HALL, PA. VOL. LXXXVI. IMPROVING RURAL SBUHOOLS, Is the First Step Necessary to Reverse the City, The realization of the significance of rural education, which receives much can history. For the better part of a American education developed sidedly, asa city and town matter To live in the eountry wes to be isolated from the better things of civilizatiop— including education. That the popu- lation of the United States was and is predominantly rural did not seem to enter the question, There waa a feeling that the country could take care of itself; that the ‘‘little red gchool hcuse’” could sccomplish everything apd nothing; that there was an inexhaustible supply of coun try echool teachers willing to handle an assortment of youngsters of vary- ’ and performa the numerous duties of the old-time all for a few Collars per week, of living. blissful indifference toward country life and country education did pot come until the drift from the country to the city had become of startling phenomeus of the age, economists exhorted boys to *' stay on the farm '’ ; but the exhortation came too late. What boy was going to stay on the farm when opportunity seemed to be everywhere else? There were no adequate educational facilities for one throng and help diminish the ducing power of the class in sociely—lhe agricaiturisis, Rural education cannot immediately erse Lhis but v ¥ and entirely re process, it is t first Better gcnools will not ouly tend to equaiiz ne step. the advantages of city avd meet the greatest eCcouomic need of our time DY of the coming cers ou the land. C geueration as —————p— Highway weport Wanted, Advocates of tbe fifty million d loan for the extension and bullding good roads in Penoesylvaula cannot and t more 10 help the preoj=oi, 0 ease the minds of the ouj=Clors aud those thie Uses Lo ti who mistrust loan will be put, jufluence Lo Lear on Ww iaica ie taan Lo a Dring every aVIOE ® TIepori immediately. Lhe sslonishiog thing is that a call for such a report is BAY. highway department secilou 4 specific ally s2.4 focria taal tae Y 30 AR iS410 ser and characier of roads built, rebuilt or malutaived uode: iis direction, partment aud suca otoer tufurmacion couceruing tue condition of the puolic sud particularly of Dighiways, aud roads of the siale, the state-aid aud stale the progress of their lnprovemeuls, as may be proper or required.” Deliu- quencies of tuis sort furuish arguments that sre bard to comoat, aad heighten tas tmpression already (oo general that the loan payment of salaries to men who are incompetent sud have nothing but a claim for political services a8 a reason for tneir incumbency of oflice, Get out the report as soou a8 possivie, and make 1 au exhaustive ove, ———— ASAP TAA ———_— would be dissipated in the Fu: Prisoners Un Roads, One of the bills introduced for legis- lative consideration af Harrisburg which merits more than cursory at tention by the lawmakers is the meas- ure fathered by Representative Kuhns, of Lehigh, permitting county commis gloners wo employ prisoners for the re- pair and construction of public roads There will doubtiess be an outicry against the bill by those who thiok violators of the law should be treated for temperamental ills 8s un puysically sick patient would be treated by medi- cal experts, and by some of the con- tracting interests which might be af fected, Claims have been made that Pennsylvania prisoners are msde to do coatract labor, and Maurer, of Read- ing, has promised that he would prove such to be the case, If this Is so it will be a good argument for the advo- cates of the road buildiog bill, Oae thing that can be ssid for the measure is that it would give the prisoners out. door exercies, ln the laterlor coun. ties, where stone is plentifal, the method would go far toward reducing the cost Of road building aud malate nance, PP — The Pennsylvania railroad company will invest sixteen million dollars io freighit cars. Luis sum will buy about 12,800 cars, CENTRE COUNTY GRANGE, Although the Weather kind, Man sion in Grange Arcadia last Thursday, well could be, The attendance, much enthusiasm. The sessions were routine business, devoted and the to hearing of business concerns managed directly or indirectly by the County Grange, At the noon hour an elaborate lun- cheon was served, and for an hour and a half—the recess period—avery engaged in social intercourse, The 1eport of the telephone pany brought out the fact that were now on the seventeen rural one com- there Mills, and Bellefonte, three hundred and tweuty- Millheim, State College four telephones, a gain of some ty since