NO. 40. vil. LXXXI.. PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, Grange Intagarating A Campaign of Kda- ontion, Nations! Body Pavors Federal Ald to Secure Hood Roads, Extract from an address by ex-Gov- ernor Hachelder, delivered. before the National Grange : At the last annual meeting you en- dorsed the recommendation made in my address that the Grange insugu- rate » campaign of edusation, having for it« ol ject the enactment of legisia- tion by Congress providing for a fed eral appropriation of $50,000,000, to be divided into five annual appropriations the improvement of the public high- | ways. These recommendations not only received your endorsement, hut | you instructed your legislative com. | mittee to take the necessary steps to | inaugurate such s campaign. Rince | the last meeting, your executive and the legislative committee have given | close attention to the work of prepsar- | ing for this campaign, snd we are con- | fident that the time has now arrived when the movement should be prose cuted vigorously, with the view of se- curing the necessary legislation at the | This your legislative committee has | made every preparation to do, and 1 | recommend that you take such section ! before you adjourn a8 will show that | it bas the united support of the order | in this importart matter mands of the Grange are both reason- i The de: | able and just, and we may expect | prompt action on the part of Congress | if members of the order generally im- | press their senators aud representa | tives with the fact that they are in | earnest. The roads of the United | Btates have too long been a reproach | and byword among the nations. The | Grange i« determined that this must | be ended, sud we should not cease in our efforts until the federal, state and | municipal governments sre cooperat- | fog in the work of making the Ameri. | can roads the finest in the world. | Every qualification that is needed in | found in George F. Weaver, of Grege | township, the Democratic nominee | for the office of Register Whils he is | quite competent to fill the office to! which be aspires, there are many po- | sitions he could not fill owing to the | fact that he is a one-armed man, and, i of course, must depend on doing some- | thing in which this misfortune will | not interfere. Mr. Weaver, to tell the | honest truth, ought to have the vote | of every one in Penns Valley without | regard to politics. He is deserving of | recognition, and his neighbors at least ought to throw aside politics when it | enmes to voting for the office of | Register. A —— i It ought to be a source of pleasure | for Messrs. Dunlap and Weaver, the present county commissioners, to refer ~—Do matter about politics —to their! record as officials. The fluances of the county are in the best of condition, and a Republican board of auditors | could find no fault whatever with any | business transaction ' performed by | them. What officers have done is of | much more account than promises | made by those who have not been | tried. Promises are easily made, | Messrs. © Dunlap and Weaver have | records that commend them. —————— I — A —— John D. Miller is another farmer on the Democratic ticket. Like Fred F. Bmith, there are no spots on him that | need erasing He is a clean, honest! honorable, capable man, just the fit for the office to which he aspires. It would be a reflection on the intelli- gence of the voters in Centre county to intimate that a large msjority of them would do anything else than vote for these gentlemen, A oa ————— Although always on the alert to find some fault with Democratic nom- inees, the Republican newspapers have not been able to find any thing that would refleet in any way on Fred F. Bmith, of Rush township. Mr, Smith Is a farmer—a real farmer, not 4 book farmer, but handles the plow and the reins himself, and these are the res. sous why the agricultural classes should give him a lift, a —— i ———— The way to keep the finances of this county in good condition, and its debts paid as incurred, is to re-elect Messrs. Dunlap snd Weaver. They have in the past administered the affairs of the county in an economical way, and what they have done they can and will do again. I —————— A Ss Men once served by their political party maguify their ingratitude by opposing candidates placed In nomins. tion in later years. Of ali the miser. able, contemptible wretches—political or otherwise—the Ingrate Is the most despised, No one has ventured to give a reason of any sort why a self-respecting citi. zen of Centre county should not vote for J, 0, Meyer, Eaq., for asemblyman, CIVIL SERVICE REFORMER, The ape thing that Mr. Presidency was his advocacy of civil service reform and his relentless de- nunciation of spoilamongering. When Benedick said he would never wed he did not think that he should live to be married, and when Theodore Roose- velt denounced the spoilsmongers it never ocurred to him that he would ever hold the appointing power in his awn hands and be able to reward his friends and punish his enemies, Mr. McKinley