soc THE CENTRE REPORTER. ISSUED WEEKLY. 5. W. SI'ITH, . . Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the Post Office = Centre Hall an Second Class mail matter, Centre Harr, . PeNN'A. THURSDAY, ax wildy MAY 1011. CHURCH APPOINTM ENTS. Proshyterian—Centre Hall, morning ; Millis, afternoon, Spring Latheran-8pring Mills, morning ; Tusseyville. afternoon ; Centre Hall, evening. Harris 1ownship. William Close, of Oak Hall, Sunday at Boalsburg. Miss Annie Lohr spent Sunday at her home at Centre Hall Mr, and Mrs, Frank McFarlane at- tended the dedication of the court house, Mr, and Mrs. Lee Brooks Bunday at the home of the parents, J. F. Stover and family, of Belle- fonte, were guests on Sunday at the Bricker home. : Mrs. Ada Charles visited for a few days with relatives in Snyder and Union counties, J. L. Holmes, of Btate College, will be the speaker at the memorial exer- cizes at Boalsburg. Mrs, William Custard, of Btate Col- lege, called on some acquaintances at Boalsburg on Friday. Miss Mary Woods, of Spring Mills, enjoyed a few days of last week with relatives in Boalsburg, Misses Annie and Margaret Fogle- man, of State College, were guests of Mrs. Ella Ishler on Bunday. Rev. 8. M. Roeder, of Glen Rock, Is expected to preach iu the Reformed church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Susanna Ishler and daughter, Miss Della, attended the funeral of Mrs. Daniel Houser, near Centre Hall, on Tuesday. A festival will be held during the evening of Memorial Day in the town hall at Bpalsburg; proceeds for the street lighting fund. All who feel an interest in keeping the cemetery in proper condition are requested to come on Saturdsy morn- ing and lend a helping hand, All owners of plots in the cemetery are invited to meet there June lst, at 7:30 p. m., tor the purpose of electing two trustees and transacting other business. (George Hosterman returned to his home at Boalsburg on Friday. He had been employed in several depart- in Philadelphia for a period of eight months, Rev. and Mrs. J. I. Btonecypher and Mra. Ulrich are erjoying some time friends at Selinsgrove. Before yme they will spend some iladelphia, There will spent spent latter's ment stores wilh returning bh time in Ph yo preaching service hurch next Sunday. Aaronsburg, Mr. Hou'z sud son, of Lemont, inited re o5 in town last week, Mrs. Clars Burd bas gone to Centre time with her Iative {all to spend some daughter, Ezra Mu hia aged gran gox, on Bunday. Mrs. Fred Kariz and son, of Belle- fonte, were welcome guests at the home of Lewis Mensch. Warren Bower, who is employed near Selinsgrove, spent a few days with hia family at this place, Mr. and Mrs, Ira Gramley, of Mill heim, were guests at the home of Mrs, Ells Weaver Sunday eveniog. An error was made last week when it was stated that Sparr Wert assisted in singing at Esrl Krape's funeral. lo- stead it was Fred Guisewite. Mr. and Mra, William Guisewite, who are well known for their hoe- pitality, entertained the following persons over Sunday : Mr. and Mrs. Mull, of Milton, Mrs. Hattie Mendel, and Mrs, Agnea Dyer, of Pittsburg. Dr. D. F. Bowersox recently ex- amined a herd of cattle which were thought to have tuberculosis. The cattle belong to Mrs. Amelia Miller, of Madisonburg, snd alter the inspec- tion were declared to be free from the disease, Millheim, visited Mra. Bower- Seer, of dmother, Spring Millis. Miss Ida Long spent a few days st Potters Mills, On May 20 a daughter was born to Mr, and Mrs, Magnus Duck. The funeral of Emanuel Brown was largely attended on Monday. W. M. Grove came home Baturday to spend a few days with his family. Frank Cramer, of Miliheim, Ia crushing stone for the township roads, Bev. Bnook attended the Bunday- school convention at Lewistown, last week. Quite a few people contemplate taking in the show ‘at Bellefonte today (Thursday). Isrsel Zubler and wife attended the funeral of Mrs, James Gramley, at Madisonburg, on Thursday. 8. G, Walker was to Bellefonte on Friday snd on account of the high water did not get home until Saturday, fick headache results from a dis ordered condition of the on and can be cured Chamberlain's Btom- ach and iyo Try it, For THE NEW SO0HOOL QUDE, Some Features Which apply Country Districts, The new school code passed by the legislature, a short time ago, is now In force. Its contents are little known to the ruralites, the comments in the dailies during the passage of the bill having been on sections not applicable to country districts, which in the bill are designated as fourth class school districts, The provisions of this new law needed for the present guidance of the school boards are appended : The several scheol boards in Centre county will meet in their usual place of meeting on the first Monday in Juue, 1911, and settle all school ac- counts in same manper and form as in previous years, The annoual district reports and certificates and affidavit to be forwarded to the county superin- tendent, who will approve the same and forward to the department of pub- lic instruction. At this meeting on the first Monday in June, or within ten days, the sever- al school boards shall reorganize by electing a president. secretary and treasurer to continue until the organ- ization of the new school board on the first Monday in December, 1911, All directors whoee terms would ex- pire on the first Monday in June, 1611, will continue in office until the first Monday of December, 1911, Under the new code the election of directors will be as follows in all fourth class districts, which applies to every district in Centre county : In each school district of the fourth class there shall be five school directors elected at large at the mu- picipal election held in November, 1811, in the following manner: two directors for two years, two for four years, and one for six years. There after they shall be elected as follows: at each of the first two municipal elections, two school directors shall be elected ; at the third municipal elec tion, one shall be elected. All for terms of six years. Their terms of office shall begin on the first Mon- day of December