the last report, tering reports were given seven- Equally flat. by the insurance company and the Grange Encampment mittee, It y REC | retaries of the fire com- decided to i meeting of the was hold County a Grange at Bpriog Mills some time during next month. The auditors statement of the | Grange Park Association shows the | following 3 apecial Balance $ “4 Cash received d The statement of the Patrons $i7% I'he accounts of the treasurer aud i gecrelary of the Pomona Grange also audited, aud the report thus: $ f I'he assets of the Pomona tare as follows 150 0% i Another asset is Grauge Park with and equip also, the Grange Fire Iosur. | ance Company with assels of $55 804 ithe numerous bulidings { ments ; tly —— Franchises Dale is a borough in Cambria eoun- by It has light, heat, and power company {ty surrounded on three sides f the c'ly parts of Johnstown. a in operation, supplyiaog the citizens with al seven cents per thoussnd fois e npany desires to enter the city of Jonustown the Lo compete hea. add power com- pauy, and asks for a fifty-years fran. cise, and will allow city, after twenty-five years or at the end of any period of years theresiter, to buy the plant at the sctual cost of construe. tion, snd only caarge the Johnstown people seven per thousand for electricity, which is 2 cents the Jonust with citizen's light, the o canis less than Wa company charges, Ine council has passed aa ordinances giving toe Dale the franchise I'ne Dale company agrees to pay down 3000 for the franchise, $300 the second year, $600 the third year, and $1,000 every year thereafter. A prorata snare of these amounts, comparing the population of Centre Hall with that of Johnstown, would only be a small amount, but it would be suffl- cient to fill up a half dozen of the chuck holes on Pennsylvania Avenue, I told your readgrs in a former arti cle how the Myersdale light, heat and power company offered the bor. ough of Myersdale, in Bomerset coun ty, $400 per year, or $40,000 for a ten year franchise of their streets, and thst the council demanded $600 per year. Myersdale isa town about the size of Bellefonte, Home towns coantge, telephone, telegraph, electric ligut and trolley lines from 50 cents to $1.00 per pole, I'tie lessons to be learned from the action of such progressive towns are : First— I'he streets belong to the people, Beroond-—Never franchise. Third—=Never give a franchise with out pay. Fourth--Retain the right to purchase any plaat for which a franchise Is asked at the actual cost of construe. tion, Fifth— Remember that if a franchise is worth anything to a corporation, it is worth something to the people, W. A, KRIsE, Co. give a perpetual METHODISTS WILL MEET IN ALTOONA —— In Annusl Uonfereuce During ths Ww. Beginning March 12 In the First M, Church The members of the several Metho dist churches of Altoona are making elaborate preparations for the enter- tainment of the 800 or more ministers who will attend the annual Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal church which will be held in that city during the week be- ginning March 12 in the First M. KX. chureh. This will be the fourth time for the conference mest in Altoona. In the year 1862 it me t at the old Firat | church and again in 1850 it met in the | same building. In 1903 the conference held in the avenue fehureh, I'he Central to | | was Eighth | Pennsylvania Confer- pected that all will vein attendance un- less detained by illness or other uunfor- sean Ia addition the will official vigitors, lay members and others in- circumstances to ministers there be terested in various phases of the work of the conference, but many of the hotels, paying for their own accom- modations, es, in many cases there being (wo ' more churches in one charge. embraced in I'he counties ia and 80 O00) members are various congregations. churches over 30 are scattered of the Tue in of it one it conferences Methodism slale, i | largest of the state Bishop Earl ee ——————— JJ sar Chamber Meeting of Conocil “The Centre Hall held a star chamber meeting on Thurs- borough ¢ sunell . s Stree LW calle d " ial’ {day evening It was called a “special reorganize, behind locked office of 1 i sud doora Penns over Was Con the { meeting to ducted private it i the 0 V “ nil ' : - i} MMOs, 8 Was All elo 7.3 ie was the work doi a of e Iu i o'clock, Bo speedil, | that one of the membe th 10 reach the scene of acti d qu elly hie borough Kuew of bie nl wo thal not Lae {f this sugust body. An effort bed Dg $ 4 10 by i= nace business of this rough Whe th $ $4 Why S08 BLOG UH stery. To bold meetings a5 2 sJosed