suspended the Classi. fied Bervice law three times, and one Vice President Roosevelt, who wished ford Pinchot, advanced. Mr. Roose- There are forty-three White House employees, and under President McKinley they were treated part of cisssified service, They are no longer so nnder President the the “xcepled and non-competitive classes, and two are in the unclassified servies The longer the President holds office and wields the appointing power the be spent &ix years in enforcing, and f vhich he then scolded in the style with which the country In three McKinley's term, he only suspended Then he sue- pended it forty-two times in a year, the next year eighty-seven times, the year following that seventy-eight mes, and last year eighty-eight times, The Civil Bervice law is for other people to obey ; Mr all law, Roosevelt is above Harriman's 8260 000 The following editorial appeared in the New York World : As we understand Mr. Roosevelt's defense of the Harriman campaign contribution 1 It was entirely proper for Mr, Roosevelt to solicit this money, be- and did buoeo him 2 Becrecy was necessary because Mr. Roosevelt's motives might have been misconstrued by low-minded persons wh would se in the transaction a art of Harri- wan to control the Presidency through the use of taint d money 3 Publicity of suet a contribution before election might have thwarted the bigh moral purpose of Mr. Roose. velt io separating Harriman from his mooey without giving bim anytbiog 4 Other Presidential candidates should never be permitted to engage in similar negotiations, because even were they sufficiently patriotic to re- the moral obligation they would not be sufficiently practical to deceive a man like Harriman, 5 The fact that it was Theodore Roosevelt who did this isa complete answer to all hoatile criticism. Having defended the coutribution, perhaps Mr. Roosevelt will now ex. plaio just how the money was used, as Harriman said, to turn 50 000 votes A ——— A dollar voluntarily contributed to the Democratic campaign fund now may result in making it impossible for the trusts to make you unwillingly cough up ten or fifteen times that smount to the Republiean fund in future campaigns * A If any one reports to vou any dozen sentences that Bert Taylor ever spoke, there will appear in them as many rersons why any self-respecting man should vote for J. C. Meyer, Eeq., for assemblyman, fe mm— The Centre Reporter holds this view : When a Democrat accepts a nominae tiou for office from his party, Le for feits all rights to at sony time there after oppose nominees of the same party. Real Estate Sold, The heirs of Noah F. Stover and Rebecca Btover, deceased, of Millheim, sold the following real estate: The farm in Penn township, known as the old homestead, was bought by W, A, Btover for $9050. The farm in the same township, occupied by T. J. Htover, was sold to John Hosterman, of Penn Hall, for $5600. The house and lot on Penn street, Millheim, was bought by J. L. Winegardner, of Woodward, for $1000. The tract of timberland in Bugar valley was not sold. ——— I ———— Unclaimed Letters, The. following letters remain un- claimed in the Centre Hall postoffice, October let, 1908 : Miss Carrie Claes, Mr Harry Munchow, two letters for Mr. Chas. Tilman, G, M, Boa, Postmaster, COURT NEWS, Verdicts of the Jary In u Number of Ase. sanit aud Hattery Agninst De. fendants Com, vs. D. R, Thomas indicted for assault and battery ; prosecutor, Geo, T. 8tive. This trouble originated in Patton township. Verdiet of not guilty ; prosecutor to pay one-third of the costs, and defendant two-thirds. Com. ve. Mollie Eckley, charge ns- sault ; prosecutor, John Fry. Bill ignored and prosecutor to pay costs, Com. John Fry and Florence Young. First charge, assault ; second charge assault and battery : prosecu- trix, Mollie Esckley. Bill ignored and prosecutrix to py the costs, Com. ve. Wm. Sampsel. First charge, sssault and battery ; second charge, assault and battery with intent to commit rape. Defendant the finding of the grand jury and plead guilty to the second charge. This is the case of the the small daughter of Mrs. Ryan, in Bellefonte, Com ve, Lemuel Zindel ; indicted for assault and battery ; prosecutrix, Arvilla Zindel. Verdict Wednesday Cuaba Va, waived assnuit on morning of not guilty, prosecutrix to pay one-half the costs and defendant | to pay one-half the costs. Com John Hess, for | assault and battery ; prosecutors, J. H | Meese and Gertrude Meese, Defend- | ant plead guilty and sentenced to pay | the fine of $25 00 and costs of prose- | cution Com. vs, Robert Brown, indicted for | assault and battery ; prosecutor, John | Hartsock. This trouble arises out of | difficulties between the boys of the prosecutor and defendant, prosecutor | alleging that defendant took held of | his boy and struck him twice, injuring { one of his ribs so that an formed which had to be to | by Defendant admits | striking the boy twice, but alleges that | he did so after the boy had called him when he interfered i in the trouble between the two boys Verdict of not