_CENTRE HALL. PA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1011, p/ orn Fis Mata OL. LXXXIV, RECIPRCGOITY WITH CANADA, METHODIST QONFERENOER, UK CONVERENCE YOUTH PONORED, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. With eggs down to thirteen cents the small hen looks it, except when cackling. Mr. snd Mrs. Akron, Ohio, Asrcnsburg, Clergymen to be Glven New Appointments at Conference to bp Held Next Mouth ia Bloomsburg, Sproul Road Messue Frovices for Bond- ing State to Bulld 5000 Mites of Road. Plans for the improvement of Penn- sylvania’s highways on an immense scale, which carry the approval of Governor Tener, were made publie, when Benator Sproul, of Delaware county, introduced in the legislature two bills and a proposed amendment to the constitution as starters on the project, Hacking at the good roads business ia to cease if legislation for the new undertaking is obtained. Instead of constructing bits of modern road here and there, disconnected and for the most part only a few miles in length, the state will proceed to establish an improved highway system that will be worthy of the name. Some 5000 miles of existing roeds, now maintained by counties, town- ships and turnpike companies, it is designed, shall be taken over by the state, the public roads immediately and the turppikes as soon as they can be condemned snd paid for, and kept in order at state expense as '* main highways. ”’ These selected roads are designated in the principal Sproul bill, and they form a network from county seal to county seat and be- i tween the larger cities and towns, A Menace to Agricultural Olasses—Ulass Legislation that Should be Opposed by Farmers, A deadly menace to the agricultural classes is now before Congress in the reciprocity treaty with Canada. It is class legislation pure and simple, legis- lating a dollar out of the farmers pock- et into the cities. The farmer has had ihe least protection in the past of any class—averagiog about 25 per cent. as against an average of 45 per cent. on manufactured goods—and now Cone gress calmly proposes to remove this 25 per cent., leaving him open to cheap Canadian competition, while our manufacturing classes are as well protected as ever, as they need not fear Canada’s infant industries, and at any rate duties are lowered but slightly even against them. It certainly behooves the farmers to stand up and fight for their rights if ever they are going to, or it will soon be too late. Numberless fruit and produce exchapges in different cities have sent resolutions to Congress in favor of this, and why? Because they readily see that henceforth they will have a club to bold over the farmer's head in the form of a vast and | cheap surplus of food products from Capads. By means of this they will Opsns tu York. Tharsday, March 7 Rwengel to Preside. «Bishop | Finds Way to Uh Leglsintnre~4ait Lake | Clty Paper speaks Kindly of $m, No'hing affords the Centre Report. er mime plesaurs The 17.h annual gession of the Cen. Many changes in ministerial ap- tral Peunaylvanin Confarencs of the than to note the sue. pointments at the coming session of Ualted Evai gical church will fou- | cess of the young men and women the Central Pennsylvania Conference vene in the Trinity church, York, born or reared in Centre Hal or Penns of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Thursday, March 2d, 830 wn mm Valley, knd it will never miss an oppor. to be held next month in Bloomsburg, | tunity lo tell of their achievements, by R D R H Bishop U.F.Bvengel, D. D \ recently is prophesied by Rev. Dr. R. » Gl { glegted t shop, will preside at the wee-| The Horsld-Rennit i i : lecla i . iH pres a wt o ag é orld Ren 40 ubli bert, district superintendent of the Pi ean Published Ip sions of coiferencs. The examina. | Balt Loge (Nt U.ah, 1 . Danville district. There are ten tions for applicants and j1alor presch. | farencs to Wit on tal le vacancies caused by death alone that ers will take place Tassdav, F. bh usry | will be recalled by many ofs the rend must be filled, and many of the most 28, and Wednesday March 14, H+ is the wo of William Tobias prominent men in the conference are On Wednesday evening the sunusi|and lived iu Cenire Hall about 1880, booked for a change. missionary anniversary, which is al-| His last visit here was shortly after Bishop William F. Anderson, who ways an interesting feature of the|the World's Fair at Chicago. The has his Episcopal residence at Chat-| ek, will be held. At this time pas-| paper referred to contains an illustra tanoogs, Tennessee, will preside over tors will render reports as to the |tionof Mr, Tobiss, aud then comes this the sessions, while the Laymens Asso. amount of missionary Oley raised There was a ciation bave secured Bishop Perry to|g,, conference miss'onary work. Who lived address them on Friday evening of con- The conference proper will open He had »5 ference. Bloomsburg is preparing to | with Thursday morning seesion. A entertain upwards of 600 visitors dur-| fee of the important matters to come ing the conference week. up for consideration will