doors crooked i : % : § fat oMcials cought to De [alr in private offices actions, Borough ught “ IRLEnlE Ley ought to be hon | be Donorabie, they eal i { i i i i i i i $ sud honest they will not transact in the men a8 borough officers have no pri- heailate to business open. These ness © 00 business Lo Lransact vale bus that will warrant holding meeliogs pehind closed doors, I'uere has not been a meetiog of the council, legal or otherwise, for nearly two mouths, yet the auditor's ment does not show an unpaid bill If the ta bills wast have been paid irregularly. slate statement Is true, © AM MA How »malipox is Spread. From Bellefoute amslipox Was car- ried to Johostowa by Miss Bilauche Heiber, of Colyer, Miss Relber had peen visiting in Beliefoute, and from there went to the home of her brother, Ww. A. Reiver. Monday of last week she became ill, and on Lhureday fol. jowing eruptions sppeared thal the wealth officer pronounced smallpox. Later Carts Beiber, a son of W. A. Reiber, became iil of Lhe same disease, ine Reiber home was quarantined, aud all the employes of the Citizens’ Light Company, of which Mr. Reiver is the secretary, were vaccinated, and the health officers now think that the precautionary uessures resorted to will be effective, —————— Special Meeting ol Uounty Grange, The Centre County Pomona Grange will hold a special meeting in the hall of Spring Mills Grange on Thurs day, February 6:h, at 9 a. m., and con- tinue in session the entire day. All wembers of the Grange are cordially invited. The 5th Degree will be conferred at 2p. m. it is urged tha: there be a general attendance, LEONARD RHONE, D., M. CAMPBELL, Mausier, mecrelary. — A YP TAA, Harrisbarg's Best Newspaper, The Harrisburg Patriot is the only newspaper in Central Pennsylvania that 1s not controlled in politics by party alliances or political advertising. It is a clean, bright, independent sod newsy paper, carrylog the Associated Press reporis sud special features which are unmatched by sny paper in the territory which 16 reaches. It is issued every week day in the year and is the paper for the home. The Pa triot 1s the only daily newspaper pub- lished at Harrisburg which reachies its mail sod rural free delivery subscrib- ers 00 the same day It 1s issued. ” i i DS, MgNITY DEAD National Limestone Miiroy on Wednesday — Was Onught by Broken Osble, Without regaining IHN 688 resulting from a of the skull, David Sterrett McNitt, of Lewis town, passed AWAY Saturday morning at the Lewistown hospital. Three days previous Mr. McNitt was injured at the National near Milroy, by being thrown by a cable used to draw a car on the quarry tracks. violently upon some rocks, a coniu- of the brain being the He was taken to the Lewistown Hos- pital where he lingered in an uncon- scious until Injured at Near Qanrries COURe 0 i contusion Limestone quarries caught and gion result, state death occurred, Mr. MeNitt well known Penns Valley, and particularly about Centre Hall, where, some years sgo, he superintended the MeNitt now by E. M. speaking of his death, the constantly in in farm, Huyett, Ino Lewistown owned Democrat and Sentinel! says: In the death of Mr. MeNitt, county has lost jpfluential was a director of the Citizens Bank, the years ; president the Foundry snd Machine ¢ M : Mm n activ men. He Natio: past one of its most and business 3 five Lewistown ympany the president of the Dana Lumber company, Lombardy Ky , the c director of the Mary- 8 member of Of Lewistown, of pasl two years | past two years land Lumber company ; the Nati whose (uUars county, near iroy ; MeNitt - Huyett nal Limestone company, es aro st Naginey, this M a member of Lhe Lam! unty ; Mellusgrove and cl commitles er Centre eo the su bury & tric Railroad company | f the Lewistown Board of Trade, { Lirwisle and at LU executive He the wwii Presi aren ie Lime ti death was an elder and trustee of shurch, a teacher io A member comumiitiee County Iatere hh F des Has PUT I'he assed was bo MIRIerviue, i ad sod his exander and Sara ris mother viile Al the lime i Ja was aged days, a8 asrried i BX 1 McAlevy's ve (FESR L of in were Lwo & Lot i Q Slerred Fwo sous, ALIRD &0 and two desughters, Misses Sara snd at me, F Audres RK. MeNitt, of A. B. MceNitt, of ler J. MeNitt of Reedsville and KR. C Nitt, of Midlothian, Md., and three MeNitt, f i bh ur brothers, I, fries bBellejotule | Biglervilie Me- if oi sisters, Nancy and Rooda Heedavilie aud Mary I, wife « KE Pa, are liviog. The greater part life was spent Siglerville, Rev, of Sleckel, D Wyieslown, of Mr. upon Lhe During the past years he been extensively ested io