3 E8 BOUNCE FUR BOOZ
Dr, Fikes, Pastor of Franklin First Baptist
PN ESCharch, Down on Drink with a Uase
in Polat, . -
2 The following dispatch from Franke
lin to the Philadelphia Record re-
lates the action of a minister who has
more regard for right than fear of the
loss of the financial support of those
he opposes :
“If it is the last thing I ever do in
Franklin I am going to drop from the
rolls of the church the name of every
man who goes into a saloon or drag
store for a drink of liquor.”
This startling statement was made
Monday by Rev. Dr. Maurice P. Fikes,
pastor of the First Baptist church, in
Franklin, who the previous night
preached a temperance sermon Lhal
almost took the breath of his parish-
foners,
He further declared that he was just
as bitter against the drug stores as Lhe
saloons, for they all violated the law.
He said he had more respect for a map
who drank at a bar than he did for one
who sneaked iuto a drug store and took
his liquor behind a prescription case,
The past week a male member of the
church choir disappeared, leaving a
wife and child destitute. Dr, Fikes
says he attributes the disappearance to
liquor, The pastor has been compelled
to pay a two bundred dollar pote of
this man’s, on which he was surety
gi Dr. Fikes is pastor of the church of
which ex-Congressman Sibley aud ex-
Msjor Geperal Miller are members.
ea aii
Masons Elect Officers,
The local Masonic order held its
annual election Monday evening. The
officers elected as f Wor-
shipful Master, Dr. J. R. G. Alison;
Senior Warden, W. Bhetton;
Junior Warden, I. Arney ;
tary, J. A. Beesman ; Treasurer, J.
Arney. The
large, especially by
members,
are ollows:
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MM. Necre
was quite
cut of tow:
aitendancs
the
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LOUALS,
Christmas,
Nuts, and
Lona, Spring Mille
candies CITRUS P.
Good weather for shipping poultry,
pork and veal.
Come in and see our Xmas goods—
C. P. Long, Bpring Mills,
B. Elmer Ishler, at Osk
cattle,
Hall, will
make sale of horses, ete., March
Oat
i850.
Mee fale regisier,
that
Was
It ia the
bac
breaks the
added
asl siraw
she ¢ :
k, and Le
camel's ope
the burden Baturdsy night.
Mrs. Mary Shoop, beginning of this
week, went Vashington, D. C,,
w here she will spend the winter with
LO
ber son.
Paul D. Fortuey, Esq., publishes ap
auditor’s notice in the estate of Mary
Crust, of Benner township, de
ceased,
late
Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Frauk
Moyer, of near Centre Hall, will make
their annual trip to Darragh to visit
their son, Alvia Moyer,
C. F. Bhaw, one of the instructors a!
Pennsylvania Etate College, was ir
town Tuesday. have tw
periods during the week,"
at
He will
“ farmers’
Hlate,
Mrs. N. B. expected
back to Belletonte from a Philadelphis
hospital today ( Thursday ) or Friday
Her condition reported
very favorable,
Bpangler
in
is being
Bemember that Rearick, the furni.
be able ot
Ne
speno
ture dealer, will
cut in your Christmas buying.
matter whether you want to
much or little, call st the Resarick fur-
to help 3
niture store,
During the past week a number of
new names added to the
Reporter's subseription list, all o
which proves that this paper is filling
its bumble gphere of printing in i
the hsppeniogs in Centr
have been
columups
county.
