VOL. LXXXYV, REORGANIZERS ARE TRIUMPHANT, Allegheny Judge Throws Out of Oocurt Ritter’s sod Old Guard's Attempt to Clip Powers of Demgoratlo State Ohatr- man Gathrie, The Guftey.-Donnelly-Ryan-Ritter party machinery ia Pennsylvania, in deflance of the will of the msjority, received a bump from the courts of Allegheny County. Judge John D. Shafer handed down a decision in the case brought by Walter E. Ritter, of Williamsport, and others to restrain George W. Guthrie from acting as Btate chairman, declaring that the courts had no jariediction in the mat- ter and refusing to grant the injuction asked for, Judge Bhafer criticised Ritter and his associates for bringing the action 80 close to the date for the certification of offices to the Secretary of the Com- monwealth and county commission- ers, and declared that no irreparable damage would be done by refusal of the injuction. The court could not see where there was any damage to Ritter’s interests, and practically held that it was up to the Democrats them- selves who they wish to recognize ae State chairman. The Court indicated plainly that it did not propose to be used to keep the Gufley machine in control of the Democratic organiza- tion against the wishes of the great msjority of the party. A A —— Progress in Uhareh Consolidation, Within a week I have received from William B. Kerr, formerly of Centre Hall, now of Omaha, Nebrasks, a copy of the World-Herald giving an account of the federation of the Bap- tist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches in a small village of Nebras. ks, under a plan which enables each church to keep up its connection with the natural body of its own faith and contritute to its benevolences, while for local purposes they have one pas- tor whom they can support without outside sid, A church paper of the same date re- ports the union in another small Nebraska village of a Presbyterian, a United Presbyterian, and a Methodist church into as Congregational church : slso a case in Ohlo where two weak | rural churches, Presbyterian and United Presbyterian, unite to form a church of the latter denomination. It also remiods me that the Home Mission Boards of the various protes- tant bodies of the United States have formed a Home Mission couneil cone of whose ot js0ta is to prevent the un- necessary multiplication of churches in new territory and to see that churches are eo distributed as to resch all parts of any section. These in- stances, coming to the notice of one person within a fsw days, doubtless could be greatly increased had one full knowledge of all that is going on i2 church circles in our lsud, and show that the leaven is working. The three cases given illustrate three diflerent methods of consolidation : by faderation, in which each church preserves ita natural eocclesisstical re- lation, by combining into a ehuren of a denomination different from that of soy of the constituent members, and by one church absorbing the other. They also indicte the willingness of christians to sserifice the non-essen- tials for Lhe sake of the greater growth of the essentials, as the love of Christ constraiveth them to do. W. HENRY FOHUYLER, Michigas Deer for Peon. Bixty deer will be shipped in the very near future from the Grand Is land game preserve, east of Marquette, Michigan, to points in Pennsylvania, the anaual trapping of the fl set footed denizens now being in progress. In addition, some twenty deer will be shipped to New York sta‘e, The sixty deer for Pennsylvania are to beshipped intwo consignments, one to the game preserve in New German. town, Perry county, and the other to the preserve at Ligonier, Westmore- land county, esch er nsignment to con. slat of twenty five does and five bucks, the deer to be used for propagating purposes, The deer were ordered by the Penn. tylvanis state game commission, through its secretary, Joseph Kalbfos, and preparaiiros are being made to make the first shipment early in February. ——— ro — Farmers Mostings, Farmers aod all others interested In agriculture are invited to a series of meetings to be held In Penns and Brush Valleys at the places aud the named below, Thursday eve. nig, February lst, in Millbeim ; wod Friday evening, February 20d, In Asronsburg. Hon. EB, Dorsett, Lecturer of the State