VOL. LXXXVII.
MB,
DISTRIULY CONVENTION,
Nixteen of the Twenty-three Schools Repro.
sented at the Penn Hall Convention,
The Bunday-school Association
the Eleventh Diatriet of Centre coun-
ty held its c¢ighteenth semi-annual
session in the Lutheran church
Penn Hall, Friday afternoon and even-
week, The weather, es-
pecially in the afternoon, proved un-
ing
ing of
last
favorable and the
near the eastern border of the district,
teen of the twenty-three schools in the
district were represented, The
cussions were unusual Interest,
Rev. W, Donat presented the subject,
dig
’
of
Day.” Other speakers followed in
speeches that excited so much interest
convince an onlooker that the
ch.istian people of this region are not
willing to give the day up to a round
of pleasure and look with great ap-
prehension upon the present disposi-
tion to let
ey
der the
aa to
down the bars especially un.
irfluence of sutomobile
makes it go for owners
thereof to take a spin in the country
when they ought to be in
Young
the
which easy
church,
People's
eating, or in their homes resting and
giving religious instruction their
Huunday -school
AY
|
y the
to
children,
this question
(ieesey’s excellent
Iufluence
pil” could not
time was
that Rev,
address
So much given
D. M.
{The
the Pu.|
further considered |
to
on
of the Teacher on
he
by the convention,
At the close of the afternoon session
fr
from other schools were
the delegates
3 3 tall
taken to the itable 1} { t}
10tNes of
man
freshed by an abundance of food well :
The BEESION WHE
opened with a praise and devotional
service under the
KR. R. Jones. The
been opened by devotions ¢ |
ducted by kev, W. H. Williams and |
with greetings from the President C |
E Royer. W. H.
sul ject was, ** Whaat can
school do to Keep Boys and Girls in
the Country 7?” He urged that the
schools, without letting up at all on
their pritaary work of giving Biblical
instructions should take a greater in-
the country,
would find
dq.
religiously
tara au i
n ie
81 i
i
neighborhood, and the inner re- |
prepared, evening
1
eadership of Rev
afternoon session |
oh- |
had
Rev, Me iayler’s
the Bunday-
tereat in the social life of
eir young people
of rural life
morally sand
Tous th
1@ dullness
uld be
ined by an =
wrtant part
ould be made
the deepeat spiritual influences,
Robi
tendent Rural School
Femove
Bnroach
ppr CH
their
{x -
nature, and]
to
Miss
Super
’
Ol
more
sus @plible
Martha i
biale
De;
Paonsyivania, besides giving an
terestiog account
BUC
301, l=
of
in-
very
at Scranton,
dwelling particularly on the session
devoted to normal which
Gifford Pinehot was the leading fig-
ure urged 8 more thorough
tion of the district
guilt in all the
the front line position,
artment,
g of the recent
i. convention
easly
schools io
organiza-
which would re-
schools coming up
Every school
roll, its home
department, ita organized adult Bible
classes, and use the
Qa
should have its cradle
graded lessons
which are specially planned to meet
the needs of each age and impress the
lessons most readily learned at that
sge, Bhe gave definite
tion orgapizing and
tescher-iraining classes
also instruc
conducting
which
echool needs in some form.
Oi
every
A A -
S'udents Make Cattle Intpretion irip.
Forty students, candidates for the
dairy cattle judging team that the
Pennsylvania State College has sent to
the annual Nationsl Dairy Bhow, in
Chicago, on last week, went on a tour
of inepection of the important com-
mercial and private dairies in eastern
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. They
were accompanied by Professor E, L.
Authony, of the spimal husbandry de-
pariment, the team coach.
Competition for the four places on
the stock judging team was keen.
Every night the candidates worked
out in the new stock judging pavilion
under the direction of faculty ex-
perta.
Prizes amounting to $1,600 will be
distributed this year, At the last con~
test Penn Btate scored the “high
man’ in judging Guernseys, and the
team brought home all the prizes of-
fered in that class, The Pennsylvania
boys finished second in judging Ayre
shires,
Brush Valley.