be—The Talk of a change in the board question of reducing the number of of district; superintendents, or pre- conference districts from five to three. siding elders, of which there are The election of presiding elders five, is going the rounds among the The terms of two presiding elders churches and this matter will doubl-| terminate with this conference ses. less come up for settlement. A live- sion, viz J, C, Reeser, presiding elder ly debate can be expected, it is said. {on Centre district during the past four At present there are five such officers, | | years ; and J. W. Messinger, presiding elected for a term of six years, At elder on the Lewisburg district, each O. B. Holloway, of visited friends In The annus! convention of (he Cen- tre County Bunday Sehool Association will be held at Asronsbarg, August Zlst and 221d. | Bre The Reporter will soon ANNOUNCE the arrival of its tupply of Easeler postcards. It will be the most exten. sive slock ever purchased, and will be Representative, sold In packets of one doz an. nM a shot many He didn’t know what to do Correction : He did not live in 8 shoe, but he sure has the medals ; and as proof of the assertion that he didn’t know what to do, the fact rema ng that be came to the Leagislature, His W. H Ak bim what le ever did for hia country and he will assure you that he served twelve years in the state militia, dur- ing which time he was honored with & sample of every medsl but ons econ- While drawing a load of msnure on 8 gall sled, a horse owned by MH, R, Lingle, of Penn township, broke its leg. The animal was killed, as it was thought useless to try to unite the broken bones, medals John B. Albright spent several days with bie brother and sister Fos'er R, snd Lydia Albright, Millhelm., Mr. Albright was a former reside; t of that plese name fs Tobias, in but for the past farty vears hiss been a resident of Puoiladelphis. Dr. Hugh P. Baker, desn of the de- t be able to whip the farmer down to | where he will have to sell his produce | this conference none of their terms cx- pire, but next year two of the clergy- haviog served eight consceutive years, {01 two terms sand are pot eligible for ferred by Uncle Bam on militia men for sccurate shooting. When he was partment of forestry, at Peunsylvanis Hiate College, announced thst the Pendiog the improvement of these roads under the direction of a more efficient highway department than that now existing, they shall be his farm. If a similar proposal were maintained in ordinary good condi. tion, at av annual cost of perhaps $100 made to the manufacturing classes of | $900 il p $500 000 to $1 ¢ i i K 0 fo : . giving (bem absolute free trade with |“ ¥® 4 leo pad Ry given his honorary discharge not Joug ago, be had risen to the position of lnepector of larget practice and held the rank of captain Mr. Tobins is one of Salt Lake Wife at less than cost, or eles go out of busi- | ness, He must either descend to the level of the French Canadian of Que- bee or else pull up stakes aud abandon Pennsylvania Forestry Association had decided to hold its annual conven tion at S.ate College, May 24 Li to 96 h. Representative R. W. Hilton, of McKean county, introduced a bill in the legislature prohibiting the Killing H. MiIanT. men, the Reve. B. C. Connor, Al-| resliation toona district, and R. H. Gilbert, | A. Benfer. Y Danville district, will retire. The! proposition is to do away wilh two of these cfMicers and let the three remairn- fog men act as the conference cabinet, [siding elders are tu be elected st thie The other three incumbents sre the! { house of the state Loagislstura, Two presiding eldere, J D wef ved ir dintripg tis, Carlisle district, have ¥ Are | I'tins four frre. ote | | term, four esnmecu ive ars, and | eligible for reclecti ia, ty's ten representatives in the lo wey This Europe, a how! would go up, the like! of which has never been heard, The farmer’s profits are smaller than | in apy other line of business, but that is not enough ; he must be legislated down to the point where he caunot| get a living. The papers are all watching the farmers’ attitude on this question, and report from day to day | gleefully that ‘the farmers are | pleased over Lhe news.” i In other | words, they are asleep and don't realize that their throats are going to | be cut. i This matter is so important, involv- | ing as it does the prosperity of his | home, that every farmer should spare | a few moments and a few stamps snd i write to his congressman and senators. | If every man will do his duty in this, | there is no doubt that the messure i will be defeated. Don’t put it off and | neglect to do it, thinking your neigh- i bor will do it. Every man’s lelter is | necessary, and it ehould be walled at! al once, If yoa are a free trader and in free trade, remamber that, * wat is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander,’ and that it is cartaialy ap. fair to grant free trade on the farmer's produces and not on anythiog else. It is class legislation and means the up- building of the cities at the expense of thecountry. It means a