Grange, snd In. structor at Farmers’ Institutes, will address the meetings, On ‘Monday snd Tuesday evenings similar meetings were held in Madi sonburg sod Rebersburg. Ae AAS. Ceutre Reporter §1 » year, ’ Ell . THE COMMON SOHOOLS, adke All O her Institutions They Are Im. perfect, Not Beyond Criticism, Bat Not ms Bad as the Oritics Make Them, No country in the world possesses 8 system of education comparable to the public schools of the United States, They are the great American- izers. They are open to every child in the land, whether native or foreign born and thelr inflaence has been par- ticalarly healthy in forming good Americans out of the children of refu. gees who never enjoyed the inspiring experience of personal freedom until too late in life to understand it. The public schools are not perfect. No buman institution is. Even the church, a divine Ipstitution, is marred and speckled by the frailties, the prej- udices and the passions of the human beings who are charged with carrylog on its work. The schools have their imperfections. Nevertheless they are by no means as bad as their critics make out, and they are infinitely su- perior to those of other lands as well 88 to the American schools of a half century or even a quarter century ago. Those who were students of the public schools id childhood, who were teachers twenty-five or thirty years 8g0, Who are patrons of the present day schools, are iuclined to believe that the fiarceness of the modern critic is usually in exact proportion to the sum of his personal ignotance concerning the actual work of these schools. The msjority of the critics did not attend the public schools, never patronized them and base their critical opinions upon inborn prejadics instead of exact knowledge. Modern conditions are scarcely ideal. Nevertheless thers 1s no coun- try on the planet in which iatelil- gence ls more generally diffused or where the children of the humble ana the poor bave more abundant oppor tunities. Ia spite of the uproar rais ed about pubdlic ine siency here, it is likewise true that in no other country are the public offices filled by more faithful or careful officers ; nowhere else are the rank and file of the people more courteously treated by their ser. vants from the president of the nation down, Itis sn ideal land, God's country, loved by both native and foreign born, the home of a free church io a free state, the great repub. lic of the world, largely the product of its common schools. These schools have done much in the past ; toey are doing more today than ever before; the. are going to command the future. Our joeal schools are not beyond criticism, but they were never more efficient than they are today. I ————— Transfers of Ren! Estate. Ira C. Harpster to George E Rider, tract of lsad in Hslf Moon twp. $45. John L. Holmes et al to Irvin L Foster, lot io Ferguson twp, $250 0 Robert Cook et ux to Matthew Rodgers. Jr., tract of land in Howard twp. $800 Mary Ellen Bryan et bar to Andrew Cartin Bryan, tract of land in lFaylor twp. $300. . Henry A. Garper adm. to Daniel Groner, tract of land in Ferguson twp $3200. Mary J. Peeling et al to H. F. Kess- Inger, tract of land in Liberty twp. $60. John Workman et ux to William J. McHugh trustee, tract of land in Welker twp. 8275. Cyrus Gordon et ux to William J. McHugh, tract of land In Walker twp. $1250, Isaac Strunk et ux to William Me Hugh, tract of land In Walker twp, $1500 Fred M. Rogers et ux to Julius H. Seibert, tract of land in SBmow Bhoe twp. $100, Kate A. Rogers ot bar to Julius H. Seibert, tract of land in Boow Bhoe twp. $100. Zwhiss Falton to Euma May Ful. ton, lot in Philipsburg, $1. Jobn F. Beck et ux to Catharine Beck, tract of land in Miles twp. $1. Berjsmin Beck et ux to John F. Beck, tract of land in Miles twp. $1. Harry Fulton et ux to Zsohiss Ful. ton, tract of land in Philipsburg, $1. A —— —— Days to be Remembered In Fabraney, Fetruary 24d Is Candlemas Day, al 80 * Ground Hog" Day ; the 12th is Lineoln’s birthday; 14th St. Valen. tines Day; 21st is Ash Wednesday, first day of Lent; 220d is Washing. ton’s Birthday, The month has twenty-nine days this year, because it is Leap Yeor, Bedentary habits, lack of outdoor exercise, losufficlent mastication of food, constipstion, a torpid liver, worry