VOL. LLXXX 1. PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR CONGRESS, Under the above caption the Even. ing Express, published in Duboise, appears the following sketch of the life of W. Harrison Walker, Esq, tte Democratic Candidate for Congress : W. Harrison Walker, Esq, is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Samuel E. Walk- er, and was born at Balona, Pa. August 30th, 1874 His parents were plain, sturdy and fugal Pennsylvania Ger- man farmers, and his early lite and boyhood days therefore were spent on the farm, and his early education was there he entered University at Selinsgrove. the legal profession for his life's work, he next became a student in the Dick- inson Law School at Carlisle, from which institution he was graduated in Jupe, 1896. Immediately thereafter be came to Bellefonte, and in July, 1896, was admitted to the Centre County Bar, where he has | Choosing racti eed past twelve years, and in which tims be has pot only rapidly advanced the forefront, but has succeeded fo and adjoining countigs. done solely upon’ his own resources through his untiring zeal, aud close and the high estimate accorded to his integrity and ability the community soon learned to appreciste his worth. In his profession he has at- tained a high de.ree of success, Mr. Walker is a social, genial, clever fellow—with hosts ever he is known. In our community tions, and has filled in most of them. Politically he is of the Democratic fsith, and always was an active worker in the party and » valued adviser in its councils. Every campaign he not only has liberally contributed of his means, but by per sonal effort and voice on the platform bas done notable service for the success of its tickets and the upholding of its fundamental doctrines. In 1903, he was accorded the nom- ination for Mayor of Bellefonte by his party. Although facing an adverse Republican msjority, undaunted he set to work. He overcame a three hundred Republican msjority and won out by three hundred and fifty- two more votes than his opponent. As mayor of Bellefonte, he gave the BRIGHT OUTLOOK IN PENN. Chairman Dimeling Prediots Large In- orense in Senate and House, and six | Additional Congressmén Will Win, In an interview in Pittsburg State Chairman George M. Dimeling gave out the following : “The ratio of increase of Bryan senti- ment in Pennsylvania equals, if it does Dot surpass, that of any other North- ern State. Pennsylvania’s Republican msjorities this fall will slamp tre- mendously, particularly in Pittsburg | and Philadelphia, and there will bes ** The Democratic Congressional | representation from Pennaylvania will | be materially increased, also that in Two years ago | we elected 45 members of the House, {and 10 members of the Senate. I | expect this representation to be dou- bled, if not better, November 3d. “All of our ‘ ongressional contests | promise to be successful, Congress. {man W. B. Wilson, Democrat, will | again defiat Elias Deemer, in the | Fifteenth district. Kline, Democrat, { will beat Huff, Republican, in the | Twenty-second district ; Zeigler, Dem- | ocrat, wil! defeat Lafeaa, Republican, the Twentieth die- Democrat, will win Republican, in the Tate, Democrat, the re-election of Reynolds, | Republican, in the Nineteenth district; | Travis, Democrat, will retire Cooper, | Republican, in the Twenty-third dis. ict, and I am advised that Tener, fight in the | the State Legislature. | for reelection in Walker, | against Barclay, triet : | will def at {tr Republican, has a hard | Twenty-fourth district, | * Not only am I confident the Dem- | ocrats will make the gains I have mentioned, but I am certain of the re-election of all Democratic Congress. men not included in my forecast. “All the counties of the Riate are well organized, and I am sure of & Demoeratie victory all along the line.” ES — ! There Is a vast diflerence between an arbitrary man and one of sufficient back bone to say no at the right time, The arbitrary man lacks discretionary qualities, just the quality most needed in a man who deals with several thou. sand persons directly or indirectly. The arbitrary man is therefore one nn- saited to fill the office of county com- missioner, no matter what his other. wise untested qualities may be. The arbitrary man is a dangerous character in a public position ; when he sets his head he is unwilling to yield, no mat. ter how just the cause of his adversary. The quality of arbitrariness, it Kppears, town a shaking up; the unruly ele- ment, the carousiog disturbers of the | peace-——s0 long a menace to the com- | mupity, were suppressed. The entire interests of the town were so thorough- ly guarded that the administration of Mayor Walker met with universal ap- proval in which he displayed rare ex- ecutive ability. Mr. Walker is a plain, genial, whole- souled, practical young man : of kind ly disposition, and being one of the | co on people, born and reared among them, io touch with them con. stantly, he would ever zealously guard their best interests if delegated to rep resent them in the councils of the i nation, i a —— I wo ————— CANNON AND TPE