_VOL. LXXXIIL.
NO. 11.
NORMAL SCHOOL OOURSES REVISED,
One Year 1s Added and Oarnegle Founda.
tion Unit Plan Adopted,
The new course of study for the
State Normals was announced from
the Department of Public Instruction
by the Board of Principals of State
Normal Schools. The new course will
comprise four years, one year longer
than at present. The unit plan as
proposed by the Carnegie Foundation
is the basis for the revised curriculum.
The scope of the new order of things
was explained in the following state-
ment issued by Buperintendent of
Public Instruction N. C. Schaeffer,
“ Ia 1911 and 1912 stadents will be
graduated on the basis of the old
course, in 1913 by-either course, and in
1914 and thereafter only in the new
course. The board has announced
that approved high schools through-
out the state will be recognized on the
following basis :
“ Graduates of the first-grade high
schools aud city high schools listed by
the state Department of Pablic In-
struction shall be recommended to the
state Board of Examiners for eutrance
to the third year without examination
by the faculty, being conditioned only
in such subjects as have not been satis-
factorily completed.
© Graduates of second-class grade
high schools will be admitted to the
second class year without examina-
tion. Graduates of approved
grade high schools will be admitted to
the first year on the same conditions.
* Residence in the Normal School for
the last two years is required of all
candidates for graduation, excepting
that graduates of four-year courses in
colleges approved by the state College
and Uagiversity Council may be
graduated after a residence of one year.
Meoek-Valeutine,
A wedding ceremony of interest to
the many friends throughout Centre
county of the contracting parties was
quietly solemnized in St. John’s Epls-
copal church on Wednesday morning
of last week, at eight o'clock, when
George R. Meek, son of Mr. and Mrs,
P. Gray Meek, and Miss Ellen Down-
ing Valentine, daughter of the late
Jucob and Mrs, Valentine, were united
in the bounds of holy matrimony. The
impressive service of the Episcopal
church was used and the ceremony
was performed by Rev. John Hewitt,
The bride and groom were attended by
John M. SBhugart and Miss Bertha
Laurie. The other witnesses to the
ceremony were Mr, snd Mra. P. Gray
Meek, parents of the groom. Follow.
ing the wedding the bride and groom
drove to Bnow Bhoe Intersection,
where they boarded the train for a
short wedding tour to western cities,
The bride is an accomplished and
attractive young lady, is a member of
one of Bellefonte’s oldest families and
a popular social leader. The groom is
one of the representative young busi-
ness men of this community and has
for a number of years been identified
with his iather as sssociate editor of
the Democratic Watchman, in addi.
tion to which he holds a responsible
position with the Centre County
Baoking Company. The many
friends of the young people unite in
and best
and prosper-
in which
wishes for a long, happy
the Gazette heartily joins,
The above is taken from the Key-
stone Gazette. The Reporter also ex-
tends its congratulations,
More Fam Figures.
The department of agriculture has
admitted to the present course in the
fall of 1910 on the basis heretofore
established, and the regulation for the
admission of high school graduates the
third year of the new course will be
formulated at a meeting in November
and snnounced next year.”
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Transfers of Real Estate.
Howard Wilson et al to D. 8B. Me-
Nitt et al, tract of land in Gregg twp.,
April 9, 1910. $5600,
Emanuel Corman et ux to H. E
Corman, tract of land in Walker twp.,
April 9, 1810. $1600,
EG. W. Hosterman et ux to W, A.
Alexander, tract of land in Centre
Hall, April 1, 1910. $1350 ’
A. H. Hostermsan to H. M. Hoster-
man, tract of land in Harris twp,
April 1, 1910. $1500,
EW. L. Foster et ux to R. D. Gil
liland, tract of land in Btate College,
March 11, 1v10. $450,
P.H Moayeret ux to W. G
man, tisct of land in Potter
March 31, 1910. $4000
John T. Bailets etrux to H. A. Ellis,
Ross.
t#p.,
20, 1906. $1247.20
W. H. Toompson et ux to W, H,
Johnstonbanugh, tract of land in Col-
ege twp., March 31, 1910. $12.2
J. A. Keller to Christ Kelier et al
tract of land in Potter twp., March 30,
1010 $7000.