A very evjoyable Hallowe'en party
wae held at the home of Lioyd Miller
on Friday ev ning. The following
were present : Messrs, William Weav-
er, Charles Beck, Perry Beck, John
Wert, Alva Duck, Harvey Grenoble,
John Grenoble, Frank Grenoble, Paul
Wise, Vilas Wise, Wilmer Bressler,
Robert Zigler, Russel Weaver, Bruce
« Weaver, Glen Royer, Henry Btover,
Albe:t Mingle, Lee Bower, Maurice
Miller, Charles Keller, William Kell-
er, Misses Dora Beck, Carrie Weaver,
Mabel Weaver, Mary Ziegler, Martha
Bharer. Alma Detrick, Mable Vonadas,
Tessie Yearick, Dorothy Roush, Jen-
nie Keller, Artie Keller, Tovola Keller,
Charlotte Strayer, Lodie Harter,
Lydia Harter,
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| SEUVOND MONTH OF SO0HUOL,
Report of Centre Hall chools for Second
| Mouth, Ending October 30th,
Intermediate school: Number of
{ male pupils, 18; female, 18; average
{attendance during month, male, 17;
ance during term, male, 17; female,
of attendance
female, 97; total,
Pupils present every day during
Isaiah Emery, Harold Keller,
Fred Lucas, Howard Kmery, Harold
Brecon, Albert Smith, Daniel Daup,
Ralph Owens, Clyde Smith, Psul
Fetterolf, Franklin Ruble, Miles
Snyder, Albert Emery, Hszel Ripka,
Luella Ruble, Newton Crawford,
Glertrude Ruble, Beatrice Kramer,
Helen Anna Garis, Marion
McClenahan, Bara BSnyder, Sthel
Frank. Pupils present every day dur-
ing term to date: Isaish Emery,
Harold Keller, Fred Lucas, Howard
Emery, Harold Breon, Albert Bmith,
Ralph Owens, SBmith, Paul
Fetterolf, Franklin Ruble, Miles
SBuyder, Albert Emery, Hezal Ripka,
Luella Ruble, Beatrice Kramer, Helen
Lucas, Anna Garis, Sara Bnyder,
Per cent, of at-
91 ; females,
7.
Lucas,
Clyde
Grammar school :
tendance, males, 93 ;
number of pupils present every
daring od month: Lyon
ditner, Ernest Frank, Ralph Henney.
Moore, Reuben Zstile,
Miriam Huyett, Gladys Jones, Carrie
Mitterling, Pearl Race, Ruth Parson,
Ess
B_aLn
Heo
Kreamer,
Those no!
Bartges, Rebecoa
Adaline McClenahan.
absent during term are : Lynn Bitoer,
Ralph Hepney, Fredrick Moore,
Reuben Zottle, Miriam Huyett, Gladys
Mitterling, Pearl Ruble,
es, Carrie Mi
Ruth Parson, Ruth
Bartges, Adaline
Clenahan,
High School: Percentage of attend-
ce for month, 8 females,
days attended
1354 ; females,
Those who have a perfect record
far are Lillian
Parsons sand Mary
males,
number
during mouth,
“3
13 ; whole of
males,
ior altepdance so
Emery, Esther
vv hiteman,
Visits by directors, one,
Patrons are cordially invited to visit
us,
H. A. Dob
REBERSBURG
hunters
SON, Prin.
Our have not
in bagglog much game,
Mrs, Flora Limbert is visiting her
mother, Mra. J, K., Meyer, at thie
piace,
Mr. and Mrs. James Treaster of
Frogtown spent Bunday at this place
at the home of Cole Winkleblech.
Charles Wate, who ie employed at
the milk condensery at Lewisburg, is
spending this week under the parental
roof
Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Spangler who
visited relatives and friends in this
valley for the past month, left ou Mon-
day for their bome in Kansas,
One day the past week Arthur Cum-
mings found one of his cows lying in
the pasture fisid with a broken leg
[he animal had to be killed.
