¥ VOL. LXXXII. THE NEW SCHOOL CODE, The New Law as It Effects Rural Districts Changed but Slightly from That Recommended by the Commission, A Brief Summary of the Law as Applied in Rural Districts. The new school code as passed by the legislature is practically as pre- pared by the commission so far as it applies to rural districts and boroughs of less than three thousand population. PROVISIONS OF THE CODE. The provisions of the code as effect- ive in the smaller boroughs and town- ships of the second class, which dis- tricts make up the fourth class di- vision under the new law, are given below : School boards will be composed of | five members, elected at large, one each year for five years. The present | school directors serve ( with the new | members to be elected ) until their terms of office expire, i The one dollar occupation tax re-| mains as heretofore, and may be col-| lected through employers, seven members, of whom the Super. intendent of Public Instruction is to be one, The other six are appointed by the Governor annually for terms of six years, and three of them must be successful educators of high standing connected with the public school sys- tem of the Biate. The others pre- sumably will be professional or busi ness men interested in the public schools. They serve without pay. EE ————— I ET ————— Good Rules In Batler County, Radical reform in funeral customs are being enforced by the Ministerial Association of Mars and Valencia, thriving towns in the southern part of Butler county. The rules are as follows : That bodies of deceased persons are entitled to a decent, respectable, The plans for new school buildings Christian putting away and nothing must be submitted to the State Board | more, of Education. Doors must all open| Thal Babbath funerals, interfering outward, and present buildings must | 88 they do with proper HBabbath ob- be made to conform to this law before | servance, should be avoided as far as the opening of the next school year, | possible. School buildings and grounds may, That one minister at a funeral Is suf with the consent of the board of school | ficient, more than this tending to directors, be used for social, recreation | needless ostentation. and other proper purposes, That church funerals should be dis- Text books cannot ba changed often- | couraged, being uvssnitary and min- er than once in five years. | Istering only to show and display, A uniform course of study will be! That a funeral is properly conducted adopted in all schools. | by reading a passage of SBeripture, fol The state superintendent will inter. | lowed by prayer. Incase a discourse pret the school law, which will stand or oration is desired, no mention until reversed by the courts. He may | should be made of the dead, except, enforce his interpretations by with- perhaps, the reading of a brief holding a part or all appropriations. biography prepared by friends and Counties having more thsn one hun- | handed to the officiating minister, dred and fifty teachers under the That flowers, while being a beauti. supervision of the county superinten- | ful means of showing respect to the dent msy have an assistant superin-| living, are quite out of place on the tendent : 300 to 400 teachers, two su-| casket of the deal. perintendents ; 500 to S00 teachers, That the promenade ** viewing the three assistants, ete. The minimum remains,” being bul a relic of barbar. salary of these officers is $1200 paid by ism, tending only to morbid curiosity, the state, opposed to all rules of sanitation and Any school district may employ a bygiene, as well ss good form and supervising principal. taste, should be prohibited. No teacher may teach more than! That rigid adberence to state and five years on the lowest grade of cer- local sanitary laws should be observed, tificate. especially in cases of contagious and Permanent State certificates will be | infectious diseases. granted by committees appointed by! er pe emt the Superintendent of Public Instrue- Officers lastalied. tion for each county or city, upon ex-| The officers of Boalsburg lodge No. amination in all of the common 85%, 1 O. O. F.,, were installed by G, branches and a number of the higher T. Graham, district deputy grand ones. master, State College. The deputy was No teacher's certificate can be grant- sccompanied by thirteen members of ed without a physician’s health cer- State College lodge, who assisted in tificate, and no teacher less than 15 the installation. The officers are: years of age can teach in the public Noble grand, J. C. Llose : vice grand, schools of the Commonwealth. Rev. A. A. Black; financial secretary, THE COMPULSORY FEATURES w. H. Btover; recording secretary, D, Compulsory school attendance is re- | BE Soyder; warden, H. Hosterman; quired