AIR LINE TU NEW YORK, Rallroad Facilities for Boalsburg, Tussey- ville and When New Line Bullt—-827,000 000 to be Expended, Coburn in| A dispateh from Harrisburg to the Public Ledger of Bunday, November 22, says: The sum of $27,000,000 will be ex- in building the New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway Com- pany’s air line through the central part of Penneylvanpia, if the plans of this company, which was organized after a sherifl’s sale in Pittsburgh, October 31, are carried out, The company now nominally owned by Edward T. Noble, of the law firm of Evans, Noble & Evans, of Pittsburgh, but in filed with the Pennsylvania Public Service Ci ion he vey the props new pended is A slatement will ¢ rty, franchises and rights Mr. Noble Pittsburgh eing known Pittsburgh and Chi npany. pany is owned by CIigal Bays Luat he i corporation. petty at the any then | r York e Railroad Co Har- tate, al d the com which have BIR up| 00 000 in surveys and the f rights o ditional work for the people of f much ad- Penn urces way, will mean EyiVaANIR, | he { 2) Al. Eis Ya 4 : or this State's res cap drawn upon for el, timber ' the and all iron and labor, i1aat 448% 0 The approval by the Publie Mervice Commission of the reorganization of > THANKS, ly Say Than in The men in Centre Hall tell the Reporter that business thus far in 1914 bas been equal to or better than in 1913, and for this they give thanks today. Their gratitude may not have been expressed at the morning Thanke- giving services, but yet each one of them is thankful—very thankful— that their business has improved over last year. Business conditions in Cen- tre Hall, of course, do not sflect generel business, but locally good busi. ness conditions here are just as im- portant to Centre Hall as similar con- ditions in Wall to New York. All of us then have many rea gona for which to be thapkful, A representative of this paper talked to most of the business mer in town, ex- Bosiness a8 Goud sud Better 1913, bueriness street are and following is summed u pressions given by them : The man whose volume p the of business is probably greater thau any other in this locality is John H. Weber, pro- prietor of the Centre Hall roller mills, He was quite emphatic in his expres- siness in the various lines iroughouat 1914 had been tisfectory, and that the $60, will be and probably exceeded to a Mr. Weber's busi 8 ia varied, and some lin have acti ve this fall aa last, no- ion that bu entirely a: of buriness done last year cqualled rable sum. ouside es $b \ NOL Ue) 48 the Li old « 1910, is charler, ‘ : , laws th ¢ mpeny, coartered May 26, virtually spproval of a new until next May to apply ing the old ¢ The shorter between pany. new lune will } New sny oth shares burgh thar of 17 000 : il $50 par, or § rt zed i { at this time t f this stock valid, the comp years rack in survey of Connpec- constructed a quarter mile of t Armat the the line finished tions will be made Pittsbargh and at Allentown, The route as surveyed passes through | Westmoreland, strong, Indians B lair, Mifflin, Union, Boyder, ume. land, Behuylkill and uot I'he rong county, but hiss been with other lines a! A £2 Arm- Centre, North- Lehigh llegheny, Clearfield, ¢ i its, : road Pitts. Aspin-| Will pasa through turgbh, Millvale, Eharpsburg, Hoboken, Montrose, Verons, n, Ms Olivet, West Lebavon, Indiapa, Bsmple Ran, Pleasant Chesterfield, Houtzlale, Boaleturg, Tusseyville, Synag Bo ber, Colurp, Iron, Kreamer, Dorpsife, Gotshsll, Gowen City, Dow- dyviile, Helfersatein, Mowry, Lavelle, Astiland, Girardville, Mah: noy Plane, wall, Mill kle, OXlaboma, | Apo'l Park- w ood Valley, Dix, | gue, | Glen M 1hianoy City, Tamequa, West Z hopers, Jordan Hiegergville and Allentown, legheny River will be spanned near Pittsburgh snd the Buwsquehsaona River will be bridged midway between Harrisburg and Bunbury. Counsel that it will open pew agricaltursl and | mining districts that have been neg- lected, Most of the line will through fertile valleys, studded with farms and sections of the bituminous coal flelds that now have iittle railroad facilities, The population of the coun- tiea crossed is 2 500 456 Penn, | Valley, Unionville, The Al- for the company points cu! be rem—— i —r——— Splendid Thavk-UMarlog Service, The Home Foreign Miwionary riety of Lutheran church at Tusseyville rendered a besun- tiful program on the occsslon of