VOI. 1.XXXVI. JUROR} FOR FEBRUARY COURT, Session Opens Monday, February 24th, and Continues for Two Weeks, The First Quarter Sessions Court openg Monday, February 24th, and continues for two weeks. The names of the grand and traverse jurors drawn for the sald court are appended : GRAND JURORS, Porter Black, laborer, Rush William R. Bitner, laborer, Liberty John H. Boal, laborer, Benner W. T. Cox, farmer, Boggs Harry Confer, farmer, Penn Frank Crawford, merchant, Bellefonte D. W. Deihl, farmer, Walker Alfred Durst, gentleman, Centre Hall Allen Hoy, farmer, Walker John E. Homer, clerk, Philipsburg Geo. H. Leathers, agt., Howard boro Frank Moyer, moulder, Curtin J. B. Meek, merchant, State College Wallace Musser, carpenter, College Samuel McClintié, shoemaker, Potter ss Ralph Rickard, laborer, Potter George Rossman, farmer, Ferguson A. W. Reese, merchant, Worth H. S. J. H. Shuey, farmer, College D. W. Sweetwood, sawyer, Greg Samuel Sprout, farmer, Walker Smull, mason, Miles ’ ’ or o Clarence Tate, plumber, Spring George F. TRAV ERSE—FIRST Weaver, farmer, Gregg WEEK. rman, farmer, Worth Bellefonte : itner farmer , J Samuel Bitoer, farmer, Potter George A Archey Allison, merchant, George ¥F. Bre on, fare: Harry Breon, teacher, Sp J. N. Brook William Bito W. K. Corl, farmer William Deitz, {i Elmer Ev Guy Lrtiey, ial ww, (George liarhar William Everhart W. 1. Fu Icey, oul i rans J. H. Gritlin, mere Alc Je Frank Hipple, laborer, Suov J. W. Harter, merchant, J Wm" Hassinger, lime > Ys airs #1 rove, mercua yin Gummo, lab Joseph Holt ame George Jordan, D. L. David Kinkea J. W. Kerr, ACCT Kerste George George Kello Harry McDowel J Az Ne Emanuel Nol ame A. U. Satuel Leoryg J. L. Shope, farme MeL SE] Fe i ph wton Ned ipka, lar Say, re YW. Scho ge . 0088, 181 Vir cra iy Loggs = Charles Smith, stone mason, Ferguson H. J. Tibbens, gentleman, Bellefonte Thomas M. 1ressler, farmer, Benner A. C. Thompson, salesinan, roog E. R. Wolf, teacher, Miles Abedneégo William , farmer, Unionville Samuel Walker, furmer, Rush J. W. Zerby, farmer, Gregg TRAVERSE - BECOND WEEK. John F. Anderson, laborer, Bellefonte J. O. Bower, laborer, Haines Homer Barnes, merchant, Bellefonie J.T. Burgess, laborer, Philipsburg Joseph VW. eezer, buwcher, Bellefonte John Candy, laborer, State Loliege C. W. Crain, lumberman, Yorth James C, Curtin, geat., Beilefoute Fred Dunnam, editor, Howard Thomas Dounachy, laborer, Bellefonte Thomas Fleming; shoemaker, Bite John A. Finkbinder, huieman, bite George Glenn, minister, Philipsburg Chas. C, Gates, reporter, Puiipsburg Thomas Houser, clerk, State College M. R. Johnson, marble dealer, Bite Henry Kuoiisinger, [armer, Spring T. F. BReliey, coal operator,Snow Shoe Jacob Krumrine, foreman, St. College David Keatley, carpenter, Unionvilie Michael Lamb, painter, Spring Wilbur F. Leathers, teacher, Howard B. ¥. Lockard, laborer, Spring W. M. Meyers, farmer, Harris C. D. Motz, lumberman, Haines Morris Miller, carpenter, Bellefonte Thomas Mann, laborer, Ho » ard boro A. C. Noll, shoemaker, Bellefonte J. Linu Pletcher, farmer, Howard David Robb, farmer, Liberty J. H. Ross, merchant, Harris David Rhinesmith, farmer, Benner Michael Shields, carpenter, Bellefonte Tempest Slivger, miner, Rush Earl C. Tuten, ins. agt , Bellefonte Samuel Ulrich, farmer, Gregg A. J. Walker, laborer, Snow Shoe A. W. Witmer, farmer, Benner P. W. Young, barber, Worth ni ——— symptom, hoarseness, adv, DEMOURATIU GOVERNOR OF N. H Moosers Ald Democrats to Elect Thelr Gov- ernor—Wiil Elegt HNpeaker and Seapantor. Fuse to Representative Samuel D. Felker, of Rochester, Democrat, was today elect ed Governor of New Hampshire for two years by the legislature, The two branches, sitting in joint session, voted 222 for Felker and 181 for former Senator Franklin Worcester, of Hollis, Republican. The Constitution limit. ed the candidacies to the highest two in the vote of the people at the general election, which resulted in no choice. The Bull Moose party, which beld the balance of power, joined with the Democrats and William J Bretton, of Wolboro, Progressive, was elected Bpeaker of the in return House of Rep- ballot. The Legislature also chose three Demo- cratic members of the Governor's Council, so that body is solidly Demo- cratic for the first in history. It filled all the BSenatorial cancies with Democrats, resentatives on the sixth time also