TRUSTS. Some three or four Republican can- didates for Congress in the Weat have been constrained by their constituents to pledge themselves, if elected, to vote Against making Mr. Cannon Speaker for another term. Bat no Republican candidate in Pennsylvania or east of Pennsylvania, so far as we have heard, has uttered a word against the re-elec- tion of the Speaker. If the Republi- cans should have a msjority in the next House Mr. Cannon would again be the caucus nominee for Bpeaker, and the feeble opposition to him would be quelled. In fact, he is now the silent choice of a great majority of the Re publican candidates for Congress who ara soliciting the votes of the people. Farewell, then, to any hope of a sub stantial relief from the éxorbitant tax- €8 on necessaries of living. Speaker Cannon would again make Sereno BE Payne chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and flank him once more with such tariff reformers as John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. What pros- pect then of reduction of the exorbi. tant duties on wool and woolens, build. ing materials of steel, tinplate and lumber, or release from the remorseless grasp of the tariff-bred Trusts? The talk of preventing Bpeaker Cannon from presiding over the next House if it contains a Republican majority is mere mockery. Through him the Trusts have a mortgage on the Repub. lican membership, and unless prevent. ed by the people they will foreclose it on November 3, ————— A ns HI Mr. Walker Is young snd aggressive. If he is elected to congress you will hear from him on the floor of the house, He knows the needs of the people in this district, and what fs is the chief asset of at lesst one if not two, ofthe Republican candidates for county commissioner. Io defining the word arbitrary, the Standard dictionary uses this lan- guage : (1) Fixed or done capriclously or at pleas ure ; without adequate determining princi pie | not founded on the nature of things ; non rational {2) Not done or acting acoording to reason or judgment ; depending on the wl alone ; absolute la power | capricious : tyrannical ; despotic, Not fixed by statate : discretionary ; an arbitrary punishment §) Admitiing an fnvariable value or form at pleasure ; as an arbiteary constant : which may have any constant value, Abitrariness and judgment must not be confounded. The former quality unfits a man for any public office, ahd the latter is the most needed quality in every public offices, and especially is good judgment, a willingness to adjust every dispite on the basis of right ; a willingness to give every tax payer his due; a willingness to be guided by facts rather than by caprice, needed by those who transset the affairs of the county-—the sounty com- missioners, The present Democratic members of the board of county commissioners have shown by their acts during the past three years that they possess good judgment, and that they are not governed by arbitrary rule. But why all this about arbitrari. ness? Because a Republican in enumeratiog the qualities of one of the candidates of his party for county commissioner placed above everything elue possessed by the man the quality of being arbitrary. Using his own words: ‘He is the — contrariest man in the neighborhood, and it doesn’t matter what is doing,” ee It is asking a good bit from the tax payers in Centre county to vote for a man who just came into the county and elevate him to one of the best of floes in the gift of the people. Just think of it, he barely came into the county early enough to vote for the Inst Republican board of county com- missioners who left the county in debt, Sure there is ngt a Republican outside of Philipsburg with a gall large enough to ask an office before he has rightly become a citizen, a A drive from Bellefonte to Miles Wrg will explain Taylor's employ. ment scheme. Taylor does not take state road jobs for the benefit of work. Naximuom for Gended Iostitutions In Boroughs and Towns Sealed, According to the appropriation rate fixed by the State Department of Pub- lic Instruction, high schools of the first class will receive $720 from the state ; second class, $540, and third class, $360. Borough high schools will receive somewhat mo ethan half these Amounts, according to the respective classes, schools of the first class getting $450 ; © second class, $337.50; third class, $225, The maximum amount which may be appropriated to schools of the first $600 ; third class, $400. The last legislature appropriated $137,600 for towuship high schools, and appropriated the same sgnount to borough high schools. The Depart- ment of Public Instruction, however, finds that the appropriations are not sufficient to give each school the maxi- mum sum allowed by law, and the pro rata percentage has been fixed in each case, ing classified, and distribution of the appropriations will be started as soon as the classifications are finished. It has been found by the high school in- claimed by them, and (hese differences are belog straightened out. Hchools of the first class, either bor- ough or township, are those that have a bona fide