sud anxiety, are the most com. mon causes of eiomach troubles, Cor. reot your habits and take Chamber. Inline Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be well again. For sale by wll deaters, POMONA GRANGE MEETS, Instalistion of Ofoers, Qonterring of Filth Degree, Heports of CUommittets the Order of the Day, The first meeting for 1912 of the Centre County Pomona Grange was held Thursday of last week in Grange Arcadia, Centre Hall. The attend: ance was quite large, every section of the county being represented. The installing of officers was done by E. B. Dorsett, Worthy Lecturer of the State Grange, who performed his work admirably, The fifth degree was conferred on a class of eight or ten by the newly elected master, Mr. Rich and Mr. Ohl, representa. tives of the Continental Condensing Milk Company, at Mill Hall, the lat- ter a member of the Order, were given a period after the noon hour to tell of the company’s methods of dealing with the milk producers. The committee appointed to visit the condensing plant wade its report, which was ordered printed for distri bution among the members of the order. The Grange Encampment and Fair Association committee made its re port in detall, ms did also the secre taries of the fire insurasce and tele phone companies, There was also much other business transacted, MEMBER: PRESENT. H. H. Laird John 8. Dale Mm. Clyde Dutrow Thomas Bariges Mrs. Rebecoa Cummings Mrs, Mary Rom Mrs, Ellen Frazier Mrs Richard Brooks D. M. Campbell Thomas Shaffer Edward Homan Charlies Bryan Gyer Greve Mrs, Milford Luse Paul Shaffer J. 8 Meyer A.C Grove H.W, Dinges Austin Dale G. L. Goodhart E. B Dorsett W. A. Krise Leonard Rhone W. E Smith J. C. Goodhart Mre, John White Mm. George Shook Anna Houser Erma Dutrow Ruth Calinhan Glenna Thomas W. H. Siankabine Roy Dutrow Russel! Grove A.J. Bhook J. H. Bowman W. Hi. Hettinger James Keller DW Corman J. P. Grove J. K. Bitaer Mre J. E. Campbell Grace Carper Mrs. Alfred Dum deorge W. Gingerich John A. Heckman Mm W. F Keller Mrs. Samuel Durst Elsie Moore Mra W, H Baird Mr RD, Foreman Christ D. Keller Helen Luse Nina Slick Mr CB Auns Durst Ralph Dinges P.A. Auman David George Meek Ray Durst Lena Bressler Carl Auman John J. Artey Bertha Jamison Mr. Ohl Mr. Rich Mr, John Luss Mrs. Jennie Hazel Mr. John 8 Dale Mr D. K. Keller Mr, D.F. Luse Mr Wallace White Mr Gardner Grove Mr. Jacob Sharer Mr. Willard Dale Mr. Bamuel Glugerich Mr James Summers Mr Curtis E. White Mr Luther K. Dale Mr. M. A. Sankey Mr, Cloyd Brooks Mr, D. L. Bartges Mr F W. Moser Mr J. W, Gobble Mr, D. W, Bradford Mr.and Mrs H W, Frants Mr. and Mrs H. H. Mark Mr. and Mrs BElward Wiser A A —————— Ths Allen Farm 514 What is known as the Allen farm, west of Colyer, contalning one hundred and forty scree, was recently purchased by P. Elward Mersioger, of Centre Hill. Mr. Mersiuger Is now teaching school at Pine Stump, bat after the first of April will engage (0 the effort to make two blades of grass grow where heretofore but one grew, B, applying the best known methods of soll improvement, Mr. Mersinger will be able to teach a valuable lesson to farmers in his locality, and the Re porter wishes him abundant success The price paid is said to have been $1200, Neff aud Mrs and Mire and Mm and Mrs snd Mrs and Mm, and Mrs and Mrs and Mrs and Mm and Mrs and Mrs and Mm and Mrs, and Mes and Mrs and Mm and Mrs ——————— A ——— Announcements, We wish to announce to our many friends and customers that after a long period of years as manufacturers of doors, sash, moldings and gensral bulidiog supplies, we have sold our entire business to the Zittle Brothers We wish to thank our castomers for the many favors extended to ue and solicit for our successors a continuance of these favors. The change of firm will be made April 14t, + A. P. Lusk & ®ox, Centre Hall. To The Dairymen, I bave recently received a oar of Bucrene Dairy Feed. This teed has proven to be one of the best dairy feeds on the market, one of the feeds that brings satisfactory resulte, Try It and be convined. It is also an ex. cellent feed for oslves and young shoats, R D. Foreman, Centre Hall. A AA. How to cure sn cold is a question in which many are interested just now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great reputation and Immense