VOL. LXXXIV. MISSIONARY QONFERENUE Held tn Emmanuel’s Lutheran Church, at Tass yville, Jane ¢ snd 7--Attend. avce at all Sessions Quite Large, The Northern Conference of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission- ary Society of the Synod of Central | Pennsylvania was held in Emmanuel’s Lutheran church, Tuesday and Wed- nesday of lust week, Ihe first seasion was held Tuesday evening, and was opened by devotion al serCices and greetings by the pastor, Rev. B. F. Bieber, after which Mrs. M, R Beebach, of Lawisburg, general sec. retary of the Home Department, was | introduced and spoke of the work] connected with that department. Rev, Ira 8. Sassaman, of State College, followed with a very able sermon. The first business on the program Wednesday morning was the enroll- ment of delegates Julia Dein- | inger, of Millheim, secretary of the] Literature Committee, then talked on the sui jet, Literature.’ Bhe/! was followed by Mrs. Feebach, who | again spoke on the work of the Home Department, Miss Mary E. Lowe, missionary to {ndis, who is home on | her first furlough, made an excsllent address and presented some curios in the form of idols, rings, laces, ete., brought from Iadia, which were very interesting, Bheexpects to return to her field of labor in the east the latter A touching Mrs, “Our § of September, Miss part tribute was paid M. Katherine | Furst, who for many years was cor- | responding secretary of the society, by Miss Jodie Rearick, of Salona, After conducting the praise service Wednesday Mrs. J. C. | Horton, of Belleville, sang a beautiful | solo. The principal address was made by Miss Lowe, who spoke of the | missionary work being done for the! young people in India. Miss Jennie | Reifsnyder’s paper on * Young] People’s Work" was read by Miss] Elizabeth Qiion, of Lock Haven. | Miss Byrd Stover, secretary of the | conference, talked on Mission Band! work, after which exerci recitatibns afiarnoon, es ‘consisting | of songs aad were very | well rendered by children trained for | the im the | Biennial Convention held at Louis | ville, Kentucky, were given by the] delegates, Mizs Anna Keiser and Miss | Mary E. Lowe. The election of of- | ficers for the ensuing year took place "a er fa fr occasion, Echoes fre during this session, Thos: elected were: | Miss Anva Keiser, West Miiton, president ; Mrs, 8. W. Bwmith, Centre Hall, vice Miss Byrd Stover, Rebersturg, secretary, and Mrs. 8. Minary, Lock Haven, treasur- er. Rev, N. A. Whitman, of Rebers- burg, made a few encouragiog remarks prior to bringing the session to a close, The evening session was opened with geripture lesson and prayer by Mrs. William Bituer, Mrs. B. F. Bieber | sang & solo, and after this a paper on * Our Jubilee Year’ was read by Mrs. W. M. Rearick, of M:fHinburg. Following the singing of a trio by members of the home choir, Rev. D. F, P. Barry, of Hartleton, de- livered an excellent sermon... Before the adjournment of the meeting an in- vitation was extended by Salona socie- to bold the pext conference at that piace, Too much csnnot be sald of the hospitality shown by the people of T ussey ville, they having done all in their power to accommodate the dele. gates and visitors. Appeonded isa list of the delegates and others who at. tended the conference : DELEGATES Bellefonte, Mm. Grove Boalsbarg, Miss Anns Dale Centre Hall, Mrs, B. ¥. Bieber Mill heim, Mrs. Julia Deininger Lock Haven, Mrs. T. 8. Minary Salons, Miss Jodie Resrick Dredabach, Miss Ana Miller Mifillagburg, Mrs, W. M. Rearick lLaurelton, Mrs. George Steesc Tussey ville, Mrs. William Bitner White Deer, Miss Margaret Young Pine Grove Mills, Miss Grace Eider Lock Haven, Miss Elizabeth Quinn White Deer, Miss /inna Keser Rebemburg, Miss Byrd M. Swver Bellville, Mrs. J. C. Horton Rebersburg, Rev, KN. A. Whitman Beaver Springs, Mnf W. H, Dolbeer Madisonburg, Benjamin Limbert Lewisburg, Mis, M. BR. Seebach Guntur, India, Miss Mary B. Lowe AA AAO AAS. Fromise Biggest Wheat Urop, Promise that this year’s wheat crop Will be the greatest ever produced is given in the June crop report lssued by the Department of Agriculture, Estimates by the Department's ex- perts indicate that approximately 704,. 