VAa- giving that party control by 14 to 10 Democrats and Bull Moosers plan to fuse in the election of a United States E. ham, Republican, Governor Robert Progressive, aud Carr, of Andover, Hollis, of Concord, candidates Senator to succeed Henry Burn. Py E kK are Hass, Clarence and Henry Democrats ’ a————————— Practical Work at State College, The practical talks to farmers that the Hiate College during have been given at Pennsylvania Week have been a fine demonstration of the Farmers’ valuable service which such an instilu- tion can render to the people of the Commonwealth, They have been sen. sible in the highest degree, and doubt- leas many 8 seed will bear sgricuillure, state nas been sown thal t L in improved methods of Io follows the frigid itll BUCH WOIK as this Lhe College 8818 that have proved 80 BUC tat "4 rents state 4 7 v Of the farmer unive rianc are pol Hug apt totl BETICUILUIAL of pre duct Penpsyivauians if their stale a8 a great one, with a wide diversity © and the legislature has been slow in making eppropriations has thei stitution in Centre « deserves I'he is really no tat uid be ix inly Way on which re Lie . e money « used thao in fosle snes ep Arn commercial Telephone Sock on Auction [he : rs b ¥ i i paoae { st Harrist receivers of the American Uuio vwpsny, oo February 4° hb, ti roperties and assets of that urg. will sell ie Various Company Tue Various prop- * AauUcLion I'he al pubic erties are Commercial Union lelephone Company, Huntingdon aud Clearfield Pelephone Company, Union lelephone Company of Erie, Tri State [elephone Ci ‘union Tele phoue and Telegraph Compauy, Con- anlidated lelephone of Pennsylvania, together with all sup pites and accounts, yupsny, | Compauies A — THE 1913 WOKLD ALMANAC, 10,000 Facls and dred New and Figures~Several Special Features, Haw Our readers will be surprised al the vast amotot of valuable i1uformation, covering 8 multitude of subjects, al the useful general knowledge and the unporiant uew sived io the worid Almanac are devoted Lo up-lo-date dala edition of 1 G0 hisiorical Con. 1 hie page: aud figures of every day iuterest Lo every vody. 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Address, The New York World, New York. ———————— A ——————— If for no other resson than an op- portunity to pin a note to a shirt in- timating that the operator is of mar- risgeable age aud handsome, the young women ought to make an effort to induce the MiMinburg parties to locate their plant bere, This class of advertising is almost always produce tive of good results provided the “stock " is ne represented, ELEUTION RETURN SURPRISES, Stats Department at Harrisburg Farnishes Interesting Facts, The Btate Department at Harris burg has completed the separation of the votes cast for members of the legis- lature on the various tickets last month, and the figures contain a lot of gurprises. It is shown that 57 of the 1 mem- bers of the House of Representatives who are classified in the legislative directory as Republicans received more votes on the Washington party ticket than on the regular Republican ticket, Eighty Republican members in all had the Washington party en- dorsement, and 23 of these received a Or -i majority of their support on the regu- lar Republican ticket. The discovery of the large number of members who got more votes from from the Republican side has started a lot of gpeculation at Harrisburg to how many of the 57 may consider them- selves really Washington party sentatives and the Washington party than AR repre. not regular Republi- Defection of only 24 of would be necessary to deprive the Re- publican msjority of the House, Cans these ii fento——— Past Master of Grange I= Bankrupt, Following closely the death of Con- gressman John G. McHenry came the that W. F. Hill, of Huntingdon, had filed a petition in bankruptey, slleging were about $13,000 and his liabilities McHenry and Hill, master ol announcement that his assets $31,000 the ter a past the State Grange, of f trust companies in different conceived the idea organizing a number « parts of the stale under the auspices he Pennsylvania State Graopge. Among those organized waa irange Trust Company of Hut both financial a, Hill in sped Later men met ulating in Oregon bad the distilling and otter nd Me Hill trust company “1 ry Whe A Henry in ov ib HOVEr is © $ vid anil ii Her few Hill nd moected