/ 4 VOL. LXXXIV. mn e.-. WES» SUSQUEHANNA CLASSIS Of the Reformed Church Met In Centre Hall—Brief Account of Work Done Notes and Personals, The West Susquehanna Classis of the Reformed church met in its fifty-fifth annual session in Trinity Reformed church, Centre Hall, the opening session being held on Wednesday evening of last week, The altar services were conducted by Revs, W. D. Donat and John A. Dita- ler, Rev. C. 8. Stover, in the absence of the retiring president, Rev. F. W. Brown, preached an eloquent sermon from Titus 2-14. The choir rendered several excellent selections during the evening under the leadership of Prof. P.H Meyer. After the sermon Rev. W. D. Donat, stated clerk, formally opened classis with prayer, and then called the roll The following pastors and elders were present .-— MINIBTERS IN CLASSIS . 8, Stover, Boals r, of Mifflin elected to the i closed the vy 141% nous: y opened by R ducting the dev this the president ask¢ of piete in A. Diwzler I'he presi- following com- eting —Revs. A M Schrnids, D. . D. Donat, and Lay- man H. F. : i Revs. W. A. Me- , and Layman Irvin M. Neidig. Revs. W. C. and Layman D. George Erdley. Revs, W. Gar- I. Crow, Layman Jame Licensure D., A. Noll, man Emmanuel Financ D., H. Bitner. e—Revs. O. K. Spessard, Ph. I. Crow, and Layman H. State of Religion—Revs. F. W, Brown, R. L. hart, D, D., and Lay- man A. Lukenbach. The statisti rta were read by e different the constitu- tional questions were answered by the elders. The work in all the charges was found to be in excellent condition. St. Paul's Reformed church, at Selins- grove, selected as the place for holding the meeting of the Classis in 1912, the time to be the third Wednes- day in May. The vacancies on the permanent coms- mittees were filled by electing the fol- lowing : Beneficiary Educauon, Rev. H.1 Crow ; Sunday School, Elder A. Lukenbach ; Missions, Rev. 8. S. Koh- ler ; Young People's Societies, Revs W. E. Harr and Irwin S Ditzler. The treasurer, Elder Grenoble, made hia re- port, revealing the fact that the major- ity of the charges had paid their ap- portionment in tull, The following charges were granted gustentation : White Deer, $150; Fre- mont, $75 ; Susquehanna, $114. Thursday evening Rev. Dr. C, E. Shaffer, General Superintendent of the Board of Home Missions, and Dr. W. F. Moore, Superintendent of Bethany Or phan's Home, delivered excellent ad- dresses. Dr. Shaffer brought a hopeful report from the Home Field, but also brought out the fact that the hindrance to the growth of the work was due to the lack of ministers. Dr. Moore gave a description of life at the Orphan's Home. Friday morning was largely taken up with a discussion of the work of the Lewistown mission. This mission 18 now nine years old and has a member- ship of two hundred and seventy-five and worships in a beautiful edifice The mission is burdened with a heavy debt and asked Classis to assume the $4000 mortgage. Classis decided to pay the interest during the coming year. The outlook for the mission is very en- couraging. placed in itnge A tt} Lil an was The work at Avis was charge of Revs, W. BE. Harr, and W. C. Rittenhouse. Classis overtured the Home Mission Board to enroll the congregation at State College as a mission and also pledge itself to pay $1000 toward the uilding of a church. Classis placed itself on record as be- ing in favor of local option and urges the members of the churches to refrain from signing applications for liquor license. The resolution follows : Resolved, That West Susquehanna Classis endorses the local option move- ment, and prayerfully 1 equests its mem- bers not to sign any applications or dl bonds for liquor licenses. Revs. J. A. Ditzler and J. FP. B. Greismen were appointed a committee of Classis to confer with a committee of the Danville Conferance of the Luther- an church in reference to the transfer of the Reformed interest at Globe Mills, Snyder county, to the Lutherans. and the latter in turn to transfer their in- terest at Verdilla to the Reformed. Friday evening was devoted to the in- terest of the Laymen’s Missionary movement, Prof. C. R. Nefl presiding. Elder Noll, of Lewisburg, and elder Luckenbach, of Bellefonte, spoke on the work of the Laymen. Rev. J. G. Rupp, Field Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions, delivered an #&ddress and spoke of the