VOL. LXXXYVI, YROTEC? THE GERMAN N AMEN, Innovators, The follwing is reprinted from the Altoona Tribune, and undoubtedly comes from the pen of Hon, H. W. Bhoemaker, owner of that paper : Like most communities settling down to a permanent civilization Pennsylvania has shown a tendency to change the names of towns, Many of her cities were founded by Qer- man pioneers who gave them their names or brought from the Fatherland names are, pext to the Indian coguomens, the most distinctive in the state, Modern innovators, many of them from other sections of the co wantry seem to think these old names un- cuphonicus, and start agitations to change them. Nativa Pennsylvanians like the sound of the old German names and those of us who are pa- triotic should resent avy effort to Joist new names on communities. It all names were changed alike one would not mind so much, but as it is invariably the German names that suffer, it behooves enlightened Peun.- sylvanians to gusrd the heritage of pioneer days, Near Reading was village called Dengler’s, Innovators changed it to Mt. Penn, although there are fifty other and offices named after the famous Qasker with. in the commonwealth. A summer resident changed the name of Shoe makerstown, near Philadelphia, to Ogzontz, after an obscure Indian fish- érmsn who lived in Ohio, although the village had been known as Shoe. makerstown for two hundred years, It was within a few years as old as Philadel Lebanon was long town, Bloomsturg as Eyersburg, Mid. dieburg sa Bwinefordtown, and on. Ouoe of the oldest towns in Os n- tral Pennsylvania was Y WNZMAnE- town, named safer one of the early ploveers, who underwent hardships to settle in a wild country. Newcomers sound of name, and changed it over the heads of the older cit'zena to Mifflinburg, although there were already a Mifflin, a MifHinville, a MIM ntown, and a Mifflin county, iu the siate, Kreemergville, a quaint in Centre county, with lined wila primitive log cabins was arbitrerily to Muhlenbdrg, on the “main line,” nam- ed in honor of an historic family was chauoged to Nawton Hamilton. Ntack- ton, unity, nswed for an early ectiier and pioneer called Jacob Btuck, was sudder ly Clure, Biraubstowp, county was changed { With such a record, few Per German names will sar determin them those These a small tow us post phia itsalf! Known as Stej’za BO disliked the German the old village 8 lorg street changed Nmuliton in Buyder ¢ chavged to Me in HEnyder Fr eburg also 0 usylvacia vive ubless a ed «fort is made to protect Se ——— i —— Upposed to Bond fasus, News re. of the members of the bond Hon. Loonard Rhone gives an Expression opposing the issue of bonds for road purposes, bat is not opposed to thestate building roads. He thinks the funds could be raised to a better advantage in other ways than by His opinion follows ; “It is not a good business proposi. tion fur any business enlerpriss to bor ow money whea it is not geedad. I is better business to create resources wo draw ujon ia esse of vecesaity. The #tate has a'undant resources t» eon struct roads without borrowing the proposed $50,000 000. Real estate is now taxed on an Average eighteen mills, while persons! and corporate property is taxed only three and one. ba!f mille, therefore an additional tax could be levied on personal and cor. porale property without imposing any greater hardebip upon this class of property than is now fe posed upon resica'ate Io this way several millions for road purposes would be rafsed each esr without borrowibg, and thus save about $3,000 000 in ioterest each year, which amount alone with what the state bas been appropriating for reads wou'd aggregate $56 000,000 an. nually for road Purposes, thus the say- Ing io taterest Jone would Oreate wn anvual fund for road purposes of $3. 000 000. Then, why issue state bonds and ereste a st te debt wh on will not be paid for years and handicap the state in other needid Improvement ? No, refuse the bond fssus and pay ae we go, and save fature gener.tions from bearing our burdens a ——— I co — The holding up of the stat.’s funds by Aud, Gen. Powell has interfered in the construction of the road between Centre Hall and Spring Mills. Work on that scotion was suspended on Buturday, aod will pot be resumed until the courts pass on Lhe contention between the state officer and the Ti ’entsylvania Grang» i opauion fssue for road purposes bonda, jssuineg suing MORE TROUBLE FOR oUPID, Frospootive rides and Grooms Must Have Family Hutory to Goat Marriage Li. ! Consen, { The diMdence with which young | couples Approach the marriage license { bureau will be vastly increased by the | new law passed at the recent session of | the Legislature, This eugenic product | will also more severely tax the knowl. | edge and memory of the applicants, How many of you, off hand, could fill the blank for the date and place where mother was born and where father was born? Qae effect of this provi sion will certainly be to cause much more gsarching inquiry foto the ante- | cedents of the