the ingathering of the thank-cffering boxes, Bunday evening, in the Union chute. The mission cause is close to the Liearis of the people in the little community of Tueseyville and where in the Penns Valley charge do and the Woman's no the people give more liberally or more spontaneously than bere, Upon open ing boxea it was learned (hat §64 05 had been contributed by mem- bers of the rociety ; the piate collec. tion swelled the fund to the amount of $75 10 An sppropriate service, In which the children were the prominent fac. tor, was given to an sudience which crowded the church to the doors Careful training and earnest effort was manifested by the way in which ssch child performed his or her part, and reflects great credit upon those who had the exercises in charge, and es. peeinlly upon Mrs. William Bittner whose untiring labors tended toward success, the The Youth's Companion uslendar, The publishers of The Youth's Jompanion will, as always at this gesson, present to every subscriber w hose subscription ie paid for 1915, a calender for the new year. It in a gem of ealendar-making, The decors. tive mounting is rich, but the main purpose has been to produce a calen- dar that is useful, and that purpose has been achieved, ha of Heptember, October and Oibier lines have advance ed as much us fifty per cent. During ear Mr. Weler ma. ved his plant. Over 0 were expended in improving sid- ven ber, the prosent y Lins ts rially impr ities, Willi A. Odenkirk ners! merchandise tion, 1914 belog his third year in that line, When ssked as 4 of 1914 compared to 1913 he ur 161 the t conducts a business at the {Im g ata business in to the gr those of heaitatingly replied isiness of the present year Odenkirk g up a good substantial trade, vas better than last, Mr is buildi: d at the same time is improving his property. C. F. Emery has been in business in Centre Hall since 1909, and has kept a close record of sales an He is « general merchant, Oa the whole the business Nome of the leading linea bave very much others fell short of From a standpoint of profit increased, while last year, the 1914 trade equals and probably ex- i at of last year and the yemr eV ous in the Centre Hall meat market conducted by John 1913, he retail business { Dsuberman is in excess over is good reasou for Mr. The business in sight, bul he was uoable to get fter it on account of the deep snows of the present His wholesale business ia large- ly composed of veal calves, which are gathered over a wide ares, During the best season the roads were in such condition that it was a physical im- possibility to get to the waiting trade, The present year is the second T. L Hmith has been in business in Centre Hall. His sales Juring 1914 have been mucl of those of the pre- Mr. Bmith is a desler in stoves, heaters, and hardware and also a shilled tivner. In all these lines business with him has been steadily on the increase since be opened busi. neas here, Kreamer & Bon are chants ahd have been in business in Centre Hall for many years, Their statement is that thus far in 1914 their sales have equaled those of the cor- responding months in 1913, The Centre Hall Evaporating Com- pany reporis an almost complete slump in business, but for good reas- ons, The war In the esst prevents the exportation of evaporated apples to Germany, to which country almost the entire surplus of this commodity fa shipped in time of peace, The general distribution of the apple crop closed the markets for profitable ship- ments of hand-picked apples to the localities that last year bought somes thing like thirty thousand bushels of this fruit from the Centre Hall and Coburn plants, The Boozer-Fetterolf livery business is falling back. This ia due to the ap- pearance of the automobile that Is do. jog the larger portion of the work heretofore done by the livery horse and carrisge. This same firm also conducts a garage and {a associated with the C. H. Breon & Co., salesmen for the Ford cars. In this line the business of 1914 ls largely In excess of Inst year, In the eaddlery business, D, A. Boozer reports that last spring's trade was the best he exverienced in the thirty years of his business career in Centre Hall, Bince then the trade fell back to the normal of the past few There this, Dsuberman explained W Rs 8 beginning il eXCo88 vious year, general mer- | Continued on luside page. | thanks on this