Vv ( ) 1... LXXXI].
ROOSEVELT EXTRAVAGANCE,
The President a Heckless Npender
Pablic Moneys—Never Hinted at Koon-
omy Daring His Term of Office,
Official figures compiled by the
clerks of the House and Benate Com-
mittees on Appropriations show that
expenditures aggregating $1,008,397,
543.56 were authorized at the last ses-
sion of Congress. These are the
heaviest appropriati jus ever made In
time of peace,
When the country was astonished
at the spectacle of a Billion Dollar
Congress Speaker Reed could offer no
excuse except a plea that tbis had be-
come a Billion Dollar country. But
under the Roosevelt regime we have
attained the Two Billion Dollar Con-
gress, which appropriates a thousand
millions at each annual session. The
appropriations during the last four
years of Rooseveltism have mounted
up to $3,428,000,000, or $33,900,000 more
than during four years of civil war.
In a recent statement Representative
James A. Tawney, Republican Chair-
man of the House Committee on Ap-
THE LOVAL PAPER,
Powerful Influence For Good In Its
| Community.
The influence of the modern news.
paper and periodical on the thought
and character of the community in
which it circulates is vastly greater
than most people who give it a casual
la
There never has been a reform of
any magnitudesuccessfully carried out
without the help of the newspapers,
and a radieal change in the policy of a
party or government’ along reform
lines is never undertaken until that
reform has been forced upon it by pop-
ular sentiment expressed through the
paper's columuos,
Popular sentiment produces reform
and that sentiment is produced by the
newspapers. So it is seen that the
newspaper is at the bottom of all re
form movements. This is true of all
rightly eonducted journalism, but is
doubly true of the local or country
daily or weekly, and for these reasons:
The large metropolitan dailies, with
their enormous circulations, are main-
ly read by business men, and a large
propriations, ssserted that * almost
65 per cent. of the Government's reve-
nues, exclusive of postal receipts, is
today being spent to meet the cost of
wars past and anticipated.” In an]
article by Senator Allison, the venera- |
ble Republican Chairman of the Ben-
ate Committee on Appropriations,
showed that since 1583 there had come
an annual increase of $51,000000 in
expenditures for the army, an sunusl
increase of $84,000,000 for the navy and |
an annual increase of $30,000,000 for |
pensions. These three items alone]
represent a total of $381,000,000 in the
appropriations authorized at the re-
cent session of Congress.
This is an annual tax of more than |
$4 50 on every man, woman and child
in the United States for army, navy |
and pensions alone. It represents sn |
average of $22.50 for each family, or]
more than half the average month's
earnings of the American laborer io |
the period of highest prosperity.
Mr. Roosevelt has been President of
the United States for nearly seven |
years. Who can recall s single bill}
that he ever vetoed on the ground of]
extravagance ? Who can remember 8 |
single instance in which he firmly |
protested against Lhe unnecessary ex-
penditure of public money ? Who can
recall a single message in which he]
took a strong, uncompromising po- |
sition in support of public economy ? |
His has been the
spendtbrift admioistration ever known
in time of peace, and while the Demo- |
eratic platform properly denounces
“ heedless waste of the people's mo-|
ney ’’ the declaration is less aggressive |
than the facts demand. :
There never was » better time for
the Democratic party to ralse Mr. Til-
den’s most effective issue of Retrench-
ment and Reform.
i
!
reckless, |
most
TIME TO END STVYIFE, i
National Chairman Kerr in speak- |
ing of the meeting of the Democratic
State Committee in session at Harris
burg Wednesday, said :
* While at Denver and since my re-
turn from the Democratic National
Convention I have conferred with
Democrats from various sections of
the State. I find that the sentiment
is strongly in favor of the idea that
this is not the time for strife among
Pennsylvania Democrats and that we
should have an organization built
upon and responsive to the sentiment
of the great army of Democratic voters
and not the tool of any political boss.