sale by Its remarkable cure of colds. ft oun always be depended upon. For sale by all dealers. Monday wes MoKlaldy's birthday, LETTERS FROM SUBYUWRIBERY , Reporter Subseribars Oorrespandaut Col. amn-—-New Department. BexTON, Wis, Jan. 21, 1912 Dear Mr. Smith ; * You will find evcl wed check to ad. vance my subscription another year, Of course a newspaper does not need money but it will be plessant to sur- prise them occasionally. Hope the shock will not be too severe, We ulways enjoy reading the hap- penings around the old home country in the Reporter and wish your corre spondent at Spring Mills especially would be more elaborate and sling a little more ink. Newspapers make the world small by telling us the hap- peniogs many miles away. To dem- onstrate how small the world Is 1 might add when I came to this coun- try 1did pot expect to find any body I knew and was surprised to find your old towusman Thomas Wilson living about four miles from here, and have since learned one of my next door Loy- bood neighbors worked on a farm bere. It was one of the Neesa boys, Of courss we knew the old friends liv- ing south and east of here but did not expect to find anybody so close. We er joy living here and excepting the extreme weather, the high cost of fuel, sud the miserable rosds we con. gratulste ourselves on our westward wove. The old rock ballad rosds and turppikes of Centre county look aw- had them here fruit growing. the farmer hss never been o wo pelled | to resort to raising fruit or truck gar-| dening, though the mines employ suf. ficient men to make an elegant home market, and the few trees planted do so well that it would be difficult io believe an attempt would be a failure. Respectfully Yours, J PW, Lr The letter from home, the Reporter, still comes. It tells us much about the old home and those we revere. Sunday morning, 14th ultimo, was the coldest in the fifteen years we have lived here. It was twenty-three degrees be- low zero. In low places it was two de- grees colder. It is seldom below zero is reached here. The potato crop was al- most a total failure here and a large part of the few that people had froze, as well as considerable canned fruit, Because of the many rains in October and the mild weather in November, wheat looks very promising. We had fis e inches of snow but most of it is now gons. The thermometer registered fifty above today. The wheat and corn crops were large. Hay, usually plentiful here, is 80 scarce that it is almost impossible to find a Joad for sale. Baled hay shipped here costs us §24.00 per ton. Apples were so plen- tiful that dealers started at $1.50 and came down to $1.00 per barrel for the best quality. One grower had 9000 bushels, and just across the river in West Virginia, they had Hundreds of thousands of bushels. They planted scores of thousands of trees last year and will plant as many more this year, Around Hancock, Maryland, in the hil- ly section adjoining Fulton county, Pa., most of the land has heen bought by fruit growers, and some of the orchards have many thousands of trees. It is the same character of soil as is found in the hilly portion in the counties of Fulton, Huntingdon, and Centre. The orchards bring in large returns, and they would pay as well there as here. Considerabie of the land in the upper portion of the " Loop” and about Woodward, near and back of the first mountain, is better adapted to fruit growing than the richer limestone soils. The fruit colors better on the former soils, and color has much to do with the market value of fruit. Many peach orchards are also being planted. These bring returns the third and fourth year. Raspberries bring large returns in two years and are ready sale in the city markets, especially in Pittsburg, to where most of the erop from hete is shipped. Mountain land a few miles from here was bought for ten dollars per acre. Peach trees were planted on it and when they were three years old the land was sold for $75 per acre. 1 congratulate you on the success of the Democratic ticket in Centre county, and that a community very near the * Loop " furnished the man for sheriff, Bome of the pictures of candidates were an interesting study tome. John R. and William Lee were companions of mine. In the picture of A. B. Lee I saw a re- semblance