Three car loads of hand-picked
applea were shipped from this place
this fall to Illinois market and
still hondreds of bushels are rotting
on the trees,
The Charley Dobler home situated
two niles northwest of this place was
aold last Friday st pablie sale to Ward
(iramley, consideration $800,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodling of
Philadelphia are visiting at this place.
Jacob Winkleblech, who had shut
down his saw mill for two weeks in
order that his bands could help the
farmers to husk corn, has again re-
sumed operations,
Last Baturday the janior baseball
club of this place played the Millheim
junior elub. The game wae in favor of
the Rebersburg club, but our boys re-
turned home winus three bats and one
baseball glove which were stolen from
their wagon, The parties who took
the articles are positively known and
uniess they are returned at once legal
proceedings will be instituted,
succeeded
the
Colyer.
Mise Josephine Deifzel from Belle-
fontespan Sanday with Mrs, Jordan,
Home of the farmers in this vicinity
are nesrly done husking their corn.
Mra. J. 8, Houseman from Centre
Hill spent Bunday with Mrs, Peter
Jordan,
Mre, George Yarnell is staying with
her fath'r and mother, Mr, and Mps.
GG. BR Meies at Colyer,
Robert Boal and Roy Smith made a
business trip to Yeagertown, Saturday,
in Richard Brook's car,
Lyman Klinefelter ia doing the
cooking for the sawmill hands for
Zimmerman and Btover, in the *' Ket.
tle 7’,
Mrs. P. B. Jordan returned home on
Thursday afternoon afer spending a
few days in Liverpool, Perry county,
with her son, Li. M. Kerlin,
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Feun's Farmers Complete Hay Mowing,
Pennsylvania farmers produced 4,
083,000 tons of tame or cultivated hay
during 1914, according to the prelimi.
nary estimates made by the United
Htatea Department of Agriculture,
The yield last year was 4,146,000 tons,
The vroduct is selling for an average
of $14.40 per ton, compared. with $13 704
per ton in 1913 The yield per acre
this season is 1 30 tons and the quality
is one per cent betier than the average
crop for the past ten years,
LOCALS
Milton Bradford will move from the
| Grove property to the house which B.
F. Fiedler will vacate.
Rev. F. W. Barry of Cumberland,
Md , tor a few days beginning of this
week, was a guest at the J. W. Mitter-
log home,
Mrs. C. J. Burchfield and Miss May
V. McClellan both of near Tusseyville
were pleasant callers at this office
Tuesday afternoon,
The Centre County Pomona Grange
will meet In Grange Arcadia, Wedpes-
day, 18th instant. This will be the
last quarter] y meeting for 1914
Miss Emma Stephens of Btate Col-
lege spent a few days last week at the
home of her sister, Mra. T 1L.. Smith,
and attended the masquerade party
Fridey night.
Mrs I... W. 8B. Person returned to
her bome in Phi liveburg, N. J., Wed.
nesday last, after the close of her fall
millinery display at the home of her
mother, Mrs, Margaret E. Btrohm.
Two Hallowe'en parties were given
in town Naturday night : Mr. and Mrs
T. Li. Moore entertained a number of
their friends, and Miss Carrie Mitter-
ling gave a party toa number of young
people of her age,
James R. Behuyler of Bloomsburg,
for a few days last week, was the guest
of his brother, Rev, W. H. Be¢huyler,
Ph, D, at the Presbyterian Manse,
Mr. Behuyler is a hardware merchant
in Bloomsburg,
The Evangelical congregation in
Lewisburg decided to build a pew
ehurch and appointed a building com
mittee, The building fund gatnered
by the Bunday-school and other organ-
izations foots up to $5000,
I'he younger members of the Pres
byterian Bunday-school will render a
epecially prepared program in the
church next Bunday evening at 7 o'-
clock in observance of World's Temp-
erapce Sunday. All are cordially in-
vited to attend.
Potatoes have been in demand in
populated centers in Centre county,
yet few farroera have parted with
their surplus stock of tubers, The
shipments from Centre Hall during
the entire season have been in small
lotsa —~bagged or barreled,
Harry E. Weaver will lay down the
carpenter tools next spring snd take
up farming, having lessed the Benpjs-
min Kauflman farm near Zion, one of
the best farms in that region, Mr.