agriculture, MeNitt's farm near Bix has inter- imoerniag, ime stone qusrryiog and other industries, while residing in Lewistown, I'he funeral services were held on Tuesday morning from his late resi. dence on West Market street, Rev, W. L. Mudge, assisted by Rev. W, V. (Grove, officiated at the fuperal., Iu- terment was made at Reedaviile, AA Transier of Heal Estate. H. H. Frederick to Fred. tract of land in Boalsburg., $50 00, F. P. Musser sdmr to 8. Wand (Gramley, tract of land in Millheim. $576 William J. Butler to Penna R. Jo, trect of land in Howard $1100, Americus M. Butler to Penna R. R, Co., tract of land in Howard twp. $2100. John Hamilton et ux to E. 8. Erb, tract of land in State College. $600, dH. Laird Curtin et ux to Earie H. Leathers, tract of land in Howard twp. $1.00. Talitha Robinson to W., 8B. Bressler, tract of land in Ferguson twp. $60.00, Henry Ellenberger to W, 8B. Bress- ler, tract of laud in Ferguson twp. $500 Kiijah Bard to Virgle M. Kreamer, tract of land in Coburn, $265, James Huey et ux to Thomas M. Huey, tract of land in Patton twp. $2125. Jonathan Harter to Bimon R. King, tract of land in Miliheim, $254. Walter J. Kurtz et ux to Penna R. R. Co , tract of land in Howard twp. $1.00, Thomas Foster et al to Harry N. Eaton, tract of land in College twp, $400, » William L. Woodcock et al to Pens, BK. RK. Co, tract of Isnd in Boggs twp. $414. Edward D. Gill et ux to W. QC Smelter, tract of land in Spring twp, $76 00, WwW. C. Smeltgor to OQuesr Gill, tract of land in Bpriog twp. $76 W Brouse, R. twp. { 9 o) 0, 1913. wr «) NO. DEATHS, The of this death of a former resident of (inzetite gives account th til place : wife of James Witmer, died very suddenly at thelr home in Benner Dora May Witmer, township at pioe ening, January 18, had besn ill only one week to bed two On Baturday evening she cowmi- bed husband o'clock Haturday #v | 1913. and daye, Mhe was confined only her was pot i ' hig plained that fort TOF com. @ to able and her Bellefonte and purchased a new one. he had passed to Calne wife Death inflam- fore arrived home his the great beyond was due to acule myocarditie, mation of the cardian muscular tissue, Mre, f Witmer i} John a daughter « Laugher Gingerich, entre Hall, March thus Was a nd Busan 13, 1859, and was 58 years, 10 Most of the marriage the family Mrs. Bil months and 5 days old, their had lived in time glince jenner township. of cere christian character and generous Ble James Witmer, and Mre, John M Witmer was a Kiodly woman her Lhnree impulses. leaves husband, children : BEhafler, of Elizabeth- and at town ; Beatrica Harrison, home, = lhree brothers : BR, } Ginpgerich and Edward Gingerich, She Bis0 jenve John Gingerich, of Bunbury; of | near Huntingdon. Funeral {ate pervices were held in her home on Tuesdsy morning and the tery, Rev. C. W. Winey, pastor of the | burial was made in shiloh ceme- | Juited Brethren chur ch, officiating. Mra. Alfred E. Miller died al Alexandris, Virginia, Mon- | last week, and last Thurs | 1 the body was interred Mills, beside that of her ’ pome twenty had been ICR, i i i : i | : 1 Les a4 Sarah kK the laste John Hoffer, died at Lhe spartments 10 Lhe foute, Wed: week, suffered a stroke of Hayes | 5 Bush house, Belle | | say evening of last we since she had Deed INOre Or less AL in paal valid, her condition duriog the year or so beiug quile serious, Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Pruoer and was boro at the Pruver homestead in Belle- foute, aud was aged almost sevenly- three years, { a fanily of eight children, five rons and three old Nhe was one oO daughters, and is the lasl one Lo pass AWAY. Forty-seven years ago she was united n marriage to John Hofler who died Mrs. Hoflter continued her the old homestead until the death of her brother, the late Col. E. J. Pruner, when she went to make her home with her only daughter, Mrs. R (3. H. Hayes, who is her only survi- vor. in 1585 life at Mrs, Maria Miller, widow of Lewis E. Miller, of Lewisburg, died at the age of seventy-two years, Bhe was the mother of Mrs, Charles F. Loniz, of Miffiinburg. ———— Deaths of ventre Conatians, Ambrose Joseph BSherry, soa of George W. Sherry, of Bellefonte, died ina New York hospital, aged twenty- nine years. Mis. Rovert Tate, of Milesburg, aged seventy-nine years, She was former. iy = resident of Nittany, John Glenn, of Boggs township, died at Curtin, aged seventy-two years, To Eaablish a Stock Farm, With a view of establishing a stock farm, the Jennings Brothers, of New York, have purchased the country place of Dr. KR. G. H. Hayes, Dear gellefonte, The firm