four-year course above the grammar grade ; second class, those with a three-year course, and class, those with a two-year course, —————— A ————————— Binir the ns Centre vs The following clipped from Democratic Watchman may be much a surprise to the Reporter read- ers as it was to the editor of this paper The Reporter took it for granted that the republicans would not place in nomination s new comer for such an important office as sheriff, but it evidently hag. The Watchman says : If Centre county people want a Blair they will elect W, E, Hurley. He has lived and voted in this county ba! seven years, and we presume that if borse trading about Philipsburg should prove unprofitabld he would 3lair county, where his real interests are, On the other hand Mr. Fred Smith is a native of the county. He has made his liviog by hooest and bard work on his farm in Rush town. ship, since he was a boy. He has been & tax payer in this county for over twenty-flve years, and if farmers in this county are to be considered as deserving as horse jockeys and Fpecn- Iators, Mr. Bmith should certainly re. ceive the support of every voter who thioks so. Personally Mr. Hurley may be all right but he would have a much stronger claim for the support of Centre county voters if he had ever done anything to deserve that support or had lived iu the county long enough to be classed as one of its people. Calling Hurley a horse jockey is not hurting his reputation any when you stop to think that after liviog in the county but a short time he imagines himself entitled to a county office. In order to be a successful Jockey, one must learn to overestimate the value of a horse, and possibly it is the ex cessive development of this particular gift that bas brought Mr. Hurley to really believe the native Centre coun- tian should stand back and give a son of Blair a chance. In the commissioners office more than anywheie else experience counts, but experience is not the only claim of qualification by the present Demoarat- lc members of that board. Messrs, Dunlap and Weaver have rendered the best possible service to the county, They have lifted the county out of debt ; did business on the pay as you go principle, and practiced economy everywhere, EE A —— Taylor-Hurley-Brown is the Re publican combination that is to win, The remainder of the Republican ticket must look out for itself. Rather selfish, and all the more so when the combinution is set up for the sole pure pose of Taylor coming out on top. te i —— Centre county ought to give W, Harrison Walker » big boost on No vember 8rd, and If Centre county does its duty, Mr. Walker will be the next congressman from this distriot, EE a—— Co oes — If you want a sample of the kind of language Bert Taylor uses, ack some one woat he sald to the late A, V. Miller. And it wasn't on politics, If you don’t want to be ashamed of 300: Mark, Tani ouliged to vote for That ail there 8 to it. 7 ? The egbtist is never ata loss for a tople for conversation, men--no, not from the of | LOCAL AND PERSONAL, | Paragraphs Picked from Exchanges of | Interest to Reporter Headers, Millheim Journal— Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Frank left for Philadelphia Monday to take in the sights of Founder's week, Wm. Koonsman, of Weikert, Union county, was a visitor at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Jennie Hwanger, Mrs. Mary Branley, of Bioux Falls, 8. D., snd Mrs. Lizzie Smith, of Bink- ing Mprings, are visiting at the home of Jos. W.and Miss J snnie Reifsnyder. Mra. P. B. Breneman and son, Robe ert, sud Mrs, 5. Ward Gramley and daughter, Lucele, are visiting at the home of C. A, Sturgis, at Watsontown. Mrs. F. M. Stevenson returned Sat jurday from a week’s visit at Bunbury. She was accompanied by Mrs. William ‘Gibbons, of that place, who will speno several days with Mrs, Stevenson. A large crew of workmen are eugag- ed in rebuilding the telephone line be- tween Millheim and Coburn for the | Bell Telephone company. This line { I= one of the oldest in the county, hav- | Ing been installed 19 years ago. Frederick Limbert, of Asronsburg, { bas in his possession an armchair that 18 more than two hundred years old. | The chair was originally brought to this country from Germany by his real grandfather and has remained in the Limuert family ever since. The [chair, until recently, was owmed by | Jackson Limbert, late of Madisonburg, This ancient relic is well | preserved and as useful to-day as it {ever was. It is prized very highly by | Mr. Limbert. i ——— —————— | Iron Pyrites Found, Eight toncretionary nodules of iron { Pyrites were picked up in a pile Tues- | day of last week by Bepjamin, the young son of Frank KE. SBpangler, at | bis home in Harrisburg, where a [trench is being dug fir a gas line. | They range io size from hickory nut i 10 an orange, and were at first thought [to be serolites.s Investigation has [shown that they are a formation of {iron and sulphur, which grow larger [the longer they are left in the soil. They are exceedingly hard and very { heavy, and are the largest samples | found id that vicinity, i A ——— i Germans Are