201 857 bushels of wheat will be harvested in this country this sum mer sod autumn, an increase of about 68 848 B57 bushels over that garnered last yesr. Of winter wheat the in- «dicated yleld is almost 480,000,000 bushels sud of spring wheat 254 231,000 bushels, Send the news to the Reporter, Bend it over the wires, or give it to one of our representatives, We want the news, and the only way fo get It is for some interested person to send it president ; Swindles in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohlo, Kentucky, Connecticut, and New Jersey, There is some class to Miss Miller who just came into prominence at At- lantic City and is now resting in jail there with a companion, who gave his name as William Mathis, Miss Miller hails from Millheim, and Is known there as Ray Miller, having taken the name Miller from a family who cared for her during her early life, her father is said to be a Mr. Kleckner, The greater part of last winter she spent in Millheim at the Kleckper home. Before coming to Millheim she kad lived in Lewis. burg for several months, where she and Mr, Kleckner lived in a stylishly furnished house on Railroad street. The Miller woman is about thirty years old. Bhe came to grief on sac count of having passed worthless checks at Pleasantville, New Jersey, The young woman made her ap- pearance in the off-shore town and rented one of the handsomest cottages there. Bhe then visited merchants and purchased furniture and other commodities valued at about $1000, Mill heim Bank, of Millheim, Pa. The merchants who were duped set detective on her trail, and finally lsnded her at the Pennsylvanis sta- tion, Atlantic City, in company with & youug man who gave his name as William Mithis, and in their posees- #lon were two tickets for Wilkes. Barre. They were taken into custody by Captain of Detective Whalen, who later discovered that they had re moved the furniture from the house rented in Pleasantville and had sold it to an Atlantic avenue restaurant pro- prietor for $68. This money was found in a hand bag carried by the woman, together with a number of pawn tickets for articles of jewelry upon which sums ranging from $10 to $2000 had been realized, Of the two complaints upon which the couple is held, one is made by an sgent of the Philsdelphia Bapply Company, from whose branch store in Pleasantville furniture valued at $275 had been secured and a worthless check tendered in payment. Feeling much sympathy for a young woman in such distress, the Philadelphia business man cashed her check, for $200. The check came back, #0 he has Ray Miller's pretty signature in pencil as 8 souvenir, But what is more astonishing, the detectives have the best of ressons to believe that the young woman has been operating in many cities with two confederates, covering a period of three years. Pawn tickets for large amounts have been found in her bag- age. The confederates were men, Mysterious thefts have been re ported from many cities immediately following the employment of & cer- tain servant girl, The Miller woman bad started out in service in Pleasant. ville, William Mathis, arrested with the Woman, was wearing one of the coats she bought with a worthless check, He was with hr, too, when she fooled a Pleasantville furniture dealer to the extent of $276. Altogether the police have in sight under pawn and through the worth. less check operations, stolen property amounting to $2500. Freight bills have been found showing the ship- ment of furniture to her Millersburg sddgess from Louisville, Kentucky ; Pittsburg and Erie; Bridgeport, Conupecticut ; Harrisburg, Williams- port sud Pblisdelphis. The pawn tickets come from New York sod oth- er big cities, From Kspy, this stale, comes another tale of woe, Cleorge Pearsoll, an aged gentleman, parted with $1100 on account of the woman's friendship, She gave the msn a morigage on diamonds and jewelry, but when she left Columbia county she took with her the diamonds and the cash, The loan represented about one-third of the man’s wealth, The loss worried him so that he died shortly afterwards, Transtors of Heal Hetate. George Valentine, et al to W, P, Humes, tract of land in Spring twp, May 15, 1911. $814 William P. Humes to Chester A, Beightol, tract of land in Burnside twp., May 8, 1011, $750, Mary Neidrick et al to Fred Pike, three tracts of land in Rash twp, May 27, 1911, $485, Milton 8. McDowell et ux to Penn’a Alpha Beta Aw'no of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, lot in State College, May 27, 1911, $3000, J. Clyde Jodon to Esther V, Jodon