' OL. LXXVIII.
THE POTATO CROP,
Predict That It Will be Short
This Fall,
The Milton Weekly Record, pub-
lishes the following, giving an idea of
the Northumberland
and some of the adjoining counties :
Farmers
potato crop in
bring a dollar per bushel by fall. It is
a failure. Add to this the fact that
only a limited acreage was planted
and we have the conditions that
tribute to scarcity and consequent
high price. Potatoes were a glut on
the market last year. As spring came
on the farmers found that they still
had a large proportion of last year’s
crop on hand, which they were
obliged to sell at prices lower than for
years past. Under the circumstand
CON.
unit in planting a smaller acreage.
This might have all right if
nothing had happened and the pots.
had thrived during recent
It appears, however,
been
toes as
years, from
ports received from various quarters,
that a blight has fallen upon the pota-
to crop and the yield may be scarcely |
half a ove. In our own county, (Nor-
thumberland) the crop looks especial- |
ly bad. In many fields the potato vines
are dying or are already Ihe
most experienced farmers are puzzled
to find a cause for the bl Pota- |
toes grew nicely until a week or so ago
when they suddenly turned black and
Of course at |
and develop.
Many of
ree
dead.
ight,
began to droop and die.
that point
ment of the tubers stopg ed.
the hills are found without
all growth
any salable
wotatoes at all, while nowhere in the
I ,
fields are they large in size and numer-
ous,
From information secured the
telephone, it is safe to say that the po-
tato crop in Centre county is fully up
to the
condition
over
average, both and
The crop,
yet it critical
through. Barring blight,
undoubtedly will be above
in Acreage
however,
period to
the
the
has
5 ost pass |
crop
aver
age,
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ROOTS SELECTION UNFORTUNATE
a isment-
wk Paul Mor-
aggrav
President Roosevelt made
ab ake when he
to
the
iis
into his cabinet and he
nistake when he covered the
reiary’s retreat with a gl
Ni he
War Root
+
WIDE ul
former
’ ¥ ition:
tO position
:
raises Meer tary
of premier in hi
cabinet and in so doing makes this
dis
igibie to the presidenc
Ror M
cerdingly able man—one
¥
inguished corporation attorney el-
Mr.
. Root is an ex.
of the
brains
ff
itu case of
y
sevelt’s death. r
ie ablest
in the country, but his have
any corporationr that
could offer to pay the price demanded,
been for hire to
When the preside
the laws ers who we
from ti
be might with propriety have named |
M:. Root
The new secrelary was an attorney fo
the rai the
he pay
able, He ia about
one could well be from the ‘deal putlie |
recently scored
vpled employment
wee who plot against the publie
Bas a conspicious Hiustration
r
Merger
Wf
ri
roads in
the
case and
WHS ON roll the Equit-
as far removed as
servant and his influences on the pres-
ident is likely to be as harmful as was
the influence of Morton,
There is another objection to his ap-
poiutment. He is not only the cou-
stitutional successor to the president
in case of the latter's death, but his ap-
poiotment gives him a boom for pres.
identisl nomination. Being the ap-
poiutee of the president, the presi
dent's friends can not well oppose him
and the corporations ought to be en-
tirely satisfied with him. As secre-
tary of state he does not have to show
bis hand on economic or corporate
questions aud therefore can avoid ex.
citing the wrath of the people,
All things considered the appoints
ment of Mr. Root is not a good sign,
If Mr. Roosevelt really means to ba a
reform president he ought to surround
himself with those who are in AyIm-
pathy with his work.
He will find the path ragged enough
at Lest ; he cannot aflord to fill his of.
ficial household with those who have
grown rich by furnishing legal advice
to exploiters of the public. Mr. Root
has not exhibited the ‘civic con.
science’ about which the president
speaks so frequently,
A As
WILL PAINT EM GREEN,
The government is going into the
painting business and before the sume
mer is over the eighty-three thousand
rural mail boxes will be shining In
green—the government to find the
paint, and the rural mail carriers to do
the artistic work, for which they will
receive extra pay.