Fpr Bryan, | The Brooklyn Eagle said in its news | columos a few days ago: "A prominent Republican who for {many years has been connected with | the national organization, brought the jdisturbing news to Chairman Hiteh- | eock’s headquarters today that of the 500 or more German newspapers of the United States, only (wo are supporting Mr. Taft. The Republican lesder de clared that the German-American gen erally were opposed to the Republican candidate, and thought it was up to somebody at headquarters to gel busy sud meet the situation.” SA ——————— It is very important to have a man in the Recorder's office who can step right io and assume the duti s with- out fear that some one will suffer on account of = blunder, No need of ap- prehension on the part of the voters who support Mr. Musser for that of- fice. His training as a justice of the peace, his ability to write deeds, cope veyances, etc, fits him exactly for the place on a day’s notice, The same is true with George F. Weaver, the one-armed man from upper Brush Valley, who is aspiring lo become the next Register of Centre county. He, like Mr. Musser, is a Justice of the peace, and has had ex. periences that will fit him well for the office. His opponent, Mr. Taten, ie up for re-election, and one naturally would contend that he would have, after three years’ office holding, a thorough insight of the business per- taining to that office. But, unforty. nately for Mr. Taten, that is not the case, and it would hardly be denied by him that vo account of inattention to office duties and dependence almost entirely on his clerk, be is unable at this time to conduct the office himself, That being the case, Mr. Weaver is at no disadvantage, and no one would suffer the least if he should succeed ( which he undoubtedly will ) the present incumbent. And »ll this speaks well for the whole of the D:mociatie ticket, which, by the way, was selected by the Demo- cratic voters by ballot, —————— The jocular side of the candidacy of + Harrison Walker, Evq., bas long since passed by, Now its up to Bar clay to show himself having been a real congressman, which task is an Impossible one, kvery farmer, every laborer, every mechanic will be fur thering his personal interests by porting Mr. Walker for congfess, sap. . | deceased, Taylor would be in with the state this fan ro a bu nr ; Dor tp 15, 1908, SI Birthday Party, Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Bharer give a birthday party Friday evening in hon- or of their eldest daughter, Miss Ber- delightful time, the new and hand. some home of the Bharers affording ample room for entertainment. Games were participated in and the evening passed by before the participants re- alized the hour for home-going had arrived. The company was served to choice refreshments, and while these were being enjoyed, Messrs Al, Osman and Gross Allison furnished music on 'he violin. Those present were : Misses Sarah Relish, Verna Weaver, Mary Barner, Grace Fetterolf, Fermore Hoover, Clara Shaffer, Myrtle Zeigler, Ruth Thomas, Freda Bailey, Cora Luse, Bertha Strohmeier, Mary Shaffer Lydia Zeigler, Nellie Bmith, Margaret Mitterling, Virgie Durst, Mary Durst, Annas Mitterling, Mrs. 8B. E. Bharer and sons Rufus and Bruce, Messrs. Al. Osman, Orvis Weaver, Willace Wea- ver, Gross Allison, Roy Korman, Paul Shaffer, Bruce Korman, Thomas Shaf- fer, Ralph Zeigler, William Keller, Robert Meyer, Edward Beiley, Elmer Rossman, Clayton Homan, Charley Barver, John Homan, Harvey Barner, Charles Durst, Herb Garris, Grover Weaver, Christ Durst, Heury Rupp, and Calvin Smith, ——— ————————— IL. 0.0, F. Officers Installed. The newly elected officers of Penns Valley Lodge, No. 276, 1. 0. O. »., of Pine Grove Mills, were installed by Percival Rudy, of the State College lodge. The list of officers follows : Noble grand, G. Ww. Rossman ; vice grand, Harry Bunday ; treasurer, J, G. Heberling ; re sording secretary, J. O. Campbell ; financial secretary, M. E. Heberling ; chaplain, Dr. R. M. Krebs; trustee, William H. Fry ; warden, W. H. Goss ; conductor, J. H. Bailey ; right supporter to noble grand, J. W. Fry; left supporter to noble grand, E. C Musser ; right supporier to vice grand, H M. Walker ; left supporter to vice grand, Harry Walker ; right scene supporter, H. A. Eider; left s+ene supporter, Harry McCracken ; inside guardian, A. B. Bailey ; outside guardian, Bam- ner Miller ; representative to grand castle, A. 8. Balley ; alternate, J. H. Bailey, ————————— A — ————— Fotato Flake lor Stock Feeding. After utilizing the potato crop in Germany for hnman food and for the manufacture of alcohol there is still a large overplus, which by several new processes of drying amd crushing is converted into “flake” suitable for stock feeding. In this form of dried flour the quality of the food does not sufler deterioration, and it fs finding ready use as a partial substitute for American corn. The thrifty Germans are now offering potato flake for ex- port to other countries, Its chief val- Ue seems to be rather asa satieflying adulterant than asa whole food. It is readily eaten and easily digested by all domestic