lot in Bellefonte, May 81, 1011, $2000, W. H. Knoffslnger et ux to Wallace Horner tract of land in Spiiog twp., May 20, 1011, $08, Martha Barry fo Edward Foust, tract of land in Rush twp., July 20, 1907, $60, J. A, Harpster et al to Jacob Calvin in Ferguson this Way. . i tract of land wp, \ 13, 101, #40, ETATE ROADS, A Routes Finally Adopted Undgr the Sproul Road Law, Signed Ly the Governor, Through the kindnees of Benator Joseph Alexander, the representative in the upper house of the legislature from this district, the Reporter is able to give its readers the definite routes of the several state roads as defined in the Bproul road bill which is now a law, Most or all of these roads will be taken over by the state by June of 1912 After the death of Hon. J, C. Meyer, Senator Alexander became solely re- sponsible for Centre county. He made every effort and was able to have retained in the bill all the routes originslly laid out by Mr. Meyer, and also did his best in securing appropri- ations for the various institutions in Centre county. The routes provided in the Bproul road bill, which psss through Centre county, are aa follows : No. 56 —~From Huntingdon to Belle fonte. Commencing in Huntingdon and running over route 55 to Tyroue, thence by way of Warrior's Mark, Seven Btars and Pennsylvania Fur nace to a point on the dividing line between Huntingdon and Centre counties, thence by way of Btate Col lege and Lewont to Pleasant Gap, thence over route tweniy-seven into Bellefonte, No. 57—From Huntingdon to Clearfield. Commencing in Huntiog- don and runniog over route 55 to Tyroue, thence by way of Bald Eagle toa point on the dividing line tween Blair and Centre counties, thence by way of Bandy Ridge to a point on the dividing line belween Centre and Clearfield counties, thence by way of Osceola to a point on the dividing line between Clearfield and Centre counties, thence to Philipsburg, thence to a point on the dividiog line between Centre and Clearfield coun- ties, and thence by way of West De- eatur, Singron and Williams Grove into Clearfield, Na, From Bellefonte to Lock Haven, Commencing in Bellefonte and running by way of Zion, Hublers- burg and Nittany to a poiat oo the dividicg line between Centre and Clinton counties, aud thence by way of Clintondale snd Mill Hall to a point on the boundary line of the city of Lock Haven, No. 219—From Clearfield to Lock Haven. Commenciog in Clearfield and running over route 57 to Williams Grove, thence by way of Grahsamton, Kylertown and Drifting to a point on the dividing Line between Clearfield and Centre counties, thence by way of Moshanpon, Bnow Shoe, Ruuaville, Milesburg and Howard to a point on the dividing line between Centre and Clinton counties, thence by way of Beech Creek and Mill Hall to a point on the boundary line of the city of Lock Haven. | No. 2i—From Lewisburg to Belle fonte, Commencing in Lewisburg and running over route 24 to Winfield, thence by way of New Berlin to &a polut near Penns Creek, thence over route 26 to Mifllinburg, thence by way of Hartleton toa point on the dividing line between Unlon sad Centre coun ties, thence by way of Woodward, Millbeim, Peun Hall, Spring Mills, Old Fort, Centre Hall into Bellefonte, No, 29—-From Lewistown to Belle. fonte. Commenciug in Lewistown and running by way of Baroham, Reedsville and Milroy to a poiat on the dividing line between Mifflin and Centre counties, thenne by way of Pot. ters Mills to Centre Hall, thence over rcute 27 luto Bellefonte, No. 107—=From Bellefonte to Clear. fleld, Commencing io Bellefonte and running by way of Milesburg, Union. ville, Juilan, Port Matilda and Philips. burg to a point on the dividing lie between Centre and Clearfield coun- ties, thence over route 57 into Clear. fleld, No. #5~From Hbollidaysburg to Bellefonte, Commencing in Hollie daysburg and running over routes 55 aad 57 to Bald Eagle, thence to a point on the dividiog line between Blair and Centre counties, thence by way of Hannah to Port Matilda and thence over route 107 into Bellefonte, No, 281—From Bellefonte to Hunt. ingdon, Commencing in Bellefonte thence over routes 27 and 29 to Milroy, thence to a point on the dividing line between Mifllin sand Huntingdon counties, theuce by way of Greenwood Furnace, McAlevy's Fort, Eonleville and Coropropst’s Mill into Hunts ingdon, bee 55 A MM The bill providing for the removal of