of all children between the ages conductor, C. Mothersbaugh ; right of 8 and 16, except that children be. Supporter to noble grand, Homar tween 14 and 16 who can read and | Barr; left, A. Giogrich; chwplain, C. write the English language intelli | Corl; right supporter to vice grand, C. gently, and who have regular employ- P. Wieland; left, D. W. Meyers; scene ment, may be excused from school. #upporters, John Reitz and H. 8. Har Penalties are provided for violation of Tow, inside guardian, John Durper; the compulsory features of the law, | Outside, J. Rishel. CLOSE GUARD ON HEALTH, ————— pea Mr. Dixon, the Btate Commissioner Doings in Presbytery. of Health, arranged with the Commie-| The regular spring meeting of the sion that his county medical inspectors Huntingdon Presbytery was held at in every county in the State would, Mt Union last week. Rev. KR M. without expense to the districts, act as (ampbell, of Pennsylvania Furnace, medical inspectors of all schools whose | Was elected moderator. A resolution Boards of Directors did not appoint was adopted ordering that a memorial their own medical inspectors. These service for the late Dr. William Laurie medical inspectors are required to ex- and elder James Harris, both of Belle amine all pupils for physical defects, fonte, be given a place on the docket especially in sight and hearing. No of the October meeting of Prestytery, teachers, pupils or janitors having Permission was given the Bellefonte tuberculosis of the lungs are permitted church to change the call to Rev, J. to be in the public schools. Allison Platts, making his salary The enforcement of the compulsory vaccination law is put into the hands | of the medical inspectors and not into | those of the teachers. An examips- | tion of vaccination marks on the child’s arm is provided, where there is no satisfactory certificate of vaceina- tion, If parents will not permit their children to be vaccinated the medical Inspector will exclude them from the school, and they cannot return with- out certificates of vaccination or “ immunity.” With the exception of Saturdays, Bundays, the Fourth of July and Christmas, school boards may deter- mine whether or not holidays are ob- served, Townships or boroughs which do not maintain high schools of their own must pay the fuition of pupils in neighboring high schools, and such pupils may at public expense complete the four-year high school course in larger high schools, “! The appropriation i» based on the number of school vers sud school children. Teachers who do not attend county ~ institute may be fined $2 00 for each day they are absent, A Bate Board of Education is pro- $2500 a year. A ———————— i —————— Keith's Theatre, A very attractive bill is the one st Keith's Theatre, Philadelphia, this week, and it is headed by Valerie Ber. gere in a one-act play, * The Morning After,” in which the life of an actress Is cuntrasted with that of =a social fa. vorite. Raymond and Caverly have new material in tongue-twistiog dis lect. *“ Joyland" is presented by Clara Belle Jerome, assisted by eight singers and dancers, It is full of little surprises and catohy musiosl themes, A mystery act is offered by Marseilles, under the eaption, ¥ A Pazzle in Black and White.” Maybelle Adams, vio linist, returns with new productions ; the Four Harveys have a pew Euro pean wire met. “The Fakir and the Prima Donna " Is a comedy creation offered by Roy Barnes and Bessie Crawford. The subject of a state road through Centre Hall should not be lost sight of. The proposition offered boroughs states Is too good a one to be ignored, The authorities should look into the matter at once, before the allotted funds for the county are expended in vided for. The board will consist of Jolut Qonsistory Meeting. The Joint Consistory of the Centre Hall Reformed charge met in Trinity Reformed church, Centre Hall, on Easter Monday afternoon, The meet- ing was opened with devotional exer- cises by the president, Rev, Daniel Gress, The four congregations were well represented by members of the differ- ent consistories., W. Gross Mingle was elected secretary, snd W. B. Min- gle was re-elected tressurer. Prof. C. R. Neff was elected as elder primarius to represent the charge on the floor of Classis which meets in Bellefonte on May 19. Robert Smith, of Spring Mille, was elected elder secundus. The elder primarius also represents the charge at the Eastern Bynod which meets at Easton on October 20. The committee on parsonage repairs are, W, Gross Mingle, W. F. Rockey, Clarence Musser and Robert Smith. The treasurer’s report showed the be- nevolence of the charge to be good. Ibe apportionment is paid ‘in full for the present classical year, and all the benevolent obligations have been met, The