prospective life partner than has been the custom, perhaps a not altogether undesirable result, It will be easier, but possibly more upsetting, to have to answer you are an imbecile, epilepti ty of unsound mind, or under guardianship as a per- son of unsound mind, or under the in. fluence of any intoxicatiog liquor or narcotic drug at the moment of appli- Yet these queries, tno, may bring to mind the intoxicating quall- ties of love's young dream snd suggest fuller reflection on the importance of the leap about to be taken. Tue in terrogatio as to transmissible disease may put a premium on perjury, bat the law does not go so far as to require % physician’s certificate, Iwo other questions deal with the increased cost of living. One is whether either person has within five years been in a county asylum or home for indigent persons. The other is whether the husband to be is phys. ‘cally able to support a family. Pre. sum tively the bride elect thinks be i8, bul ‘that is not sufMcient. If the license clerk is in doubt he can refuse the document, It is not, it is pointed out, a question of bank account, but of pbysicial ability to get oul and hustle for a living for two, for sce rdiog to he legislative ruling, the tradition that two cau live cheaply as one has been repealed. It may be added that al though the law is now in eflact it can. not be enforced for a few days until the new license forms are recsived, This intimation ought to produce sa June.like rush at the little church Across the way, Y ————— eo ——————— - £ Y Old Grove Farm Sold, Tat Frbo 3 hin Grove farm, along Bink. ing Ureek east of Centre Hill, owned by Mrs. H. A. Stover of Yeagertown, was sold by ber to Foster Frsz or of Fussey ville for $5500 The farm con- tains one huadred and sixty-two acres, thirty of which are well timbered Mr. Friz'er for a number of years has lived ou a farm owned by Mra, Mary J. BSwar z at Tassegville, and has been very successfal in his Qperatione, He will take possession of his purchase next spring. cation, A rt orm—— Democratic Ulobs to Meet at York. Noticss have been sent from the Democratic state headquarters to the 305 Demoeratio clubs of the state call. ing & meetiog of the state Federation of Damoeratie Clubs for Hepltember 2 at York. The federation is an ad Junect of the state committees, and Secretary of Labor William B, Wilson is president and WwW, N. MeNair, Pittsburg, secretary. It Is proposed to have several speak. ers of national prominencs at the meetings. The club members will be the guest: of the Young Men's Demo cratic Society while at York. i ——y so ————————— Meck la Error, The charge made by P. Gray Meek in the Dasmocratic Watchman that Ubarles R. Karz, turveyor of the port of Philadelphis, and editor of the Centre D:mocrat, upon taking the oath of office made himself a party traitor by appointing two Penrose Re. publicans to the best positions in his department, has been conclusively branded as falve, There is no fem: blagce of truth in the statements, The positions referred to are protected by civil service, and Mr. Kurtz had nothiog whatever to do with their ap. polutment or retention. It does ap pear from Lhe records that Mr, Meek made Mr Carson, a Republican, and the man complsived of, chief clerk during the time that he ( Meek ) was surveyor of the port of Poiladelphis, and at » time when it might have been possible to sppolint a Democrat, These statements made by Mr. Meek, were they considered alone, would pot be referred to in this paper, but his attitude toward the Democratic party from the local field up, aod from the county chairoan to Becrotary Brynn, Is such that It ia necessary to say with. out reserve (hat much that has ap pesred within the past few years in the Democratic Watchman's political columus is not the wrath, Jobin Nefl, who Is one of George H, Bitoer’s right hand men on the large farm the latter is Operatiog in Mimo county, vidted his parems, Mr, and Reunton, The reunion of the Reformed was held on Thursday of last week on Grange Park. It was a success in every way. At first it looked as though there were not going to be very many io attendance, but by the time dinner was ready there was quite a good representation present. It was an ideal day for a picnic, and the place, Grange Park, can not be beat, Here we have good water, ample buildings, shade trees, a slight eleva- tion, all in all sn ideal ground for a pienie, Daring the forenoon the men were busy carrying folding tables under the shade tree which the good wife se. lected, Never in your life did you 8ée more obedient men, they evidently were well trained, Bome of the families made use of the accomoda- tions in the exhibition building, and spread their tables there. But po matter where the table was spread, it was bountifully supplied with food, Several families went together to form & group, which added to the social feature of the occasion, The committee consisting of Dr. H. KF. Bilner, Robert Glasgow, Chas, A, Krape, and J, W. Foreman, together with the pastor, had