guilty, defendar one-third of the costs and VE, indicted abheoess had attended a physician. some vile names it to pay i prosecutor two-thirds. | Wedne«day afternoon the grand jury made their final report, stating that they had passed on thirteen bills of | indictment, ten of which were found true bills and three ignored. They also recommended some improve. ments to plumbing and ventilation about the jail. The Register's accounts firmed. i The case of Catherine Crawford, ad. ! ministratrix of ete. of Dr. A. Crawford, deceased, vs. Thos. Merriman is aD action to recover on a book account, and the jury found a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1.95, B. H. Etters va. A. I. Garbrick is an appeal and was brought to recover on a book account, Verdict favor of the plaintiff, In the case of Harry Washburn va, Rosa L. Pierce, the defendant con. fessed judgment ia open court in favor of the plaintiff for $45 00, with stay of execution for thirty days, A pumber of cmees of assault and battery were continued : several were vol. prossed. and the county is to pay the costs, Court adjourned Thursday afternoon, COURT SENTENCES, Thursday Judge Orvis imposed the following sentences upon persous who bh +d been tried at this term of court : Joseph Ross, indicted for larceny, sentenced to pay a fine of $1, cost of prosecution, restoration of stolen goode, and to upaergo imprisonment in the western penitentiary for one year. James Reed plead guilty to larceny, sentenced to a fine of $1, cost of prose. cution, restoration of stolen goods, and to undergo imprisonment in the west. ern penitentiary for three years. Charles Bartley plead guilty to sell- ing liquor without license. RBentence suspended until next term of court and released under bond, Willlam Sampsel plead guilty «s in. dicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of $1, cost of prosecution, and to undergo imprisonment in the western peniten- tinry for three years. Martin Mezzo, convicted at last court of taking money from Korotus, sentenced to a fine of §1, cost of prose- cution and to undergo imprisonment in jail for six months, Friday morning Sheriff Kline, as sisted by two deputies, Karl Klioe, of Bellefonte, and Joseph Dunkle, of Howard, left for the western peniten- tiary with Ross, Reed snd Bam peel, Il rt SAAN The October Review of Reviews has three important illustrated articles dealog with the Presidential contest : “Mr. Bryan's Third Campaign,” by Josephus Daniels, chairman of the Democratic National Committee's press bureau ; “I'he Mansgement of the Taft Campaign,” by Walter Well. man ; and “Chairman Frank Harris Hiteheook,” by Boell SBmith, were cone i in LOUAL EVENTS O 7 1870. to Refresh the Minds Readers, and Ealighten the Younger, November 27—-The ** Modocs "H. a Boalsburg party of hunters, in one week killed seven deer, and Madison- burg hunters killed three bears, P. B. Btover, of Woodward} has pur- chased 320 acres of land in’ Kansas, and it is understood he intends mov- ing his family there next spring. Dr. J. B. Btam, of Millhelm, intends removing from that place to Linden Hall, where he will practice his pro- fession, and also conduct & store. The Abraham Reber farm in Brush Valley was sold to George Reber for £5000 The George Bwartz mill property in Millheim was sold to H. M. Bwartz for two thousand dollars. A new church is to be erected the contract already been let. December 4 —Wm. Baruoes, the mail carrier between Milrov and Bellefonte, was thrown from his wagon above Potters Mills, and sustained a number of cuts, Israel and John Stover, of Michigan, are visitiog their friends and relatives in this o« uniy. A. J. Campbell, of Millheim, is the toll gate keeper on the new Millheim pike, December 11—-Johin Allen, of in Madisonburg, having the ty, near Jacksonville, Rev. 8B. L. Btiver withdrew his cone gection with the Presbytery at St. Louis, Missouri, and accepted a call from the Congregational church at Bunker Hill, Illinois. December 185—James Coburn, ad. that part of the Huston farm, east of Centre Hall, ly- itg north of the Brush Valley road, to Jacob Bharer for $4000, Dr. James Calder has resigned as of Htate Agricultural ministrator, sold president the Charles W. Stahl, formerly of near this place, but now of December -) Newton, Jowa, has been sdmitted to the practice of law io Jasper county, lows, Married and Miss Susan -November 20, Jonsthan Lingl- Auman, both of Gregg township Jacob Bohn and Miss Barah From, both of Boals- burg November 28, John A. Kahl, of Winslow, Illinois, and Miss Ellen SBhenebarger, of Boalsburg December 10, H. K. Luse and Miss Rose Deininger, both of Mill. beim | December 4, B. C. Brooks, of Bhaver's Creek, and Miss N. J. Ir vin, of Boalsburg. . . December 21, Jacob Gingerich and Miss Amelia Long, both of (iregg township December 14, Charles A. Rachau, of Madisonburg, and Miss Carrie Stover, of Farmers Mills . December 30, Simon Harper and Miss Maggie Klinger, both of Bellefonte . De- cember 24, Wm, H. Runkle and Miss Jennie C. Love, both of Potter town- ship Deceruber 18, Tillman