VOL. LXXXVI. a, a YORE, DEMOCRATS IN The Annual Meeting One of Great Enthao- siasm sod Military Spirit of the Meors ganized Democracy of Pennsylvania, The annual meeting of the Btate Federation of Demeceratic Clubs in York Tuesday, evideuced anew the harmony, enthusiasm mltitary gpirit of the reorganizad Dsmocracy of Pennsylvania. Old York County, a veteran stronghold of the party faith, could not fail to be Impressed with the state-wide Demoeratio not alone by represents ing fifty active Democratic but by the host of individual Democrats who came from far and near their faith and loyalt the gathering. United Btates Sasnator Oilie James of Kentucky, big in frame, mind and heart, the oralor the day, whose eloquent address will be bered by all who heard it, had spread before him an unmistakable demon- stration of the fact that Penopaylvania Damocrata are thoroughly eager opportunities of party advance. ment in state and nation. Senator and showing of apirit made accredited delegates present manifest Cia oa, to atiest x y by jolning in 1 lovg remesin- alive and James was no stranger to the and {1 vigor determination of the reorganized Democracy of this siate, howavet, As permanent chairman of the Demo ion in Balti } hal ral 1 ne 180 personal cratic national convent more last x XE Ar, e perience of it. He saw the Pennasy vania delegation stand like the of Gibraltar for Woodrow Wilson, resisting ail assaults and spurning every atterapt to lure it He knew that without that splendid, unshakable support of Penveylvania Democrats, G Wilson been ated and possibly a Democrat not have been chosen Preside year, re the nominatis [ in { from loyalty. vernor could not have n would nt nin- Ie last ————_—— fo 1a the contest for man in the Demoeratic p a matter of pers Mr. Smith, who repres element, does not traly fo party rereagant tate Committee - aliy IL 1s no’ a8 4 man is all reprasant t 88 today econsiil ¥ 3 & faction, amall fact that ie a Aiaraniitahila Glisdreputapie element Damnora £ P., act at Alle porier eting Damoerats to for years managed the party as a sideshow of the GG pulling off | their greatest town, nd that is why the B i i re 4 Pe TOWNSHIP> WILL GET A MILLION, Sinte Will Pay in Part Its Obligations to Townships for Ruad Parposes, One million dollars is about to be paid out by the state highway depart- ment to pay in part the bonus to townships that collected road tax in cash in 1912 Warrants being drawn and checks will issued within a few days to more than 1400 districts, All the money is to be used on improve- ment of township roads, I'wo months ago a quarter-million_dollars was similarly distributed, Townships abolishing the work tax are entitled to a fifty per cent bonus of all road tax collected, under the act of 1909, but the legislature has never ap- propriated sufficient money. The re cant legislature was more liberal than ita predecessors and doubled the amount contributed at the sessions of 1909 and 1911. Figures at the state highway depart. ment that $5 080.976 32 was collected by townships last year for road purposes. The bonus is Cue all this, Centre county’s portion of this fund is $14 412 41. The sum apportioned to the several townships is appended : are ba show on TOWNSHIP. PAID $1001 1 UN al e———— ——— L.adies Thrown from Buger. Misses Edina Wagner and Gertrude [shler were thrown from Hall week, s8 boggy at the Centre railroad atetion ove dav last Miss Wsagner was Mr Committeeman Hmith for : B09 i Oue of the vi every Democrat wi sympa with the inistrati shculd supp W. D. Zxby, Eq, Biate Cot than H. ith of Mill hint Watehman and the Republican papers in Cer Mr Ziarby and The Watchman port any Democrat of the Guffey type, aud the Republican new#apers yaa why | hy yn | for WwW the | ther rathe Hm eim ist tre county sre opposed to favor Mr. BSnuith would not su who is not have po interest in the contest except to aid the weake: element io doing all the dirt théy can ————r—— i — L Wateh- hope that it The reference made to George Goodbart in Democratic man was made with the might esuse I'l feeling among Demo- crats over the eounty. The only re- ply that need be made