Thanksgiving Day?” Rev. W. H. Behuyler, Presbyterian, ple's faith In God, their high moral tone, order, and thrift, their over- whelming opposition to the censed liquor traffic, which swat it desnd whenever it will for her neat homes, clean water, and of Open ; streets, pure air and freedom from a multitude that flesh is heir to. Rev. W, H. Williams, Methodist. “Thankful that we have a know- ledge of Almighty God our Heaven- ly Father, Creator, and Giver of all good and perfect gifta ; for a pros. perous year, free from pestilence fire and sword ; hat God in mercy sends f tn and children--home and frie or comforts In the time of need, For every kindly word or deed, For happy thoughts and holy talk, For guidance in our dally walk, everything give thanks, Rev, R. RB Jones, Reformed. ““ The people of Centre Hall have #0 much to be thankful for, that because of the very abundance, they may fail to see any of the blessings. We shall name a few : “1 For the means of grace, fur- nished bv the churches of this town. You, perhaps, look at it as a duty, but it is a blessing. ‘¢ 2. For national peace, its value is emphasized by contrast with Europe. ‘8. For the temporal blessings of life enjoyed by all the residents of Centre Hall—food, shelter, cloth. ing, ete. Millions in Earope lack theese blessings. ’ Rev. F, H. Fose, United Evangeli- cal. “In common with America’s millions the people of Centre Hall should give thanks to Almighty God for national pesce and plenty, also for cur enlarged capscity and mre perfect cquipment to serve ourselves and mankind ; and in particular for the general health which has obtained, for the abund- ance of temporal supplies, for the continued fellowship of co genial asrociates, for the opportunity of assisting others in need and for a wider vision of our Individual responsibility and usefulness, ”’ Mowery -Bell Heory Mowery and Mrs. Jane Bell were married Tuesday evening of last week at the home of W. H. Miller, at 1712 Chestnut Bt, and 7th Ave, Al toons, by Rev. W, H., Williams, the Methodist minister from Bpring Mills, who at the tine was on a short vsca tion to the Mountain City. The couple are well known in Centre Hall where both lived for a year or more preceding their marriage, Mr. Mow. ery living in the house now occupied by George W. Bradford. During his residence here Mrs, Bell was employed as housekeeper, and upon his removal from Centre Hall Mrs. Bell continued to live herealone, occupying as room in the Kreamer store building. They will make their home in Aaronsburg. we rdf msm— Christmas Bazaar The Ladies’ Ald Society the Methodist cburch will open their bazsar ou Friday evening, December 4. at six o'clock, in the Bartholomew ice cream parlor, Both fancy and useful articles of all kinds, including several comforts, will be on sale. A ight lunch will be served. The beziar will be open to the public all day on Baturday and during the even- ing. Ice cream, cake, and home made candy will alco be ou sale, of MII LHEIM HAS ANOTHER BIG FIRE, Eutire Business Block floes Up In Smoke Eatly Tharsday Morning of Lest Week Loan Almost $20,000, Partially Covered By Insurance, The torch of the incendiary was again applied to the business section of the borough of Millheim and this time a monetary loss of almost $26,000 is represented in the total destruction of six stores and residences, and two big stables, together wita store goods, household goods, and other property. The fire started at half past three o'- clock Tuureday morning, in the front part of Mench’s clothing store, located on Penn street and close by the race, From here the fire was communicated to the building on the south-east corner of Main and Penn streets, own. | ed by 8B. Ward UGramley snd occupied by Herr & Ulrich’s five and ten cent store and Robert B, Btover's jewelry | store and postoffice. The fire contin-| ued eastward along Main street, level. | ing the Jerome Bpigelmyer store build- ing, the building occupied by Guy P. | Springer as a barber shop and by Mrs, J. Russell Gephart as a restaurant ; a Buildings Owned By Ocenwpied By H. B. Mensch { Herr & Ulrich 1 8B. W. Gramley 8. W, Gramley Postoftice J. Bpigeimeyer Mrs, KR. Gephart, Guy P. Springer, Hlable N, A. Auman Btable J. Bpigelmeyer Mrs. F. KE. Gutelius Mm. F. KE. Gutelius P. P. Leitzell GQ, B. Stover Summer House J. Bpigelmeyer H. B, Mensch Herr & Ulrich R. 8. Stover