty-seven
comprising the leading firms in Penn-
sylvania, New York, Ohio, Connecti-
cut, Maine, Alabama, Kentucky, and
the provinces of Ontario. This, of
course, {includes the factories of the A,
A. &T. Co. at Mill Hall and Lewis-
town; also the Mann
pany and the factory of James H.
Mann, at Lewistown.
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Keith's Uhestout Street Theatre,
Manager Keith puts forward for the
first week of vaudeville in his new
Chestnut street theatre, full pasticulars
o which is Pr oned elsewhere, one af
© best vaudev ever of
fered in Philadel 4 ay gr notable
for the number of ‘headline’ attrac-
tions that have met with conspicuous
success in other cities, and likewise
for the unusual number of new-comers,
the most conspleuous in this latter re.
spect being the famous Fad
man's O the
It would not,
NO. 45.
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TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Clean up about your premises,
ntion is called to the legal ad-
§ Reporter.
gE malierin the
urprizing
the
how many people
election would ter
afraid to give Your news
: ter. They will al-
and will be ap-
to
was
on
well-known
readers,
ou county
all of last
rain Wednesday
weather
far has been ex-
Liss Susan Wilson,
married to-night
wiormed parson-
Vv. A. A. Black.
{ the new Method-
Yesgertown
Rev,
ser-
by Re
rch at
€rnoon.
of the
al
Ale Of
under the
ing when he
windrel had
of cabbage
$ihy rut
130%
and the school
VArianee—
all school
inated, and the
no need of it,
SAYS
inside
are prepared
quotations of the
York markets
we found in any of
ui
the
5 on
“WwW
sergen has resigned as
West Kishacoquillas
le, after
years,
Petersburg,
i al Bellevil
fourteen
at
AL
propose at
irt, will find the
pro-
(ood
wi table board-
that house,
Newcomer,
slop.
d at
ring Mills, has
charge of the
M. E
the unexpired
who has been
account of his
of the
ten-
east of
| be vacated by
April s Dext,
class farmer,
mie on the farm
is owned by
become
farm,
3
ist
Spring Mills,
dwelling
ve, and put in
install an
I'he plant will
tion attachment,
rier & Sober plants as
eleciric plant.
RUG rea
of Di seorge LL
Hees sary
new
Li uies to
tv iat ry 334
acelyiene gas pian
ejeecir
have an
1»
which takes }
convenient
as a
West Virginia is becoming a favorite
allie buyers from this coun-
Up wa
i# class of stock was
bought io the went
The Virginia
are developed almost entirely on
natural pasture,
Mr. 1 Mrs. Howard Homan, of
Altoona, were in town for a few days
this their return from
Aaronsburg where they vieited Mr,
H 1's sister, Mr. Homan has been
doing carpenter work at Oak Hall for
: B. Fran who had his house
| repaired to a considerable extent.
a
section for
ty to go bo buy beef cattle.
IEW Years ago tl
nil, «
r nearly all
wots nd Ohio.
: Og
os i
an
week, on
fin
& Homan,
| Miss Gertrude Bpangler, daughter of
|W. W Spangler, of this place, Thurs-
| day of last week, started for Chicago,
where she will remain for the winter.
| Miss Spangler has two brothers living
in Chicago with whom she will stay.
1 HA. Garbrick, of the firm of Gar-
| brick Bros., machinists, of Bellefonte,
was a pleasant caller Tuesday, having
made a trip to Penns Valley on busi.
ness,
Superintendent of Public Schools
Gramley was in town Friday and visit.
ed the schools of ‘he borough in com-
pany with the writer, Mr. Gramley
commented very favorably on the con.
dition in which he found the schools,
He inguired very definitely as to the
atendanoe of scholars who’ come
under the compulsory school law, and
it will be well for parents who are neg-
ligent in encouraging the'r children
to attend school regularly, to give the
matter their particular attention, Ni
lect to comply with this panicular
portion of the school law could cost
the district its State appropriation. It
is therefore the concern of every tax.
payer whether or not children attend