to these silly statements is to repeat a portion of an editorial in which closed with “1s that much that hss sppeated within the past few years in the Watchman'a poiitieal the truth.” ———— a ——————— the thesa columns, glatement : withot this in necessary to say TERarva Demoeratic columns is pot No Demoerat can sflrd to support an element in the Daomocratic party that was ousted for cronkoadneas A buneh of men so totally rotten aq ita since e has nes wet badly irjured, and No be she the it may require some time before Bhe ia of Mr. Me. D. Geiss Wagner, south of Centre Hall. Miss Isbler ia the daughter of Mr. and Mrs (George E, Ishler of Centre Hall, over the body, but none of them were serious. The ladies spprosched the railroad crossing at the station while a freight train was occupying it. After the road was cleared, they passed over the crossing and near by the Strunk threshing outfit wes standing, having approached from Hofler street. The horse frightened at the engine, and became uncontrollable, The buggy was upset, throw ng the occupants to the ground, irvflicting the irjuries noted above, ard Nhe Eh S:aple Urops, Now and then there is an unholy desire on the part of the writer to get a good hickory club and go out among a certain class of journalists and re- mind them that the old-fashioned gtaple crops still have a pretty large place in cur agricalture. These gentlemen bave portrayed for us about everything that grows out of or on the earth as a sure road to fortune in farming but they seem to have over looked the fact that corn, wheat, oats, potatoes and grass still flourish in the the Gafley-Hall leaders proved to be have no right 9 ask representation on the state committee. This lan day of new order of things in tha Dymooratie party an well as in all movements, po- litical and otherwiss throughout this grad nation a day when the vomit of u political party capnot expect to ase sume leade ship. ists set —— Talk sbout the reorganiz ra stealing the Democratic state organizition in Penusylvania! There were only a few spots in the whole ‘state that did not follow the bauper of Bryan Demo. crate. In Centre county the element opposed to the old leaders numbered over fifteen bundred, (1538) and the Gufley followers numbered but sevens hundred and two. A great steal, i pe pt This would be a good season to dis play the furniture of the branch office of the Democratic State headquarters in Bellefoute, It might inspire the Gufleyites to assemble in sight of the old equi, ment. No Democrat who bas at heart the welfare of the Domocratic party can lesd un contest sgainst Mr. Zirby, oune - didate for Sate Committeeman, Isnd ; and the equally important fact {that nine farmers out of every ten | must get a living out of these common {every-day staple crops. It is all right [to pay a goog deal of attention to soy beane, or alfalfa, or any other thing that promises to be useful to a great number of people ; but while we do it let us not forget that the production of the old staples is not yet perfectly understood, and we are not dine dis- cussing them or learning about them. In fact we are jast begiuning to lea n tome highly important lessons about the production of old grasses in mead- ows and pastures, while there are still farmers in this enlightened land who need to know. more about plowing, fertilizing, cultivating and harvesting the crops their granddads raised. Let us not get so ‘advanced’ in our agriculture as to neglect these things or so full of new dreams that we forget the old staples whereby we live, ———— I AA Zerby, You will find bis name on the primary ballot below that of Mr, SAmith’s, but it will stand far above it when the votes are announced. There ars only a few Dimoorats in Centre county who can be fnduced to irjare the prospects of the party by voung | for » Guffey State Commiiteeman, THE LITTLE RED SOUHOOLHOUSE, roi epg wl - Open Agnin for Another Winter's Operation A Wicked Comparison, Mise Edna M. Hill of Madison, Wisconsin, describes their country schoolhouses, and the country school house in Wisconsin is very similar to the country schoolhouse in Pennsyl- vania, Mies