the Western Penitentiary from Pittsburg to a new site, in a rural seo- tion, has been signed by Governor Tener. A tract of 1600 acres shall be purchased in (he western part of the state, the location to be well adapted to farming, and to be approved by ihe Governor and Attorney General, The cost for site and bullding is not to ex. Oved 1,200,000, BUHOOL MUNEY DELAYED, 4 mo——— the Provisious of the New Code Will Comes wate This Under Appropristions Year, Under the provisions of Pannayl. vanis’s new school code, state appro. priations for school supporrt will come late this year. The appropriation for the support of the school system of the state will not begin uatil the first «-onday of July instead of the first Monday of June, as formerly. The code provided that the sc Vear should begin on the first Monday of July in order to facilitate financial ar- rangements, as the state appropriation is paid to reimburse districts for money spent during the year. Io many dis- tricts the school period does not ead until the middle of June, 80 that by a Jaly date all districts are givea the same chance in filling the required re. ports. In addition to extending the school year from June 5th to July 3rd this year the code provides for a new basis of distribution of the appropria- tion, one-half to be paid on the num- ber of children and one-third the number of Formerly the number of taxables was taken into ac- The appropriation for the school system of the state, including 1 ry 200% on teachers. count. $15,000 - normal and high scliools, is Li, nase pp fp Fub ie Notice Public notice tioning persons not to from Marahv oliver Hereoy gv rer aa rt} “nt ’ 0H earth AS } LO €7 Line treat a street, as } such material will body controlling der of oj IE), ia—————— LOCALS John Kuhn, a ifs long re Harris township of his s na, { ii the is seriously howe Liarles Kubo, near Boslsburg The Bell Telephone Company Penosylvania distributed new direc The increase of over the report in the last directory is quite large, i. W. Bartholomew of last of tories, subscribers wr t Sa TH, 2 and Margaret of Centre Hall, lat- Kramer the Weer, where they will be guest s of Mr. and Mrs Ed. Ig Bartholomew, George W, graduated from Pennsylvania Slale College with the class of 1907, and who is its repre- sentative io mission work in Coins, is ter part Groff, who visiting friends io State College. Drover William J. Mitteriing has the most promising potsto field in these diggings. He claims to be some what of a potato grower, and it looks as though the claim is due him. JZ The Bellefonte Academy closed its school year at noon last Friday, Among the thirty-five graduates from that institution is Gross Allison, son of Dr. J. R. G. Allison, of Centre Hall. These days of suushioe the farmers are mighty busy, taking no time to come 16 town. The telephone snd rural mail service make it possible for the farmer to slay right on his acres during the busy seasons. (George Kaup, the velerinary sur. geon, of Boalsburg, called on the Re. porter last Friday to advance his sub- scription. Mr. Kaup travels through all sections of Centre county, and is a very busy man jast now, A car load of horses was shipped to the east from Coburn by Mesars, Homan sod Miller, who have shipped several car loads during this year. This lot consisted of heavy draft ani. mals, the class that is always in de- mand. At a meeting of the directors of Wilson College, the board accepted the resigonations of Dr, Matthew H. Ress- er, D. D., as president; Miss CUaro- line Good, as dean, and William Me- Candlish, as business manager. The successors have not been chosen. Dr, Reaser goes to Walnut Lane School, Germantown. He has been president of Wilson College for eight years, In msuy sections in Centre county the clover flelds are not looking too promising, and the grass flelds about the same, About Centre Hall the prospects for a hay crop are very favorable. The clover is a good length and the grass feldsare well set, and have yet a month or more in which togrow. The wheat flelds in this immediate vicinity are also fair in appearance, but the orop will not yield as well as last year, The reorganisation meeting of the Millbheim school board was held Mon. day evening, and the following officers were elected | President, J. G. Eby | secretary, J. Spigelmeyer| treasurer, H, T. Frank. The following committees were