VOL. LXXX]. TREASON IN THE WEST, I'he following article is copied from The Plaindealer, a Taft newspaper dealing with the tariff over the wall and give its support to Bryan: There would be no talk of increased freight rates over the railways if the railways could buy their steel ails, bridge material, steel cars and other necessary material in an untariffed market. And there would be no more talk about a reduction of wages. Ils not go long ago that Charles Schwab testified before a Congressional com: mitiee that steel rails could be manu: in the European markets at §16 per ton with a small profit to the Ameri can manufacturer. No man belter than Mr. Schwab knew at the time whereof hespoke, A Republican Con- gress has had plenty of time since that day to have lowered the tariff, but through some influence the barons have been able to prevent such legis- lation, The masses will have a chance in November to seleet men for Con- gress favorable to readjustment of the tariff on lines equitable toail. Are you ready to lay aside politics for the moment and mske a fight for your own interests? You don’t drive a pail that is not tariff taxed. The window glass in your windows, the teacups you drink from, the water pitcher, the iron in your stove, the griddle you bake your cakes on, the kupife aud fork with which you cut the beef you eat, the shroud in which you bury your dead, the tombstone at the head of,the grave, the matches you barn, the needle with which you stitch on a button and the button itsell are all tariff taxed. The blanket you sleep under, if it be wool, pays a hyndred per cent, No human bLeing escapes the tariff tax. The tariff tax per cap: ita in this country bas risen from $1.50 8 hundred years ago to $12 50 to-day. Don’t you think it is time to takes few dornicks from tue top of the tarifl wall and give the consumers an oppor- tunity to see over? If you do, vote for 8 Dewocrat for Congress this time. The Republicans have had their day in Court and have dallied. McKinley warned them. Give Taft a House of Representatives friendly to the con- sumers of the country. The voters of Centre county will not expect a man as well known to them ss W. Harrison Walker, the Demo- eratic candidate for congress, to spend bis time makiog s personal canvass here, when he has a territory to cover as large as many of the foreign coun. tries. This congressional district is oue of the largest districts in the state, and is composed of the counties of Centre, Clearfleld, Cameron and Me. Kean. If Mr. Walker were obliged to make a complete canvass at home, he would not be able to do anything in any of the other three counties in the district. The mentioning of these con- ditions will be ample to satisfy the voters of Centre county that the course Mr. Walker is pursuing is the proper one. ss fie E———— The sensor of the Public Ledger edi- torial writer must have intrusted his work to an understrapper Friday of last week. Io that issue an editorial appeared not at all flattering to Uncle Joe Cannon, the boss of the lower house of Congress. It is astonishing how a newspaper once fair on impor- tant topics—political or otherwise— can become so narrow as is the Public Ledger during the present campaign. The worst political outlaws are shown more respect, in both the news and editorial columuos of the Public Ledger, than Mr. Bryan. Possibly the Pablie Ledger intends outdoing a class of newspapers it formerly held in con- tempt. Governor Btuart was not equal fo his opportunity when he failed to name a Democrat for the vacant Judgeship in Berks county. There should be nonpartissnsbip in the choice of Judges, and it would have been setting an example of non-par- tisanship for 8 Republican Executive to name a fit man of the opposition party to sit on the Bench in an opposi- tion county to fill a vacancy occasion ed by the death of an opposition Judge. All this goes without breath. Ing a word agalost the Governor's ap- pointes, Fred Bmith, the farmer from Rush township, is the man the farmers in Centre county cen well afford to supe port for office. He is" intelligent, and has every qualification needed for a model sheriff. And he is big enough to hold a prisoner, once he gets hold of him. Men of good moral character are needed in the Legislature. J. (, yer, Eeq., is a man of character in LOUAL EVENTS O ©" 1850, | Reprinted from the Files of the Reporter to Kefresh the Minds of the Older October 30—~The Loop church was re-dedicated Sunday, the sum of $1500 | having been expended in remodeling the edifice. The dedicatory sermon was delivered by Rev. John Tomlin- son. Rev. W. H. Groh, Rev. J. K, Miller and Rev, Koser were also pres. ent. The pastors in charge were Rev, W. E. Fischer and Rev, B. M. Roeder. Rev. J. G. Bhoemaker was present- ed with