Hill says : “ The schoolhouse equates down and silent in its acre of weeds. A little to the rear are two wretched outbuild- ings. Upon its gray clapboard sides, window blinds hang loose and window sashes sag away from their frames. Groaning upon one hinge the vesti- bule door turns away from lopsided steps, while a broken drain pipe sways perilously from the east cor- ner of the roof. The little red school- house is nothing but a tumble-down shack set in the heart of a prosperous farming districts of southern Wiecon- sin. In forty per cent of the houses the floors are never scrubbed, the clos- eta never cleaned and the sanitary con- ditions indescribable. Miss Hill ends her drastic article with : * About one-eighth of a mile distant from the schoolhouse stands a long low building painted a rich It is warmly built, Adequate provision bas been made for light and air sccording to the latest and most advanced idess. Also it cost $2000 and houses a lot of hogs. The schoel- he use is barely worth $100 and apy good farmer knows that no self-respect- ing hog would thrive in It, It is not at nil that the farmer does not love his children but shortsightedness m——————— Third Straight Defeat, Pine Grove Mills dealt defeat to the local baseball team Baturday afternoon on Grapge Park. The score wae 7to 8 It was the third straight reverse of the season, and the fourth in ten games played by the local clab, With Ed. Marig, New York State league fame, Mu the box, Pipe irove presented the hardest proposi- tion the Centre Hall team has tackled this season. While he did not twirl with all his cld time cunniog, he still had epough * stuf on the bill to (quiet the bats of the locals when the bases were occupled. He was well supported by a well-balanced team, which pulled Mar{z out of several em- re, of barrassing positions by fast flelding The game was practically won by Pive Grove in the first inoiog when they scored three rune on several mis. plays coupled with a few timely hits. centre Hall did their most « fective work in the fourth inviog when they scored two earned runs by three clean hits by W. Bradford, Royer, and C, Smith, The features of the game were the basse running of W., Bradford and a home run drive by Coxey, which he lost on a technicality. [he drive was a long one "wer the left flelder’'s head and Coxey crossed the plate 10 a stand- ing position. Allison, who was piteh- ing at the time, had his yes on the runner while circling the diamond, and drew the umpire’'s sttention in direction of third base, which base the rapner failed to touch by several inches, Coxey was called out at third when Allison secured the ball and stepped on the sack. (The hit went for ouly two bages, ~~ : The details of the game dre contain. ed in the following box score : . PINE GROVE MILLS R Roop, ss i Martz p Collins, 3b Markle, 2b Irwin, Burwell, i... Coxey, 1b....... Roush, ef Decker, rf - al § eb epee Totals ~r & CENTRE HALL Balley, 2b “- P. Bradford, 8b Allison, p, If CA aa W, Bradford, If, p Knarr, ss Royer, 1b €. Smith, ¢ 8. Smith, of Auman, rf Emerick, rf -r jos] 0 0 0 0 i" losomwmomonm sl wocoommomm™ 3 6 SCORE BY INNINGS. 30201001 0 00 20001 Bradford, Coxey by Alison, 6; ———— I ————————— The Lecture Qourse, The chart for the Lecture Course was opened to the public on Saturday evening, and some forty tickets were sold, bringing the total up to one hundred snd seventy-seven. This is a larger number than were sold any previous year on the day the ehart was opened, and sugurs well for the success of the undertaking. Owing to the fact that an additions] row of seats will be added to the north section of the hall, there remain = pumber of good seats to be sold, On the south side of the hall the seats corresponding to those that will be added, have been regularly occupied by course ticket holders since the first weason, which indicates that the loos tions are deeirable A—— ANA SS ————— Centre Hall will be dry on Tuesday. Tolals Ou? Eo Martz, by Brad. Pine Grove Centre Hall...... Two bmse hits, P. Struck out by Martz, 7 ; ford, 2. Beptember 16 th. ~- DEATH FOLLOWS OPERATION, Mrs, Maggie Harpor Dies un