pastor’s report showed that much work had been done. A number of additions were made to the member. ship during the past year, but a great- er number of losses through death and dismission, The elders’ report from the different congregations showed the religious and moral estate tH be good ; the pastoral duties faithfully performed and the temporal contract bet ween pastor and people fulfilled, A substantial advance in salary was made to the pastor. Meeting was closed with devotional exercises, mfr m—— £ Jaunlors Lose First Gams, hen the Centre Hall junior base ball team journeyed to Ax Mann last Saturday it was with the intention of playing the junior team of that place, Iustead, half of the team was com- posed of players from Bellefonte, who represent that town when playing against stronger tesms than juniors, It was for this reason that they had the big end of the © to 4 score. Smith pitched a good game against the burlies, and up until the eighth inning the score stood 4 to4 In that inning Ax Mann ( 7) scored five runs, several of which they were not entitled to. The local tesm outbatted the big fellows two to one, but some one near- ly always fell short when a chance was presented to bring men on bases home, Beveral good catches in the outfield by Baird and Meyer, and the two-base hit by Bradford were features. ao e— LOCALS Prof. C. F. Bhaw, an lustructor in agronomics at Pennsylvania State College, was in Centre Hall over Bun- day. The McCoy-Linn Iron company put their furnance at Milesburg in blast and started up the ore mines at Gates- burg, which have been shut down for several months, Plumber Joseph Runkle was in town Monday taking measurements of the dwelling house of Deputy Bheriff Strohm preparatory to installing bath- room fixtures, heat, etc. Mrs. B. F. Bieber, Baturday after- noon went to Watsontown where she will dpend several weeks with her mother, Mre. Laura Vincent, and sister, Miss Rebe Vincent. High winds prevailed during much of the first half of April. Monday forenoon there was a flerce wind blow: ing, and in the afternoon a thunder shower passed over the valley, but little rain fell in this locality, Capt. Geo, M. Boal, in another col- umn advertises letters testamentary on the estate of George Swabb, late of Harris township, deceased. Friday Messrs. D. K. Gel w and John ©. Ross- man appraised the personal property of the estate, The state railroad commission issued a recommendation that a station be built by the Pennsylvania Railroad company at Bwenge!, in Union eoun- ty, on the Lewisburg and Tyrone division. This mmendation is made us the result of a complaint by W L. Burd & Company, Ralirond Agont W. B. Musser has been transferred from Northumber. land to Columbia, Lancaster county, Mr. Musser was formerly agent at Bpring Mills. From there he was transferred to Lykens, and later to Northumberland. There were numer- ous other changes among agents in Mr, Musser’s distriot. Several weeks ago mention was made of an accident that befell Will. lam J. Meyer, of Wolfs Store, which resulted in a severely injured hip. The mishap was ocossioned by an overs from a load of hay. The unfortunate man did not recover as speedily as was desired, and he was consequently taken to the Bellefonte hospital for further Years. at noon Thursday adjourned, The closing night of the | session was attended with the usual | riot of fun, members parading about | the hall, singing songs and tearing up | and throwing away their bill filles to denote that ail work was at an end, Thursday's sessions of the Senate | and House were devoted to the custom- | ary presentation of gifts to the re-| #pective presiding officers, clerks acd attaches, The Legislature of 1909 goes down in | history as the shortest session held in the last thirty-five years, with the single exception of that of 1905, when | the session was adjourned on April 13, All told, 2005 bills were introduced, of which over 1300 House. Upward of 670 bills passed both House and Senate, Sixty bills have been signed by the Governor, out of 554 received by him at the close of Lhe session. About 100 bills were disposed of in the closing | days of the session. Thus far the Governor has vetoed four bills ineclud- ing that increasing the salary of Phila- delphis magistrates from $3000 to $4000, WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED, The story of what the Legislature of 1900 accomplished is one of few im- portant and unimportant bills passed sod many unimportant messures defeated on the floor, lost In committee | or left in the wreck of those destroyed in the fioal rush by the action of the political leaders in their anxiety to jam thioogh favored legisistion, Iu the way of appropriations upward of $65,000,000 was alloted to