It appears odd that the national gov-
ernment should employ painters to
stripe and embellish private property,
a private mall box may be daubed
Bt the government's expense, what is
to binder the post office department
from puinting fences, bulidings, ete,
along the rural mail lines ; or, why not
permit the mail carrier to paint the
Cheeks of the rural maiden—but not
INCIDENTS OF 1872
Looal Items Taken from the Centre
porter of Interest to 1005 Readers,
[ Note he spelling of p
I i
1
{the fact that the school term
by an act of the legislature. ]
Timothy hay is worth $30 per ton
in Harrisburg.
i Three fine
i the
| town,
{ Ezra Krumrive and Adam Thomas.
new, add to
lower
Lonses, and
of the
They are those of D, F.
appearance
{ present ; Henry Emerick, the
bine, house, and J. Shannon Boal, the
| Thomas house, ]
| at Pleasant Gap, was destroyed by fire
Sunday It brick
structure, fire originated oun the
| garrett,
morniog. Was a
Ihe
possibly from the stove pipe.
There was an insurance of $3000
=19
, at
his farm of
to John
Joseph Jordon sold
acres, in the Loop, Stoner
bout $00 pe LTE
3
;
Gieorge
D.
EF
{I's sale
DECEMBER 6--T house of
| Hurpster no
Be
ie
Ww
id
for
occupied Hy
Weer | wa al shen
10
18 $2300 : the shops
turned l
Wolf for $1
RINDONDE horses
Penus
from the dis
RCross the s Sines into
reet |
sold to Wm
Epizooty |
dwellings 500,
s prevalent
iu all parts of Central yivania,
i
i
Many animals have died
ease, both in the country and in
cities,
DECEMBER 13 -Bamuel Musser
a citizen of
moved here fron
Heury Reeser sold his f
Aaronsburg
arm below
sistwite, for $130
per acre,
The Bellefonte
to Gen. James
John Hubler
sold three hie i
Rey ublican was sold
r $2000
Beaver fo $4
township,
Ret
rument
2-—-The
I'he inst
ersburg baud
JANUARY
zed t &
wd
sl $2580,
organ 8 C —
The following persons were members :
Kreamer,
Miller,
Noodling,
Bevjamin Crawford, Jared
Kreamer,
Hub
Is rean er.
Fe Ll,
Harvey
5
€ ¥
(+e Oorge
Hen
(e010
r
Philip
ry Jasper Brumgard,
Ke
ey,
Issue
Ket
Frankliu =
Henry Moye
house aud
nan,
i Ce
ae
bulidiogs be
urchased
$3KK),
Lieut =
Brush Valley
per sere
16
KE Was
Last
ine
JANUARY
J
smsil builds the Hof.
fe.
vel
lot, on the ihe
by placing
“ekida' and
to it. be buildiog referred
moved from the lot of D, K. Geiss and
was fitted up for the Peuns Valley
Banking Company, who began busi-
ness in it. At the time the building
was moved and was being repaired it
won generally known for what
purpose it was to be used, ]
Married—November 6, R. M. Bar
tain, Lost Creek Valley, and Miss Jen-
nie A. McCoy, of Potters Mills .
November 20, John Harris and Miss
Rachel Wagner, both of Bellefonte,
. November 20, William Everhart
and Miss Livbie Foster, both of near
Farm Behool. [ On a wedding tour in
the west, the bride took ill of puea-
monia, and on the day set for the * in.
fare ’’ at the home of the bride's fath-
er, William Foster, she was brought
home a corpse. ]. . . December 20,
Wesley Meyers aud Miss Lizsie Hein.
zelman, both of Boalsburg. , . De
cember 26, James Armagast and Miss
Kate Love, both of Potter township,
« + « December 15, William I. Treas.
ter, of Potter township, and Miss Hat-
tie Shirk, of Mifflin county . , , De-
cember 24, Aaron D. Rishel aud Aunie
R. Spangler, both of Potter township,
+ + «January 9, 1873, William Luse
and Miss Rosetta E. Ream, both of
Gregg township . , | January 2, Cyrus
Luse and Mrs. Coats, both of Gregg
township . . . January £, Percival
Leltzel and Miss Jennie Miller, both
of Gregg township . . . January 0,
Christian B. Houser, of Grand Island,
Nebraska, and Miss Mary M. Crotzer,
of Potter township . . . January 9,
Jeremiah P. Heckman and Miss Eliza.
beth Auman, both of Centre county
corner,
the
bitching
uilding on
twelve
LO Was
pot
.
‘ Chingieciemaoh Township,
Prior to 1806 Chingleclemuech towne.
ship was a part of Centre county, and
ebraced all the territory now within
green,
the boundary of Clearfield county,
.
K
4
HALL, PA
TEACHERS FOR CENTRE HALL)
r
»
wv ey
Almont 8100
Ete,
Reduced
i Since 1001
The
| its sec
| Appropriation
{ Salaries,
held
the organiza
Centre Hall school board
ped mi sion,
since
(tion, Friday evening. Among other
business transacted was the election of
|
i : 3
{& privcipal and intermediate teacher.