“1am in harmony with this senti-
ment and am hopefal that the mem-
bers of the Democratic Rtate Commit
tee will, as they can if they will, take
the initial step at Wednesday's meet-
ing to make such an organization
possible. The best way to start this
plan is to elect 8 chairman of the
Democratic tate Committee who is
not a Guffey man, a Kerr man or any
other man’s man, but one who is a
Democrat snd whose reputation is a
guarantee that he will work for Demo-
oratic success and not to promote or
foster a dictatorship through which
any man exploit himself or be in a
position to dominate the party organ-
ization.
“ There are many such men in Penn
sylvania, any one of whom would
command the confidence of the Demo-
cratic voters and against whom no
self-senking man can lay a valid objec.
tion. Charles, J Reilly, of Lycoming, ;
ex-Representative Blumle, of Cam-
eron, snd ex-Representative William
Hasson, of Venango, are types of the
man who should be selected chairman
of the Democratic Committee in this
emecgency. I have not communicated
with either one of them and do not
know that any one of them would
accept such an honor, but my friends
and I will cheerfully support any one
of the three or any man of the same
“Sach a selection will, I am confi.
The papers are
wastebaskets, and the proportion
which reach the family hearth is small
aud these are simply scanned for sen-
and the editorials are
ov rlooked by the ladies of the family
almost entirely. .
Now, how different it Is with the lo-
cal weekly paper ! It is read top, bot-
tom and sides by every member of the
family and particularly by the women.
Its editorials are read, discussed and
tone of these articles
The women of a comunity have
policy of that section than they are
usunlly given eredit for. It is in very
many respects Lhe case of the gray
them on the
right side, opposed to graft and wrong-
The local paper helps them to under.
tand politieal and social questions and
to act and talk intelligently in relation
to them, aud through the women of
the household a tremendous influence
is exerted on the voters of tha} hotse
hold,
Fhe readers of the Reporter have
aiways found this paper in the past
arrayed on the side of god govern.
ment. Regardless of any one's feel
ings, it always speaks out plainly
all public questions vital to the
local interests and it is proposed to
stand for all time on the same plat-
form.
.
ns A A MRSS
No public man in America has ever
had a wider or more intimate acquaint.
ance with all sorts and conditions of
men than Mr, Bryan now enjoys. He
has traveled widely at home and
abroad, on his merits, his own time,
aud st his own expense. And even
abroad in an unofficial capacity Mr.
Bryan's reception was such as few of
bis most eminent countrymen have
enjoyed. For twelve years he has
been before the public eye in the try-
ing position of a defeatéd candidate,
backing a series of propositions which
the people were not ready to sccept.
With a large faith in his own con-
victions and a confidence that the peo-
ple would do right as they saw it, Mr.
Bryan has persisted, and today roe
jolces in the approval of, and is more
closely in touch with, the masses of
the people than any man of his time,
He has shown splendid business and
political ability. He has risen to his
present importance solely by his own
efforts and by ways that are wholly
commendable. He made a good record
for himself in Congress,
He has enlightened and instructed
and inspired from the lecture platform
all sorta and conditions of men. He
is fearless and of inflexible determina.
tion where his convictions are placed.
He is eminently fitted for the presi
dency of this great nation,
There is a justifiable protest by
American teams competing in the
events at the present Olympic meet
against the chance which often pits
one of them against another in elimi
nation contests, No two competitors
of one nationality should be placed
where they diminish the chances of
that nationality to win io the final
events,
RA]
Bryan and Business,
{ Continued from previous column.)
managem. nt of the present campaign
by a body of earnest Democrats with.
out official connection with what
otherwise may pass as the regular
party machinery, but which, while
holding legal title to the name, has no
moral right to assume to speak or to
set for the great body of Democratic
voters in Penosylvania.”
YOUNG LADY INS.ANTLY KILLED.
Near Bellefoute While Walking on the
Tracts of the B, EV, Kellrond Company.