growth in the interest of their work. Baturday morning the standing committees reported. West Susquehanna Classis has "sixty- six congregations, 6338 members ; add- ed during the year, 539 members; has sixty-three Sunday Schools with 956 officers and teachers, and 7056 scholars. $8863 were raised for benevolence and $30631 for congregational purposes dur- ing the year. T different I'he apportionment for the current classical year is $6642. Classis endorsed the plan of Board of Home Missions to celebrate its Golden Jubilee with a view of raising a Church Building Fund of $500,000. It took strong action in favor of the Layman's Missionary Moyement., Elder John A. Grenoble, of Yeager- town, was re-elected treasurer of Classis, Rev. W. D. Donat and Elder John A, Grenoble were elected members of the joard of Trustees. PERSONALS AND NOTES, The Eastern BSypod meets in Philadelphia, during October, and is a representative body. Rev, William Harr is pastor at Lock Haven. He is young in the mipistry, but has gained the good graces of the people in his pastorate. His former charge was in Reading. The members of Classis were high- ly pleased with their treatment in Centre Hall. The kindliest expres sions were made by note and in per- son to the editor in this direction. Centre Hall also received much favorable comment, Rev. W, A. McCiellan, of West Mil- ton, is the only native of Penns Val. ley in the classis, who is serviog a pastorate outside of Centre county. He is recogunizad for his pastoral qual- ities, his genial disposition, and stead- fastness of purpose. The delegates Lo the General Bynod to be held at Usnton, Obio, opening 15th iopstant, are clerical, A. MM. Schmidt, ET. Rhoads, K. 0. Bpess- ard ; lsymen, Dr. H. F. Bitver, Cen- tre Halli ; D. K. Miller, Lock Haven : Allred Bassaman, Williamsport, Preaching among his own people is the mission of Rev. Asron Noll, who is located in that thriving manu- facturing town —Montgomery—in Ly- coming county, and be is dolog good work ss pastor of that mission church. He began his work as pastor of a mission church in Oulo, under the supervision of the Board of Home Missions, later he was pastor in Phils- deiphbis, and then at McKeesport. He is a man of middle age, unassuming yet progressive. Two young men Classis are Rev, Irvin 8B. and Rev, John A. Ditzler, natives of York county. They are b.others and are serving adjoining pastorates, the former at New Berlin and the latter at Belinsgrove. The latter is on his first charge and for the first time at- tended this Classis in the capacity of a member, He is the corresponding secretary of the Classis, and it was he who gave the Reporter the account of the proceedings of that body, ex- cept the notes under the head per- sonal, M Oune of the older members of Classis, but not in sage, is Dr. K. Otis Spessard, He was born in Maryland, but has been a resident of Pennsyl%ania for many years. He came to Mifllinburg from the southern section of the state, and ever since being connected with this Classis has stood in the forefront in every successful movement under. taken by the body. Asa pastor he is one of the most successful to serve the the Mifflinburg charge, and in the pul- pit his texts are aiways expounded with a clearness easily grasped by his people. He goes to the bottom of his subjects, Jeremiah Beaver, of Winfleld, was a caller at this office. He was one of the lay delegates to the Reformed clasale, accompanying Rev, Irvin Deitzler. He is a farmer by occupa- tion, one of his most valued products being boys, having a family of six sons, Ouoe of the sons is in the regu- lar army, and is now in Texas, and just passed the exsminstion putting nim in line for the second licutenancy. Another son is in the pavy, having been in the service for two years, Mr, Beaver is a loyal churchman, and on a number of oceselous bas represented his charge at synod and classis. In polut of service in Classis, Dr. R. Leighton Gerha.t is the oldest mem: ber. For the second time he ls serviog bis present charge at Lewisburg, be viously having served charges in . ford county and in Bellefonte, He Is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College, and aside from his pulpit and pastoral work is a valuable man in the Reformed church, being editor of Bun- day Bohool iiterature. The papers the average Bunday Echool worker