with » food bureau, “ days trustea of in © ——— LOUALS d. ing abipped a car load of co Xr Afisd i a : Fp W. Mi tETIIOR, On Tuesday ro market, Mra Her of provipg verg much, illness with an attack pneumonia, ia. gan snd ater complications set he from withio the ecent past bas missed con- nections entirely too frequently for the pleasure and convenience of this Let ua have our morning mail the east community. mails regularly. Robert Dellette, Jr., of Washington, D. U., and Miss Beagle Ze, Buarn- am, were united in marriage. The boy, lived in Centre Hall with Lis parents, and will be re. called by many of the readers of this item of groom, when a GREAT HEALTH RECORD, Lowest Death Rate Per Thousand In tory of Peunsylvanis, From the figures which have been compiled, Dr. Dixon, commissioner of healih, able to announce that the Baniuel death average 14 per thousand, This is the lowest rate which has ever been reach- ed in the commonwealth. He said : ** The benefits of public health work and the accompanying en- matters of sanitation and shown by hygiene are the steady decrease in the death rate in the past few years “The purification of the waters, the reduction of communicable diseases of the organizations to aid in the of infant mortality have all wrought splendid results. What has been done shows that we have and the co-ordination various reduction excellent ground to hope for a Pennsylvania in which in which there shall be scarlet fever, whooping cough, meas- les and tuberculosis, no typhoid, his is the goal toward which we are striving. “The work of the past has wrought tangible results, paid money It on has enormous dividends invested through the lives saved atid the {liness eliminated, past shut hom [16H knowledge that in the timely death more than 17 000 « year Prone out Wf has i our of AVA es our pared the 1 ¥ diseases, gives us courage for the of the new year ao Ac on ct —— Teacher's Local District No fustituts will hol W. Moore issue advertises her property in The home iss very de- The large store room occupied by F. V (Foodhart, undertaker and farniture desler, is a portion of the property “ea the adv, Mra, Bamuel for sale in this tlentre Hall. airable one, sad is well located. If you will bold a public sale, adver- tise the date in the Reporter. Th sale register is free to all persons whe have their sale posters prioted at thi office, Please remember The Centre Reporter completely covers a field in Centre county not covered to as great an extent by all the other papers in the county. The Millheim lodge of Odd Fellows celebrated its thirty fifth anoiversary of organization the latter part of De- cember. One of the charter members, (. WW. Hartman continued his mem- bership in that body to the present time, and his fellow lodge members presented him with a thirty-five year veteran jewel, an official memento of the order. Two wild cats were killed this sew gon on Tussey Mountain, The first was shot during the deer hunting sea- gon by Phil, D. Foster, State College's postmaster. It was a very large an- imal, and since then the cries of its mate were heard, A few days ago Mr. Foster's son, Harold, went gun- ning for the eat, and succeeded fn kill ing it. The animals were shipped to a Williamsport taxidermist, who re- ported that in his judgment the an- {mals were real catamounts, rare animals in this section. Most of the cate found in Central Penvsylvania are the bob-cats, which are not nearly as large us the catamounts, although they are wicked, stitute at Pine Grove 18:h inst. The } music and openit is as follows : 3 ' oh sp Transfer ol Heal Estate. Jennie K. Reifsnyder et H. Reifsuyder, premises in $1 Edward Leathers et al, ai 1 Wm. Millheim 0 N. Lighthammer, premises in Howard $1750 Hester 8. Christ et al to H. E. Coble, tract of land in College twp. $100 George B. Jackson et ux to Joseph L. Woomer, premises in State College. $1500. Minnie B. House” et bar to James P. Aikens, premises in Febguson twp. $675 Cora M. Brown al to Edwin Brown, 77 acres of land in Potter tw §650, Margaretta Wagner et al to 8, win Brown et al, of land otter twp. $350, Charles 8. Homan et al to William H. Homan, 150 acres of land in Potter wp. $7300. Alice Dutrow et bar to William H. Homan, 14 acres of land in Potter (wp, 1 William H. Homan to row, 176 acres of land in $6000 George R. Meliss et ux to David T, Stoner, 