to William Lee in his young er days, and concluded that the sheriff In the picture of Commissioner Grove there is a resemblance to Michael Grove, with whom I boarded when I taught school at Dale's Summit, * Dannie,” 1912, Teacher Tintulng Class. One of the largest Teacher Train. ing Classes, snd one doing most ex- cellent work, is the one composed of the Lutheran, Reformed and Evan- gelical Bunday-schools of Asropsburg, Its organization dates from August of last year. Weekly meetings have been held since, The class at first met io the Lutheran Runday-school room but at the coming of the eold monthe couvened in the public school building and later at the home of Miss Mazie Foster whose hospitality has helped much to make the meet. logs successful and the members come fortable. The class is studying * Preparation for Teaching '’ aud has covered very thoroughly the first two sections of the book, having taken one exsminstion and being ready for the second one. The examinations sre prepared and papers examined by the State Buperiotendent, Charles A. Oliver. It is seldom that so many citizane are i{oterested in the welfare and success of an uadertakiog as has been manifested by the good people of Asronsburg. It is seldom that the w TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. A lsrge number of members of Progress Grange will visit Vietor Grange, at Osk Hall, Baturdsy after- noon, Arber Cummings, of Linden Hall, will turn farmer sgain, having repied the Houtz farm above that place which will be vacated by Edward Cunningham, J. Miller Goodhart, of near Bpring Miils, was one of the Reporter's callers the latter part of last week. He is liv- ing quite comfortably in his new home erected a few years 8g0. The public sale season will begin about two weeks earljer than hereto- fore, Many sales in Centre county are advertised for the last haif of February, and some few even earlier. The letters from the Reporter's sab. ecribers found grouped each week un. der a propsr head are interesting read- class is without one or more visitors and interested spectators Among | those who have dropped in to see the | class at wrk and to enjry its inspira tion are: H. E. Crouse, Emanuel | Gulsewite, Mrs. Luther Wert, Rev. | Donat, E. H. Ziegler, Miss Mabel | y i Crouse, Mrs. R. U Wasson, Mre. | James Houser, of Lemont, Mrs. John | 1 i 10g members: H. D. Krape, E. A. | Henry Mingle, Jonathan Krape, Mrs. | W. H. Philips, Mrs. H. E. Crouse, Mre. H. Coll, Misses Meda and Verna Bower, Nellie Burd, Annie Eisen- hower, Maszie Foster, Jennie Hull, Susan Lenker, Maude Hosterman, Rebecca Boyder, Mary Stover, Flossie sud Helea Btover, Estella Blew, Sarah Guiswite. ————— —— Busses Changes, There will be several business changes in Centres Hall on the first of April, or thereabout, A. P. Luss & | Bin bave sold their plasiog mill plant to the Zsitle brothers, of Bpring | Mills ; George Ishler, of Tuseeyville, is to open a meat market ; and as al ready announced, J. Frank Bmith will be succeeded in the geners) merchandise business by some one. WHY HE LOE IF. Draggists Murray & Girner Give Reasons for Selliog st Hail Price, It isn’t often that we have faith enough in the medicines put up by other people to be willing to offer to refund the money if it does pot cure, says druggists Murray & Bitoer to one of their many customers, but we are glad to sell Dr. Howard's specific for the cure of constipation and dyspepsia on that plan. “The Dr. Howard Co., in order to gt a quick introductory sale suthor izsd us to sell the regular filiy cent bottle of their specific for half-price, 25 cents, and although we have sold a lot of it, and guaranteed every pack- age, not one has been brought back ae unsatisfactory, We are still selling the specific at half-price, although we cannot tell how long we shall ba able to do so. Any person who is sul jot to constipa- tion, sick headache, dizziness, liver trouble, indigestion or a general played out condition, ought to take ad- vantage of this opportunity. If the specific does not cure them, they ean come right back to our store, and we will cheerfully refund their money. { Continued from Previous Column, | as his good father and mother called him, was a pupil. In the picture of the State's attorney there is a