a handsome gold-headed cane by the Awsronsburg Bunday school. The presentation speech was made by Prof. Apple, of Lancaster, Rev. Shoe- tnaker will take charge of a Reformed tission about Ewporia, Kansas, November 6—By being thrown from a wagon Jonathan Bearfoss, of Centre Hill, received a double fracture of the left arm. Dr, Alexander was called to attend the lad. The name of 8 town in Clinton county was changed from Young Womanstown to North Bend. The Harris township school direct irs bave established a graded school in Boalsburg. November 13—Friday uight Thomp son's store ul Potters Mills was robbed of some $50 tn cash, a lot of postage stamps, and nearly $2700 in notes, M. M. Biogermsn, of Laurelton, will open » tinware business at Spriug Mills. November 20~Rev, J. F. DeLong, of Williamsport, bus been secured to follow Kev, Shoemisker on the Aarons. burg Reformed charge. While building a fire in the school house in the mouutsin above Potters Mills, a bullet just grazed Charles P. Hughes, the teacher of that school. [be shot was fired from the outside, Last Friday while Henry Keller, wife and oldest daughter, of near Cen- re Hall, were drivivg vear Reynold’s mill, the horses took frigut, upsetting the wagou sud threw the occupants out, bruising them somewhat. A wagon was vorrowed to make the trip bome, sud on reaching Mann's axe factory, the horses again frighténed, and again upset the rig, throwing the ladies into the creek, but no injuries were received. Messrs. John and Israel Btover, for. merly of Hsives township, now suc ceseful farmers in Michigan, are visit. ing their friends about their former bome, but are #» well pleased with Michigan that they have no desire to return to Pennsylvania to live, Emanuel Bmith has just finished a bhaudsotne house in the lower end of town. Married-October 23, Uriah Bpang- ler, of Newton, Kansas, and Miss Hen. rietta O. Hosterman, of near Rebers- burg. George M. Bilvis, of Aarousburg, and Miss Emma A. Wil. low, of Millbheim. . . October 30, Frank McCoy, of Milesburg, sud Miss Emma Allison, of Potters Mills, September 25, William T, Stratton and Miss Annie M. Boal, both of Coleville, November 11, John R. Close, of Mil roy, and Miss Aounle Smetzier, of Sprucetown. November 13, Isasc Stover and Miss Maria Kauffman, both of Zion. . . September 18, John I. Markle, of Bellefoute, and Miss Jennie Rossman, of Centre Hall, ————— A ARIA, The finances of this county have always been better under Democratic administration than under Republican rule. That isa matter of history, The present board has paid off the indebtedness a Republican board left behind, No Demo3ratic board of county commissioners ever obliged its successors to pay its debts. Bo much for Democratic mansgement, and that is a great deal. A —— If the voters of Centre county have in mind favoring deserving young men, they are asked to weigh the case of George FF. Weaver, Democratic can- didate for Re sister, He is a one armed man, and has been obliged to struggle during the whole ot his life. Practi- cally all his earnings have been de voted to aiding his parents in retain. log an humble home, ———————— fo A ATTAINS. There is absolutely no argument sgaiost the principal of local option in a free country. For local option is neither prohibition nor license, but the popular privilege of declaring for either, Bober men are needed in the Legis lature, J. O. Meyer, Esq , has always been a sober man, n= — Bouth Caroline had its second pri. mary trial, and elected E., D, Bmith United States Senator to succeed A. C. Latimer, deceased. Bmith ls a mighty good man, and bad twenty thousand votes above his opponent, ex-Governor John Gray Evans. Honest men are needed In the Legls- lature, J.C, A y Eaq., bas a repu- . EDITOR GAZETTE : Spring Mills, Pa., Aug. 31. 5 swer.’ has about as much idea of taxation as a It is enough to make a horse la electric light, water power, steam, etc. tax, varying from $2.00, and all persons tional of the whole volume, gross, of bu obtains a large revenue from tax on orig from liquor licenses, moneys at interest mentory, and collateral inheritance taxe All corporations pay a tax of five telephone companies, joint stock associa mills upon the dollar, upon their gross re The corporations may well provi ¥ ’ very much more, and have a soft snap or i or any other citizen who owns re t whether farmers or not, pay on the county, school, road and poor tax. None of the corporations in Penn There Centre county belonging to rails or poor tax, ad for any purpose, other than the capital stock of the « on its capitol stock to the state county, school, road and poor | rpor stion, and , While t IUrPOSES The Gazette's corresponden gregate assessed value of real te taxes paid by this real estate for all rate of millage on