Weaver moved to Centre Hall about
two years ago aud for the greater part
of the time was with the Lucas crew
of carpenters,
The masquerade party in Grange
Hall Friday night was attended by
from seventy-five to one hundred per.
esch attired in some bizarre
costume, snd many of whom Kept
their friends in ignorance of their
identity until the time for unmasking
arrived. The evening was spent in
the intermingling of witches, spooks,
and nations! characters io burlesque,
SOne
James HBandoe of Pittsburgh
his first visit to Centre Hall in
years, Bundsy, and for a few
tramped the flelds and woods in
search of rabbits, Mr. Bandoe still
continves as engineer of a freight train
running between Pittsburgh sand Al
toons, 8s run he hes made for the past
fourteen years, He was sccompanied
ou his trip vty a fellow ralirosd man,
Fred Barohart
paid
twelve
days
Nittany Mountain in the vicinity
of Madisonturg burned fiercely Mon-
day, the result, no doubt, of some care.
less hunter casting hot pipe or cigar
ette ashes on the dry leaves. The
country generally is aroused over the
destruction of forests every year
through the careless or willful sect of
that certain type of individual who
should be deprived of the privilege of
carryiog a gun, to the mountain or
elsewhere,
D. K. Motherabaugh of William-
sport recently purchased a home and a
general mercantile business at Hep-
burnville, just seven miles from Will-
iawaport, on a state road. He will
move there this week, and will also
engage in huckstering after he becom #
settled. Mr. and Mrs. Mothersbaugh
were formerly from Boalaburg, and are
Euown to many of the readers of this
item, who will wish them good luck
in the new business veuture,
Willlam B. Fiedler, who i& a car.
penter and has been working at Htate
College the greater part of the time
during the past year or more, purchas-
ed a home inthat thriving place. The
property is located on esst College
Avenue, and is not now in the best of
repair, but it ia Mr. Fiedler's intention
to remodel it and make it both at.
tractive in appearance and convenient,
He also owns a good property in Cen.
tre Hall, but will move to his new
possessions the latter part of this
month,
One day last week William A. Sto.
ver of Peun township, went to the
mountains north of his farm in quest
of rquirrels and on his return Lome
at the foot of the mountain he noticed
something on the limb of a large oak
tree and he stopped, looked and listen
ed, but he could not distinguish what
it was and he finally raised his shot.
gun to his shoulder and fired. Down
came two nice plump raccoons, which
evidertly were lying with their heads
together for each had only a few shots
in the head,
Mr. and Mrs, John Luse gave a
birthday party in honor of their little
daughter, Edna, Baturday afternoon,
in which eighteen invi guests joip-
ed In making the day a happy one for
the little girl. Those present were:
Mise Helen Bartholomew, her public
school tesoher; Mise Margaret Good.
hart, her Buanday-school teacher;
Margaret Bartholomew, Elizabeth
Bartholomew, Lottie Keller, Grace
Miller, Florence Krape, Helen Lucas,
Ethel Frank, Esther Martz, Catharine
Martz, Helen Runkle, Ruth Runkle,
Elizabeth Gross, Viana Zsttle, Alma
Lutz, Margaret Luse,
Farmers Moving
There will be much shifting abou
among the tensnt farmers next spring,
but this is nothing unusual. Mention
here is made of a few farmers who wil
change locations: Arthur J. Cum
mings will again move onto the Var
Tries tarm, near Linden Hall, now oc-
cupied by Charles Clinger; Charl
Frazier, the Potter township constable,
who lives on the Harter farm at Stone
Mill, will become a resident of Penn
township, having leased a farm pear
Anronsburg. Mr. Frazier will be gue-
ceeded by James Harshbarger,
John A. Black will begin
again on his own farm, near
it,
have farm, west of Centre
go to the Alexander heir
Esarlystown, and Daniel Boh
now tenant there, will succeed
E. Fye on George Emerick’s
just east of Centr. Hall,
Karl Grove, onthe Goodling-Tom
Hall, wil
' farm mt
who ls
Harr
farin
i,
Ww
Bf a —————
Walter Kerlin Writes from Ohlo,
Walter M. Kerlin, who is }
with the Highbee-Bicknell Publishing
and Printing Co., at Cincinnati, Ohi
writes the Reporter under recent
as follows :
The great question bef
ple of this State at the
tion centered in the
ments to be voted on
Ntate wide Prohibitio:
Home Rule, The |
the unit on the question
township or the muniel
the counts The lig
spending large sums of
themselves It would
which i
people are afraid to
the side of pr
places have large posters I
favor of Home Rule aud but
has asked for Prohibition
Will write to yon
“Ns
identified
two
thie
is BIDEN
one
the oti
to say de will w
on
YALTER
Wf
Spacious Steck Pavilion a
Improved facilities for judg
#tock bave been provided for the!