79 acres of land in Potter twp. $350 Henry Swartz et al to Charles H. Lee, 106 acres of land in Walker twp. $5000. H. G, Krape et ux to J. C. Brun- gart, tract of land in Miles twp. $25, Milton R. Johnson et ux to Enoch Hugg, premises in Milesburg boro, £600. William H, Beck et ux to Milton 8, McDowell, plot of land in State Col- lege. $500, William &. Homan et al to Charles T. Homan, tract of land in Ferguson twp. $565, William H. Homan et al to Charles T. Homan, two tracts of land in Fer. guson and Patton, $150, William H. Homan et al to Charles T. Homan, 150 acres of land in Fergu- son twp. $7750 John A. Guiswite et ux to Elizabeth Araey, 16 acres of land in Haines twp. Sw. R Motz et al to M. J. Yearick, tract of land in Haines twp, $20 Harry OC. Kling to Jolin Fulton, tract of land in Rush twp. $46. Wm. 1. Foster et al to Rev, Eugene A. Garvey, lot in State College, $400 E. Blanche Kunes to Rev. Eugene A, Garvey, lot in Biate College. exrs. lo Doro et ~ Ed- 77 acres in Alice Dut Potter twp. . NO. 2 DEATHS, Mra, Catherine Walker, wife of anc FF. Walker, died at her home sat Greengrove, Gregg towpship, of par- MN, LH alysis, azed fifty-nine years, seven days, HShe | leaves to purvive a husband and the ollowing ehiildren : Charles C. Bmith, | Milton ; G. Walker, Wiiiis 8, Walker, LC, LeRoy Walker, B. Grover Walker | and Forster D. Walker, Funeral ser- vices were held Thursday forenoon of | last week at the Reformed conducted by Gleesey in monthe and nineteen Malem burch, eve [aterment wae made the cemetery at that church, { and Donat. Linn 8. Bottorf, son of Jacob and Angeline Bottorf, died Friday, Decem- ber 8let. at 5 P. M, He was married to Ethel Dale and leaves 8 wife and | five child dead. Ta- | berculosis was the cause of his death, He had been confined to bed for weeks made a strong Iatterly was He ‘resbyteriar children—one his and | fight for life. But tent either to live or dle, nineteen con- Was 8 member of Bpring Creek church. from Funeral mother's Ji P.M Boalsburg. at 2 Burial in ths Hockman r State ( H. Home nes died at parsly win Thomas ollege, of seventiy-one ten He one son, Charles W., Years, peventeen days leaves vive a widow, ne daughter, Mise Barah R home, 4 Of Decenzed was a former resi. Funeral Monday forenoon, ¢ o , and interment was made in Millbeim. an Wl of Belle the i . Bhuey, fante smetery at Houserville, Mra. Elizabeth { her daughte Harris died at the Al Hunt- | R . Mrs. Robert township, ngd aunty, after an illness of some | with dropey of Mr nd re aud was born she was Wil re r Mrs lam y Was in Cent count Vel VYears Rago She ed, her first aud | er on { husband being RE second Wiil- survivor is her ier ’ ‘y Porie Barial was “ sovered, tiie to Lime, i. Potter upon the death of 3 GQ iarge re 6 in ’ sheriff took ch the the sarge of Lhe utiles according to as set fi requirements of law rth in the duties of coroner, Mre. Martha Garman, wife of Foster her home near the Meyers cemetery afier a brief illness “he was a daughter of Mr. aod Mrs, Wesley Rider, of Coleville, and was aged nineteen years and five months In addition to her husband she is survived by her pareuls and a number of brothers and sisters. Rev, C. W, of the faneral, burial being made in the Meyers ceme- Garman, died at Wioey bad charge tery. Mra, Julia Byivis, widow of J. P. iyivie, died at Asropsburg, Bunday, december 22, of paralysis, aged eighty- yar years, She leaves to survive, the ollowing children : Mra, H. C, Krea- mer, of Aaronsburg ; J. P. Bylvis, of Avis, and Benjamin, whose residence js unknown. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Geesey, and in- terment was made in the Lutheran cemetery al Aaronsburg. Robert H. Owens, who years ago was connecled with the old charcoal furnaces at Martha apd Bald Esgle, died at Braddock aged eighty years, He was a soldier ia the Civil war, Besides his widow he leaves three sons and Lhree daughiers, IA SP ——————— J Nw ™\ J hk \ 4 Progress Grange Offices, WN “Last Saturday the members of Prog. ress Grange iustalied its officers for the current year. The installing of ficer was Dr. H. F. Bitner, The of- ficers are : Master, Jacob Bharer Overseer, J. C. Brooks Lacturer, Prof. C. R. Nu Steward, Ray Darst Assistant Steward, Carl Auman Chaplain, Dr. W, H. Schuyler Treasurer, George W, Gingerich Becrownry, David K. Keller Gatekeeper, James A. Keller