the value of ¢ The assessed value of pe 0,301,570,287.00. Taxes onp millage is occasioned by the fa taxes are assessed for county, h few horses and cattle must put up { personal property owned by corporat but is counted as part « . small millage to the state, and for taxes for local purposes, « { The system of taxation in 1 whole system is in favor of the There is no porations should no and poor purposes, as w and lot of the city reason why the real estat t be ase as the : hous? ir borougl den. porations are based on the cost amount of taxes to pay, and the traveler When the rates are fixed all these matte As an illustration of how this wor Congress was providing revenue o « Arey so the Court held that the sender must p ceipts given. The Government got the re It is the same way with all taxes Government. All tariff is added to, and If the Government is extravagant, intern on to meet the expenditure. A billion d« the nation becomes bankrupt. It is proposed in another article t Stories of Famous Hymae, From week to week the Reporter w ill publish the stories of a few of the most popular hymus. These stories are based on facts, and will be inter. esting to the average reacer, “JESUS, LOVER OF MY s0oUL", Everybody knows something about Charles Wesley as the author of such | beautiful hymns as “Hark | the Her. | aid Aogels Bing”, "Arise my Boul, | Arieé,”. and “O for 8 Thousand Ton- | gues to Bing,” but more especially do | they know him ms the author of) “Jesus Lover of My Boul,” one of the | best loved hymuos in the world, if in | deed not the best-loved. Fora long! time it was not generally known how the hymn came to be written ; for Wesley himself bas never, so far as is definitely known, sald a word concern. ing Its origin. The following story, however, is generally accepted as the true one, QOune day, not long after his conver. sion, Mr. Wesley was sitting by an’ open window, looking out over a and beautiful fleld flooded with sun. shine. As he looked a little bird flit. ting about in the fleld attracted his attention and also the attention of a hawk which came swooping down up- on it. Greatly frightened, the bird darted here and there, endeavoring valoly to find a hiding place which the great level fleld could not afford. At last, however, it saw the open window and the man sitting by it, The hawk was now slmost upon it, and in its extremity it flew in and with beating heart and quivering wings found refuge with Mr. Wesley, Mr. Wesley himself was at that time suffering under severe trials, and was feeling (he need of a refuge in i in. Nein A TAXPAYER, roceeds to answer, and “ what an an- The fellow who writes the answer donkey has of Latin. from various sources. whether railroad, gas, is the mercantile license 80 engaged shall pay one mill addi- ging The state Courts of Then there ¥ nota § Hiv transacted annually, inal writs, issued out of the other papers recorded, also y letters of administration and testa- > mills on their capital stock. Some telegraph and or limited partnerships, by the must pay eight tions in the state, seeipts, i party to boast that Thi there iw i8 no tax but it is 80) » le all the revenue the state needs, and the farmer of the state, n of their real estate, rect tax, in place of road. ity, sands of dollars worth of real estate in 1 taxes, ompared ¥ wv estate owners YiVania pay any cour school, road estate is counted as part of therefor nly pays five mills of taxes $i {f IC 10 g : The i5 $2086 197.041.00. 975,075.76, . 2 HOWILE ag- The and the average slaty 5 is $47 is 15 mills, orate property for taxation is property is $14 963,156.72; This great difference in of personal property no Ihe farmer's vast amount of f these purposes, corporation which pays only a es. If the eo 3 taxes rporations paid would be 1 188, all the r, 8chool, road iorses and cattle, or the last fellow must bear other ping up road beds, the bur. carrying cor- the bill. adds and all ete., and thn ¥ ship {ont Quy £ be $ the Spanish War, it AF Tired of Nuss 3t the IS Aare nsidered Ks it will remembered that when imposed a tax The express cent internal the package pay for the stamp, in ed Up in Court for doing This though the law did stamp to all re- venue, but the shipper had to pay for it. raised for the support of the National included in the price to the consumer. al revenue tax and the tariff is piled oan J an express company A One haul Ax. ay the t » discuss county finances and taxation. comparison, witha flash of inspira. tion be picked up his pen and wrote, **Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly,” aud so on until the prayer—for prayer it wa 1—took the form of the hymn In which thousands of sad and weary persons have found joy and comfort in time of trouble, Another interesting story is told of