most familiar with sre * The Way,” inrgely devoted to missions, and » Leaves of Light.” Dr. Gerhart is the son of the late Dr. KE. V. Gerbart, st one time president of Franklin and Marshall, and wae retained there as an instructor until his death, One of the most progressive min. jsters In the Classis ls Rev, E. T. Khoads, pastor in Lewistown. Nine yours ago, after gradustiog from Franklin sod Marstall College and ister from the Seminery, he went to new in this (Continued on 1004 of next columa, ) GRALVUATION EXERCISES Of the Centre Hall High School Held Tuesday Evenlog Five Gradaates, The fifth gradustion exercises of the Centre Hall High School was held in Grange Arcadia, Tuesday evening, the spacious hall being filled with spectators. The stage was tastefully decorated with flowers, ferns, potted plants and class colors. The Chiistie Smith orchestra furnished the music for the occasion, and prior to the opening of the exerciss proper rendered several selections that great- ly pleased the audience. Prof. C. R. N¢If, who for four years has been principal of the High School, an institution recognized by the state as properly organizyd aod conducted to participate ln the appropriation made for high school purposes, Is one of the foremost instructors in Centre eounty, in point of eduestion and ability to teach. His term expires with the present school year, but the writer undoubtedly reflects the wishes of the patrons of the school, and the intentions of the board of directors, when he says that Prof. Nefl will again be re-elected. THE PROGRAM, M nai Orat fon-"* A Thine of Progress Calvin J. smith M HE tion" The Man in Overalls J, LeRoy Puff Music Essay—"' Au Age of Thought Nina C. Sn M Oration-" Wm. Jennings Bryan, the Os usic tan Citizen Musi Eamay—"' Whai Music Barytone Solo Continued on ns de page fs le Prof, Rossman Made Saperintendent. For several years Prof. John G. Rossman, son of Marchant H., F. Rossman, of Spring Mills, has been connected with the uttgart Train. ing Behool, at Btuttgart, Arkansas, and a few days ago was elected super. intendent of the Stuttgart public schools, mi ing wherever he has béan located, Ia board, the *' Dally published ' at Stuttgart, makes refarence to Prof. Rossman. Prof, John G. R»yman, now su in- structor in the BSlutigart Hehool, was elected superintendent of the Stuttgart public schools at a board meeting last night. Prof. Rossman, who will succeed Prof. Murphy ss superintendent, needs no introduction. He is well educated, tactful and agreeable, a possessor of every faculty that a successful school man should have, In his associations with local people he has gaioed the confidence and esteem ofall and will start in next yearas the head of the schools with the well wishes of all for bis success. The Arksusawyer ex- tends its congratulations, means A ———— this Connty Grange at Stormstown The Centre County Pomona Grange in Half Moon Grange Hall, at Btorms- town, Friday, 26th inst, ; -— p—— This ie the way express companies make ends meet, A packsge was re. cently received from Painesville, Ohio, just this side of Cleveland. It was sent to Bellefonte by the American Express Company for thirty cents, and to forward it to Centre Hall the Adams Express Company charged thirty-five cents, makiog sixty-five cents in all. Just why it cost more to carry this particular package twenty miles than {t did to carry it several hundred is hard to understand, ———— pein Bick headache results from a dis ordered condition of the stomach and can be cured by Chamberlain's Silom ach and Liver Tablets. Try it. For sale by all dealers, [ Continued from Previous Colum n, the mission church named, the organ. ization having thirty members, Sov. eral years sgo a move was made to erect a church home for this congrega- tion, and with this in view a site was purchased and a chapel erected at a cost of $22500. Although the mejor portion of the membership, which uses pow grown to nearly three hundred, are mechanics and workmen of limit. ed means, the indebtedness of the con ation has been reduced by one- Bal and would no doubt have been totally canceled but for the panic in industrial affairs which greatly lee- sened the earning powers of these members and of necessity their cone Maryland ; he is a man of pleasing manners off the pulpit, and when ap- ng before his congregation is