State, semi-private and private lostiiutions, hospitals and charities, including an item of §2 000,000 for the treatment of tuberculosis under the supervision of the State Department of Healt, This is an increase of §1.000000 over the amount aliowed two years sgo, and for Biate care and treatment of tuber. culosis, originated in the GOVERNOR MUST CUT MILLIONS, With but sbout $43,000,000 conceded | to be available in revenue for the next two years, the responsibility of slash- ing appropriations to the extent of $22,000000 is forced upon Governor Stuart. Not a single revenue raising bill was passed, Of the hundreds of bills considered the Btate school code satiracted the most attention and epcountered the most opposition of any measure on | the calendars. Of interest throughout the Stale was Lhe passsge by the Legislature snd approved by Govern- or Btuart of the BSproul resolution creating & commission to investigate and report to the Legislature of 1911 legislation to abolish (oll roads im Pennsylvania, THE IMPORTANT BILLS. Aside from the school code the, record of the Legislature, in the mat- | ter of bills of general interest follows: — Governor Stuart's State highway | from Philadelphia to Pitiebarg to cost | $5,000,000, Increasing salaries of Supreme, Su. perior and other court Judges $350,000 anouslly. Capitol Park extension, to cost 000,000. Jones dirt road bill for townships, appropriating $1,000,000, Bhern bill, regulating child labor. Murphy pure food bill ; also bills prohibiting adulteration of liquors, soft drinks, lard, milk and ice cream. Townsend automobile bill, establish. ing speed limit of twenty-four miles in open country and twelve miles in con- gested territory. Constitutional amendment abolish- ing February elections. . Constitutional amendment empow- ering Philadelphia to borrow money for the construction of subways and for the reclamation of land for wharves and harbor improvements, Constitutional amendment abolish- ing poll tax. Constitutional amendment for cone solidation of Allegheny county courts. Constitutional amendment empow- ering Legislature at will to iucresse number of courts and Judges of courts. Creating State Board of Osteopathy Examiners, Creating State Board of registration of nurses. Murphy bill allowing the connec tion of steam rallrond and street rail- tracks, ¥ Shields bill empowering street rail- way companies to oarry all kinds of freight. : Thompson bill making ex. sminstions in Peonaylvania uniform $2,- | Creating o™cee of executive control- officials to psy out money not specific ally appropriated, Vare bill directing Recorder of Deeds to refuse for record mortgages unless certificate is attached giving residence or mortgagees. Hulings’ bill to pay National Guardsmen for attendsnce at drills. JUROR® TO FIX PENALTY, McNichol bill, empowering juries to determine death or life imprison verdicts, Bhern bill, admitting lawyers practicing in Bupreme Court to prac tice in all other courts. Directing that the Quay statue be erected in rotunda of Capitol bullding. Making October 12 legal holiday, known as Columbus Day, Giving primary election officers the same salary as general election officers. Creating three additional Judges for Allegheny county ; one each for Erie, Cambria and Luzerne counties, Tustin parole, probstion and inde. terminate sentence bills, Tustin anti-white-slave bills. Campbell anti-cocaine bill. For development and improvement of Marcus Hook quarantine station, appropriating $54,000, Campbell bill, readjosting the State Pharmaceutical Board. CHANGE IN INAUGURATION. Vare resolution, ealling on Congress to change the date of the insuguration of the President, Empowering municipalities to so- quire land for sites for armories to be erected by the State for the National Guard, Commission tq investigate and recommend legislation to abolish toll roads, Commission to codify election laws. Commission to investigate COrpora- tions sud recommend revenue ificress- ing measures, Commission to codify fish and game Commission to invite President Taft to dedication of Pennsylvania monu- ment at Petersburg. Commission to investigate manage- ment of Germantown and other town- ship poor boards in Philadelphia. BILLS WHICH FAILED, Local option. Reyburn ssldiers’ pension bill, Herbst single board medical bill. Increasing State constabulary from four to six companies. Dunsmore 2 cent railroad fare bill. Dunsmore 2}-cent railroad fare bill. Extending civil service system to State offices. Empowering State ilroad Com- mission to regulate stocX issues, Creating five additional Judges for Philadelphia, Constitutional amendment for con solidation of Philadelphia courts, Grsnting eminent domain to electric wer companies, MeClain bills for return to counties for personal