appoluted! Bupply, J. BSpigel- meyer, R. 8. Btover and J. GQ. Eby ; fael, J. O. Hostorman sod J, Spigelmeyer | bullding and grounds, a, Ww. Stover and Bpigelmeyer, An entire new board of directors will be elected in November, to go into office Raporter Subseries Correspondent Col. uma Now Deparimsut. Lditor of the Reporter : Having entered the third stage of our journey I concluded some of your readers might be interested enough to read a few lines from this section of Pennsylvania, Leaving Centre Hall May 22, we spent a week in Milroy, where we attended the Memorial ser- vices on Bunday and decoration se:- The ad- ress on Desoration Day was made in the Presbyterian church by Rav. Perez, the pastor, Oae thing that im- pressed me was that public speakers, including the ministers, have no time for 1 old soldiers but must direct their hearer’e attention to the political and economic evils of the day. The epeaker ou this occasion opened his ad- (os on Tu sday following. he dress by saying, * Soldiers,” and then launched off ju a tirade against special privileges, big business and the gang. Rav. W, Carlos Perez, I am told. is the son of a Spaniard, and he certain- ly showed evidence of Castilian by the fervengy of his denunciations. Jur next move to Johustown, Here I heard more iasurgent talk. I Was pasior Church, of the First Presbyterian which he made to the students of the High B:hoo! gradua- ting class. He depicted the evils of our industrial system in the strongest language. In Johustown, the reply of every one to whom you put the juestion, “How are times! Was “dull” However most people seem $8 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERERT FROM ALL PARTS. The Houser family will hold a re- union at Peru, Friday, June 23rd. George R. Meliss is driving a pair of Dakota bred horees he is very proud of. They are coach horses and are & fine team, Judge Hall has decided to dispense with the July term of esurt in Clinton county, and has ordered that no jurors be drawn, : Snyder county has a survivioag sheriff in the person of John HK. Wolfe who is ninety years old, He served as sheriff from 1870 to 1873, H. D. Crawford, father of Francis M. Crawford, of Bellefonte, died st his home ino Miffiinburg, Thurs lny of last week, Iaterment on Saturday, was made Ralph Hinds, of Fiedler, snd Jacob Smith and Herman wachau, of Mad- Virginia, where they had been em- ployed for the past nine years, Congressman Focht is making an eflort to secure 8 Federal building for Lewisburg, A bill has been intro. duced by him authorizing the purchas- ing of a site for not over $30,000, The presidency of the University of Ohio has been offered to Dr. EE E. Sparks, president of Pennsylvania State College. The offer comes f.om the doctor's alms mater, but it is pot thought be will accept. to have work. Several large balldings are ino course | construction, one a twelvestory | to be many ordinary sized houses being | bulit. i A week's stay in the Flood City of skyscraper, but there do not seem $i snd like the Arabs, we quietly folded | our tent and stole silently away, ar-| riving in Cannonsburg yesterday, 9.h ius. At Pittsburg, desiring to see the con- sulting engineer of the P. R R who Is enginee:ing college re- union, I inquired for our Centre Hall boys. He eeut a messenger to bunt up the boys for me, who found Will Keller and Will Bandoe having gone to lunch. Mr, Keller told me that be joined the army of benedicts last winter, and now is keeping house. Well, my letter ie gelling rather long 80 I will close, Co y our Yours truly, Cannonsburg, Juve 10. W, A. Knisg, A — Visit the Exparimant Staton The School of Agriculture and Ex- periment Station in The Pennsyl- vanis Slate College is conducting a large number of experiments of very practical interest to farmers, stock- men and fruit growers. It wants to maintain close relation with every residént of its own county in order that it may render any service within ite power, Last year it lovited the farmers of the county to pay a visit upon a fixed date aod pearly one hua- dred people came. It renews the invita. tion this year, asking that the practical farmers of the county visit the college farms and ground, Wednesday, June let, from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. This probably 1s the best time of the year to observe the result of experimental work and a most cordial