Thursday morning of last week a
very sad accident occurred at the june-
tion of the Bellefonte Central R. R.
and P, R. R. tracts a short distance
north of Bellefonte, when Miss Lizzie
Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
Newton Jones, of Milesburg, was
struck and ipstantly killed by the out-
ward bound Bald Eagle Valley train
from Tyrone to Lock Haven,
The young lady spent the night with
friends in Bellefonte and Thursday
morning started to walk to her hoe
in Milesburg. When near the junction
of the two tracks she stepped to those
of the Bellefonte Central but on sce
count of an approaching train she
stepped back on the Pennsy tracks,
not seeing the train approaching from
Bellefonte. In an instant she was
struck and hurled to one side. Her
skull was fractured and she was other-
wise fatally injured,
The young lady was born in Miles-
burg and her entire life was spent in
that community. She was aged about
18 years and is survived by her parents
Mr. and Mrs. H. KN, Jones and the fol-
lowing brothers and sister : Lorens,
William L. and Roy.
eects
The Pienle Month
This is permanently the picnic
month, The rush of harvest is over
aod there is a lull before the satumn
seeding, and farmers take advaniage
of the bright summer weather lo meet
in a social way. Whatever else may
be lacking on the program, the picnic
dinner never disappoints. And what
a contrast between
ment and the farmer's picnic dinper!
Honest butter ; water and milk one is
not afraid to drink ; chicken free from
all suspicion of cold storage ;
boiled ham free from all packing house
taint ; and cakes and pies mixed with
real lard, genuine butter, and minus
glucose and the other adulterants with
which the dweller in town flods his
pastry loaded. In short, the farmers
picnic dinner is a dream, while too
often the quick lunch of the lown is a
nightmare.
LOUALS,
Mrs. Lucinda Weaver hds been ill
during the past week, threatened with
pueumonis.
The early potatoes will “be a poor
crop. The dry weather set in too
early to mature the tubers.’
Corn has improved very much
during the past ten days, and there
are now prospects for at least a fair
crop in many fleids.
Sunday afternoon Rev. M.S. Ders-
tine filled the Methodist pulpit, and
in the evening Dr. D. J. Mitterling
filled the pulpit in the Presbyterian
church.
Dr, John Riter is at the home of his
son, Edwarl Riter, in Centre Hall
The doctor had been laid up in the
hospital for some time, but he is now
able to get around again.
greater part of his wheat crop. The
threshing was done in the fleld, the
grain marketed, and the straw was
also baled at once and shipped to
market. <7
R. B. Bpangler, of Barnesboro, ae
companied by Arthur R. Hoover, of
Philadelphia, are being entertained by
the former's mother, Mm Anna
Spangler. Mr, Bpangler is engaged in
the milling business, and also has a
few side lines.
Miss Margaret Brisbin was unani-
mously elected ss a teacher in the
Soldiers’ Orphan Industrial School at
Beotiand, Pa. Miss Brisbin is a niece
of Col. J. L. Bpangler and this is quite
an honored promotion. She formerly
was a teacher in the Chester Springs
Orphan Behool,
Postoflice inspectors caused several
Shamokin residents trouble, These
parties had violated the postal laws by
writing messages on the margin of
newspapers, and mailing them as third
class matter, using a one cent stamp.
This is & most common violation, but
the department is picking up the vio-
Iators in all parts of the country.