Bellafonte Hos plial—O. ner Deaths of the Week. The death of Mrs. Maggie Harper when annoanced on Friday night, caused more than an ordinary feeling of sorrow. Few people knew that she contemplated undergoing a most seri- ous surgical operation, and her death was a shock to many. Mrs. Harper was operated on in the Bellefonte hospital at 3:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon by Dr. Ball of Lock Haven, assisted by Dr. Hayes. Bhe regained partial consciousness and word was sent out that the operation was a suc cees, but at geven o'clock death came, The operation coneisted of removing several goiters, from which Mrs Harper suffered to such an extent that | life became a burden. The body was brought to her home in Centre Hall by Undertaker ¥, V (Goodhart, and on Monday morning the funeral was held from ber home She was a member of the Reformed church, and her pastor, Rev, R. R Jones officiated at the services, Mrs. Harper was the daughter of the late Jesse Klinger. Bhe was married to Bimon P, Harper, December 13, 15879, and shortly thereafter she and her husband came to Centre Hall. Mr, | Harper died August 7, 1899, and Mrs, | Harper continued to live here until her death. Bhe was aged fifty-nine years and three months, There survives Mra, Harper an only son, Harry, now located in also a brother, John Klinger, these sisters : Mrs, William Derstin Mre. Anpa Cox, snd Mrs. Jane Mar-! shall, all of Bellefonte, dellefonte, and e, 1 iliness Following a lingering a complication of disesdes Mra, Cath. i Spotts, died at her home in Union| township. Deceased Asronsburg on hence was born ast) February 223d, 1 was sevenly-seven years, five y nd fgo months and Her 3 but surviog herare two daughters, Mra Calvin Davideson, of Elwood City, Miss Elda at home. he slso three brothers, Jonas Furl ornis ; Thomas of Avis, of Runvillee. When a you a or church and for over | twenty-seven days « husband died geveral years and | RB leaves | of Cal} snd Samuel | ig girl became memt the Method ifiy years ite doctrines life consistent with neral services were held in the M. E | church at on Uunloaville H. Ashi, tis dailies, » morning by Rev. K assisted | by Rev. J. F. C made in Lhe cemetery at low. was | Hal > i iTIN: Lag 3 25 Following a long illness with a com plication of Mra. Amelia MecEotire, wife of Dr, McEatire, ded at her bome in ard, Her maiden name E. Bellers aud she was bo n at Fil more on June 14h, 1850 Oa Febru- ary 2ad, 1556, she was united in mar- riage to Dr. M ‘Eotire and they began housekeepiog at Mill Hall, they resided until 1891, when they moved to Howard. In addition her husband she is survived by one daughter, Miss Josephine Catharine, She aleo leaves one brother snd two si-ters, namely : A. M. Bellers of Fil- more ; Mra, George Musser of Warriorsmark and Mrs. Benner Way of Btate College. Funeral services were held at her late home at Howard by Rev. W. A. Burcher, of Penusville, Ohio, and the same afternoon the re. mains were taken to Bellefonte to the Meyers cemotlery for iuterment. Frances OW How. Frances disensca Was where to Mrs. William Bennett passed away at her home in Lewisburg. Her age was fifty-seven years. Bhe was born in Centre county, but fifteen years ago located in'Lewisburg. Mrs Albright, wife of Rev. G. 8, Albright of Winfield, died at the sge of fiftysix years, Interment wae made at Newport, ns A —-— Deaths of Uentre Countinns, Charles H, Else of Mileshurg, aged sevenly-iwo years. Mia. Catharine Spotts, widow of David Bpotts, died at her home in Uuvion township. ————————— A A SS. Millersville Stats Normal—Fres Taltlon, Free tuition to students seventeen years of age who are preparing to teach in Pennsylvania, Men and women graduates of the Millersville Normal are*filling the most respon. sible as well sas the best paying posi tions in the schools, It pays to make thorough and careful preparation for a great profession, Fall Term opens September 0th ; Winter Term, Decem- ber 8th; Spring Term, March 24th, 1914. Illustrated catalogue sent free upon request. Write to the principal A It ls only at the primary election, on Tuesday, Beptember 16h, that you