resemblance to Col. D. F. Fortney, who was a pupil when I taught school at Pioe Stump. I concluded the former was the latter's son. Success to all of you, boys. A. A. KErLIN, Sharpsburg, Md. S———— ———— Hickory, N. C. January 28, 1912, Dear Editor Reporter : Enclosed fiad check, which plses to my credit for the Reporter, Thirty-eight years ago I first saw the light of Jay in good old Centre county. I erjiwy the weekly visit of the Reporter very much and through it keep posted on the local events. I bave spent almost sleven years in Piedmont, N. C.,, and consider it the beat of all the world’s favored spots, I am serving a charge as pastor snd also teaching Jo snd wmaonging Claremont College. We have eighty- two on the roll and thirty-two boarders. Ho you see I am busy, With best wishes to all the friends ing. There is every assurance thst this column ia closely read ant ap- preciated, Mrs Agnes Meyer, of Linden Hall, is offering her home st Linden Hall for sale or rent. Bhe and her daughter, Mise Bertha, expect Lo make McEl hattan their home, at which place the former's son, Georges Meyer, who je While returning bome from visiting Samuel Long fell on the ice and broke one of the bones in Mrs, Kor- The accideut happened Thursday of last week. The February number of The Ladies’ World bears & new imprint—The Mo. Clure Publications, Incorporated—but An snuouncement by the editor states that the only editorial change will be in the way of improvements, and giv- ing even greater value to the sub- ecriber, Oae of the prettiest and daintiest eslendars to reach this office was for- warded by Charles H. Hambly, jewel. er and diamond importer, whose piace of business is 19 Soath Eighth Sireet, Long is housekeeper for Louis hw a trade among the vest class of people in this city, Paul Musser, the Millheim baseball pitcher, has put his bome town on the map of the baseball fane. Mr. Musser signed with the Washiogton, D. C., club, American Jesgue. He is sbout twenty-three years old and has plenty of time to develep iato a star before sge will retire him, Toe manufacturers and venders of oleomargsrine are hard at work en. deavoriog to persuade congress to re. peal the bill imposing a tax of ten ceuls a pound on colored oleomarga- rine. The butter makers are opposing the scheme, alleging that it is meant to aid in lucreasing the sale of olec- margarioe as a substitute for butter. The solicitor in Bedford county is standing the constables off in the mat. ter of costs for making returns to the court. The solicitor claims that under the act of 1008, which allows con. stables $2.50 per day, they are not en- titled to the six cents mileage. Before the passage of that sot, constables re- ceived but one dollar per day and six cents mileage. There are not nearly as many sales in Penns and Brush Valleys this spring ss were last year. This indi. cates that there is less inclioation to shift from the farm in these valleys Gow han there was a year ago. The same ls evidently true all over the county, as a correct summing up the oumbers of sales will doubticss show a decided falling off compared with =a year ago, George Ishler sold his home at Taseey ville to Mra. Tillman Kiinefel ter for $1400. Mr. Ishler, last week, purchased an sore of ground next to the Grove property, at che station, from George Bradford for $400, and on this be expects to erect a dwelling house, a meat market and ter bouse. During the building of his home, Mr. Ishler will, according to Logan House, Philipsburg, like many other bor. oughe, found itself doing business on ordinances that had not been formally recorded and advertised and was obliged to do so la order to accomplish the end desired. are many ordinances passed by the Centre Hall borough council that have pot been properly recorded, and there Is no record of them having been advertised, although most of them no doubt have, The legislature at its last session passe od a measure providing for such con. ditions in boroughs by authorizing the transcriblog of ordinauces and the publishing of those not heretofore properly advertised. It might be that the neglect will never cause any ine (Coatinded oa fdot uf text delumin.) of the Reporter. Iam, Yours truly, . Joux H, Kxuien, Sct Wil tose asses of Centre Hull, aad thin 1s wight, [