The famous Baileyville pienic is
billed for August 8th, Company E,
45th P. V., will celebrate their forty-
seventh reunion at that time, Dr, Ed-
win Erle Sparks, president of State
College ; Gen, James A. Beaver and
other notable orators, will make ad-
dresses. It will be on the order of a
basket picnic. Everybody invited,
Do you know that oan write
your name on the metal of r farm
tools ? You can, Just take a little
tallow or beeswax, melt it abd spread
it over the place on which you want
your name ; write your name down
through the wax with a big needle or
awl and pour a few drops of nitric seid
over the letters you have made. Leave
: oft the
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LOCAL EVENTS OF 1879,
Reprinted from the Files of the Reporter
to Hefresh the Minds of the Older
Readers, and Ealighten the Younger
October §--James SBpangler, of near
Potters Mills, met with a painful acei-
dent Monday. While assisting in the
repairing of a bridge near Red Mill hie
foot wes crushed between a heavy
piece of timber and a stone, Dr, Nef!
dresse 1 the injured member,
The entertainment given by the
students of the Penns Valley Institute,
Prof. H. F. Bitner, principal, was a
success, The music was under the
charge of Prof, Lowell Meyer.
Markets— Philadelphia : No. 2 red
wheat, $1 38 ; corn, 62¢c; oats, 38¢ ;
rye, bec,
October 16 ~The left arm of Jacob
Dinges was amputated Monday by
Dr, Neff, assisted by Drs. Musser, Van
Valzah and Jacobs, The amputation
was made a few inches above the el-
bow, The arm below the elbow had
swollen to enormous proportions, and
the fleshy parts were found to have
grown to a spongy mass, and an ex-
tion proved it to be a case of caries of
the bone.
Monday evening the twenty-fifth
marriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs,
J.D, Murray was celebrated at their
home in Centre Hall.
Rev. J. H. Bhoemaker, of the
Asconsburg Reformed charge, resign-
ed his pastorate to go to a fleld in
Emporium, Kansas,
Jerome Moyer, of Miles township,
was 80 unfortunate ss to have the
middle filoger on his hand lacerated
by being esught in a cider mill.
Henry Stoner, of Haines township,
fell from an apple tree and sprained
his spine.
Thirty members of the Bellefonte
Masonic lodge sitended the funeral of
Samuel Faroer, The Centre Hall
The citizens of the Penn Hall school
Phuscict have raised the nece waty funds
yy subscription to open the old estab:
lished scacemy for the winter term.
The district pays $368 school taxes and
gels in return only $125 from the town-
ship.
Prof. D. M. Wolf is at present in
Philadelphia having an operation per-
formed on one of his eyes.
The Centre Hall band gave their
instruments and property into the
hands of a committee and disbanded.
October 23 —Uriah Spangler, of Kan-
sas, and sister, Mrs, Benjamin Gram-
ley, of Kane county, Illinois, are east
oun a visit to friends in Brush Valley.
A son of John Foote, of Millheim,
fell from a hickory tree and sustained
injuries that caused his death.
Married —October 31, William H.
Alters, of Zion, snd Mis Mary E.
Nicholss, of Bellefonte. , . John 8.
Baumgardner, of Centre Hill, and
Mim Francia H. Willow, of Centre
Hill . | | October 6, Charles Yearick,
of Madisonburg, snd Miss Chestie C.
Lohr, of Gregg township . . . October
12, J. W. Ferer, of Boalsburg, and
Mrs. SBarah Weber, of Haines
October 9, John L. Dunlap and Miss
Margaret Shult, both of Benner town-
ship. . . October 5, John Keesigle
and Miss Barbara Albright, voth of
Potters Mills . . , October 8, Wm. H.
Working and Mis Rebecea J. Strong,
both of Centre Hill . . | October 21,
Henry K. Harshbarger and Miss
L;disa Confer, voth of near Centre
Hil
Fergason Twp, School Teachers,
The school board of Ferguson town-
ship has elected the following teachers
for the ensuing term : High school,
Prof. (3. W. Johnstonbaugh ; Pine
Grovd Mills grammer, Miss Gertrude
Keichline ; primary, Miss Mary Tan-
yer ; Kepler, Harry Walker ; Balley-
ville grammar, Miss Clara Weaver ;
primary, Miss Nancy Heberling ; Cen-
tre, Miss Florence Kepler ; Marengo,
Samuel Harpster ; Glades, A. C. Kep-
ler ; Gatesburg, Paul Martz ; Tadpole,
R H. Harpster ; Oak Grove, Miss
Edith Ward. ; Krumrine, R. H. Dan-
lap ; Pine Hall, John Homan ; White
Hall, Homer Decker ; Branch, Mise
Lillian Musser,
AR AOA SA AAI
Bridge Contract Awarded.
