v ! BI-PARTIZANS IN STATE SENATE, Penrose Uredited With Being in Oontrol of Legislation In State Senste Because “Old Gaard ” Senators Sand With Ke- publican Stalwarts, Those who have made a careful study of the members of all parties in the state senate are ready to say that Penrose will continue to be the domi- nating factor in legislation, at least so far as the senate is concerned, This condition exists because of the fact that the * old guard ’”’ Democrats have aligned themselves with the BStal- wart or Penrose Republicans, and to- gether they number 30 to 50, or more than a mejority in the senate. It is this bi-partizan machine—made up of * old guard’ Democrats and Penrose Republicans ~that the better element in all political parties in Pennsylvania have sfriven to rid themselves during the past years, 2 peaking on this sutject a staff’ cor- respovdent of the Public Ledger makes this statement © Tho thing that assures the Penrose organization of absolute control of the Senate is the fact thatthe Democratic old guard Senators sland shoulder to with the Republican It is e«timated that the shoulder warts, bi- 80 to 50 votes in the B or mote than a msjority. Thirty Is the rock- bottom figure ; on ordinary questions the vote woul 1 be considerably higher. Therefore, no maite what the House may do, and that’s not regarded as ap nate, independent organ ztion, the Penrose apy bill iu the its reacbivg the could hait prevent maoiiipe Benste and Governor A — Letter from Mulroy. in Milroy I have conditions of the While visiting been ir vestigating town as compared with those of Centre Hall, The town is plentifaily with water sicce Laurel Hun takes in all the water the pipes will hold. The water tax is much higher thao in Cen- tre Hall. I ssked a business man the other day how much tax he paid. He replied $14.00 a year for two spigots io a seven-room house, with $3.00 addi tional nozzle to run a wash machine motor, making his total tax $17.00 My son-in-law pays $700 for one spigot whict Is sbout ths cost per spigot for each family, The best part of the water business however is Lhe fire protection afforded the people, The knitting factory raaning about half time, apd the Burnham itandard steel works about d.tto, The Cambria stone quarries, belong: ing to the Cambria steel works atl Johustown, are very busy, quarrying aud shipping stone, Cancel coal sells at 17 cents per hundred. This is than Centre Hall prices, Andrew McClintock has gone to Philadelphia to bear * Billy’ Suon- day, sud also to have a surgical opera- tion performed, Court closed Inst Friday ia Lewis town aod three Milroyers—one a widower, father of two children-—and the other two young men, are psying the penalty of evil doing. Boome time s8go they broke inte Crissman’s res tsursnt and stole a lot of cigars and cigaretts. The district attorney had them indicted for burglary aud lar ceny, and the Judge gave one of the young men & home in the reformsatory st Huntingdoo and the others he sent to Lhe western penitentiary for a sen tence of one to four years, W. A. KRisE, ———————— A CP AB AA Acunlveranry of Ulass of 1865, Dr. G. GQ. Pond is chairman of a committee having in charge arraoge- ments for the fifiieto anniversary of the class of '65, Pennsylvania dtate College. Fifty yesra is a long period, and it js natural that the committee is having difficulty in fludiog the ad- dresses of the living members of the class, Two geotlemen—Edward M. Foster and William J. Arney-—regls- tered from Centre Hall as members of '65 clase, and Dr, Poud will esteem it a favor if their whereabouts are made known to him. If they are d¢ceased he would like to bave that informa- tion, supplied is lene er ——————— “Hinte" Center of Agricultaral Rda sation, Htate College is to be made the cen- tre of sgricuitursl educstion snd dee lopment in the commonwealth, theoretical ss well ss practical, by Governor Martin G, Brumbaugh. Tris will Le done to get the fall beuefit of federal nid for farm bureaus, such ae have been operated in Blair, Lycoming snd other counties. It means that the state farm sdvisors foree will be vo longer directed from the department and is believed to in. dicate that farmers’ ipstitutes will eventually be put under direction of the college. ————————A— A AYP ATTAIN F. O. Hosterman will sell an express load of high-grade Illinois horses st Millbelm, ou Monday, These will be the * banner lond" of the season. Hee his ad. in another column, TEAVHERSY LGCAL INSTITUTE, “he First District of Centre County Frepar. ed for Interesting Meetings —-To boa Feld at Spring Milis