their election. Municipal elections will occur in odd numbered years, S—————— op to the following Cattle Feeding. Feeding oattle for the butcher's block in May and June is becoming more popular of late in Penns Valley. The high prices paid for finished steers during the spring and early summer montns has been largely responsible for production of meat on the farms conducted by the most progressive farmers. Bome few [armers have for years been feeding their surplus graip jato beef cattle, but it isonly within the past few years that any pomber of farmers have adopted cat tie feediap. The pri ved st this timoa is aix conte, live weight, which great price, rig the first crit of the feeders lant fall, Among locality who f winter sre tl Durst, D. K. Keller, R. M. H. Cumiogs, Charles B. Brown, P. H. Luse, George Erhart, Charles Roses, Charles Weaver, Rich. ard Brooks, Elmer [| Peter Smith, Lloyd Bmith, Thomas Hoster. man. John Burkholder, W. R, Nefl, Edward Allisos, David Rearick, William Bradford, J. L. Treasler, J. (J. Tressler, James Gilliland, Es re con. stablod n this cattle lest Waen firmers oan ‘mith, W. Nefl, Lloy d IAC ar foyer, A A ——————— New Form of Tax Notice Bome tax eollectors notify taxables by individual notices of the of their taxes but not all will hereafter, The act of May 5, 1611, provides that each tax collector of the several boroughs and townships of this com- mon wealth, within thirty days after receiving the tax duplicate, shall noti- fy every taxable whose name shall ap- pear on such duplicate. Boch notice shall be mailed the last known post office address of each of said tax. able. The act provides, also, that the notice shall contain the rate of tax- ation, valuation of property of each taxable, his occupation, the full amount of taxes for which he is liable for the current year, designate the place and time and when they shall be paid, the time within which an abatement of tax will! be silowed, when the full amount of tax will be collected and when an additional per centage will be added as a penalty, It will be observed that each notice requires a goodly amount of clerical work by the collector. I ——— A A A Friday's Rain. The water pouring down on the fish hatchery caused the basins to flow over the walls, permitting 50,000 adult trout to escape, as well as 3 000,000 young trout, many of the fish were picked up on land, having been left in small hollow places after the water receded, All the cellars in the lowlands along Logan branch were flooded. All the farm lands between Pleasant Gap and Bellefonte were very badly washed and public ronds destroyed, pig pens snd chicken coops were swept away and some of the stock was drowned, the flood coming so suddenly. The toll house this side of Bellefonte was sur. rounded with six feet of water and the inmates were held for a . prisoners long amounts They do so. to — SAVED BY QUICK WIT. Clever Ruse of a Fronch Peasant Call- ed For Conscription. Two young men of a certain 'rench villnge were called on to draw for a conscription. One only was wanted to complete the number, and of the two who were to draw one was the son of a rich farmer and the other the only child of a poor widow, The farmer made friends with the official In charge of the ballot and promised him a handsome present if he would only prevent his son from going into the army. In order to do this the official put into the urn two black balls Instead of one black and one white, When the young men came he sald: “I'liere are two balls, one one w in the urn, He who draws the black one must serve, Your turn fs first,” pointing to the widow's son. The latter, suspecting that all was not falr, one of the balls from the urn and Immediately swallowed it without even looking at it. “Why hate you done that?’ the official “How to whether you have drawn a black or white ball?’ “Oh, that's very simple,” was the re ply. “Let the other man now draw. If 1 have the black he must necessari- ly draw the white one.” ‘here was no help for it, and farmer's son, putting his hand into the urn. drew the remaining ball, which, to the satisfaction of the spectators, was a black one, black and hite drew asked Are we know the MUZZLING THE PRESS. A Much Favored Official Duty at One Time In England. time in England viewed the press wed if In seer of ro Was 0 when ment officially ywer, to be destre curiw« at any cost L Estrange, brought out 1 his “Consl I'rog nant 3 Ere TT Haver } Roger over "” Tor. © Press, dor ations and osnls Regul $ vier ented the sever In Order to the ation of the Press.” He advo eat restrictions for hors ¢ in as well as for letter founders and the smiths and joiners tha ipon the al inders premise ." , Stationers, peddlers, carriers, hackney ad of a + and another inet with a red letter T A few years later L'Es better by ewspapers ought not be allowed hat went one declaring of them familiar {ls of their and ce + them not only an COTE that the reading he multitade ml coum to0 neo fteh pragmatical what 1 day Ines fun he hich often ace er one daly tor | fia" » the or ¢ aid Ru speech ’" com mye told you ou know the are no exceptions ¢ two examples at id Rufus meekly, “1 tters of de alphabet. 1 mpanion. am am Youth's Co Rocsini's Jealousy, Jealous ontemporaries, ularly of Meyerbeer In 1556 he heard “The Huguenots” and on istening to the performance from the beginning to the end he made up his mind that Meyerbeer had excelled him and determined to write no more op erratic musi He lived untill 1868, but produced nothing for the lyric stage. fii= thirtytwo years of retirement were «pent bin the pleasures of a volup- tary ile was particularly fond of god eating and and as Id aboat him the youngest and gayest sociely be could attract to his house. of and as’ lntolerably 3 i «1 IMCS Bd 2a Sase grinking 1 Sef His Way of Showing His Love. “You wrong him, papa. He does not love me for my money. He scoffs at the world's sordid eagerness for wealth.” “What proof have you, child? “Why. only last night he told me he didn't care If he never was able to make a penny in his lfe if he only had me!” Jetting to It. An