decline in ag- riculture in this country for years to ¢>me, more abandoned and run down farms, because it means a large sur- plus of cheap produce fr ym the North forcing our prices down to where we eannot make a living. Let Congress give the farmers a par- cel post and let us get our share of the consumer’s dollar, and it will be found that there is land enough ia this coun. try to raise enough to support double the population we have today. This could easily be done if we farmed ss well as they do in Earope ; but that type of farmiog will never appear here until it pays to farm. So the reader Isasked to do his duty today and drop a line to three men—his congressman and his two senators —urging the de- feat of this iniquitous measure, If we must have free trade, give us free trade on everything. A a — A —— % / Bartiey.- Henney, believe | 00000 a year in all. The counties and towopships now charged with keeping them in order will be relieved to a corresponding am runt, To raise the money to transform these roads into model highways a state bond issne of $50,000 000 is pro- posed, and sulhorization for the loan must be obtained through amendment to the constitution. As the state is now debt free, it can well aftord to borrow and invest the $50 000000 in the much needed improved highways, At least, such Is the argument of the road enthusiasts, who point out that the expenditure will bring returns to the whole people. The Eproul amendment, introduced must be approved by two suc cessive legislatures aod then go to the voters of the state for retification, If it meets success in the present legisla. St m Bic co sC fo 19 approve it al the election of the latter year, direct legislation for the loan can time the slate can go ahead at road. building on a smaller soale through appropriations from current revenue, NO CROSS STATE HIGHWAY. The cross-siate highway, the pet project of Governor Stuart, fluds no plsce in the vew system. Touere will be many routes for crossiog the state! ¢ on good roads if the present enterprise goes through, but no broad avenge from east to west, All told there are two hundred and three routes which are specifically de- tcribed in the bill. The routes in which Centre county people will be interested in are named below : Lewisburg to Bellefonte, through MifMioburg, Hartleton, Woodward, Milibelm and Centre Hall, Lewistown to Bellefonte, through North Derry, Reedaville, Milroy, Pot ters Mills, Centre Hill and Centre Hall Bellefonte to Clearfield, through Port Matilda aud Philipsburg, Huntiogdon to Bellefonte, through Tyrone, Vall, Hannah, Port Matilda, Julian sod Milesburg, Bellefonte to Look Haven, through | Beech Creek and Mill Hall. Reorganization of the state highway Ex Gar re mw H. Moser, Huntiogdon and E M. ephens, Willlamsport, ittees to be read at the coming ses. and more than scholars, There are 034 hools, with 9,233 officers and tesch- Considerable money was raised r mission work during the year, AA ———— Appropriation Bil, The following is an suslysis of the &ppropriation bill for 1911- i13, now peading befire the general ing cootstro ion of Sewage Sys iency prior Ww ssn 100. 000 00 $200,416 $275,000 $1068 209.2 ———— The Hosven Mercantile Co. The Directors of the Hooven Mer- the number fetmion work and Total gular quarterly dividead, sailed, I A — oo ———— IT SAVES YOU MONEY, ‘elo 500 Marray sad Bliner's Frioe 380. The special half price sale of Dr, 1 C01 ference e250 by ULilews conferenos | reduces the number of districts I | either event Centre di. will have 8 new presiding « [der. ire county, only one bas served the { me limit of four years. The delegate } af 8 . $ | elected Centre Hall charge, at the annual conference. is { 3. W. Ralston, of Lemont. to represent 2, ————— — oo — LOvALS Blair Walker bas been seriously ili with poneumouls for the past ten days. The McWilliams farm, near Grays- ville, was purchased Ly George Me- Williams for the sum of $5 500, Ralph Boozer, a draughtsman in the Westinghouse shops ia Pittsburg, Was home for a few days last week. Mr. J. W, and Mra, Cooley have ary 27:h, from tea to four o'clock. | Mrs. ) those that pubiie the Hebeccs Murray asks preparing lanchee for | sales ¢rosuit her with reference to archase of bread, ro'ls and cakes. No round trip tickets will be sold on Pennsyivaoia Railroad. The | reason given for this is that there will | be a considerable saviog io priatiog to sell only one way Lickels. About three ive ies of snow fell Ban- day night. The temperature falling during the day uct it reached seven teen above Z2wo by evening, and dur. ing the night it dropped still further— to eleven, Bell telephones were iostalled in the residences of Ber jamin H. Aroey and G orge W. Neath ol. Plumber 8B, J, Rowe is also thinkiog seriously of baviog sn lpsirument put lato his residence. Arthur B. Lee, the Tumeyvilie blacksmith, Is a candidate for sheriff as per his announcement io this issue of the Centre Reporter. Mr. Lee is a native of Potter township, aud hes been a Democrat daring his entire life. M.. and Mrs. Adam Krumrioe, will move from Boslsturg © Tusseyville, io the near future, to the bowme pur. chased some time ago from the Strobm heirs. They were formerly residents of Potter township, snd will cousiderable so. He introduced s of the quarter-master sergeant st the armory from $60 to $70, jist to show the boys that his heart i« in the right piace, He is chairman of the committees on printing and on elections, snd he is 8 member of the commitlees on rules avd irrigation and reservoirs— ind if he wore all his medals st once he would make J. Philip SBonsa green with envy. —— Foundry Vlant sold, The Centre Hall foundry plant was sold by Messrs. E. M. Huyett and W. O. Rearick to I, Rarick, the Cen- tre Hall furniture dealer. The proper- ty oousists of two lo's and severs] buildings. Alro an engine, boiler ar d some machinery. The price paid is not given, but the purchase is deem. od a bargin by those who know the figure and the value of the plait, Mr. Rearick’s intended disposition of the plant is not known. This plant was built Iste in the s'x. ties by 8 coroperative Company, and early in the seventies was au import. sot industry, The founders were un. successful managers, ba: later the Van Pelts and their suscesors con- ducted the business with profit. i —i——. Orphanags Vor Gicls. Notices have been sent out by super- intlendents of the various divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad calling at- tention to the St. Johan's O ‘phanage, 1722 Rittenhouse street, Philadelphia, Tbe privileges of this orphanage are for the daughters of men who have been killed while in the discharge of their duties in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and affiliated lines. The Bt. John's Orphanage was en- dowed by Frank Thompson, Ite president of the company. Tt is for girls who are taken under agreement with the mother or gusrdian and free of charge given a plain education, household work, cooking and sewing. A SIAN: Golden Jubliee for Missions, of deer for a period of five years, and cianims have the sssurance of a large number of interior members that they will support the messy re. fo James Conley, of Freeport, came to Centre Hall, last waek to his father. John W. Conley, who has been quite ill for ssveral wesks. Mr. (Crn- ley has ben in Freeport for a number of years. He reports ail the Centre Hail populstion fo that city as getting slong splendidly. Visit William H. Null, the Plsasant Gap merchant, business man and farmer is % candidate for the office of county commissioner. His sanouncemeant will ba found in this issue. Mr. Noll bas long been ideatifisd as a party worker, but this is his fis. effort to oblain recoguoition fur himself Attention is called to the sais adver. tissment of A. C. Grove, of near Blle- gute, and especially to the horses that will be oflered for sale. Bome of these animale wre of the heavy drafc type, while others are bred fir the track and roads Mr. Grove is making a clean sale of his stock and implements and will gait the farm. The parsdosge of the United Brethren church, at Port Matilda, was recently destroyed by fire, the re- *u't of a lamp exploding. Rev, H. E. McKelsey, the pastor, sustained con- siderable loss on farniture, although be bad $500 insurance. The house was also insured for $1000, which, how- ever, is less than its value. Letters postmarked MiMinburg have been received by President Taft aod other Washington offizials, de- claring that murders had been com- mitted in that locality, and that out. Inws ware everywhere to be found. Investigation proved that the writer was Mrs. James Banders, and since she is of nosound mind, no further action will be taken in the matter. Cloverreed is being bought by seed merchants at prices ranging from un- der $4 00 10 $7.00. Bome grades cannot be bandied in the markets at any price. Much of the seed is foul with weed seeds, dodder, buckhorn, carrot and planiain belong most common, Some seed is badly damaged by blesch- lng, which condition much reduces the market value. Choice clover seed, free of weed seeds, would readily pass Howard's specific for the cure of con. stipation snd dyspepsia by Marray and Bitner meaus the saviag of a few do! lars on every family's yearly bill for medicines, Each 50 cent bottle ( Murray and Bituer sell it for 252) contains sixty doses of a medicine that is pleasant to take and which can be depended upon to cure the worst cise of coustipation, dyspepsia or liver trouble. Marray sud Bituer have so much faith ln the superior merit of the medicine that they say : “If Dr. Howard's specific The following is reprinted from the ” Bellefonte Watchman : Frank Bartley avd Mrs, Wilbur Henney drove to Howard on Wednes- day evening where they were united Io marriage by Rev. W. W. Rhoads, A pumber of Mr. Bartley's friends being in the secret followed them to Howard and drove off with the latter's team. When the couple discovered the fact snd also found out that the bunch were there with the Undine hose wagon to haul them home they would not emerge from the preacher's Tbe United Golden Jubilee for mis- sions ( unilenominational,) for this section will be held