pre. pared to deliver his m He stands high in the estimation of the members of Classis, His delegate was Kdward Kline, a genial, warm-hearted conscientious ohuroh-worker, [{ Eptror's Nore —Reforence to members of Ulassis with pastorate in Centre county was omitted because of the fact that the Reporter readers Lave a al usintance with Hate MIDAS ] "ee Centre Hall Wins First Came, Baturday afternonn, on Grange Park, the first bess ball game of the season was played between Centre Hall and Btate College High School, the home team winning by the score of 6to4 The game throughout wus an interesting oue, the closeness of the score keeping up the sxeitement among the “fans.” Emith, for the locals, had no trouble in plicher NOW - ing down the oprosing batsmen via their desperate eflorts connect with the leather pellet. Oaly two | safe hits were made oft his delivery — | one of the scratch order and the other a solid siugle to center fleld, Centre Hall connected safely seven times, the batting honors being carried off by | third baseman Paul Bradford, who | secured three hits, two of which were | good for an extra base, to A return game will be played with | the same team at State College in the | near future, et — Excise Bill Given Up It is quite authoritatively reported from Harrisburg that the proposed ex- | cise board bill, the purpose of which | was to take the granting of Hquor licenses out of the hands of the courts, is not tom k= out of file is beosuse of the uni- : ils appearancs commillee, ¥ versal condemnation of the proposed baller ig Of Thea bill, ss flually amend- | ed, provided for an excise board of | treasure, th class of lig 197 men themselves belt posed to the pro- | position. New Law, There will be no real estate tax dodg- ing in Centre conuty after a new law Line gone into eflect, and which has bean received at the recorder’s office in the Court House at Bellefonte It pro- vides for the keeping of as separate book in the matter of deeds, wherein the grantor, the grantee on the sale of sniy properly, the consideration, the location, the acreage, or if in boroughs, the lot or lots designated, shall all be An extra fifteen cents shall be charged for one descrip- tion, and ten cents for each addition. al description of property in the deed. Oa the first Monday in each month this record must be turned over to the county commissioners and from them shall go to the assessors before they be. gin their triennial sseesements, In this way the assessors will have fall and iotelligent knowledges of all the period elapsing between the present and prior asessmen’, ff fp SS — Commencement of Buckuel! University, Al the sixty-first annual commence. ment of Buckoell University, which will occur June 158.21, the Baccalaure- ate sermon will be delivered by Presi- sermon by A. Liocoin Moore, D. D., of Franklin ; the address before Lhe siumni by Jobn Humpstone, D. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y.; the poem by Prof, William E. Martin, L. H. D, aud the annual address by President George E, Horr, L. L. D., of Massa chusettis. Dree members 10 eal board wild have plete coutrol of the gra Fhe far as the crealion of s prwerful suxil-| } pr counly, which 8 a Ma. | v'ioalle o CACaly £ ar of TY Ling of i} “Lee proposition is 8» io BO quitous, is concerned, | as well as adding to the expeuses of thie state, that it was widely condemau- ed, while ite arbitrary spirit concern- {ing the matter of remonstrating was a | | dire et usurpation of the people's right Good enough is the news { from Harrisburg that this bill is not to | be heard from sgalin. lary to political laterests | of petition, i ————— — ———————— LOUVALS Mra. Charles Beirly, of { who for some Lime had Rebersburg, been iu very delicate health, is improving. Misx Ella ll, Decker, of Spring Mills, was a caller on Friday. For some months she will be in Duquesne, {where she will be employed as al | seamsiress, Rev. H. E. C. Whasrmaun, recently | elected pastor of the Esst Water Street Lutheran church, Lock Haven, bas {taken charge of the pastorate, He | waa formerly located at Numidia, i Mrs. John Felding, of pear Linden Hall, who had been dsugerously iil for several weeks, Is somewhat im- proved, but she continues very weak, and is yet confined lo bed a part of the time. /Baby No. 10 came to the homs of Mr. and Mrs. Warren 8. Krise, In