Friday and Satur day, The first district of Cantre county will hold its teachers’ institute Friday and Saturday at Bpring Mills, The district comprises Potter, Gregg, Penn, Haines, Miles townships, Cen- tre Hall and Millheim _ boroughe, Prof. H. A Dodson is chalrman of the district, There will be two gessions— Fridsy evening and Saturday morn- ing. The evening session will be beld in the Grange Hall and the morning session in the high school room. The program follows : FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, AT 7:30 P, M. in Grange Hall Music, "* America Address of Welcome. con sreerinin E Response H. Hosterman atte wee Prof, C, L. Gramliey Music Address, * Directors’ Problems”. Dr, H. F, Bitner Music Address......... vinnie shsaatenis teres George H. Hugus Music SATURDAY, JANUARY in High School AT 2.00 A. M. 30, Singin Devotional Exercises .. Music Teaching Primary Miss Gertrude R. Musser Miss Carrie Musi View". Prol. R. U, g '' America” Rov. J. M. Price Bartgos Wasson Talks on ** Monthly Meeting of Teachers” Miss Maay A. Byers a ——— Miss Cora Luse Music 1 of Parent Mins Miss to the A Sohool" Fairy Mover Mabel Benediction... Rev, W, H. Williams {An oppo sion on all sul arismionasoumaliarl mm — Half Mililon for Fesble Minded Home, When the state legislature gets down to a workiog basis one of the bills that will be submitied by Representstive Harry M, Showalter will be an appro- priation totaling about a half million dolisrs for the erection and completion of the proposed home for feeble mind- ed women that is to be erected west of Hartleton by the stale, following an act of the last session of the legislature which spropriasted $40 000 for securing a site, Dr. Mary M. Wolfe, of Lewisburg, appointed superintendent of the pro- posed institution, bas been active in gecuring plaus and specifications for the institotion, It estimated that sbout $200,000 will be required for the buildings, aud the balance is Lo be ex- pended in equipment and its main. tenance for Lwo years, I'he site as at present located con. tains several irregular pieces of land, and tue bill will embody an item of $000 for acquiring land that will make the tract a square one, Every effort will be made to have the legislative body pass favorably up- on the appropriation, is Bays Uesntral Hotel Balldiog. H. E. Emery, brother of Merchant C. ¥. Emery of Centre Hall, bought the Central Hotel building st Middle- burg. The Central Hotel was known as the Old Waille House, and was “or many years one of the leading hostel ries io Snyder county. Last spring an application for a liquor license was re- fused this hotel sna the owner at once bosrded Lhe windows with rough slabs, making the building an eyesore to the people of Middleburg, Mr. Emery plans to convert the derelict hotel into a dwelling house for him- sell, B———————— Two Cantre Countians Uls in Jillnols, Mrs. Catharine Raber died in Free- port, Ill, Wednesday of last week, from a complication of diseases as a result of old age. She was born in Centre county, 18 6 and at the sge of five years removed with ber parents to Iilinols. Mrs, Margaret Mitchell, wife of Reuben Mitchell, died nesr Freeport, Lil, Monday of last week, alt the age of sixty years, Heart trouble was the cause of her death. Deceasrd was Lorn at Bellefonte in 1854, her maiden name being Margaret Ellen Hayes, —————— A SS —— Penu State's Football Schedule, A Lard schedule of football games has been prepared for State College for next fall. The schedule follows : Heptember 25--Westminister Col. lege, at Btate College, October 9-—University of Pennasyl- vania, at Philadelphia. October 16—Gettysburg College, at Biate College. October 23--Open. : October 30 —~Harvard, st Cambridge, November 5-~Lehigh University, at Btate College ( Pennayivinia day ) November 18-—Lafayette College, at Easton. November 25-—University of Pitts. burgh, at Pittsburgh, Am — LP ——————— Hchool opened Monday after being closed for a week during which time the building was fumigated for diph- theria While the members of Progress Grange and their invited friends ap- | plauded, twenty one hundred-dollar | bonds, representing the indebtedness | of the order sixteen years ago, were being consumed by fire. It was a pretty sight and an Impressive mo- | ment, The canceling ofa debt is al! GRANGE Stands to-day free of ¢ lebt, a monument ways 8 joyful period, This vond burping took pisce In Grange Arcadia on Thursday evening, and was witnessed by about two hun dred and fifty —members of the order of Patrons of Hosbaudry snd their friends Ibe bonds were consigned to