will be able to vote for Mr, Zerby for Bta'e Committeeman, 4 pp Je) NO. LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA, Former Young Heslden: of Centre Hall Tolis of the Pacific Const Town of San Francisco, Guy W. Jacobs, a graduate of Penn- sylvania State College, and now em- ployed by the York Msnpufacturing Company, who is over seeing the con- struction of a large refrigerating plant in Ban Francisco, writes the Reporter thus: Enclosed you will find an edilorial which I just clipped from a local pa- er. Iossmuch as you follow up the political situation pretty closely, 1 think the clipping will be of some interest to you, You know California is the home of the * Progressives, and they are trying every new thing in the government line under the sun : recall, referendum, manicipal owner. ship of public service corporations, ete One week sgo I had the pleasure of listening to Gov, Johnson, He is a speaker, and his talk in re. gard to municipal swnership was well worth listening to, first class I sent a copy of 8 an account of the ing ho aid will have them give it to you. Pereonally I am hesrt- ily in favor of municipal ownership, yor containing me, w and recall sre of a erein the referep- value, The for itself All the laws which were nullified were but I eannot see dum ny enclosed clipping speaks the very ones which should have gone into eflect immediately, I find Bsn Francisco to be quite ap sgreeable place to live. I have taken a number of trips through the sur- roundiog country, and have found it to be sll as represented, Penns Valley but not for There are of -principally in the The business il been re-built, ¢ iore ie just as pretty sl times, twelve months in a year. atill & few evidences of the disaster YEATE BLO tial section, f the city has of course is there strictly date. Hemember me to all ro and up-t the folks, and ourself, I am, yoerely Yours, W. Jacoss, hile (210% sss ps tl tiood Yield of Wheat, The first hood to was Fr farmer in this neighbor tire crop of wheat west of Centre The field from which the ashed oontaine n hisen thras auk Gfrerer, ETRID thirteen snd rf yield was three xty bushels, or a frac- per acre ut petting, on of good Gfrerer yn lees thsb { bushels Wh bh wit ne of a ! f fFuocessi reported Farmer ng the past fifteen years, by To Ad e—— Estate. ux to Sarah " Asronsburg, Transler of Real PD. F. Weaver, $1000 H. A. Ellis et ux to Charles I. Lu- eas, tract of land in Boges twp, $775 William IL. Foster et al to Erma R. Butz, tract of land in State College. $500 Jeffarpon Crowel (GG. Showers, tract tw Pp $475 Matthias Walker ot Walker, tract $100, Allen Matley to Marie A. Matley, tract of land in Rash twp. $1. Malinda Magnuson et bar to Lem uel Hipple, tract of land in Bogge twp. $5235 Willisun GG. Runkle to George Hen. dricks, tract of land in Liberty twp $650 John Corl et ux #0 John H. Gar man el ux, tract of laud In Biate College. S600 Thomas Foster et al to Clarion L Hollobsugh, tract of land in State College. $600. William IL. Foster et al to W. T. Garrett, tract of land in State College. $500. Halvatore Yosue ef ux to George H. Miess, tract of land in Rash twp. $1 Bowersox premises et in el ux to of land William in Rush ux to John of land in Howard twp ct wide William E. Tate et ux to Lizzie A. Gingerich, tract of land in Potter twp. $1. Samuel Gingerich et ux to Wm. E. Tate, tract of land in Potter twp, $1. Moses Thompson's Exes. to Geo, B Thompson, tract of land in Patton twp. $9000, John I. Thompson, Jr , et ux to Geo. B. Thompson, tract of land in Pat. ton twp. 1. AA MP SA ATCA FortilizersAll Grades, All grades of fertilizers are in stock at our warehouse, It will pay you to fertilize your wheat crop, no matter if your soll is rich, it oan and will pro. duce more buehels of wheat if fertil- izars are applied. J. H. WEBER. Centre Hall. HRA AM AYO Oard of Thanks, The relatives of Mrs, Maggie Harper take this method of retorping thanks to the many who rendered assistance TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Trespass notices always on sale at this office. Mrs. John M. Coldron spent a week at the home of her parents in