invitation ie given to every farmer of the county to be present. The inpstitution wants every one to know exactly what it is doing along practical lines. Do not fail to give this one afternoon to the one state lnstitution that is making an earnest effort to solve some of the problems that confront the man who is trying to make the best possible winning in agriculture. A ——— The thirty-fourth anoust commence- ment of the Central State Normal School, at Lock Haven, will begin Saturday, 17th lost., and continue un- til Wednesday noon. Dr, Merrill E, (Gates, of Washington, D. C., will ad- dress the class Wednesday forenoon, on the subject, ** Education for Power.” The Ben Greet Players will render ‘Twelfth Night,” Monday afternoon on the campus, A —— Millbelm is agitating the building of a town hall, a convenience very much needed in a town of as much importance as that borough, Since the metropolis of lower Penus Valley does not have a live Grange like Centre Hall togive it a first class equipped hall, the borough will be obliged to look else where for funds for this purpose, Kolsley & Rhoads, of Bellefonte, have been awarded the contract to erect an iron and concrete bridge over Logan's Branch at Axe Mann at the Junction of the Lewistown and Boals- burg turnpikes. It will be thirty-fl ve feet long. This will take the place of the one recent! : flood. This firm abutments of a bridge Dear " A M. M. Alexander, of Milroy, wae the gusst of J. T. Potter, in Centre Hall, inst week. He is a senior at Franklin and Marshall, and stopped here on his way to Stale College, where he attend- The Middleburg Post makes this reference to the increase in the Judges salary : We are not sure the Judges need the increase in salary, but they don't care and will take it, whether constitutional are Judges. or nol. They Like the many other officers of lo- cal character, the overseers of the poor bave had their term of office extended as to conform with the recent amendments which provides for the election of minor offices only in odd numtered years. =O A borse belonging to James Ray- mond, of Esriystown, which being driven by him, took sick on the road, and died shortly afterward. The dis- ease was szoturia. The animal was stabled in the barn of John Bohn, but nothing could be done to relieve it. Rev. H. G. Reynolds, of Edwards- ville, has been extended a call by the Lutheran church of New Berlin as their pastor, He will undoubtedly accept. Their former pastor, Rev, Btrail and family have gone to his new field of labor at Valstis, New York. The first eight days of June were cloudy and rainy, the precipitation being 1.30 inches. Field work on the farm was suspended until the 10th when cultivation of crops was re- sumed. In this interval many corn fields became befouled, requiring considerable extra work to clean them up. The Presbyterian congregation of Bellefonte will vole for a pastor on Sanday. This was to have been done several weeks ago but on account of the scarlet fever scare the church was closed and the matter postponed until June 18. Rev. W. H. Bchuyler, of Centre Hall, will be the presiding minister on this ocoasion. The new school code having been passed and signed by the Governor has already been attacked by citizens of Pittsburg as being unconstitutional. They have filed a bill in equity in one of the courts to test it. The code makes some radical chavcges and even if it is declared constitutional it is a serious question whether it will take effect before July 1, 1912, ae to organi. sation of boards, ! Misses Ide and Virgie Thomas, of York, arrived in Centre Hall last week and for several days were guests of Mr. and Mrs, F. P. Geary. From here they went to Peonsylvania State College to witness the come menocement, ceremonies. They were especially interested in Wednesday's graduation exercises on scoount of one of their cousins, Charles Blaley, of York, belog a member of the class. The annual State convention of the Spanish-American war veterans and their families will be held at Erie, June 10.20, when it is expecled that over 1000 military mea and their fami« lies will enjoy the two days’ outing. Ia connection with the convention will be held the annual reunion of the survivors of the Fifteenth regiment National Guards of Pennsylvania, and the convention of the ladies’ auxiliary.
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