The commissioners of Centre gnd
Clearfield counties held a joint meet.
ing at the Passmore house in Philips
burg to open and consider the bids for
the comstruction of the inter-county
bridge over the Moshannon creek and
leading from Philipsburg to Chester
Hill, There werequite a few bids cov.
ering concrete and steel structures
sent In from well known contractors,
The fortunate bidder was R. A. Beott,
of Barnesboro, who was awarded the
contract for putting in a good substan.
tial concrete structure at a cost of §3,
484, in addition to which he i@to have
The pension of Mrs. Elizabeth Hus
tenbauder, |
The Present Need for Young Men Is a
Training That Will Maske Them Suc.
cessful Farmers,
Young men and women who go to
college may select an institution which
gives vocational training. In recent
years there has been introduction of
some manual training in the secondary
schools. The great majority of pupils
in the secondary schools never attend
college, and educators are now recog.
nizing their right to some special
training for their life work. Concern-
ing the introduction of agriculture as a
training subject in the pecondary
schools, Dr, Thomas F, Hunt, of The
Pennsylvania State College, says :
There are in the United States today
about one and a quarter million boys
between the ages of fourteen and
twenty-one who will some day be farm-
ers. The present need is fora training
that will make them successful farm-
ers and efficient citizens.
It seems to him that whatever may
be the details, the future policy should
recognize broadly two propositions.
First, the Btate has a responsibility
for the intellectual development of
boys and girle between the ages of four-
teen and twenty-one, and any educa
tional system that does not recognize
such responsibility is defective. If
this is not true, then the age of citizen-
ship should be changed. Enormous
numbers of boys and many girls are
educationally turned adrift between
the ages of fourteen and sixteen. The
Industrial Commission of Massachu-
setts estimates that there are in that
Btate alone 25,000 boys and girls be-
tween these ages who are receiving no
school training. As occupations are
now organized few of them find oppor-
tunity for employment in which they
are intellectually improved.
The second proposition is that if this
nation is to bold its intellectual and
industrial place among the nations of
the world, a vocational training must
be provided for boys and girls between
the age of fourteen and ihe age of
citizenship.
Our high schools are efficient instru.
ments for preparing boys for college
and for preparing girls to teach school.
If all boys went to college and all girls
taught school, the schools would not
be the subject of special criticism. No
educational system should overlook
the fact that many boys and girle go
to college and will continue to go in
increasing numbers, and many young
women and some young men will
teach school. No less, but more, if
possible, should be done for this class
of future citizens, which in influence
and power is the most important on
the nation. The time has come, how-
ever, when all must recognize, if this
nation is to hold its place among the
civilized and industrial nations of the
world, that our educational system
must be more comprehensive than it
is at the present time. The large ma-
jority of boys and girls neither go to
college nor teach school, aud are un-
necessarily ineflective in the occups-
tions which they follow from lack of
proper training. Fortunately, there is
gathering a strong movement for in-
struction in agriculture, mechanic arts
and home economics in the high
school,
Reilth's Theatre ,
The bill of attractions at Keith's
theatre, Philadelphia, this week is
rich in novelty. The top line feature
is the musical comedy entitled ** The
Naked Truth,” Harry Davenport and
Phyllis Rankin appearing in the lead-
ing roles. The production is under
the direction of Sidney Drew, and the
act runs about three-quarters of an
hour—something quite unprecedented
in vaudeville. Julie Ring makes a
return after two years’ absence, pre-
senting a new sketch, “ The Wrong
Room.” The comedienne, Badie Jan-
sell, has a piquant offering for this
week. A spectacular musical novelty
is that of ** Ware's Village Choir,”
presenting ** The Angelus ’ in combi
nation with beautiful scenes. A fea-
ture for the children is Carlisle’s dog
and pony circus,
’
A Hold Up in Union County,
The other evening while returning
from Lewisburg to his home in East
find fifty dollars in an
ried with some letters.