Johustown, The newcomer is a brother of Miss Ruth Krise, who was at the home of her grandparents in Centre Hall duriog the past eight months, but has now returned home, \ M. Ward Fleming, a member of the Centre county bar, will devote all his time to the practice of law, and has associated himself with W. D. Cros by, of Philipsbarg. Mr. Flemiog is ason of W, I. Fleming, and of late was instructor in the Harrisburg High Bchool, The Pine Stump branch of the Pa- trons Rural Telephone Company is extending its service, and has con. tracts with five persons to become telephone users on their line. The parties are these: Henry Houser, George Felding, P. A. Lesaster, John D. Moore and Daniel Calihan. Dr. J. K. Hosterman, of Ford City, arrived in Centre Hall on Monday afternoon, and this ( Thursday ) morn. ing again returned home. He came here to witness the graduation ex- ercises of the Centre Hall High School, his niece, Miss Nellie Smith, and nephew, Calvin Smith, being members of the graduating class, Bellefonte bas had a number of cases of scarlet fever, and two or more deaths, It is thought there will be no farther spread of the disease, because of the strict quarantine regulations being put into operation, The disease has also broken out in several other sections of the county, and iis spread in these Iatter districts is due to the lsck of reporting the disease to the health authorities, This item is from the Millheim Journal : Andrew, the four-year-old son of Harold G. Btover, of Penn township, wae attacked by a ram and severely lojured. He was found by his brother, Filbert, lying in a pool of blood, bleeding from his nose and mouth. When taken to the house and examined the child's body was found tobe bruised all over and his nose broken. The ram was killed by Mr, Btover. ——— I YP ———————. Here 2 Your Chanos Just think of it ; a little intelligent free trip to the post-season base ball games for world's championship, traveling ; in slyle, with good company. No money required—just gether coupons from your friends and neigh- bors. For other detalls see the mornings “ Post. Pine Grove Miils. Miss Sadie Danley visited relatives at State College Inst Baturday. Miss Mabelle Myers spent Saturday and Sunday at Biate College, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Myers drove to Bellefonte last Monday. Dr. Woods sud wife were Bellefonte visitors on Wednesday. Misa Gertrude Keichline visited friends in Bellefonte on Wednesday. Mre. Clara Smith was a8 business visitor in Bellefonte last Wednesday. U. L. Dale transacted business in Tyrone last week, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Roop, of State College, spent Bunday with friends in this place. Mrs. Benton Heberling, of State College, visited with friends in this plsce on Bunday. Mrs, J. W. Everts visited her daughter, Mrs. Peters, of Oak Hall, last Sunday. Mr.and Mrs. R. M. Krebs visited relatives and friends in Altoona snd Bellwood Isst week, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woods and little daughter Virginia, are visiting at the home of Dr. G, H. Woods. Edward Martz left for Philadelphia Inst Monday where he expects to spend the summer, Mise Mandella Smith left on Wed. nesday for Cleveland, Ohio, where she expects to spend several months with her sister, Mra. P. R. Martz. Mr. and Mri. Reed Randolph and little daughter Gladys, drove to Meo Alevys Fort on Bunday where they visited Mrs. Randolph's sister, Miss Ella Livingstone, Aaronsburg, Mrs. Berths Lane and children, of Tyrone, visited the formes’s mother, Mrs, Bara Leitzell, Mr. snd Mrs. E. G. Mingle attend. ed the funeral of Mrs. Mingle's cousin, at Reberaburg, on Monday. The fuoeral of Mrs. Charlotte Burd Beahm, last Saturday, was largely at. tended by the deceased's many friends, The funeral of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Calvin Weaver was held Monday afternoon, Arthur Weaver and family, of Mackeyville, attended the funeral of their little niece on Monday. Mra, Myra Novil and ohlldren, of Altoons, attended the funeral of Mre, Beahm. Warren Wiankieblech and family spent the Sabbath at the home of John Detwiler, near Centre Hall. Mrs. Charles Grenoble and baby, of Yeagertown, and Thomas Meyer and family, of Coburn, spent the Sabbath at the home of George Weaver, itev. Benfer, presiding elder of the United Evangelical