the flames by a committee appointed by Master J. Cloyd Brooks, These gathered arcuod the lodge altar which a sperma candle was burning, | and after the twenty bonds had been | Histrituted smoug them they were! lighted and left fall on & large tray where in a few moments they were sashes. Previous to this, Hon. Leon. ard Rhone, who now ss well as in the early history of the organization, was a leadiog figure, spoke oi the organiza- tion of Progress Grange, which took piace in 1578, the first meetings having been held io the then vacant room in the public school bulldicg, second floor. The order maintalved its home there until the room was needed in the fall of 1508, when a part of the second floor of Foundry Hall (later totally destroyed by fire) was leased, The necessity of removing from the school bullding brought to consummation plans for the erection of a home for Progrees Grange that would not only be a credit to the local order, but to the community as well ; 8 home for not only the members of the order but for the establishment of a social aud educa | tional centre, These were termed dreams of dream. | ers in those days ; today they are resli- | ties—Girange Arcadia is a center for Grange work, It is a social center, an | educstional center, and a religious cen. | ter, The man in Center Hall or in| the community pesrby, who is proud | of his home, points with pride to | Grange Arcadia. It is one of the! institutions that make for the better, | that make Centre Hall and ite sur | roundings worth living in, . During the process of building! much labor was gratuitously given by members of the order, so that it may | be said truthfully that each one of the one hundred persons that held mem- bership in that period contributed to- | ward the erection of the home other | wise than through the regular chan | nel through which the guarterly dues | sud other funda pressed, : With all this effort, when the build. | ing was completed, there remsined bills unpaid sggregatiog $2500 Ii was then that the plan mapped out at] the conception of the building move ment was put into sction, snd bonds were issued which were readily taken at their face value of one hundred dol- iars each, bearing interest at five per cent. The Penns Valiey Banking Company took over $600, which sum wae repaid in small amounts from the order's tressury. When the ceremonies incident to the burning of te bonds were com- pleted, the spnouncement was made that the mansgement of the bacquet hall below was awaiting the guests, On going there it was found that on length of the hall were ladened with the choicest edibles in great variety se well as in great abundance JgWhen the tables were surrounded Chaplain G. L. Goodhart was called on to offer thanks for the temporal needs pro- vided and sfter this the bapqueters began to gratify their hunger, to the ¢ Prof. C. RB. Nefl master, and to the the Graoge done.” John B., Dale responded State Deputy Thomas BM. Plolet responded to ** What the Grange should do.” J. J. Arney also made a few remarks, devoliog bLimeeif to reminiscences, the toasl- “What has County Deputy splendidly. whe Ret SU HSCRIPTIONS TO BUILDING FUND Of course, the raising of the neces sary funds for the initial work on the proposed Grange Ha'l was the most difficolt task In the whole vodertak- fog. This maiter personally taken charge of by Rhone who then as now wae a recognized lesder in the Grange movement, During the summer and fall of Mr. secured sutworiptions aggregating $650 from three personal friende—~Hon. M, E. Olmsted, and Messrs. Patton & Pat on, the latier two Pennsylvania Rail road officials, and the former a member of Congress at that time. This made a very nestnucieus, and gave encourage. ment, Aboul this time the Centre county Pomons Grange made a con- tribution of $250. This added to the foregoing eubseriptions made a total of $500, Bubscriptions were then wolicit ed from members of the local order, whose home the funds would erect, and others. The records show that sums raugiog from $5.00 to $100 were contributed by the following persons : CONTRIBUTORS TO ORIGINAL FUND, Mrs Lottie K, Keller Mre. Maggie Rhone May V. Rhone David K. Keller Mrs, Sarah J. Arney Jacob Bharer Chas. B Nest PF. W. Person Daniel Fleisher Geo, W. Gingerich Johm Bpicher John Hamilton J. T, Rothrock Samuel Durst Frank 8. Moore James B, Stahl Mrs, Agnes Rote George Reiber Ketura Stump samuel Gingerich was Mr. Rbone 1897, James A. Keller Leonard Rhone Fiorence Rhone Christ D. Keller Mrs. Ella Arney 4. 