Those who receive a 1908, calenda
from the Centre Hall Roller
Mills will be especially
there will none of 8 more Landsom
design come to their desk. The eale
dar reflects the condition of the mi
and the make-up of its proprietors,
(!. M. Houser, of the firm: of House
Brothers, painters and decorators a
State College, accompanied by hi
wife and little daughter, drove to Cen
tre Hall Mondsy. They found the
pleighiog tiptop and epjoyed the ride
While iu Centre Hall they stopp
with Dr. J. RB. G. Allison, an old s¢
quaintance,
Flouring
fortunate, a
Haturday eveniog Jacob Bharer wa
suddenly attacked by neursigic pains
in one of his lower limbs while at hw
new barn located a quarter mile from
hia present home, He started toward
the house, but before reaching Lis des
tination the pain became so severe that
he was obliged to call for help. Fival
ly his cries were beard by the members
of his household who immediately
went to his assistance. In a few days
he was about again,
Another lot of Christmas cards has
been added to the already complet
stock of cards in that line. Wher
placed in the cabinets the first lot of
cards looked so large that it wae
thought the supply would not be ex
hausted, but the mail orders and local
demand reduced the bulk sufliciently
to warrant the purchase of additional
varieties. The price—~thirty cents a
dozen for a lar five-cent card-is
what does the business,
on —————_—— TRI
IY ARMERS ON NATIONAL ISSUES,
Fall to support Their Acts While in Ses
sion by Their Votes at the Polls,
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress from Pennsylvania would do well
to carefully note the able report of the
Pennsylvania Grangers against cen-
tralization of power ; against the law-
less duties which are maintained whilst
millions are expended on forestry ;
against the construction and mainte-
nance of a World Power navy, and,
finally, against “that familiar old pi-
rate known as the Ship Subsidy bill”
A more wholesome declaration upon
puniic questions has never been made
by a non partisan body of men in
Pennsylvania,
The farmers of Pennsylvania, who
thus speak through their State Grange,
have no conception of the wisdom of
expending upward of $100,000,000 a
year upon the navy while millions are
needed to promote peaceful inland nav-
igation. Nor do they believe in paying
ship subsidies out of the public treas-
ury to create a great monopoly of
transportation on high seas, But the
Grangers also would do well to consid-
er how little their report is worth un-
less they coufirm it by the practicable
means which is afforded only by the
ballot-box. Of what guvod are their
protests against ship subsidies, waste
of public in monstrous naval
toys, lumber duties aud the like when
they help to send to Congress delegates
who voted steadily for these things?
In the Fifty-ninth Congress there
un Republicsn representative
from Peunsylvanpia, save one, who was
pot in favor of every measure of ship
subsidy thst reported from
committee ; not a Quaker representa-
mouey
was not
tight be
tive who did not favor the largest ap-
propriation demanded by the Admin.
istration for big ships in face of the ef
forte of the struggling nations to secure
limitations of armament, In the
present Congress there is not a Repub-
lican member who will vote for repeal
of the lumber duties to the ravage of
ts for the benefit of a
is
SOE
American fores
huge monopoly.
I'he explanstion of apparently
strapge political anomaly may be sim-
When in their state con-
ventions the Grangers of Pennsylvania
the
i one}
ple enough.
dispassionalely discuss
with entire freedom
When the
election comes around they go to the
yx under the thraldom of party
[# it not
en, that the members
soberly ai
pubiic
from the spirit of party.
questi
the other way.
quite natural, tl
of Congress should net as the Grangers
vole rather than as they talk in their
Let them vole as they
talk for once and they will be aston
ished with the eflect upon their repre-
Congress,
couventions
sentatives in
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Froperties Sold in Bebersburg.
The Reporter's correspondent at Re
bersburg reports the following sales of
real estate :
One day this week John Harter, the
merchant, bought Wm. Bhultz’ home,
situated a short distance north of Re-
bersturg. The consideration was $500.
George Miller quite recently bought
the James Gramley house and several
lotsa, town, for $1500, Mr.
the coming spring, will
move onto his farm tear Madisonburg.
adjoining in
Liranley,
CHURCH APPOINTMENTS
iments not given here have not been
this office. |
nire Hall, morning, theme : Mis
afternoon, ocommunion
ning, theme © Missions.
and eve
ntre Hall, morning
Reformed —Tuste y ville, mornin Centre Hall,
g:
Union, aft
Cen're Hal 3
; Note the
Georges Valley,
hange from the schedule
morning |
evening
or msl awn Nurampcon
Harris township
Mre. Margaret Weaver, of Lemont,
and sister, Mrs, Ella Mader, with three
children, of Altoona, were guests al
the home of J. W. Miller, last Friday.
Hiram Thompson, of Htate College,
was Bosalehurg last Thursday at.
tending to business relating to the
Centre County Mutual Fire Ins. Co,
P.of H.
Mr. and Mra. Charles Btarom, of the
Mountain City, visited here last week.
Mr, and Mrs. George 8. Keller, of
Houserville, spent last Wednesday at
the home of Adam Felty.
Isaac Underwood, dealer in imple-
ments in Bellefonte, attended to busi-
ness in Boalsburg, Friday.
Miss Gertrude Wieland spent Batur-
day in Bellefonte, where she visited
her brother, Vv, Beott Wieland, who is
ill at his home on Bpring street,
Miss Nora Fry, of Bellefonte, spent
some time at her hbomeat Bhingletown.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wagner returned
to their home in Altoona, Monday,
after a stay of ten months with Mrs.
Wagner's parents, Mr. sod Mre. D.
W. Myers.
The heaviest porkers killed in Boals-
burg this winter were those of E. W,
Bweeney, killed Wednesday of lust
week, Toe one weighed 549 lbs, and
the other 520 lbs,
Daniel Stover, of Earlystown, was
over Bunday st his home iu Boalsburg.