this hymn bys Boston paper. One evening, the story goes, an old Civil War veteran was telling how he had been appointed to picket duty one dark night of 1864. “It was fright- fully dark,” he said, “the enemy was near, the country full of pitfalls, and I knew that my life was in momen- tary peril. Of course I had faced as great risks more than once before, but somehow out there alone I began to think of the dangers that surrounded me til I was almost 11: & state of ner- vous collapse. To alm my fears I began to sing ‘Jesus, Lover of my Boul’ and by the time I had finished the Inst stanza I was again calm and fear less”. While be was telling the story oticed the un usual interest of an old fellow sitting near by. At the close he asked : “Did ou say that I 19477 Yeu Wall any fe was a member of the Cot: stationed in Atlanta. ORIeraie Ary was out Nesooncltating I chanced akon a sentinel of the army ror to shoot him. As brought nto shou ever T hoard hits siogian der, hows ‘ ‘Cover defonceless : With \he shadow of thy w Instantly I dropped thought that I couldn’ eat ait Lae ng’ 11 that . 3 (s Ii. . NO. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Will D. Bhoop. has scceptc? a position as clerk in Fauble's clothing store, Bellefonte, and went to that town last week, Al. B. Garman has concluded to make Tyrone his home for the present, baving closed up his business affairs in Bellefonte, . Dr. P. H. Dale purchased a new driving horse, business being too brisk for one horse to do the work. During the past few months he used a second borse from the livery, A visit to Florida and other south- ern states by Mr. and Mre, George H. Smull, of Bmullton, impressed the couple very favorably, Mr. Bmull has real estate interests in the south. Where tomatoes weighing two pounds can be grown there ought to be no complaint of drought in that section. That is what the proprietor of the Coburn house, L. E-Stover, did. The Eungard Brothers last week purchased a new fifteen bLorse-power traction engine, which will be used for threshing grain. The old engine will be used for hulling clover seed and baling hay. LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Paragraphs Picked from Exchanges of Interest to Reporter Readers, Millheim Journal— & Dale Musser left for Moshannon Monday morning, where he has been engaged to teach school during the winter term, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. B. Hartman #pent several days during the past week with relatives and acquaintances at Williamsport, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Meyer, of near Coburn, left Friday morning for a week’s visit and sight-seeing at and about Pittsburg. Mre. Busan Cummings, who spent {the summer with relatives at Jean- | nette, returned to her home in this pice Tuesday evening. On the premises of W. F. Colyer, on Penn street, there grows a most pro- lific pumpkin vine. There are fifty. one pumpkins on this vine ranging in size from a cocoanut to as bushel measure, Mr, and Mrs, Cornelius Musser, of Zion, visited the gentleman’s aged father at Penn Hall, and ths lady's mother, Mrs. Ambrose Haines, near Woodward, for several days during week. Mrs, Bpeidel, nee Maggie Ruhl, is visiting her sister, Mrs. William Kreamer, at this place, and her brothers, four of whom reside in Bugar Valley. Bhe is accompanied by her viece, a daughter of Mrs. Leah Zeigler, who was also a Ruhl. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Braucht and children, of Dewart, are visiting rela. tives and Triends in the vicinity of Coburn. They arrived at Coburn on Tuesday, after a ten days’ outing at Atlantic City, Philadelphia and New York. They were accompanied on their trip by Mrs. W. L. Hosterman, of Coburn, Absolom Harter, who has been workiog at Harter, West Virginia, re- turned to his home at this place on Thursday. He passed the seventy- fifth mile stone of his life on July 24, snd stated that he was the recipient on that day of seventy-five presents snd among them was enough of tobacco to last him the balance of his days. The Jew is the most incurably intel- lectual of all mankind, says Mabel Agnes Lorenz in the October Rmart Bet. He may be starved in body and mind, but hunger cannot kill the sppetite for learning, and prosperity seldom comes to satisfy it, Frank Bloomster, of Kane, who had expected to be in Centre Hall during the Grange Encampment and Fair, is vow laid up in the Kane Summit Hospital, having undergone an opera- tion. His condition is very favorable snd his friends anticipate speedy re- covery. Emanuel Roan, of Filmore, last week bought the E. C. Fye farm in Ferguson township three miles west of State College. The price was $8,500, which included this year's erops. With his son-in-law he will occupy and till the broad and