Samuel F. Spayd et al to Albert H.
Bpayd, tract of land in Walker twp.
February 17, 1910. $728,
Martha E. RB Keller to Ira G. Rob-
{nson, tract of land in Howard twp.
March 26, 1910. $1050.
F. W. Crider ¢t ux to Bolomon H.
Lohr, tract of land in Snow Bhoe,
twp., April 1, 1910, $1800.
Mary E. Wetsou et al to Thomas G.
Wetson, tract of land in Taylor and
Halfmoon twp., April 1, 1910. $4212,
John P. Taylor to W. H. Durst,
tract of land in Polter twp., April 1,
1910. $2500.
Wm. Thompson, Jr, et ux to A. F.
Markle, tract of land in College twp,
March 3, 1910, $1272.50.
Laura Peters et baron to T. V.
Stevens, tract of land in Uanlon twp,
pril 1, 1910
Albert H Bpayd et ux to Henrletta
Deviring, tract of ia d in Walker
twp, April 1, 1910. $3700.
Laura A. Lee to Calvin F. Emery,
tract of land 10 Centre Hall, Mareh 31,
1910 $1700.
Joel Struble’s exrs to Anna Corman,
tract of «nd in Walker twp., March
18, 1910. $2605
Classis Moots.
A me«ting of the executive come
mittee of the Wdet Susquehanna
Classis of the Reformed church met at
Spring Mills, last week. Among the
business of local interest transacted
was to receive the Rev. Elissa Faust,
from the Mercersburg Classis, and to
confirm » call to become pastor of a
Nittany Valley charge, with residence
at Howard. A committee of in.
stallation, coosisting of Rev. H. I.
Crow Dr. A M, Schmidt and Rev,
Daniel Gress were appointed.”
The date of the meeting of the
annus! sessions of Classis has been
changed from May 18th to May 1ith,
a Middleburg, ~
.
ing the increase the last twenty years
in the vaiue of wealth produced on
farms in the United States, The
figures show this increase to have
been $6 3000,000 000 in the period from
1850 to the close of last year. In 1589
the value of the wealth produced on
farms in the United States was $2 460,.
000,000, ten years later it was $4,717,-
000,000 and last year, according to the
estimate just issued, it was $8,760,000,.
00. The general healthfuloess of
farm animals io the United States on
April 1 was very nearly the average of
preceding years, according to the de-
partment of agriculture, Horses and
sheep were slightly lower in cond}
tion ; cattle slightly lower than as year
ago, but above the ten year aversge,
and swine were belter than their con-
dition of both a year ago and the ten
year average. The losses of horses
from disesse during the year were
twenty per thousand ; of eattle from
disease, twenty-one per thousand :
from exposure, seventeen per thou-
sand ; of sheep, pot including sprivg
Jabs, about twenty-seven per thou
; from exposure the losses were
a than usual, being forty-six
per thousand. The losses of hogs
from disease were lighter than usual,
being forty-four per thousand.
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Removiog Loose Stones,
The Bellefonte Motor Ciub forward.
ed to supervisors a copy of an act pro-
viding for the removal of loose stones
from the highway dariog the months
of May, June, August and October.
There is no doubt but thal the road
stuithorities are acquainted with the
general provisions of this sect, but
the Reporter will call attention to a
few points that may be misunder-
stood, viz :
I'he loose stones must be removed
from all roads daring the mouths of
May, June, August and October. The
performance of this work doring
April will not relieve the supervisors
of the requirement in May.
The stones may be removed by con-
tract or by lsborers hired by the day or
month.
The penalty for neglect is ten dol.
lars, one-half of which may be claim.
ed by the informer, and the other
half goes to the road fund.
ALIA ——
W. 0, T, U, Anniversary,
The first anniversary of the W, C.