at Altoona, in the First Methodist church, corner of 13th Avenue and 13:h Btreet, Friday of this week, at 2:00 and 7:30 o'clock. Denominational meetings will be held at 4:00 o'clock. Ladies are requested to bring lunch ; coffee will be furnished at the church. again get back among their dearest friends and relatives, Prof. M. E. Heberling has an envi. able record as a school teacher, Io a period of twenty-one years he was last week obliged to remain Awsy from the schoo! house for the first time. Prof. Heberling has been con. nected with Ferguson township snhools for the greater part of his oareer as a s2hoo! teacher, Guests of Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Con ley during the past week were Mrs, department, as planned, will probably include the installation of some road expert of high reputation as highway commissioner, and the dropping ot Joseph W. Huater, the present com. missioner, into second place, The bill provides for a commissioner al a salary of $8000 & year, first deputy at $6000, second deputy at $5000, chief engineer at $4000, assistant engineer at $3600, fifty civil engineers, to be known as superintendents of high. ways, at $1500 each a year ; six elvil engineers to act ae assistants (o the at from $0 00 to $10 00. This variation in price for good and foul seed should be an inepiration to the farmer to de- stroy the noxious weeds on their farms, #0 that when the crop of seed or grain Is grown it may be marketed at the top Instead of the bottom price, It is not often that the selling of a $300 horse makes trouble ia the fami. ly, but that Is what happened in the Willism Hookman family, when Mr. Hockman, of near Rebersburg, parted with one of his horess at the 80th Analversary Next Monday, Monday of next week, Mr, and Mrs, John W. Conley, east of Ceatre Hall, residence but spent the entire night there. Yesterday morning Mr, Bart. ley hired a team and drove scross to Jacksonsviile and up to Nittany val ley but to save capture took refuge In ina farm house and remained there does not cure you, come back to our chief engineer at $3400 each a year, a chief draughtsman and eight assletant draughtsmen, Benator Borah, of Idaho, is making Jennie Holmes, of Howard, the form. et's sister, and Mr, and Mrs, Robert Thompson, of Milroy, who are cousins. Miss Ballle Gosdman, of Lancaster, also a cousin, who comes here almost every summer for a short will celebrate the fiftieth anniver sary of their marriage. For the great. or part of their married life Mr. and Mrs. Conley lived near Centre Hall, on a farm, a portion of the Keller home. figure named. Of course, the trouble was bot of a serious Dature—rather of regret on the pari of the family to part with a highly-prised animal. Mr. Hookman was driving slong the road when a dealer put the question to him, The political bee Is a * busy bee,” too. It Is not always gathering honey, but busy buzzing in the ears of those willing to serve the good peopie of Centre county, The only known remedy for the * beast is to enter the field and see how much political neo. tar oan be gathered by June Bed. And then—well, it means war to the teeth until election day, And then —well, success or d aod manhood to stand up in either ease, to elect United Biates senators, but he finds too many of his colleagues owe their election to * cash paid to soe complish his desire, ss nas Ml AIO, A good place to begin the reprgans igstion of the postofios department would be to subi®Mtate some one alse for Postmaster General Hitshoook, who from the very beginning of bis administration bas beso using the de partment for political purposes, stead. Thelr many friends join the Reporter in extendin ¢ congratulations, ——— MI AI. Population of Usnire Hell, 500 Saturday afternoon the Centre Re porter recsived a telegraphic dispatoh from E Davos Durand, United States Census Director, Washiogton, D. C., giving the population of Centre Hall sccordiog to the thirteenth census, exactly five hundred, until lste in the day when they bad to undergo, the ordeal and were brought home as planned, * how much for that Loree 7" * Not for sale,” was the reply. * How much would you sek If you wanted to sell him,” came next, and to this Mr, Hockman responded by holding up three flogers. ** I'll take him, " said the dealer, and this closed the deal for the draft horse, ss Mr. Hookman, like it atiiare wae have regard for thelr ward, could not * renig "' ou his own , ote "m4 while, is expected next week. Oa or before the ninth Saturday preceding the election the ohairman of the committed of each party is re quired to file written notices setting forth the names of all party of oss to be ililed by election at the eusulng primary. As soon as this is done, the voters may secure lists of officers to be filled from the commissioners, ot from the chairman, / ou know that croup can be pre. u's Cough ? Give Chamber becomes fter the croupy coug appears it will prevent the ah is also a certain cure for croup and has never been known to fall, Bold by Murray & Bitoer,
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