1. Arney Lyoarge M. Boal C. R. Neff 8. W, Smith Alfred Durst Levi Stumm Thomas Edge Wm Glrerer James Gilliland Mors James Durst Elmim Gingerich Jerry Suavely Wm. C. Farner David Stoner Mrs, George Ocker Wm Fioray CHARTER MEMBERS There are living today seven of the thirty charter members. Those living are marked with an asterisk : J.J. Arney Dr, Pete 8mith James A. Keller Daniel Fleisher *Ephriam Keller i, A. Boal A. H, Hosterman *David Rhinesmith *3. M, Boal Mrs, Maggie Rhone *L. Rhone “Mra Maggie Keiler Lafayette Kel Mrs, Mary A. Neff James Lingle Mrs Sailied, Arney Samuel Croiger John B. Bither Mrs, Barbara Bitner Danigl Wion UD. Osman Mrs Sarah Sankey Goonge Hoffer Mre Sosan Hoffer Thomas Lingle *Me Maggio KE. “{offer James MeCormick Mrs, Mat} J. Rhine Mrs, Lottie K. Keller smi Mrs, Amanda Smith MEMBERS IN 1800, Progress Grapge now has a member. ship of 140 tut st the time of the building of Grange Arcadia it hed but one hundred members enrolled, and their names will be found below : three tables extending (he entire | ( Countisuod at foot of next column ) NO. 4 WRITES FROM MARKY LAND, Rev. #, A, Kerlin Tells of Big Fruit Waste in His State —Deplores European War and Expesges Thanks for Level-Hended Wiison, Editor Reporter : “ It has been a long time since 1 wrote. I have been anxious to see the people I know there but am kept ro busy that I do not get far beyond the limits of my charge ; eeldom even that far, ** We still appreciate the Reporter and note care’ully the chapges made by the rapid flight of time. Many are passing on to their eternal destiny here too. I have atiended seven fu- nersls here in a little over & month, We have had very litlle snow, only a faw days sleighing ; about ten days real cold weather, once down to six below zero, but for the last tep days spring weather with several heavy rains, “Apples weresn plentifal that several bundred bushels went Lo waste for one fruit-grower. He estimated his crop at 5,000 barrels. Multiply thie by scores of Isrger orchards scross the Potomac, in the Virginias, and you some idea of the cutput within a radios of of not many miles, Nice spples can ba had $1.50 per bbl. Thou satids of bushels of pesches were lost, i“ have al Rome shipments barely paid for bask- ets and crates, while others brought handsome relurne, The crop wes the Lisst year they brought §2 50 per bushel. Cherries, plums and berries, ns well as wheat, corn and bay iargesl ever, were abave the general average, “Americas isa land of plenty, In view of the needless, inhuman, orgsp, ized murder in Earope, catting off the f the best nnd brightest o people, mak- cripples, widows sod rained and little eal or wear, how grateful we should be that we are Americans, separated from them by vast oceans, we are at pence, and thet we have a Godly President with a head #0 level that he cannot be moved by every scusationald Jingo, “I often think of the dear friends in old Centre. For them 1 wiil ever have a piace in the Chambers of Mem- ory, some of the besutiful, yes, fsecis nating scenery was so well described, by broitbher Garver, that It made me long to look upon it again, “1 loved that country, snd who would not, bul I still believe I was directed from there by Oue who is above all, and to whose will all should be obedient. For the ninsteenth year I ama still serving the same two churches, “Prompted by brother Garver's letter I will al sometime, write con- cerning the gaps in Tussey, Nittany and the Seven Mountaine, “A.A Krux." Sharpsburg : Md. ing millions of orphans, houses to thint Falls From Train—Killed, When she sttempled handfal of apple parioges from the train, Mrs. Preston Seyler of near Rebersburg was thrown from the plat- form and ioetanily Killed, Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs, Seyler, who hsd been residents of Miles township for a few years, were on their way to College ville where they expecied (0 make their fature home, Mr. Seyler having secured work on a dairy farm at that place. Ata point between BSoyder- town sud Shamokin Mrs. Seyler walk- ed to the rear of the car for the purpose of disposing of some apple parings. The coach was one having a vestibule, but the brakeman failed to close it that morning and when Mrs. Seyler ap- prosched the sleps she was thrown from the car, She was instantly kill- ed, Her body was shipped to Mill- heim where it lay in Undertaker Campbell's parior until Saturday when the funeral services were held and in- terment made al Aaronsburg, Rev, D. M. Geesey officiating. Mra. Heyler was Mise Artie Winkle- bleck aud was born at Asronsburg thirty years ago. Bbe is survived by her husband and her