church, preached an excellent sermon io that church at this place Sunday afternoon, after which the holy communion was cele. brated, HL AO MII Court opens next week for a two NO. 19. FROM ALL PARTS. The borough schools closed the be- ginning of this week, Hop. A. L. Martin was reappointed as deputy secretary of agriculture by Governor Tener, Mrs, H. B. Herring, of Altoons, was io Centre Hall from Friday until Tuesday, the guest of her brothers and slaters, Boyd Bpicher, the rural mail carrier over route two from Bellefonte, will make his deliveries with a Ford runabout, A storm, the early part of last week, unroofed a portion of the Osk Hall flouring mills of which Clayton Et ters is the owner and operator, Prof. D. O. Etters, of Btate College, county superintendent, is one of the examiners chosen by the state super- intendent for the Lock Haven normal echiool, Blation Agent W. Frank Bradford is building an sddition to his dwell- ing house in Centre Hall, He will al- 80 install a hol water heating plant, snd ¢quip a bath room with fixtures, To take a six weeks’ course in music, Miss Cora Luse, daughter of Mr, and Mee, C. W. Luse, went t> Freeburg, last week. Bhe is a pupil io Mies Moyer's school, whose advertisement appears frequently in this paper. The next reunion of the Fifth Regiment, P. V. 1, veterans of the Spsulsh-American War, will be held in Bellefonte April 27, 1812. Col. H. 8. I'sylor was made president of the association at a reunion held sat Clearfield. The beginning of May was unusual. ly cold, the first few nights the tem- perature falling to and below the freezing polot. go Just now the weather man is sending more sun-ehine and warming up the soil, and this makes the farmer think of planting corn. + L John Luse, who had been seriously ill for some weeks, is able to walk sbout with the sid of crutches. His sickness began with grip, and later something akin to rheumstism de- veloped. At present his feet are bad- ly swollen, but he is not suffering pio in them. The water-sonked loge in tbe bot- tom of Moshanaoon creek are to be re- moved, partly because the timber is valuable, and partly because their re- moval will lessen the overflow of the creek in the vicinity of Philipsburg. A special boat, with hoisting machinery, will be used to fish the loge from the bed of the creek. Miss Grace Runkle McClellan, dsughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Me- Clellan, of West Milton, is one of the members of the gradusting class in the Milton High School, the exercises incident to which will be beld on the 2th. The Milton echool ranks above the average high school, be- cause of the thoroughness of Its work. Over one thousand trees were plant. ed at Rhoneymede by Hon. Leonard Rhone, this spring. There are now growing over five thousand trees planted within the past few years. In this way Mr. Rhone expeclts to keep up the supply of timber and fire wood needed on the farm. A very large percentage of the forest trees planted the past few seasons have made good growths. The Keystone Gazette ipetalled a junior linotype, a Mergenthaler type, inits office, and last week much of the matter that appeared in the paper was machine-set. The machine is a wonderfal piece of mechanism, and from scrap metal a *‘ line of type" is cast, the macaine being limited only to the speed of the operator. The Gazette, with this new equipment, will be able to issue a more newsey paper than ever, and at the same time be better io appearance from a typographical stand point, ‘Squire Milford Pletcher, also =» school teacher and at one time an aspirant to become ocounty superin- tendent, Superintendent Etters with no little interest. The new school code calls for an assistant to the superintendent, and Mr. Pletcher has his eye focused on that job, Prof. H. OC. Rothrock, of Boalsburg, at one time, before he be. came #0 thoroughly infested with the prothonotary microbes, also thought to be next to Prof. Etters would be nice, provided a subordinate would be needed. The way the matter now stands, the nomination for prothono. tary is to be his, and Mr, Pletcher is to be the officer under the school cods, assuming that feature of the bill is re- taloed upon passage of the bill, Of course, there is no politics in school the brethren early in the season to
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