property tax and license fees which now go to the State, Commission to codify tax laws, Jones bill taxing gas companies. Dupsmore bill increasing COTpora- tion tax from five to ten mills, Taxing corporations for lpeal pur poses, Keene bill taxing capital stock of mavufacturing companies, Creasy anti-trust bills, Cressy bill taxing express com- pennies, Increasing the salary of the Govern or from $10,000 to $15,000, Increasing salaries of Auditor Gen- eral and Secretary of Internal Affairs from $4000 to $5000 and reorganizing the Auditor General’s department, Tustin juvenile court bills. Rogers intermediate court bill, From Mitihelm Journal. Miss Anna Mitterling, of Centre Hall, spent several days last week with friends in this place, Prof. P, H. Breneman, of the Penn. sylvania State College, spent’ several days the past week at the home of his father-in-law, F. P. Musser, P. H. Stover, of Elkins, W. Vs, and Krider Stover, of y Were guests of their sister, Mrs. T. B. week, Joseph H, Hoffman, of Annapolis, Md., and his nephew, John Holler, of with those ia Ohio, New York, New NO. 16. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Oats and barley sowing is on the program with the farmers this week, The Beaver athletic fleld at Pennsyl. vania Btate College will be dedicated May 7th, The rain last week freshened the grass and grain, and now the fields are beginning to look green. Deputy Sheriff Btrohm was in Cen- tre Hall all of Monday, overseeing the work being done at his dwelling house. The Harry Witten Clothing Com- pany opened business in the Dinges store room, Centre Hall, Monday morning. Willism H. Bmith, of near Madison burg, and William H. Smith, of Spring Mille, were in Centre Hall on business Monday morning. Harry Bwabb, by the will of his sis- ter, Mrs. Catharine Durst, deceased, was made executor of her estate, and in this issue advertises letiers testa- mentary on her estate, Millheim is to have a new industry. A company has been formed at that place to manufacture the upright ad- justable clothes rack, for which C. H. Stover, of Aaronsburg is general agent, In this issue appear two articles on the front page that should be read by every Reporter subscriber. They re- fer to the work of the Legislature and % brief summary of the school code as it applies to rural districts. A number of deaths have omit in and about Centre Hall within the last few weeks: John H. Spicher, Mra. Catharine Darst, Mrs. Jane Harper, Mrs. Sarah Derstine, all of whom lived to a good old age. » F. H. Thomas, superintendent of the Bellefonte Central Railroad, just re- ceived notice that at the last meeting of the directors he was made Vice President and General Manager, and that the office of superintendent was abolished. The puppy, with a tan spot over his left eye and ear, that put up at the Reporter office for a week, was the property of Archey W. Zsttle, of near Spring Mills. He is a hunting dog, aud Mr. Zsettle was mighty glad to discover his whereabouts, A young borse died for Sidney Poor- man, tenant on the James A. Keller farm, east of Centre Hall, Friday cf Inst week. When good horse flesh is worth twenty cents a pound, it is bum ying money preity fast when it is dragged to the woods in lots of half ton and over, A sixteen year-old fisherman in the person of Ward Yarneil, will no doubt carry the blue ribbon during the present trout season, he having caught a trout in the Greens Valley dam, about four miles from Hecls, measur- ing twenty-two and one-half inches in length, and weighing four and one- half pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Jared Kreamer, of Rebersburg, formerly residents of Cen- tre Hall, were in town several days beginning of this week. Mr. Kreamer is now living retired, aud he and Mrs. Kreamer spent a part of their time with their daughters living at Harrie burg and Wayne, the latter being Mrs, Rolly, wife of Rev. David A. Bolly, The Byracuse riding right and left plow ie a new style plow being intro- duced by the Weber Brothers. There are two separate plows-—one made to turn the furrow to the right and the other to the left—thus avoiding all * backing-ups '’ and ** dead furrows’, Two or three horses can be used. It throws a uniform furrow in width and depth, and can be handled with ease on smooth or rough ground. Friday afternoon of last week several children playing at the rear of the barn on the R. B. Hartman estate, in Millheim, started a fire on a manure pile nearby. The flames had alreacy gained some headway and the frame. work of the barn was burning when the fire was discovered by Jousthan Harter, whose barn adjoins. A few no doubt prevented a serious conflagra- tion. Among the Reporter's callers Thurs
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