I'he treasurer received a voucher for
the state appropriation, which was
| $611.19, or $26.77 less than in 1904.
The state appropriation is becoming
| less every year, although it is no fault
of the rural
| result of
districts, but is the direct
Juggling by the heads of the
state
doll
| purposes is diverted for other benefits
million
Hrs appropriated for public school
government, Theeleven
than public schools, regardless of the
The
table, showing the state
protests that are regularly made
following Ne
ing
in beller
| propriations for
with 1901, will ald the
he
rom tne state
the years beginp
reader
appreciating in the
drop made
if
BUN FeCeived
Mi
©
Th
rijut
BI
is will
term,
salaries are High Bebool
mar, $40 ; Intermediate, £35
$35 The tes }
H
Prim
Mr. Bitner
graduate
| 194. and
ar
of one ©
{Joseph Bitner, of |
Must »
1 £16
has hat
the fecing
RI PLO
IA. DD, Bosg
agaist
113d f
f AINoOuUnt of
family whe
eda DeECatse
.-
wk by Lightuing
y that hind been housed during
Lhe past few weeks,
Two horees were io the i arn, one ofl
| which Was Rilind by the bolt of Hghits
{uivg. It was tied with a chain, aod it |
is presumed that the fluid followed |
the chain, The other horse was fast
ened with a strap and was taken from
the barn uninjured. The team of
horses were said to be worih over $400, |
Mr. Swartz had iusursuce in the
Anville Company for $700. The loss
is estimated to be fully double that
amount.
I'he flood
from this site,
of 1889 removed barn
Fhe barn burned was
a structure built since thst time.
n
smite
Keith's Theatre,
Another great summer show at
Keith's Chestnut Street Theatre, Phil.
adelphia, is Olive May and J. W., Al
baugh, Jr. in * Lady Betty's High-
wayman,'' a ons act play by Justin
Huntley MeUsrthy ; Raymond &
Caverly, two of the best German com-
edians on the vaudeville stage ; the
Eiton-Polo troupe, direct from Europe;
Eimer Teunley, the popular comedian,
For the children: Montague's Cocka-
too circus; Charles Barry & Hulda
Halvers, comedy duo ; Dixou, Bowers
& Dixon, “ The Three Rubes" ; Frank
Orth & Harry 8. Fern iu their musical
conceit, * Sign That Book' ; Mills &
Morris, Avon Comedy Four, The
Musical Belle, ete.
HE I i ———
Asbury Park Booklet.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Come
pany has just issued an sttractive
booklet descriptive of Asbury Park,
The publication is designed to present
the attractions aud claims of Asbury
Park ss a Bummer seaside resort,
Persons desiring information cone
cerning this popular resort may obtain
a copy of the booklet by enclosing two
cents In postage stamps to Geo, W,
Boyd, General Passenger agent, Penn.
sylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pa,
4
of
John
was held Thursday of
the foot
ing p
and Nittany Valley #
The first
family, descendants of
reunion the
Wagne
Wagner
k,
} i
mil
Wee
of Tussey Mount
vin,
irtions of Penne, Georges, Bru
Phe
BOO
kile
ed was partially on unt of th
beautiful view it
ly bi
quired by the W
in Potter tow nx
& od }
afforded,
‘His it was the first
ers
There were present at the
about one hundred ai
persons-—large and small,
aud their friends,
when a
the
could prepare for the palate,
duce and good
During the afternoon Rev,
J. Wagner called the
friends
offered by
ke of
f | & 4
fatnlly and th
ret hie
bit
r, aud after prayer:
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i
i
i
i
nuvi
fusseyviil
Jamies [ove
1905.
Le
3
- Lene
T 3h fon Cre S{may
Vite,
“oe
i
The south is welcoming immigra-
tion, and gives for one of its chief
reasons, that owing to the use of
“dope among the negroes, the cot-
ton growers aud mill owners are not
able to secure help, although $1.25 to
$1.50 is offered per day.
This claim of the southerners has
reached the eufs of the national gov.
ernment, and an investigation has
been ordered and is now being made,
Criticism on the part of northern
papers, leads the Atlanta Constitution
to say :
We know nothing as to what the
forthcoming government report will
say on the prevalence of the cocaine
vice and kindred vices among the
negroes of the south and the relations
of these vices to the serious labor prob
lem confronting this section ; but we
do know, as every southerner who
comes in employment contact with
the negro knows, that drugs and drink
are fast working the undoing of many
of the race and waking the so-called
negro problem not only a labor prob.
lem, but a criminal problem.