Mm. R. Gephart Guy P, Springer Btore Goods A. Komslor Miliheim Banking Co. Smith & Musser Harry Herr A. Frank Store and Block Bullding Stock Building Totals... County Urauge, The Centre County Pomona Grange met in regular session in ast (irange Ar- eadia, Wednesday of | week, The attendance was not Bs ususlly the case, but the meeting was spirited. The regular ness wana gone through, and were heard from the various enterprises conducted sg large is busi- reports heads of routine the by the body, and all of them were favorable, showing growth in sll directions. The partial report of the Grange En- campmeut and Fair association was especially gratifying, the finances showing a decided balance In favor of tures for general improvements and had been large. The initial step was taken to boost the exhibition exhibition buildiogs will be erec’ed. pecinl Servicer A week held in gioning November 30.4, E Hawes of Bellefonte Dr, Hawes bas been in be bie. George of special services will the Presbyterian church Dr. will Centre preach, county only a few years, but long enough to show himself to be one of the strong. est preachers io central Peuneylvania A cordial invitation to be present is extended to everybody. dwelling cwped by Mra. F, E. Gutel- ius and occupied by Nevin A. Auman, also the large stable on the same prop- erty ; a double residence occupied by P. P. Leitzel and C. G. Boob, and the property of the former; the summer bouse of G, B. Btover. All the store goods were destroyed and a great smount «of household goods. The intense heat did considerable damage to the heavy plate glass windows in the Kessler department store across the street, and also to the Millhelm Banking Company's new building. The loss is estimated at nearly $26. 000 with insurapce to the amount of $15000. The-heaviest loser is J. Bpigelmyer, who sustained a loss of $3500 on his buildings with only $1000 insurance, and $3000 Joss on store goods with no insurance. Olher prop- Thureday’s big fire recalied to mind the terrible conflagration of January 5, 1909, when fire swept the opposite side of the street, entailing a loss of ap. proximately $60,000, Below is given in detall the losses suflered by the various properly own- ers and the insurance carried. Insurance Loss 1000 3500 Restaurant Barber Shop S000 00 1500 BOO 2000 0 3000 a0 2000 1500 0 None 100 Fully Covered " " 150 BUKNED TO DEATH Mrs, Annie Fetterolf Warriors Mark Digs From Burns Recelved While Burn Ing Brush—-Was Born in Potter ship of Towne Death by burning was the terrible fate met by Mis, Anpie Fetterolf, wite of Clayton Fetterolf of Warriors Mark, Mr. Mre, Fetterolf, early in the day, gathered together a lot of brush that had sac cumula'ed farm Thureday eveniog and about their tending to the fire while olf aseisted in carrying short time before Fetterolf returned to his Mrs, brush. A o'cloek I eleven 1 in ti i I work fields, but not until the fire to Mrs, 1] ¥ to put cut all trace of the reduced embers wishi re re } $ re re Lh i garden breaking up the live coals go t! be fo urning to ise busily engaged with become Whether spark was thrown on b might ext rapidly, only } lausible Enown but it is the pl which fol pi for Looking down sh part of her dress ix anat on thal observed ti M1 she ran screaming the making deadly work, side her ru flames ining cause Fal Lo Lier a Liort {1 distanc om her | only vestment WHE remove along with it, § he hier daughter, v y I ot he house an her bed “1 wanted burn death,’ Medical attention was give her but her barn ever: death relieved her of suflering 7:16 o'clock the Mra. Felterolf was ARn Joseph and orn on the old room where she ia} inorying to die, but idn't ant to BB Were ber garne day. i er of | . 1 Vato) the daugh #8 Mhires Hhirk was i Bhirk bh now owned by Williama Nefl, in ter township. of ineral Bhe was fifty- of sage ¥ pervices from her late ho terment sarviving were me, Sunday, i ana wr Warri Mark ber al Are natuely, mace her re husband Carrie I'he Mre two daughters, Ruth, both at home, lowing #irlern De jamin William Kern, Shirk of Centre deceased, RiBO PUTVIVE Hull; Mrs Gentzel, Bpriong Mills; Hall ker, near Centre {Jak Hall is an uncle Seatbelt sis" $400 000 From Hunters’ Licenses, The issuspce of b Pennsylvania will pass the mark this week, in the opinion of men connected with the stale game com- mission, and it thought that the total for