T. U. in Centre Hall was fittingly cele-
brated Friday evening, in Grange
Arcadia, The organization has s good
membership, and its sdherents
are sotive in the work. The
president, Mrs. 8 A. Snyder, made an
address in which she spokes of the
scope of the work of the order. An
interesting program was rendered,
most of the participants in which
were the members of the L. T, L.,
which organization has a large mem-
bership.
After the program numbers were
rendered, light refreshments were
served, and then an hour was devoted
to social chats,
Prompt relief in all cases of throat
snd lung trouble if you use Oliisber +
Inin’s gh Remedy. Pleasant to
take, soothing snd healing in effect. | pleasant
166,000 Attend Institute.
Deputy Becretary of Agriculture, A
L. Martin, made public preliminary
figures of the attendance at farmers’
institutes and movable schools of agri-
culture held during the past winter
showing that 166 000 persons attended
the lectures.
This is 4000 in excess of
tendance during the season of 1908.
1609, although the number of days
during 1009-1910 was four less than the
preceding year.
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Luther Royer Purchased Farm,
The Wilson farm, recently purchas-
ed by the MecNitt-Huyett Lumber
Company, east of Old Fort, was
purchased by Luther Boyer, of Spring
Mille, formerly of Centre Hill, Mr,
Royer is an experienced farmer, and
last spring had one of the largest stock
sales in the county, the greater part of
which was raised by him oo the
Burkholder faxm at Centre Hill,
where the sale was held, He will not
be able to get possession of his pur-
chase until next spring, at which time
he and Mrs. Royer will again resume
farming.
the at.
oi emm——
Will Only Lead to Evil,
The woret habit that boys can fall
into is that of loafing on the streets at
night. It is then that they cast their
lot in slippery places, when at any
moment they are likely to fall from
grace. All good and noble lessons
taught them by their mothers are
there counteracted and nullified,
They learn nothing that Is good-—but
everything bad. The boys who
spend their evenings in the sacred
precinets of home with good books for
their companions are the future hope
of this republic ; they will fill our Jeg-
islative and congressional halls, and
sit in judgment upon men and
measures, while the boys who run the
streets will fill our penitentisries,
almshouses and lunatic asylums.
Parents who are responsible for these
broken laws of decency will have
broken hearts and bowed down heads
iu the awakening years that will io.
evitably follow.
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The Brouse Oleo Usae.
The Brouse oleo case heard before
'"Hquire Musser in Bellefonte of
more than passing interest to farmers.
The National Government has
placed a tax on colored oleomargarine,
but the laws of Pennsylvania prohibit
the sale of colored oleomargarine, It
is not denied that the oleo sold by the
Bellefonte groceryman resembled but-
ter in color, snd for such sa product
there Is no law inh Pennsylvania under
which it may be sold. The makers of
the oleo contend thal the coloration
is the natural resuit from the combi.
nation of ingredients ased in its man.
ufacture, and that no eoloring matter
is added.
The case has been carried to the su-
preme court, which esurt will be asked
to decide whether in Penuvsylvania
oleo, resembling butter in color, may
be legally sold.
The Pure Food Department was
represented by former Judge John GG.
Love apd Mr, gBrouse by John
Blanchard, Esq. -
1s
Appealr,
The county commissioners, scoom-
panied by Clerk Decker, sat at the Old
Fort, Friday of last week, to hear ap-
peals from the judgment of assessors.
There were few complalols, coosid-
ering the tender spot the assessor
touches.