animals, A ————— ————————. Cow Sale at Hablersbarg. The cow sale announced for Wednes- day, has been postponed until Sstur- day, 17th inst., at one o'clock, and will be held at the barn of John D. Miller, at Hublersburg. There will be offered AL this sale twenly head of Ohio cows— Holstein and the milking strand of Durhamws ; also three bulls These cows have been selected with a view of filling the needs of farmers in Penn and Nittany Valleys, thus affording Ab opportunity to purchase just the stock desired. Terms will ve reason. able, GEORGE W, Bravrorp, Centre Hall, A — = —————— Farmers Institutes, The dates for the farmers institutes to be held in Centre county during the season of 1908-09 have been named by the Btate Department of Agriculture and are as follows : Aaronsburg, Mon. day and Tuesday, February 220d and 23 ; Pine Grove Mills, Wednesday and Thursday, 24th and 25th ; Stormstown, Friday and Saturday, February 26th and 27th. —— — ———— Poor Farm For Spring, The overseers of the poor of Bpring township have purchased the farm of the late Christian Dale, near Pleasant Gap, and will turn it into a poor farm, where all those dependent upon the township for support will be kept, Luther H. Dmle, who now the farm, will have to vacate it next spring when the township will take charge. I ———— 16.0unce Pound Apples, Pound apoles that " true to name Are grown George . Emerick, east of Centre Hall, who sent several speci. through Howard | weigh just sixteen ounces. They are also highly colored, and well shaped. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Bo far October has been a beautiful month, Mrs. B. F. Bieber returned from a two weeks visit to her former home at Watsontown, The twenty-fifth annus! reunion of the 110th regiment, P. V. I, will be held at Tyrone Friday. Baturday evening one-half inch of water fell, aftording sufficient moisture in well prepared soil to sprout the late sown wheat, Rita Graves's story of a suicide bureau advertising “Advice to Timid Buicides,” in the November Smart Bet, Is one of the striking magazine features of the month. Bev. Bieber, instead of delivering a sermon, Sunday evening, told his con- gregation of the transactions of the Central Pennsylvania Synod, held in Newport the week previous, Farmers are swapping corn stories Just now. The corn subject is attract. ing more attention than politics, but by the third of November they will be at Lhe polls to vote for their friend and advocate, Mr. Bryan. Union county farmers like those in this county sowed much of their wheat crop the last week in September and first week jn October. The early sowing in Union county has not shown up well, the same as in this section. The wild turkey season begins today Thursday. You dare kill the wild bird if you can. There are but few, if any turkeys on the mountains near Centre Hall. Heretofore there have always been one or two flocks observed before the season opened. Samuel Rowe hss improved suf- ficiently that he i= able to walk down town with the aid of crutches. He expects lo go to Buffalo ina short time to procure a cork leg, which he anticipates he will be able to learn to handle well enough to locomote with- out the crutches now in use, Mrs. H. P. Bankey, of Potters Mille, who has been ill for two or more weeks is not improving, her condition being quite serious. Bhe suffered one or more paralytic strokes, and her re- covery is very much in doubt. Mrs. Bankey is the sister of Hon. L. Rhone, snd for several weeks, prior to being ill, was his guest, Leathers Brothers, of Howard, have purchased the Hamilton farm st State College, consisting of about thirty-five acres. They will lay the farm out in town lots and are planning for a big sale. The boys have been engaged in this business for the past several years and have been quite successful in their real estate ventures. Aaron O. Detwiler, tenant on the Wagner farm, south of Centre Hall, was & caller at this office Friday, and had an advertisement inserted for his wife offering for sale her property at Colyer. Mr. Detwiler will be obliged to leave the farm he now occupies, but this is due to the fact that the owner, Clayton Wagner, will occupy the place himself. Mr. Detwiler has not yet rented, but a farmer of his make up usually is able to make a selection of a farm. Farmers should attend the horse show, at State College, which will be held on the last day of this month, No admission (will be charged, yet there is much the farmer, no matter wether he is particularly interested in horse flesh or not, may learn. The time lost from the farm that is spent at Pennsylvania State College may be placed to the credit side, provided the farmer does not rivit his eyes on the spot infront of his toes. on High School appropriations by the state that should be read by every tax payer in Centre Hall borough. The idea is to impress upon the residents that by keeping up an educational spirit and inducing children to attend school until graduated from the High Behool, the public school of Centre Hall can be conducted on a less tax
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