the year will go pretty cloee to the flgure of 305000 for The iesnanpce in th to be larger than last year, The next legislature will have over $400 000 to sppropriate se a result of the operation of the law in two years One-half of this money will go to the reimbursement of counties for pay- ment bf bounties on scalps of noxious animals and birde, and the other half will be to aid in establishment of game preserves and in game propaga tion. Itis the pian to establish six additional preserves, the sites | been tentatively selected, OD. LL Lectare To-morrow Night, Don’t forget to attend the number on the Centre Halli Lecture Course tomorrow (Friday) night. Dr. James Hedley will be the orator of the evening and he has a8 message that will strike to the hearts of his hearers, His " What a Man Worth’ is possibly the best of his seven famous lectures, and an oppor- tunity to hear a man of Dr. Hedley's calibre should not be passed by. The price of admission will be twenty-five cents for adults and ten cents for chil. dren. Reserved seats are five cents extra, liver in {} (WX) unters’ Pes ia Isat year { year, e large cities is said aving ae cond ia A — Donthe of Ventre Counntinos Thevesea Z Meek died on the Meek homestead in Patton towns ip,” Wed- nesday of Inst week, from the eflecis of a paraiytic stroke. She was born in 1839, aud was a sister of P. Gray Meek, editor of the Watchman, Mra, Sarah Margaret Shilling died at the Bellefonte hospital Wednesday of Isst week, following an operation for blood poleoning. She was born at Howard forty-four years ago. Mrs. Perinah Shields died in Miles. burg, of pneumonia, at the age of sevenly-one years, J. C. Rossman shipped a oarload of hogs to the esstern market, Friday, NO. 46 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Ker of Mifflinbarg spent Bunday with his parents at Co- burn. wiph eller Roland Zsttle of near WEE B Caller week, A draft t] pay t must hono Millis is office one day last Pollers the chimney won't he the coal bin fur } istaticd 8 hot new residence of J. week, f of Bellef: Bir M . this inte week at the home Harter at Co. ange Hall, Hear his you will Phil- Bartholomew (fried of d will remsuin id f Mr. a: y is vis randparents, t- water the this side a hat aelract at | { periy with sn ID tre Hall come #Ur- f turkeys in on the Peter Hiil, The updred aud will come tlie has the fl Yor RPpEears as e than hot air. a dispatch from read with more than passing interest by many of the Reg jer rier readers, again, it hough mor In this jesus Harrisburg ie.prinled Will Le that Mr Last week's Mifllind Du Penns Valley urg Telegraph Keller. cashier of the Basuk at Centre Hall, wae 8 plessing business caller at this office on Monday lsst. He has taken out letters of administration, with the estate of David eid : vid K will annexed, on the Kleckper, deceased, Thankegiving services, of 8 union held in the Evan. Fhureday ) morn. Rev. W. H. preach. The offering benefit of the Belle forte hospital. A similar service will held in Reformed church at Spring Mills in the evening. Mr. and Mre. Malcolm A. Luse are spending a few weeks at the home of the former's brother, P. H. Luse, on the Huyett farm. Mr. Luse for the past few years was employed at Nor. folk, Virginia, by a contractor, but work in his line for the present is at a standstill and be has decided to locate in Johnstown, where he formerly lived, A party of eight from Yarnell con sisting of Edward Heaton, Edward Buid, Oscar Wensel, James Wensel, Roy Fetzer, Raymond Felzer, Will iam Peace and Cleveland Packer did their first season in the Heven Moun. tains, and Friday morning returned home with two large bucks. They were located on State land along Sinking Creek, in the vicinity of Nevil’s, east of the Bear Meadows, Pennsylvania seeded 13,100 more acres for whest this fall than during the sowing season of 1913 and the acreage devoted to the cereal would have been greater If weather condi tions had been more favorable, ao cording to a review of the crop condi tions just issued by the buresu of statistios of the stale department of agriculture, The acreage devoted to wheat this fall is estimated xt 1,885 120 character, will be gelical church tunis { ing at 10:30 Williams will be for ¥ o'clock will the De the for immediate slaughter, acres against 1 312 000 acres last year,
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