ers of Penvaylvanis and the stud
of the State College by the erection
a new stock pavilion st the
lege of agriculture The 1}
and concrete structure is
the form of an arens, bel:
and 30 feat wide
plenty of light, and
inte
uge
esignea
g WW feet lo
A glass root
the #peci
ly display the animals
stalls and washroome,
spimals are prepared for
join the pit.
in which
judging, ad-
used for all phases of animsl ind
a model slaughtering plant
fitted out,
be instructed in the §
dressing beef, and
he different
When the new pavil
on Pennsylvania Day. Nov,
will be a special display of
cluding prominent breeds
local b how, %
cattle show Excursi trails
run to Niale College on t}
The use of the stock pavill
a big help in handling
ers who will study stock
they come Ler
ginning Decet
Students af
®il
r ve
i
al
gush &
ree »
ANG
al do
Tenchers Instinte,
The annual Centre
Institute will be held
House in Bellefonte during
beginning Mondsy, Decem
1914. Owing to the fact t
stitute this year
scheduled for Christmas the
first session will be held Monday
morning instead of in the afternoon as
heretofore, while the concluding ses
sion will be held Thursday aftervoon,
thus aflording all the teachers an op-
portunity to reach their homes it
time for Christmas,
untiy
in
in unavoidably
Wee
pension A a
EAttie Girl Killed by Aute,
Little Oma Bwmith, three and a half
years old, was run down by an suto-
mobile owned sand driven by Bherifl
Thomas F. VanZandt of MiMlin
county Baturday afternoon se she step-
ped off the sidewalk at the corner of
Valley and Third streets, Lewistown,
“he sufl:red from a severely fractured
skull apd internal irjuries, and at four
o'clock passed away,
i ——
The Horse Market,
It ia estimated that not lees than
250,000 horses and mules will be ship.
ped from the United States to the
several warring nations in Europe
within the next six months. There
are now orders for 50000 animals be-
ing filled at a few points in the west
The cavalry horse ranges in weight
from 950 to 1200 pounds, and those for
artillery somewhat in excess of the lat.
ter weight. The exportation «f there
light weight animals will have a
wholesome influence on the demand
and selling price of the beavier grades
There is little doubt but that the
exports will far exceed the figures
named above, for duricg the British
Boer war in a siogle year ( 1902) over
100,000 horses were shipped to Routh
Africa, and that war was not more
than a skirmish compared to the con.
flict raging at present. Then there is
Mexico, which, when pesce again pre.
valle, will be a buyer. It is estimated
that «ince the npeniog of strife in that
Sounts, over 300,000 horses have been
illed,
The shipment of horses to Bouth
Afriea in 1902 gave the horse market
a wonderful impetus, and so will the
shipment of treble the nomber in 1914
19156
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Litters not called for in Centre Hall,
bv toffice, Nov, 2, 1914: Mra, Mary A.
hitehil), Mr. Lewis Walton, Mr,
Ham Donsky and Mr, D, E. Mengle
Horsce Winkleman,
(i. M. Boal, Postmaster,
Rule Homan, a student af Helin
grove University, spent Sunday at the
ome of his parents, Mr, and Mrs, W,
H, Homan,
i
wee ke’
Mrs
tiie
Lied
Was Julia Ann
lof the late Js
WHE Orn at J
eight Year
dad at
WHE & WOInsn
days o
She
Munsters
her lile was spent
birth, survivia
band and
daughters :
Spring
ein 3
Mrs.