Itis a fact that many tax payers
would rather be unjustly taxed than
to make complaints at these appeals,
because there is scarcely a chance for
remedy unless the assessor acknowl
edges error in some shape or form,
which will not be done except under
pressure, The sssessorsimply exercises
his judgment in placing the value on a
given piece of property. However
sonecientious an assessor may be his
judgment may be questioned by oth-
ers of equal judgment and of no lees
conscience. The assessor's power to
act does vot add an iota to his judg-
ment. If there were fixed rules for
plscing values on property it would be
different, but so long ss assessments
are made on judgment alone, assessors
should pot complain when exceptions
are taken to their work,
To browbeat taxpayers into sub
mitting to incqualities of taxation is
of long standivg, but the taxpayer
himself is to blame. The system of
valuation ls wrong. No one man
should have the power to value his
neighbot’s property, nor should the
board of county commissioners whore
chief function is not to place values on
property, be asked to sit as appeal
Judges, There should be a board of
revision,
Diarrhowa should be cured without
loss of time snd by medicine which
like Chamberisin's
Diarrhoea Remedy
prompti iy but produoot no Saplemmnt
.. I never falls
and
a a
FROM LOWER HARRIS,
Road Master Swabb Bullds Roads snd
Agent Lee Interests Farmers in Alfsifa
and Lime,
Roadmaster Wililamn Bwabb is en-
deavoring to build roads in Harrie
township by the use of the split log
drag, and applying the latter day
wisdom in preparing the roads for
that well-known, simple road building
machine. Ditches are being construct.
ed, and when rock are encountered
they are removed by theuse of explo-
sives, Breakers are also being done
away with, and the under drain sub
stituted. All thie in preparation for
the split log drag.
With the limited amount of cash
available, Mr. Bwabb thinks, the only
way to secure fair roads during the
twelve months of the year, is to pro.
vide ditches, in other words drainage ;
under drains instead of breakers, and
use the split log drag to prevent ruts
and mud puddles,
Quite a few farmers around Linden
Hall are going to profit by the free
distribution of lesflets issued by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company on
the subjects of alfalfa and the use of
lime on laud. Theee lesflots were dis
tributed by J. C. Les, agent at Linden
Hall Mr. Lire has been very active
in interesting the farmers in his terri.
tory on the above subjects, and he has
aleo secured a very low freight rate on
sgricultural lime, which enables the
farmers to have ther lime shipped to
them in car load lots at about the
same price that they could burn it
themselves, The result is farmers are
taking advantage of this low rate and
the raliroad company also profits by
it. The rsilroad company is at all
times willing to co-operate with the
farmer on all kindred sul jscls, for the
reasons that when the farmer profits
the railroad company will profit also.
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LOCA.H
Work on the state road through
Bellefonte has been commenced,
Al. Krape laid the foundation for a
concrete walk in front of his residence,
The Bhafler-Hez:l reunion will be
held on Hecla Park, Saturday, August
13th.
R, D. Killian, of Lewisburg, for-
merly of Centre Hall, just finished the
operations on = large tract of timber
near Beech Creek. Within a short
time he will commence culling on s
second tract in the same locality,
The old style board walk is too ex-
pensive for any one to construct.
Concrete is much cheaper, when all is
done. A two inch walk Is ample in
thickness, and can be constructed at
but a slight cost in advance of a board
walk.
Merchant Emanuel Smith, at Pot.
ters Mille, declares the person who
stole a halter and chain from him
has had it long enough, and should
pow return it in order to save Lhe
trouble snd expense of resorting to
legal means (0 get it.
An effort will be made during the
sessions of the Grand Lodge, 1. O, O,
F., at Williamsport, in May, to have
the headquarters of the order changed
from Philadeiphia to Harrisburg.
The central location and a lees cost
for maintaining will be the argu.
ment used towards securing the
necessary change io the constitution,
The building boom at State College
continues. Hbme forty houses are un-
der contract and will be erected dure
fog the coming summer, Last year
about the same number of new dwell-
ing houses were built. Ia addition to
the building of the houses mentioned,
a large number of walks will be built
of concrete.