invited a8 the guests of the charge the minieters of Centre Hall and their families Hosts and guests seemed to vie with each other to make the time p.ss pleasant. ly. Rev. B. H. Dietzel, Ph. D., a child of this charge, was also one of the gueats of honor. The speaker of the day, The Rev. F.K Heiorichsohn, Hunan, Chins, through some misonderstanding failed to reach Centre Hall on time, and arrived on the last train in the afternoon. He gave a most excellent missionary address, and sll regretted that he was 80 pressed for time. This address alone was well worth the whole trouble and expense of the pienie, From the encouraging outlook and kind words spoken In favor cf the reunion, it is likely that this wi be sn annual feature of the Reformed church. .t S————— Two Overcome with Hent The torrid heat of Wednesday and Thursday of Inst week laid out two io Centre Hall. Roy Pull, while sesist. ing T L. Smith in puttiog on an iron roof on the karo of Benner Walker, went into a heap from the effects of the sun, and it was with difficulty that he was resuscitated. The other man to feel the effects of Old Sol was J. Wes Whiteman, the raliroad section band, aud he, while being able to make his way home Uoassisted, lost his faculty of speech for some time, A A ——— Deaths of Centre Coantians, Ira F, Davis at Julian, aged sevenly- eight years, W. E. Martin, at Slate College, from tuberculosis, aged twenty years, Mrs. Mary Kelley, wife of John Kelley, at Valley View, aged fifty-six years, Lawrences J, Bathurst, formerly a resident at Curtin, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. W. Verner in Al too 8, aged eighty-three years, A A SA “farquehanns Legend: | "Burquehanns Legends” is the title of the latest book published by Hon Henry W. Shoemaker, who is now on his wedding tour in Europe. This is one of a half dozsn books published by this author, and there are more to fol. low as was intimated in these columns a few weeks ago. This last volume containe almost four hundred pages, devoted (to twenty-one legendary stories, haviog their settings in Cen- tral Pennsylvania. There are aleo a number of llustrations, Io his introductory, Mr, Bhoemak er refers in this way to Central Pennsyl- vania: A word regarding Central Pennsylvanis itself. There is no love. Her land that tradition or folklore could mssociate iteelf, The most beautiful stresms and rivers rise in its midst ; impressive peaked and castel- lated mountaias, the grandest forests cover much of its area; its farms are fertile, ita climate extraordinarily good, its people sprightly, clever, good hearted, the best product of a mixed stock. Charming novels have already been woven about it from the facile pens of Prof. KE. 8B. Pattee, Nelson Lloyd, sud J. P. Mowbray. The re- glon has produced one poet of the first magnitude in James H, Campbell, an able philosopher in the late Jacob K. Haft, These legends will be found interest. fog and fost. uotive to both young and old, The history of one's locality oan not be reckoned without legends as recorded In Mr. SBhosmaker's several books, ar ha ood, who went. from the ane n ase at Boring Mills to Jersey i is Shore and en ness in that " Sa MILESBURG SOUNDLY TROUNCVED, Usntire Hall Scores 16 to 4 Victory—Heavy Hitting mad Good Fielding by the Locals, The Centre Hall basebsll team scored ite moat decisive victory of the season Thursday of last week, on the occasion of the Reformed Bunday- #chool pieniec on Grange Park, Miles burg held the short end of the 16 to 4 swatfest, in which the locals did the swatting, When the visiting clab took the field with Hafler, the crack Bellefonte high school pitcher in the box, =» battle royal was looked for, and for the first three iunings. it appeared as though the home team had met the best combination of ball tossers of the season, Their erstwhile silent bats began to speak in the opening of the fourth and continued to speak and finally shout so loud that Hafler took & more distant position from the deafening roar. He turned the job over to Woodring. but Centre Hall had begun and there wa: no break in their attack throughout the remainder of the game, Every inning from the third the home plate was spiked by one or more of the locals, and the fifth inning cinched the game for all time when seven runs were scored by a combioation of errors and terriffic clouting. No less than fourteen safe swals were made off the delivery of the Milesburg twirlers, while Bradford held the opponents to seven widely scattered bingles, only one of which was good for an extra base, Centre Hall played their best game of the year ; only two errors were sco ed against them and these figured only lightly in the run gelting. Oppoed to this air-tight fielding was thirteer openings in the Milesburg machine which was #8dly in need of repair be. fore the close of the game, If the battery partners may be oom pared with the engine and the fielders w ith the tires, then it is true that a combi. nation of engine snd tire trouble will put avy machine to the bad. It