Coren, Carrie Swoetwood Flora, Aunie Dat Pomona, Helen Luse Lady Assistant Steward, Maggie Auman SL PAA It was some alippy on Buaday night and Monday. The walks were coated with joe, making everyone walk pigeon-toed to a greater or less extent, or else meet the earth where your TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS A Bell telephone has been installed in the Penns Valley bank. for the sessions The list of jurors drawn February tgrm of quarter court appears in thie issue, The Centre County Pomona Grange will meet in Grange Arcadia, Centre Hall, Thursday, 220d inst, The Centre County Mutual Fire Iosurance Company, P. of H., held its annual meeting in Bellefonte on Tues. day. The Patrons Rural Telephone Come pany will hold its annual session to- day (Thursday) in the Court House, Bellefonte, Mrs Moore was made the execulrix { of the estate of her husband, the late | Samuel W. Moore. In this issue ap- pears the proper notice, | Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCloskey, after | spending ten days with Mrs. McClos- key's parents, Mr. and Mrs. PH, Mug. | in returned to home id Logan, Utah. RET, Millhelm their And now the storm dono's sre put- Right here it The members of the United Evan- Millbeim presented W.J. Dice, 8 gold The time piece is very hand- and the minister very at feels F. . been in Centre Hall and doing busi. twelve years, was and dae remain. ocating reflection elsewhere, but after has conciuded to The Po'ter township board of saudi. a short time ago, and in this issue the financial statement issued by them ap- pears, This statement should be care- fully read by every taxpayer, for it is f benefit that it D. W, to ntertaining the younger set of young ladies mentioned in the last issue of this p entertsived a num- ber of married ladies as well ss ingle Her home is a delightful one, those ited to uy social there c themselves or fis is published. Mra 3radford, in addition @ aper, ister es inv ynsider Many the school directors Centre county sre so jusinted with Edward Weldenhamer, nbury, the state representative of (3inn & Compsoy, the school book publishers, and will be plessed to learn that the thirty district represent. slives under him in this state made bim a present of a gold wailch on New Yeai's day. hroughout 4 § i OU The board of supervisors of Potter township met last week and reorgan- izad by electing John R. Lee, presi- dent: Frank Bogdan, secretary. The other member of the board is N. B. suafler, who was formerly secretary, and next spring will move out of the district. Cleveland Bruuogart acted as clerk at the meetiog, and J, H. Me. Cool was again selected as treasurer. The Millbeim Journal tells of a mule much in need of a dentist: One day last week, Milton Barper, who lives on the Michael Hess farm pear Woodward, noticed somelhiog was wrong with the mouth of one of his mules. Upon investigating be found an iron cut nail was stickiog full length in the centre of one of the molar teeth. He tried to pull the nail but without success, and he hitched the span of mules to his spring wagon and drove to Millheim sud bad the nail extracted, Here is a bit of good news that has not yet reached the newspapers, al- though several mouths old, that will cause the many scqusintapces of darry E. Latz, formerly a resident of Centre Hall, to extend to him con- gratuiatious. Mr. Luiz, through the death of an uncie in one of the middle western states, fell heir to pot less than $15,000. He is now conducting the Bald Eagle flouring mille, near Tyrone. When in Centre Hall he was employed by the Webers, as head miller, which position he filled to the liking of all. issue of last week to the selection; of David K. Keller as oashier of she Penns Valley Bank, Mr, Keller is pow filllog that position. He is a man of good business qualities, and has also had considerable experience asa clerk. He is p man of good judg- ment, fair in his dealings, and vears the best of reputation for honesty. Mr. Keller is in every way well qualis fled to fill the position to whicn he was elected by his fellow stockholders in the banking iostitution. The customers of the bank can be sssured that they will receive fair and gentle. manly treatment, and the stockhold- ers have not misplaced their confi. 1eeches are the widest, dence. / 7 —~— NN
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