Elmer C. Hettinger, one of the thriv.
jog farmers along Binkiog Creek, was
in town the latter part of last week,
but hardly took enough time to close
his pocket book before his team re.
sponded to ** git up.” George A. Het-
tinger, a brother of the former, who
this spring moved from near Boals-
burg to the Grove farm, along sSink-
ing Creek, was also a brief caller at
this office,
Mr. and Mrs Bamuel Gingerich ex-
pect to make a trip to Kansas, and are
plauniog to leave Centre Hall by the
first of the month, and will be absent
for five or six weeks. On their way
west they will slop in Allegheny,
with Harry Bwabb ; at Cleveland,
Ohio, with Harrison Kline ; at Toledo,
Ohio, with Harvey Houtz; and at
Longford, Kansas, with Thomas
Bilger. Of course, these are only a
few of the stops now contemplated,
Rev, Edwin H, Leisenring, D. D.,
pastor of the Lutheran church at
Middleburg, died last week. Ioter.
mis was made at Middleburg Friday.
Dr. Leisenring, some years ago, ™
pastor at Lewisburg, and Is
well known minister in Lutheran
cirdles. His age was fifty-nine years.
The minister died in the pulpit, just
having ‘concluded a funeral sermon
Is | over the remains of Mrs, H. E. Bhat.
fer, whose life he held up
Spe or ot hae le,
*
Hinte Grange Platform,
The legislative platform of the Btate
Grangs of the Patrons of Husbandry
has been completed. Roughly, the
platform containe two planks—
equalization of taxation and the
initiative and referendum,
These planks are subdivided into
several subjscis, The first Includes
relief of real estate from taxation by
increased state appropriations for
local purposes, payment of the mini
mum salary of school teachers for the
minimum term and the taxation of all
class of subjects uniformly. The
second plank demands application of
the local option principle to all local
government as well as to the liquor
question, and alen a specific law per-
mittiog the people to vote directly for
United States senators,
This platform is a condeneation of
the main planks in the platform
adopted last December by the Btate
Grange when it met at Bilate
College and by the state Board of
Agrieulture at its session in Harris
burg last January.
The word has been passed to the
grangers to put all candidates upon
the rack and to whet the scythe for
such candidates as are opposed to
what the grange wants.
A Novel Introduction,
Dr. Howard Company have entered
into su arrangement with Marray and
Bitner's store, by which a special io-
troductory offer will be made of 5
cents on the 50 cent size of their cele.
brated specific for the cure of consti.
pation and dyspepsia.
Bo remarkably successful has Dr,
Howard's specific been In curing
constipation, dyspepsia and all forms
of liver trouble, that Murray and
Bitper will return the price pald in
every case where it does not give relief,
Murray and Bitner have been able
to secure omy a limited supply, so
everyone who wishes to be cured of
dyspepsia or constipation should call
upon them or send them 25 cents, by
mail, and get 60 doses of the best
medicine ever made, on this special
half price introductory offer, with
their personal guarantee to refund the
money if the specific does not cure,
Raln Fall for April,
During the whole of the month of
March there was no precipitation
except one-half inch of spow, and
several traces of rain, the latter less
than one hundredth part of sn inch,
April did better, as will be noted from
the following, showing the dates on
which the rains fell and the quantity
in decimals of inches
Dalen
Inches
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$2
#3
4 ry
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slack -Tressior,
Evangelical parsonage, at Centre
Hall, by Rev. B. A. Boyder, George Boal
Sisck, of Farmers Mills, and Miss
Sarah Anos Tressler, were made man
and wife. The groom is a son of Mr.
and Mrs, Charles Slack, and the bride
a daughter of J. Wesley Tressler,
Congratulations. Au
LOCALS,
Ridgeway had a §500,000 fire early
Saturday morning. The fire was in
the ogntral part of the city. ]
The United Evangelical parsonage
is being repainted, the color beiog
white. The brush is being plied by
Daniel Daup.
Monday morning W. W. Bpangler
started on a trip tv» Lock Haven and
Williameport, where he is visiting
among relatives.
Rev. B, F. Bieber, Monday morn-
ing, went to Watsontown to join his
wife and daughter who have been
visiting there during the past few
weeks,
Helen Van Pelt Smithgall is the
name of 8 nine and one-half pound
baby that arrived at the home of Mr,
and Mm. J. D. P. Smithgall, at
Austin, Mrs, Anna Spangler, the
great-grandmother, was notified of the
event by telephone a few hours after
the birth of the child.