was simply an off day for Miles burg, for they are capable of present. tog a better exposition of the national game, and on other ocessions have fallen before the attack of the home team in which there was no disgrace in the defeat, To the bevy of girls on the tide lines much credit is dus for the victory, Their hearty cheering on the occasion of every good eflort kept the home boys playing top notch ball all the time. The following box score gives th details of the game : CENTRE HALL e RHO, Emerick, of Kerlin, If Auman, rf Totals MILESBURG Woodring, 15 Smith, ©... Hauck, rf Clark, 3b... . i Huse, If... SN — 0 Miles, of... re —— om Hafler, p..... commmmasernnserree § 1 Smith, C., sonvanined 1 Totals 4 THR Two base hits, Kerlin 2. P Bradford, W, Brad. ford, C. 8mith. Siwolen bases, Auman 2, Knarr 1 Bradford 2, Bailey 2, Smith | Bechler 1, Struck out by Bradford 7, Alltson 2. Haffer 2, Umpires, THE SCORE BY INNINGS, Mileburg —0100002 10-4 Centre Hall —0 0 1 4 7 112x186 AP —— Farms ln Demand, Farms are very much ia demand, especially about Centre Hall, The passing of a number of farms, formerly rented, into the hands of pariies who will till them themselves is partially responsible for this cindition. Jokn A. Heckman, D, L Bartges, and John D. Moo.e will retire from active farm life, if current reports are to be believ- ed, and it is probable that the three will gaove to Centre Hall, provided they can secure properties suited to their tastes. Charles Burris, on the J. T. Potter farm and Milton Kline on the Bible farm are looking up farme becsuse of sales made. Charles M, Ree on the Mary Potter farm will be succeeded by Mr, Ralston, who fs now farming for W. E. Tate. 8. E. Sharer will move from the Gelss farm to that of D. K. Keller, and Mayoard Meeker of Potters Mills will become the ten. ant on the Dr, Leib farm. The Lingle farm will be tilled by ite new owner, John Treaster, the Bible farm by Mr, Smith of State College, who purchae- ed it recently, and the Potter farm by its new owner, a a——— A ————— Loses Royer, the ceremony which united in mare riage James L Lose and Miss Basan. ush Royer, both of Bellefonte, 7 1913. LETTER} FROM BUBSORIBERS, Miss Kate Alexander Attended Internation. al OE Couvention, Editor of the Reporter: At the close of the greatest Christian Endeavor Convention ever beld, Becre- tary Bhaw requested that every one present take a copy of the enclosed circular and send it to their home paper. I asked him if] might write and say this has been the greatest convention of ite kind ever held. His reply was, * That is just what we want you to write,” This is the second international convention it has been my privilege to attend. You cannot imagine the inspiration and uplift one receives until you have been to one of them. Was much gratified to learn that the Old Keystone State has the largest number of Christian Eg. deavor Bocleties of any slate in the Uoion. Am very ioyal to my na- tive state, but not to her cold winters. I am also equally proud of my adopted state, and can Bing with the poet, ** I love your California, Yours very truly, KATE ALEXANDER Los Avgeles, California. ————— A we —————— Nunday as an Economie Holiday, A new law of Wisconsin, adopted re cently by the Legislature, provides that one day in seven be recognized se a day of rest, not from the religious point of view, but as necessary lo the health and comfort of employed per. It applies to all-who employ BEVeDn or more persons. It was inevitable that Bunday should al some time be taken out of its exclu. sive religious atmosphere and made #0 economic holiday. This does not mean any waning of church icflaence : 0 the contrary, it is the highest pos. sible tribute to the churches for the long fight they" have made for Sunday. They have proven thst the buman race gains in productivity and in the quality of its work by resting one day in seven. That fact is now established in the practical economics of the country. It menos a great difference to thou- sands, for in spite of the growth of the day of rest and the Saturday half-holj- day, there are literally hundreds of thousands who work seven days a week. The final application of such a law as Wisconsin has passed will mean much readjustment, —————— Siste's Appropriation, Last November at the Pennsylvania day celebration Governor Tener stated in the Auditorium that the Penuveyl- vauia Btate College should have the first consideration of Lhe educational institutions jo the state, and that any sums remainiog thereafter would _ be given to other institutions that have ben receiving state aid. He certainly made good his statement when he ap- proved last week the apg ropriation bill for the college in the sum of $1, 226 000. The money is divided ss fol lows : For the school of agriculture, $275,000 ; for all the other echaonls, $530,000 ; for extension work, $20,000 ; for tobacco experiments, $6 000 ; for the sewage disposal plant, $20,000 ; and for buildings, $375 000. A A ——— Will Move Bara D. Geiss Wagner purchased a barn #060 feet from Mr. Weaver, along the morth side of Brush Mountain below Penns Cave, and will take it down and reconstruct it on the foundation of the barn recently burned. The timbers are said to be in good condition, and the dimensions are the same as the foundation walls, all of which Mr. Wagoner thinks will cheapen con- struction. The walls were damaged but little, and with slight repairing the foundation can be put into shape to receive the structure, I A ——————— Transter of Heal Betate, John Bhank et ux to Mary Haupt, tract of land in Bellefonte. $1000, George M. Marks to Hanoah Cow. her, tract of land in Worth twp. $50, Harry Keller, assignee, to Helen Tipton, tract of land in Curtin twp. $2400 8OLE Sophia Hale to Theodore Humphre ' tract of lsnd in Pailipsburg. $145. Thomas A. Bhoemaker et ux to Bellefonte Automobile Mfg. Co., tract of land in Bellefonte, $3500, John P. Harris, trustee to Bellefonte Automobile Mfg. Co., tract of land “in Bellefonte. $1000, Milton 8. Kistler ot ux to 8, K. Hostetter, 5 tracte of land ig State College, $1. Johu G. Confer et al to J. F. Houde shell, tract of land in Boow Shoe twp. $400 tract of land in Ferguson twp. $5000. Amos Garbrick to Bpring Twp, School Board, tract of land in Spring | ————— A freight car 0 NO. 31 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Miss Viola Bharer visited among friends in and about Losk Haven for a week or more, A son was born to Mr. and Mrs, Harry Weaver in Centre Hall the lat. ter part of last week, Calvin H. Horn r 18 again back at. his restaurant in Altoons, and reports doing a good business, The following unclaimed letters re. main in the Centre Hall postoffice ; Mise Helen Poorman, Mr. Hughes Hayes, Mr. J, B. Vance. George Boozer is back from Chicago, Illinois, where he was sight seeing for several weeks, stopping with his brother, Ralph Boozer, an electrician, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Smith and little daughter Louise went to State College on Friday morning, Mr. Smith having a few days work in that busy centre, W. A. Magee came up from Phils. deiphia on Baturdsy and remained until Tuesday, and while here was at the Huyett home to which place his wife had come several weeks previous, After a few days vacstion which Was spent at the home of his parents in Centre Hall, Bruce Rowe returned to Philadelphia, on Monday morning, where he has been employed for sever- al years, Harry W. Potter, after a few weeks vieit to the home of his parents in Centre Hall, returned to the state of Washington again, where he holde a position with a large lumbering firm with headquarters at Edmonda. Barber F. P. Geary built a nest row boal which will be put on Boozsr's pond above town, and will afford a bit of eport. The boat is well proportion- ed and well made, and is 8 credit to the mechanical ability of its owner. Sheriff A. B. Lee and brother-in- law, Foster Frazier, the latter of Tusseyville, made a business trip to Yeagertown last Friday to close 8 deal with Mrs. H, A. Btover for a farm, reference to which sale is made in this issue, Mrs. J. Emory Hoy of Philadelphia is at the home of her mother Mrs, W. B. Mingle in Centre Hall. Of courae, these visits to the old home are looked forward to with great pleasure al though her interests are very much centered in the City of Brotherly Love, Centre Hall needs more builders of homes. Almost every house and lot ou the market has been picked up by parties wishiog to move here, and the demand is not supplied. The Geiss home was offered for sale by the Misses Geiss of Philadelphia, but iecently they wrote to their representative here that the offer to sell had been with drawn. Attorney A, A. Dale, while walking on a side walk In Bellefonte, stepped on a dog's tail, and the yelp the cur gave out frightened him, and iu his effort to get out of the dog's way fell on the stone pavement with sufficient force to break one of his knee caps. He is in the Bellefonte hospital now, and it will require considerable time until be will be able to locomole in the good old way, Oats are being cut this week. An oo- casional field was cut last week, and is already housed, but the harvesting of the crop is now geoeral. Not in many years has the osts been as good a crop as this season. The straw is of good length and the heads well filled. Farmers are very anxious to have good weather to harvest it, as it is one of the most difficult crops to bandle in wet weather grown on the farm, R. W. Mensch of Aaronsburg is fore- may under Superintendent J. Russell Gephart, of a gang of men on the state road between Penn Hall and Woodward, Mr, Mensch will see to the removal of all breakers in his di- vision and all obstructions and ruts, Some sections of the road are in very bad condition, caused by the recent heavy rains, and now that the state has men at work to make needed re- pairs the road will be again put in at least a fair shape aod kept in repair until the entire road will have been rebuils,
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