fertile acres after April Ist, "08, J. Li. Tressler, of Linden Hall, and Abper W. Alexander, of near Centre Hall, each had the misfortune to lose & good milch cow, last week. The apimal belongiog the former choked on an apple, and the other broke into-s corn fi:dld and ate a too large quantity of green corp, William Rossman, of Spriog Mills, is assisting Station Agent W., Frank Bradford to take care of the extras work at the Centre Hall railroad sta- tion during the Graoge Encampment and Fair. He is a young man at the business, but is the making of the kind that the Pennsy advances when opportunity presents itself, R. U. Reamer, for twenty-five years conductor on the Lewisburg & Tyroae railroad, is taking a vacation this week, which time is being spent smong scquaintances in the lower portions of Peuns and Brush Valleys. Mr, Reamer will drive from one point to the other and meet those, in their own homes, whose tickets he has oft. times punched on the Liain, A connection with the Edison Elec tric Light Company, in Altoona, for a period of eighteen years, has placed John O. Scholl, at the head of the engineering department, and he is filling that position with great credit, Last week Mr. Bcholl made a trip to Centre Hall to visit his’ mother, Mure, Rebecca Scholl, acd his aunt, Mrs, Lucinda Weaver, the latter being ill, Industrial conditions in Altoona have been improving slightly during the past month, according to Mr. Scholl's observations. The schoolma'am is the guiding star of the republic. She takes the bants ling fresh from the home nest, fall of his poute, his pets and his passions, ungovernable in many cases, 8 rams pans, riotous little wretch whose own mother often admits she sends him to school purposely to get rid of him. The school-ma’am takes a whole car load of these anarchists, half of whom singly and alone cannot be handled by their own mothers, and she is expects ed to put them in the way of becom. ing useful citisens. 8. B. Bhirk, of Springfield, Missouri, is east, having come here to join his wife and mother, Mr. 8 J. Shirk, who have been east for some weeks among friends. Mr. Shirk went west with his father, Reuben Shirk, now deceased, twenty-four years ago, and of course in that span of time . in sand about Centre Hall have been so numerous that it was almost impose sitle for him to recognise anything but the old familiar landmarks, Mr, Shirk A ———————— Fisher-Gearhardt, A wedding under rather sad and paiofal circumstances was that on Saturday of last week of Charles E Fisher, of Boalsburg, and Miss Emma uvearbardt, of Danville The engage- ment was announced du the spring and the wedding day was set for Mon- day, September Il4th, sud arrange ments were being made for a big wed- diog when the bride's mother, who bad been ili for some time, grew suds denly worse, says the Watchman, Realizing that death was immioent she expressed a wish to see her daugh- ter married, consequently the wedding was solemuized at her bedside on Saturday. And the nuptials took piace nove Loo soon as Mrs, Gearbardt died on Bunday and was buried on Wednesday. The bride is a young lady of many accomplishments, chief among which is her talent for music. For several years past she has been an instructor in music at Bucknell University. She has frequently visited friends in Belle- fonte and has always been regarded a very charming woman. The bride groom is well known all over Centre county. He ls a traveling salesman for the Harrisburg Casket company. Early this summer he was a candidate on the Republican ticket for the nom- ination for the Legislature but was defeated by R. B. Taylor. For a time, at least, Mr, and Mre. Fisher will live in Danville, to Teachers Institute, The date for Teachers Institute in Centre county has been set for the week of December 28th, One of the evening lecturers will be Benator Gore, of Oklahoma, the only blind man who ever sat in the United Biates Benate, Senator Gore is not only Very popular on the Democratic side of the upper branch of Congress, but is an orator of great distinction. IAI A —— School Opens Monday. The borough schools open Monday. It is the duty of parents to see that their children are in attendance the first 225, aod that they are not absent for trival reasons at any time during the term, A A». Ee ir] again supporting Messrs. Dunlap Weaver for Commissioners. They took care of the tax payers during the past three years and will do _so again, The county's finances are 0. K., and that is more than could be said of the condition of the county's treasury |\®® railroad passenger conductor, his when they want into office. {run being between Kansas City, Mis This js Grange week in Centre coun: | pecially those born and. reised odd My
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