Philip
Leitzell, Belvidere, 11
tieiee, Penn
Pealer, Bpring Mill
Bixhorn, Beray.
Remu
Willis
8. SUBKRI
#
and Mr
fia
®
Eil Potter Tate died at the home of
his son, George CU. Tate, at Yeager.
town, Wednesday of last week, follow
ing a stroke of paralysis, Burial was
made in Myer's cemetery, Buffalo
Run, Saturday, the funeral cortege,
consisting of automobile hearse snd
five sutos conveyipg relstivea snd
friends, passing through Centre Hall
Haturday morning, enroute, Mr, Tate
wae a farmer by occupation and lived |
in Buflalo Run all his life with the
exception of the pssst twelVe years
when he lived with his son in Yonge I=
town. He was a civil war veteran, bo.
ing a member of Company C., 148 h
Regiment, He is survived by four
sons, namely, George C., Yeagertown ;
Bery. Ohio ; Herbert, Detroit, Mich. ;
Henry, Pitcairn. Also one brother,
Andrew Tate, of Bald Eagle Valley.
W. E. Tate, west of Centre Hall, is a
cousin of the deceased,
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Deaths of Ventre Countians,
Mrs. Catharine Cramer died pear
Pine Hall of arterial hemorrhage,
aged peveniy-eight years. She was
born in Germany and came to this
country when a young girl,
Mrs, Harrie! KE. Heaton died at her
home near Unionville of paralysis of
the bowels, aged seventy-four yenra
In the Altoona hospital, John Ful.
mer, a resident of that city, sged tween.
ty-six years. He was a son of Mr, alld
Mis. James P, Fulmer and was born
in Bellefonte, A wife and three chil.
dren survive,
JCAL
INTEREST
PARTS
5 OF LL
FROM ALL
nt the week e
nd at
Felephone (
stiller
G1r-
meeting in
week,
lay of next
i
arrived Centre
t to her
if
Oraogeville
was 8 general
wheat oke res
it fo 3 Cle
jiartere, The
time to
i develop a good
ari er wn
earance, and
the latter days
ited are green
will be able to
sf au
ng the pros.
are first
tune
#
Revere
1915
Ningers opened
©" iree HER.
before a well-
unfavorable
Many rural resi.
1 reserved seat
nd the entertain.
rain which fell dar-
rart of the evening.
up to the usual stand-
ntertsinment and gave
ation The receipts at
auted to over thirty dol-
ture
ire
iATs,
H. T. Waite of Renovo was the guest
of Mr.and Mrs. D. L. Bartges from
Haturday until Monday. Mr. Waite
for thirty-five years was boss bridge
econetructor for the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company and recently was
piasced on that company’s pension
list, Hintrip to Centre Hall at this
tine was with the view of renting a
bere but in this he wes un-
sucoesefol. Mr. Waite is desirous of
becomivg a resident of this town and
will make another effort next spring
to looate here.
ros enc
Frequent references in these ool
umune pave been made to the efMcient
farm work being done by the De-
Ianeys, just south of Centre Hall, and
a slatewent made by thresherman
Johu Duret again brings their names
before you as successful farmers, Une
til Inet spring Thomas Delaney lived
on ihe Baird farm, and it was his crop
of wheat that wae recently threshed
there yielding over eight hundred
bushels, a larger return than was
realized on that farm in many years,
John Delsney, on the Spayd farm,
threshed his second successive orop
of over eleven hundred bushels. Un-
til recently the yields from these
farms did nol attract attention, but
during the past years an effort has
bean wade to permanently improve
the soil, and, of course, the figures are
already beginning to show on the tally
board of the threshing machine and
ourn ib,