Messrs. E. E. Bunner, of York,
and Boyd A. Musser, of Beranton,
were in Centre Hall for a short time
Wednesday of last week. Mr. Ban-
per is the senior of the brokerage firm
of E. E. Bunner & Co, who have
offibes at York and Bunbury, and Mr,
a | Musser is a former county clerk of
Centre county, but is now doing busi
ness for the York Bridge Company.
The gentlemen were met at Millbheim
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS,
No man doubts your word if you
speak well of him. *
Many hundred rode of wire fencing
are being erected this spring by the
farmers in Potter township.
The chanticleer hat proves that not
only must city folks look to the farm.
yard for their living, but also for their
styles,
In Centre county there are located
75,790 of the 916 560 acres of forest
lands owned by the state in twenty.
six counties,
The Treaster saw mill was moved
from Binking Creek to the J. Q A.
Kennedy timber tract, west of Centre
Hall, last week.
Potatoes are a drug on the market,
They are selling locally in very small
lots at twenty-five cents per bushel,
and the man willing to purchase is
looked upon as bestowing a favor,
The May number of The Ladies’
World pot only keeps up its excellent
reputation, but is, we think, the best
iesue of the publication that has yet
appeared.
Oval, in Nippenose Valley, has an
epidemic of measles. In one night
about twenty-five children were taken
ill. The disease was spread by a
child, affected with the disease, at,
tending school.
George B. Weaver, of Rebersburg,
who is past eighty-eight years of age,
is confined to bed for the greater part
of the time. His condition, however,
is not worse than it has been for some
time,
The Bherwin-Williams paints are
sold by Rearick, the farniture dealer.
If you want to brighten up your
furniture you can get a preparation
especially made for that purpose sat
the Rearick store.
The Belinsgrove Times has this to
say : Clarence E Tool, of Fresburg,
has made such a decided hit as a
school teacher iu Millheim that he hss
been engaged to conduct & normal
school there this summer and has been
also re-elected for another year as
priocipal.
Think of it! In a» congressional
district in New York, normally Re-
publican by 6000, a Democrat, run-
ping on a tarifl reform platform, wss
elected by a msjority of more than
500. And his name is Havens—the
first Democrat (0 be elected from that
district in twenty years,
The state forestry department had a
crew of eighteen men st work last
week under the supsrvision of Prof,
George H. Wirt, of the Mont Alto
Forestry Academy, planting white
pine and white ash seedlings in Poe
Valley, in the Beven Mountains.
These are a part of the two hundred
thousand white pine trees, mentioned
in these columns a few weeks ago,
the depariment purposes planting in
various sections in the Beven Moun-
tains,
A dinner was recently given at the
Union League, Philadelphia, in honor
of Alexander J. Hemphill, of New
York, at which twenty-one guests sat,
They represented interests worth three
billion dollars. Mr. Hemphill is a
brother of the iste Clement Hemphill,
of Centre Hall, and was recently select-
ed by J. Pierpont Morgan to be
president of the Guaranty Trust Com-
pany, the largest trust company in
the world, withi a capital siock of
$20,000,000
Last week Mrs, Mary Shoop return
ed from the Pittsburg district where
she had been visiting during the past
three months or more. Her longest
stay was with Mrs, Ellen Miller and
her daughter, Mrs. Richard Custer,
who live at Munhall, and of her good
treatment there she cannot express
herself strong enough. Mr. Custer
has been advanced to the position of
superintendent in one of the Munhall
steel works, and being equipped with
an automobile, the Pitteburg district
was viewed by Mre. Shoop from it,
Eve:; time a Pennaylvania railroad
official looks westward while making
the curve at Lemont, it is taken to
indioate that the L. and T. is to be ex.
tended via Btate College to Tyrone,
Recently some of the road o
side-tracked a private car at
snd hobnobbed. with the
vaunia State College officials,
again set fo motion the
State College would be made a
on the Pennay. There is no doubt
that thie very thing will happen with
in a ressonsble time. State
and the institution located there is bee
coming too important to be irnored