Kline. felter and Miss Agnes Wingard, both of Potter township . December 24, J. Fred Merer, of Boalsburg, and Mary A. Lutz, of Fillmore . Michsel Smith, of Potters Mills, and Miss Lena Jordan, of Bbalsburg . Lloyd Brown and Miss Lizzie Bradford, both of Harris townshi - December 27, James Dufford, Rock Springs, and Mise Eliza M., Klioefelter, of Potter township . December 23, Harry C. Shirk and Miss Ligzie E. Royer, both of Potter township . . . December 25, Newton On Weber aud Miss Anns L. Crouse, both of Rebersburg . . . De cember 31, John H. Lee and Miss Sadie Lee Keller, both of Potter town. ship. . . December 30, John B, Roy- er and Miss Mary J. Lee, both of Potter township. © pM Throng of Bayers Continue, The people of Centre Hall and vicinity appreciate the great advant. age J. D. Murray obtained for them, in getting the Dr. Howard Co. to ale low the regular 50 cent size of Dr. Howards specific, for the cure of con stipation snd dyspepsia, to be sold at half price, 25 cents, and have bought hundreds of bottles, Many orders have come by mail at this popular price, for it it is very une usual to bs able to buy sixty doses of a standard medicine at half price, Every bottle of the specific sold by Mr. Murray has bad his personal guarantees to refund the money if it Was not satisfactory, but none has come back, showing the wonderful curative power of this remedy. ’ It is only recently, on the persistent advice of Mr. Murray that Dr. How. ard’s specific has been sold for less than 50 cents, but he urged that it would be better to secure a quick in. troduction in Centre Hall in this way and the result has proven his good Judgement, ! 1908. | From Kansss, A Kansan in the person of J. A. | Btrunk, located at Vernon, and en- gaged in farming, writes the Reporter, under « ate of September 30th, thus: Hay was an elegant crop in this sec- tion, and the weather fine during hay- ing time. The price is right good, and cars are easily to be had, consequently we shipped outone lot. The corn crop will be much below the average yield. Dry weather set in too early. Our own crop, which neighbors say is the best on upland in this section, will yield from 28 to 30 bushels of shelled corn. Bo much for Pennsylvania farming in Kansus. Methods of renting farms in Kansas differ widely from the custom in Penns Valley. Here the land owner gives two-thirds of the crops, pays for mark- eting hie share, and pays all the taxes. For grass and pasture lands the tenant pays from 50 to 75 cents per acre, and in some localities one dollar. A farmer can do just as good here as a renter as ifhe owned the land. He is not bound to keep only a limited number of cattle, but can keep all he can feed. The seventh day is not observed in this part of Kansas to any great extent and those who do observe Bunday in part do so to the amusement and hor- ror of those accustomed to the ways in the east. Let me tell you something about Sunday observance and the re verse in Kansas, All kinds of farm work is done here on Bunday the same as on any other day, and the ladies think nothing of doing the weekly washing on that day, and this action csuses no comment, but as stated above, seems queer to those brought up in the east to respect and at least with a pretense to observe the Bunday. The Kansas christian observes Bunday in his way, which I and my family observed in driving through the country the other Bunday. For instance : We passed a neighbor who on his way home from church, stopped at the local grist mill and loaded up sod took with him several bags of chop,—making one stone hit two birds of different plumage. On the same trip this was noticed : Io the first school house west of Iols religious services were beiog conduct. ed. Nearby stood a wagon loaded with corn, the owner baviog hitched bis team to engage with his neighbor in prayer. Of course, his action did Dot occassion comment here, but it may bring a smile to the readers of the Reporter, But Kansas is all right, — Lewisburg papers contained the fol- lowing : Last Wednesday afternoon at the fair grounds two horsemen became involved in & quarrel over a hotly con- tested race, which led to serious con- sequences for both, The principals in the affray were Irvin Gray, of Btorms- town, owner of Sallie Derby, and Burr Wilson, of Newark, 0. Wilson is claimed to have attacked Gray, who drew a revolver and fired five shots at his assailant, none of which toek effect. Wilson then secured a board and struck Gray several times, infliot- ing several wounds and cuts on the head. The affair created considerable excitement around the racing stables, and it was followed by the arrest of Gray, who was taken before Bquire Riehl, where Gray testified that his revolver contained only blank cart ridges. He was fined $15 and costs. Gray then had Wilson arrested, who also had a like fine imposed on him. a —— RT — — — Dedication of New Ballding at State. The new addition to the Womaa's Building at Pennsylvania State Col. lege will be dedicated Friday, October 16. The orizinal building was erected in 