Some professional, and a great
many smateur, soclologista are mak-
and they seem to be agreed that the
alarmingly growing physical weak ness
and moral depravity of the race is
very Inrgely caused by these common
vices of civilization, But It requires
no sociologist to note the very appa.
rent effects of * cocalne-sniffing and
mean wiskey on a surprisingly large
per cent of the negro population. The
housewife, even, in her problem of
keeping a fairly capable servant longer
than the arrival of the first pay day, is
frequently confronted with the dire
work of the drug vice on female mem-
bers of the race, and the employer of
labor of all kinds is constantly on the
lookout for “dope flends.” While
this condition is more prevalent
amoung " town ” negroes, it is spread-
ing to the country negroes, and it so-
counts somewhat for the growing ten-
dency of the negro to desert his rural
eabin and flock to the slums of south-
ern cities,
The moral leaders of the negro race
in the south-—the colored preachers,
teachers and right-thinking colored
people generally—recoguize the dan-
ger from this source and are specially
exerting themselves to combat the
evil, Intemperance of this kind is do-
| ing fof the negro what * fire-water '’ is
proverbially credited with doing for
the Indian ; it is making him » physi-
‘eal and moral wreck, destroying his
capacity for earning an honest liveli-
| hood and with it his desire to make
an honest livelihood. It is filling the
south with a vagrant and criminal
class of negroes, utterly irresponsible
for all purposes of employment where
{not really crimioelly vicious. And
the criminal element of the race is ale
ready a heavy burden upon the peno-
logionl systems of the southern states
aud demands the wost constant police
surveillance,
i
i
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
| HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
ley cmmpmeeting will be
§ D0 ¢ Oe}
Rissel, of Pottsgrove, was a
Mra. Mary Dinges, of Centre
Long
adusted in dentistry, has decided
serwick,
; of Lemont, who recent.
a
in sanders and little daugh-
Elizabeth, spent several days re-
cently at State College.
The Free Librsry, Grange Arcadia,
Saturday
ng from 7 to 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Pine
Iowa
Cyrus (oss, of (Grove
aud
extended
weslern st
fait
init,
en placed in
in, manager
Farm, at
nte, ac-
children,
where
Millheim
rmer
of
Wagne
Condo |
Mr.
of the tannery at Lox
mii
b
k Haven.
ver, of
erin
bi #
oy Slover
halk
AA
>i
Ire. W. H. Kreamer
er vacation.
Hoy, of
t gf
ves
F {ism Carrie vear Beliefor te,
A. EK
tre Hall has been
Atlantic aud
wit reelected to the sate position
fr the term about to open.
as
ax Lhe Mr. and
in,
w Mra
ad
Ker iu Cer mhe
is sch ing schoo! at i'y,
hia b
While working in the woods near
Boaisbiv g, John Stonebraker, of Co.
burn, alr aost severed the small toe on
his right foot. Dr. 8. G. Frank, of
Millheirn, stitched up the wound, and
it is thought the member will reunite
with the foot.
Mrs. 8. F. Smith, of Freeport, Illi
nos was a cailer at the Reporter office
the other day to express her apprecia-
tion of the Reporter. Mrs. Smith is
the daughter of the venerable John
ston or, of Milibeim, and has lived in
Illino bs for the past eleven years,
Grace, the three year-old daughter
of John Bower, of Coburn, got hold
of a bot th of lsudanum snd drank the
greater part of its contents, eays the
Journal. Dr. G. 8. Frauk was at once
sent for ana after hard work succeeds
ed lu saving the life of the child.
T. B. Tuholeki, of Erie, was the
guest of Eoffer Dale, of Centre Halli,
over tunday. Mr. Tubolski and Mr.
Dale were members of the same clase
at Pennsyivanis State College—1005w
and at present both are taking a medis
cal course at the University of Penge
sylvania, Philadelphia.
Henry Liogle, of Colyer, was & cals
ler the other day. He is living on the
John Allen Farm. Mr. Lingle states
that John Allen, who makes Lis home
with him, is aged eighty-five years,
and Is in reasonably good health, Mr,
Allvn in years gons by, operated the
“Red Mill” gow owned by the
Harters,
Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Kalin, of State
College, J. 8. Baer, of Renovo, and
David Sanders, of Look Haven, were
in town Wednesday of last week, hav.
ing stopped ou their return from a
drive to Penns Oave, They were
much urprised to find Centre Hall to
be such » pretty r'sce, an! the sur
rounding country so ucautifa: and pros
ductive, ’