parents, Mr, and Mrs. George Winkleblech of Haines townehip Her two children are dead. to throw =a (Continued from previous column ) : Christ D Keller Mary Gingerich Annie Bible Mm, Lettie Goodhart Mrs. Levi Stump John Spicher Mrs. James 8. Stahl Jacob sharer Te f i I i it fH HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Prof. E. W. Crawford opeued a sing- ing school in Lemont grammar school room, Friday eveniog. Mr. and Mrs. George R. Meek of Bellefonte are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby boy -—George Reuben by name, Byron Garis and sons, Bheridan and Reuben, are doing mason work on the uew building which 8. W. Gramley will erect in Millheim. Diphtberia broke cut in the home of Mr, and Mie John Decker in Mill heim, sud two of the children are sul- fering from the disease, H. M. Hipple of Baltimore, for a few daye last week, was the guest of his broth r-ip-law, D. Milton Bradford, and also of his father-in-law, Maynard Meeker, J. F. Kurtz, editor of the Lewisburg Journal, spd postmaster of the same piace, was in town Balurdsy to ale tend a meeting of the stockholders of the Centre Hall Water Company. W. H. Willlame and Rev. Rev. FP. 3 H. Foes are galniog souls in union revival services which been in progress for several I'be meetings are being well their hava weeks, attended apd much interest manifested, That portion of the Miliheim Bank. ing Company's building occupied for banking purposes was decorated by A, 8B. Work, who decorated the Lutheran cburch in that town & year BRO. or two The grand inst week, rec jary in Union smmended county, thal a new will immediately be laken towards its erection. The old jail has been con- demned by ipepeciors several Limes. Mre. J. RB. Gephart, says the Mill. heim Journal, recently purchased a part of the J. Epigelmyer lot and in the early spring will start the erec- tion of a buliding in which she can conduct her restaurant business, as well as furnish liviog quarters. elale « Ealing too much cold slaw caused the desuh of Miss Anna Irene Coldron of Lewistown. The young lady, aged eighteen years, ale a large quantity of the cabbage slaw in the evening before retiring snd early vext morning was seized wilh violent pains, Bhe was taken to the hospital where she died, Thomas M, Piolet of Wysox, Brad- ford county, lecturer of the BSiate Grange, paid a visit to Centre Hall snd witnessed tLe bond burning in Grange Arcadia. Mr, Piolet and John =. Dale, who was also here to witness the same ceremony, were entertained by Prof. C. R. Nell on Thursday night snd Friday. The directors in the Farmer's Na- tional Bank, Millheim, were reduced from ten lo pine, which will avoid the necessity of electing a successor to the inte Willismn Pesler, who held a direc. torship al the time of his death. At the annual meeting of the directors of the financial institution, all the other directors were re-elected, The babitual “ toper ’ sustsined the heaviest joit since the license was knocked out in Mifflin county, in 1908, when Dr. J. P. Rothermel, the head of a large drug business, snoounced to the public that no more * booze” would be psseed over his counters no matier whether the prospective pur- chaser was iD possession of the Deoes- gary perscription or not. Among the State Board of Health rules just adopted is one forbidding any one haviog a communicable dis ease to be employed in places where ealables are served. Another reguls- tion prohibits tue display on side walks of vegetables or articles: of food eaten uncooked, uvless properly pro- tected from flies and upon a stand not jess than two feet bigh-—safe from grey hound high water mark. The Geiss house, across the street from the Reporter office building, was purchased from the Misses Geiss by B, W. Smith, The trapsaction was bee gun snd completed within the first message period over the Bell line from Centre Hall to Philadelphia, where the Misses (leis live, The consideration was $2200. The home will be occu pled, when vacated by Prof. H. A, Dodeon, on April 1st, by Edward E. Bailey, one of the Reporter proprie tors. At the begloniog of the European war it was thought motor power had to a very large extent supplanted horse, but as time went on the gradually came into demand, and day be ls needed as much as in previous war. The road conditions the eastern and western War zones sach that success would not thought of but for the horse. conditions have obliged all nations volv.d to purchase horses on a scale, aud the result is a general i: sisissiis f ; vauoce in prices.
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