1889, and the addition was placed beside the old structure, the same kind of material being used and a similar style of architecture chosen. There are fourteen suites of rooms and nine single rooms in the dormitories. It also provides laboratories and demon- strating rooms for the courses in Do- mestic Science. The program for the day of dedication includes practioal demonstrations in the new laboratory, tls i —————— Keith's Theatre, As a special feature for Founder's Week, there will be presented at Keith's Theatre, Philadelphia. a pane tomimic spectacle called, “ The Bign- ing of the Treaty , in which are one hundred people, including Wheelock's Indian band. Nat M. Will:, “The Happy Tramp "’, and Bessie Wynn, America’s dainty comedienne, are fore- most on the bill. Clayton White and Marie Stuart are giviog their moe. track drama, ** Cherie.” a» Horsemen Quarrel. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Company B is in Philadelphia this week participating in the celebration of * Founder's Week." Mrs, Lizzie Wolf, of Altoona, is vis- iting her brother, Samuel Bhoop, and Mre. Mary Bhoop in Centre Hall. Landlord James Runkle is having a portion of his hotel building repainted, the work being done by Daniel C, Rossman. The borough of Loganton, Clinton county, is to have a national bank italized at $25,000. Over one the stock has been subscribed. The money order business at the Centre Hall post office for the month of Beptember was over $1200, slow for a fourth class office, The beginning of October were days most delightful, with a temperature of from sixty to eighty-five during the day, and at nights thirty to forty degrees, From the Mifflinburg Telegraph : Mre. Jerry Buavely, of Bpring Mille, was this week the guest of her son, Mr. Chase. F. Lontz and family Chestnut street, The corner stone of a new Reformed church was laid Bunday in Howard. The local ministers, and Rev. Stein, of Lock Haven, assisted the pastor, Rev. H. I. Crow. Dr. P. H. Dale, who during the past week has had a shield over one of his eyes, underwent a slight operation at the Bellefonte hospital and had = tiny growth removed from his eye, Dr. Esstman, of Potteville, Bchuyler, of Centre Hall. aud Platts, of Bellefonte, conducted short services at the Union cemetery, Belle- fonte over the remains of Dr. James W. Boal, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Mitterlin of Centre Hall, were not of with having seen the greatest fair in Pennsylvania, at Allentown, but also visited the Trenton fair, af Trenton, New Jersey, returning home Friday of last week, Rev. Newton Bailey, who has been serving as pastor of the United Breth- ren church at Donlevy, Washington county, has been transferred to t Houserville charge and will pointments at that piace, Valley View and Julian, A large crop of clover seed has beer harvested by the farmers in Penns Valley. The crop varied from ten to seventy-five bushels, but since clover seed is secured without any extra ex- pense aside from its harvesting, it is one of the most profitable crops the farmer grows, Messrs. H. C. Gettig and Charles D. Frazier, both of near Col, Were in Centre Hall the latter part of last week. Mr. Gettig is a contescior and builder, and like the rest of the trades. men in that line, is buey as a bee, Mr, Frazier is the Potter township con- stable, and a good one, too, Stephen Cahoon, of North Rose, New York, is assisting at the Centre Hall and Coburn evaporating plants to take care of the produc's of the firm. Mr. Cahoon isa carpenter by trade, but having been raised in the fruit belt of New York has also had consid erable experience in the evaporating business, After conducting farm operations for thirty-nine years, Dame Luse, tenant cap half of Not so on Dr. Dr. KE, ntented he fill ap- Waddle, on the farm of Merchant W. H. Meyer, at Centre Hill, will make sale of his farm stock and implements next spring and quit the farm. Mr. Luse has a record as a tenant that cannot easily be excelled. For thirty-five years he lived on one farm in Haines township The professional card of Dr. Sol. M. Nissley, the veterinary surgeon located at the Palace Livery, in Bellefonte, will be found in the Reporter. Dr. Nissley ie a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and has been meet- log with good success since practicing in Centre county. He will respond to calls from Penns Valley, You can reach him over both telephone wi B. V. Hosterman, BEeq., of Lan ter, accompanied by Mrs, Hosterman, and two children, for a short time were guests of the former's parents, Dr. G. W. and Mrs. Hosterman, in Centre Hall. Mr. Hosterman is ss sistant district attorney in Lancaster county, which with his own practice keeps him close to his office, and con. sequently his stay at Centre Hall w/ short, The Harter Brothers, formerly of Coburn, but who are now extensively from Millhelm snd surrounding country, and among the Intest soquisitions are Messrs, R. E. Hinds, of Fiedler ; William Fultz, of Woodward ; Fred Confer, of Pine
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