A Christmas entertainment will be
given by the schools at Oak Hall next
l'uesdsy alternoon I'he grammar
aud primary schools will unite in the
The usual Christmas treat
will be given the scholars, Similar
exercises will be held in the primary
room of the Boalsburg school building,
a’ the same time,
Christmas services will be held ip
Peters chureh, Pine Hall, Christ.
Io the Bethel chureh, Pive
Mills, Sunday evening after
Christmas.
n
exercises,
8
fas eve,
Grove
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Aaronsburg,
Anuie Hoover Greigbaum, of
Oak Grove, is visiting ber uncle, Z.
D. Thowss, at this place
Miss Mabelle Crouse
spend the winter
father, in
Mrs {
AT
r=,
tol
her!
bas come
months with
this place,
gntie Wert, of Rebersburg, |
was over one day week, having |
her butchering done by her son Luther
Rev. Dr. Schuyler, of Centre Hall,
«pent the Sabbath with Mrs F. J.
Forster. Io the evening he preached
A Ve the Lutheran
church.
Charles Keister, of Akron, Oblo, is
visiting his friends at
this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wert were to
Rebersturg Bunday, to see Mrs. Jesse
Wert, who is ill of pneumonis.
Inst
ry able sermon lo
parents and
fs mm
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New Year Cards
A beautiful line of New Year Post
Cards, colored and embossed, are on
sale at this office, Prices : 3 cards,
5 cents ; 6carde, 12 cents; 12 cards,
Sent by mslil to any address
mir
Handkerchiefs, neckties, mufflers,
ete, for Xmas presents—C. P. Loxa,
Spring Mills
2) cents
i e————
Alfatia for Chickesnus,
Clini ¢ ulfalfa, in bales of from 80 to
100 pounds, is offered to poultrymen at
one cent per pound, f b., Centre
Hall station
This is the third cutting, and wes
stored in October, It is as green as
grass, and is readily eaten by fowle,
The poultryman acquainted with his
business knows the value of alfalfa ar
an PgR producer.
Terms spot cash
HB. W. Furr, Centre Hall,
oO,
»
Spreading Over
me
4, which he
h his new medicine, 18 being
3.
that 90 per cent, of
fue to stomach trouble,
ed about his theory re-
“Stomach trouble is
¢ of the 20th century
civilized races are cone
d. Fractically all of the chronic
salt of this generation is caused
sthnormal stomachie conditions, In
* days, when the human race was
¢ to nature, and men and women
1 all day out of doors, digging
ir frugal existence from the soll,
fred, droopy, halfsick people that
¢ now so common, did not exist,
“To be sure, there was sickness in
those days, but it was of a virulent
character, and only temporary. There
v none of this halfsick condition
al! the time with which so many are
alliicted nowadays,
“1 know positively that every bit of
this chromle ill health Is caused by
stomach trouble. The human stomach
in civilized people today is degenerate.
It lacks tone and strength. This weak-
ness has gradually come through a
godentary existence, 1 further know
that few people can be sick with the
1 the
digestive apparatus in perf pe.
The sole reason for iy success 1s be]
A
Entire Country.
the stomach up to required
strength in about six weeks’ time,
come and thank me wherever { have
gone to introduce my medicine, than I
have had time to talk with.”
Among the immense numbers of peo-
ple who are n strong believers In
Cooper's theory and medicine is Mrs.
M. E. Delano, a prominent resident of
the suburb of Brookline, Boston, Mass,
She says: “For several years [I was
broken in health, caused primarily by
stomach and nerve troubles, I gradu-
ally became worse, until recently I was
compelled to go without solid food for
days at a time. 1 had sour
palpitation of the nerves of stomach
and heart, dyspepsia, and extreme ner-
vousness, 1 suffe terribly with in-
somnia, and my liver, bowels and
whole system gradually became deo-
ranged, 1 felt Instant relief the first
day 1 began this Cooper medicine.
I now feel like a new being. Today
I walked all over town, shopping
something I have not done for years.
* "I make this statement wholly fm
a sense of duty. I feel I owe it
anyone who might and
renewed happiness as I have done”
The record made by the Cooper med-
felines is astonishing. We will take
1 in discussing it with
a a ahoou, Wagone
J, D. Murray.
.
STCRET CHECK SIGNS,
Ways by Which Millionaires Pro-
tect Their Signatures.