After Mr. Dunkle was relieved
his valuables, he was told to
to his destination, and cau
to mention the incident.
NO. . 2.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Today (Thursday) is picnic day on
Grange Park for the Lutherans of the
Centre Hall charge.
J. K. Horton, Esq., has returned to
Philipsburg, he having entered into
the practice of law in connection with
W. D. Crosby.
The greater part of the wheat crop
is now housed, and the threshing
machine has begun its work of
separating the wheat from the chafl,
Methodist day, 30th inst., at Lake-
mont Park, Bishop Moore and Dr,
Dixie, president of Albion College,
Michigan, will beamong the speakers.
The supervisors in Haines township
are advertising for bids for the con-
struction of abutments for sn fron
bridge over Penns Creek, at Wood-
ward,
Mrs. Mary A. Neff, formerly a
resident of Centre Hall, but now
located at Bethany, Illinois, writes
very complimentary of the news
found in the Reporter.
An attractive leap-year dance is de-
scribed in Woman's Home Companion
for August. Each girl sends to the
gentleman she has chosen to be her
escort, an invitation to the dance, stat-
ing at what time heshould call for her.
A note from Wilfred F. Masser, of
Altoona states that times continue
pretty dull in that railroad town,
when the shops continue work but
four days a week, and but nine hours
a day. Fridays and Baturdays sre the
days closed down.
A. A. Blevenson, superintendent of
the Btandard Steel Works at Burnham
has been made Vice President of the
Standard Steel Works Company, with
his office in Philadelphia, and J. P.
Sykes, of Philadelphia, has succeeded
him as superintendent,
The Jscob Rider farm at Gatesburg,
one of the best in that section, was
sold to Willis Rider, of Altoona, for
$5,600, Mr. Rider has always had a
desire to become the owner of his
grandfather's farm, which has been in
the family almost one hundred years,
Mre. Ballie Horner, of Colyer, is one
of the many subscribers who takes
pride in having her subscription paid
in advance, and never {ails to speak
kindly of the Reporter when making
a remittance. The letters from such
readers makes the editor think that
living is worth the while.
As a necessary preliminary to have
ing a state road built through a bo-
rough, the Bellefonte borough council
is taking steps to have that borcugh
surveyed. A survey also serves the
residents in many ways, and protects
them against being obliged to change
the grade of walks, and other improve-
ments of a permanent character,
Among the sales of real estate
recently made at Pleasant Gap, was
the sale of his house and Int by George
Koon to Mra. Ruth Milier. The lady,
who is a daughter of John Sweeney,
of Pleasant Gap, for many years lived
in Pittsburg, but will now remove to
her former home. Mr. Koon will
make his home with a son, Jacob E,
Koon, at State College.
“One who wae not afraid, and who
spoke the truth.” This is the sum-
mary that F, Hopkinson Smith makes
of the character of Captain Thomas A,
Scott, Master Diver, whose life he
sketches in the August Everybody's.
Captain Scott was a plain American,
one of the * common people,” with a
heart full of the milk of human kind-
ness, a hand ever ready td help and
protect the weak.
It is a mistake to think that all the
are men of this character in the world
today, and the Reporter has frequent.
ly discovered them in its business re-
Intions. The other day the telephone
bell rang, and 'Bquire F. A. Carson
proved to be at the other end, who in
a few words stated that he had read
such an article from a junk dealer, and
that he would return them to me,
which was Ister done. Mr. Carson's
a five dollar Lill to the Reporter,
In Freeport, Iilinols, William P,
Emmert rounded out his seventy-fifth
year. In 1833 he
father to Centre county from