Asrons- burg, T. 1. Bmith, the tinngr, and John Coldron, put a steel ceiling in Barthol- omew’'s store room. Farmer George Rowe of Linden Hall paid $2200 for the property in Boslsburg purchased George Hosterman, Mr. and Mrs. Bimon Bpangler Newton, Kansas, have returned home after a visit among old friends Penns and Brush Valleys, from of in Mra. Lucy Henney is having her residence on Church street repainted, F.M. Ackerman is doing the work, and promises to do it to perfection. While adjusting the stacker on the Strunk threshing outfit, John Geary was caught by a set screw and was pretty badly squeezed, His blouse sleeve got entangled first, and drew his arm into the cogs. The Millheim Journal says Mr. and Mra. F. 8B. Ulrich and dsughter, Ed. winna, and Mrs. George Ulrich and daughter, Maggie, spent Bunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Hettinger, nesr Centre Hill Prof. W. R. Gorman, for eight years manager of the Hall estate in Lan- caster county, lias been made assistant professor of agriculture extension sat Pennsylvania State College. He was a former ttudent at State, The crop from a young apple or. chard coveriog one acre was sold by John G. Rossman to the Centre Hall Evaporating Company for §150. Last year $00 was realizad from the same orchard, and two years ago $142 The trees were all sprayed two more times, or The farmers in the lower portion of Penns Valley are jubilant over the prosp-ct of a fine crop of clover seed, In the section of country about Cen- tre Hall there will be no clover seed, although the second growth of Moet of 1 clover is fine on many farms, the clover will be cul for hay. Misses Isabell Rowe and Cora Luse, who attended a Chatsoqus near Point Chautauqua, New York, sre at their respective homes in Centre Hall, They are students at the Central State Normal 8 i, Lock Haven, and at she opening of thst institution will again resume their studies Lhere, hill near Mill- heim on a motor cycle, Ray Stover of Asronsburg discovered a flame of fire shooting from the mschine, and lost no time in dismounting. He acted just in time, for iu a few minules after he alighted, the gasoline tank ex- ploded, and did considerable damage to the * Indian, ”’ Suyder county is in the height of the peach crop harvest. The peach trees are yleldiaog large luscious fruit and an abundance of it. The peach growers are bringing their crops to the railroad stations slong the B. & L. railroad and rushing the crop to the city markets where the fruit is in great demand at good prices, Bingle orchards yield from 1000 to 10,000 baskets. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Stover of Bald- win, Kansas, are in the east among friends. They left Nittany Valley during the eighties, and duriog these years have prospered, and are now living retired. Among other places they visited in Central Pennsylvania was Bellefonte, Beech Creek, Wil'- iamsport, Montgomery,. Buubary, Berwick, Vicksburg sod Coburn. They will be in Centre Hall again during the week of the Encampment. While sscending = From the Lewisburg Journal : Mr. and Mrs. RB D. Killian, accompanied by their guest, Mrs. I. A. SBhawver of Miliheim arrived home Saturday evening from a ten days trip to Phils delphia and Atlantic City, Oa their return home they stopped off for a day or so at Reading where they visited the family of his brother, G. W, Killian, and also to permit Mr. Killian tm look after some walnut timber, and he bought a oar load of this wood which is becoming quite scarce in certain sections of the state. They had a most delightful time on the trip, Paul Murray of Chicago made his appearance in Contre Hall last week for the firet time in four years, his wife and little daughter having come bere previous to that time. They re- turned home on Tuesday. Mr. Murray, who is a graduste of the electrical department of Pennsylvania State College, is employed by = city rallway company in Chicago, and the engineers have just been set to work to accomplish & most diffioult task, that of preventing corrosion of the cit water and gas mains by an —— io method aw
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