FUILS AGAINST FORGERIES.
in the Absence of the Hidden Mark a
Bank Will Refuse to Pay—An In-
stance Which Bhows How the Secret
Sign May Serve Other Purposes.
If all reports be true, then the life
of the millionaire, like that of the po-
leemnn, Is most certainly not'a happy
one,
There is little doubt that a certain
class of criminals regard millionaires
legitimate prey, and the million-
alres, knowing this, are compelled to
contrive schemes to thwart thelr cun-
ning.
The modern method of doing busi-
by check has to a large extent
provided the forger with opportunities
for the exhibition of his workmanship.
of the millionaire’s
his protection relate to
checks, and these
which usually consist of se-
entirely apart from the
signature, Indicate to the bank the
genuineness of the checks and are
mostly of a simple character.
Far aud away the most clever idea
for protecting a check signature is the
one utilized by an American million-
aire ne well known in
Great Britain as in the States.
His idea is an extremely simple one,
It is this of each check
us
Ness
‘ih ive
schems
his
schemes,
Hinny
for
signature on
eret marks
whose 1 is as
Cin the back
that he sigas he makes tiny blot,
which natural, |
But missing then |
the bank will honor the |
check. This little blot saved the mil- |
Honalre $50,000 on oue occasion alone. |
Early one morning he was kidnaped. |
i
His captors threatened violence unless |
they received £10,000 immediately, The |
i
1
i
in
look = innocent and
hol {ii
#0
fo
Rauek
aeciine
millionaire thought. Then, after hesl-
tation for a few minutes, he offered to |
write out a check for the money then |
the understanding that |
immediately the check was cashed he |
wis to be released
The
miionaire
and there on
the |
but |
terms were accepted, and
out check,
hie left © He certainly had |
great in his plan, for it was |
fmpossaible to tell what might happen |
when the che presented and |
payment
However, the Kidnaj
the bank and pre «1 the check.
course the « for the biot, |
and when he saw that it was missing
he suspected that something was
wrong Meyment of the check was
refused on the ground that it was in
complete, and the men went away, fol.
lowed by of bank, who
were fortunately able rescue the
millionaire from the desperadoes’
hands.
Another man of great wealth dis-
poses of the signature difficulty In a
different way altogether. He protects
himself Ly never giving an uncrossed
check, and this fact has duly been
notified to the bank.
Each day his bank pass book is ex
amined Ly his private secretary, and if
there Is an entry in the book which
has no business there then the matter
can be looked Into at once. Of course
if the bank forged check,
then, genx ly speaking. they must
bear the loss themselves,
This has many disadvan-
tages that the man must
never a his check book out of his
possession and must place unreserved
confidence in his secretary and his
staff
The private secretary supplies hile
employer with any cash required, re
ceiving iu exchange a duly crossed
check for the amount. It Is the private
secretary, therefore, who has to protect
his siguature from forgery, and this
he does in a very Ingenious way. He
has had a of his signature cut
out of cork. This he uses as he would
an india rubber stamp, and he elalns
that it Is as impossible to imitate the
markings of the cork as it Is impossi
ble to duplicate the Impression of the
human thumb
At any rate, the novelty of the idea
has sufficed to scare off would be for-
goers, for it is stated that no one has
ever attempted to copy the cork sig.
nature,
Placing a small grease spot on the
check Is another protective idea,
though the spot has in this case to be
precisely In a prearranged position.
In a further case the check is never
torn out of the check book quite
straight. There is always a little
plece torn off down part of one side,
seemingly in quite an accidental man-
ner.
But still all these devices may fall
at times, and In every case the experi:
ence and cuteness of the bank afficials
afford additional protection. Indeed,
this experience is perhaps the greatest
safeguard of all-Pearson’'s Weekly,
wrote the
it the blot
confidence
Vv Tv
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of it refused. i
off to}
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Electric Railway Inventor.
The electric railway had many in
ventors- persons who by varfous im
provements brought the system to iis
present usefulness. Thomas Daven.
port, a blacksmith, of Brindon, Vt,
credited with having first suggest
the electric rallway, although an Ital
lan priest, Abbe Balvatore Del Negro,
professor of natural philosophy at the
University of Padua, ls reputed to have
designed an electric toy traction ma-
chine of the reciprocating type in
1830. Davenport ran a toy motor
mounted on wheels on a small circular
rallway in 1834, exhibiting this . Jas
later at Springfield and Boston.
half » century passed, however, before
the electric rallway was made prac-
tical for present uses.—Argonsaut.
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that way. a . ;
Bulletin
and'parting.
times,
be termed the Banta Claus route,
you right ; the rest will be easy.
He can start
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