making the pur. cusses has a stock farm near Baflalo, New York, and the Centre county farm will not be so much of a breeding place as one for development. Both trotting and drat horses as well as Holstein cattle will be given attention. AP ————————— A petition has been presented in (he United State Senate by Senator Gal. linger, on behalf of the W. C. T. U,, asking that all saloons in the National Capital be closed on lusuguration day, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS The merchants in Centre Hall decided to close their stores at o'clock every Wednesdsy evening. bave six George Breon, who was housed up for & week, is about again, and is tak- ing care of the stock for the writer, and preparing it for sale on March 22 The recent storm blew over the’ Meyer and Vonads saw mill, on Pine Creek, near Coburn, and also unroofed a portion of the Auman flouring mill, in Millheim. Fire destroyed the John P. berg Hacken- chins and glassware the Milton Weav- ing company’s plant, at Milton, en- tailing a loss of $125 0600, W. H. Denlinger and James H. All- port, former Philipsburgers, have just t L wholesale establishment and been re-elected president and secretary respectively of the Northern Cambria street Railway company. The supervisors of Woodward and Porter Clinton were brought before the court townships, county, that unt of the roads. They by the con- eclive townships, of C uoly Of ACC were hauled into court |e res p Namue! Durst sud Harry Frontz, tre Hall, of week: killed some thirty hogs and shipped Dear Len oue day last to market. They are farmers, matters the slaughter- yue on the Daret farm. of id to facilitate Ihe youug men Millbeim are y be abie LO the me in February. t give performance Alva Green, booked to appear in that town on February 25, under ti bi npersonalor, is the auspices of the High school. I'he resder who is looking for bar- gaioe in slaple goods, is requested to advertisement the Sluart urg, io this issue. Mr. cleaning up slock offering a large ODOW ou seasonable goods, ford, daughter of Bradford, st Red ir two she has night tion was very serious, but on vionday the family was more hopeful. of al Boals ia od eves 18 tale il ASL y iki f a lime sunday wrmick, of us, who week, J » WW . } { Columbia, bere burried ~ Was for a uth 18S # ew da home to dariven smbu- { him over $4000 He is w housed in a three-story fire proof take care of an eleclric g Lhatl « buildiug, snd is evjoyiog a first-class business built up by himself, J ee pha Reish Mrs. last and sister, of Lock Haven, Rue (raven, week Cave, who hae been ill weeks, Mr. Reish is a prother and Mrs. Graden a sister of Frank B. Reish, of Centre Hall, and they aleo paid him a visit, several Mr. snd Mrs. George Michsel will move from the Oid Fort to BSpriog Mills, where C. P. Long has secured Mr. Michael's services, George Erhart, who employed Mr. Michael, nas engaged Jeiome Wilkinson, who assisted Charley Ross in conducting the Mary Potter farm, near Liaoden Hall. i Tue Moore property was sold to Emory 8. Ripka instead of to his father, A. C. Ripka, as was given io these columus isst week. The prop- erty consists of a house and two lots, the one lot being occupied by the Goodhart furniture store. The price paid was $4000. Mr. Ripka will occupy the place alter April 1st, Messrs, J. Witmer snd William McCormick, the former a leading un- dertaker in Columbia, South Caro- line, snd the latter a manufacturer and dealer in Tyrone, were among the Reporter's caliers during the lat. ter part of last week. They were called to Penns Valley, their native home, vn account of the death of a sister, Mra, Miller, mention of which appears in this issue. The Commercial Hotel, in Mifllin- burg, is being remodeled by a number of business men in that town and will be conducted as a temperance house, I'he interested parties formed under the name of the “ Mifllinburg Realty Company ’, aud have applied for a state charter, the capital stock being $12000. “Had” Young, known to many of the readers of this paper, will msuage the hotel, Frank Koch, one of the progres. sive farmers in Ferguson township, is undecided whether or not to leave the farm, Ia fact, Mr. Koch has turned over the farm management to Mrs. Koch, and he is in New York city taking a course in undertaking, and since even most advanced farm ing has nothing in common with undertaking, it is altogether likely that Mr. Koch will give the farm over to some one else on completing his course and securing a diploma to ens March 4th. gage as a funeral directo. i
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