A REVIEW OF COUNTY FINANCES, Year by the Present Democratic Board, Fhe financial condition to those who pay taxes, 4 h, 1915, Is shown to be $3232 out debt, This is the result ably with the financial covering the year 1911 ment the total indebtedness of county, on January 1, 1912, was $139, 505 83 In their rg suditors had irregularities which had been commit ted and grown up through the pegli- gence and want of care and diligence, in the administration of the finances of the county, There is also a reduction of two mills in the tax levy for county purposes for the current year. This means that the county finances have honestly and judicious'y administered e board of commissioners have office that the ordinary expenditures, together with the amount due the sinking fund and interest on the bond- ed debt, can all be met by a tax of four mills fer county purposes, County finances or their manage- ment flactubtes very much with the ie board, as 1911 many the county errors and ort for voted been so three the present been in during the years politics of the ms jority of ti statements published first commissioners, the me jority of which tepublicans, came into office on the firet Monday of January, 15588 The board that preced- ed this board left a favor cf the county of $24 000.00, per- haps over (hat, The board which entered upon their duties as stated in January, expir nthe first Monday of Japuary, 1591, made ‘away with the snug talauce favor of the county left by their predecessors, and left liabilities in of well padded assets, of $5 267.63 What meant by well padded assets, is that a lot of upcoliectable notes and cigims on which nothing could ever be reals ized were counted as assets This board was board, the mesjority of which were pure, unadulterated Democrats, and continued io office uatil the first Mon- day of Javuary, 15897, They not only paid the debt left by their predecessors and made many repairs to the County property, but left including $7,722.96 in cash, of $13 701.70, and in this only assets that could be real zed upon were counted, The msjority of the board which came into office on the first Monday of January, 1867, Republicans, aud the snnuai statement for 1889, published Februay, 1900, shows a bsi- ance, hrciuding cash aud of $24 229.12 fo favor of the county, but this board was succeeved by a board which took cflice the first Monday of January, 1900, and the auditors report for 1902, published in 1903, shows a balance in favor of the county, over all liabilities, of $25 001 38 Io 1902 the politica of the msjority of the board again became Republi. can, and the report for 1905, pubiizshed in 1906, shows lisbilities in excess of al! assets of $32 517 72, The board again became Democratic on the first Monday of Janus-y, 1906, and when their term expired on the first Monday of January, 1909, the liabilities of the county exceeded the assets $14 213 19 The tax levy ran slong from about 1586 at the rate of three mills on the dollar until 1590, when the only Re publican board the county had for many years, in its desire 10 be re-elect. appears by the by the boerd of county different boards. The were $11 Jil cash balance In 1588, term ed « ing exces ia succeeded by =a Apae’n, Were assets baif mills, It did them no The people preferred good that it took at least three mille, including 1905, was three purposes, millage. applied that the large cish balance in the hands of County Tressurer Mil ler, to wit: $32 821 73, together with all available assets, left the net debt of the county, on January 4h, 1915, $6,586 61 ne ngninst $189,506.84, on the first boudny of Jauukry, 1912 Continued at foot of next column.) oF, Le gent » LOUAL OPTION DEMOCORATIO, Htate Chairman Morris’ visit to Japitol Hill, his talke with legislators of his party and his published assur- auce that the Democrats will be the stoutest local option champions of the Governor is in harmony with the courageous way that party met the local option issue in its platform and campaign and in striking contrast with the shirkiog course of the Penrose followers. Pennsylvania Democracy was and is outspoken for local option. On this great question of home rule it never faltered. It championed the cause knowing that it would cost its candi- dates the enormous vote and still more enormous campaign fund of the liquor forces, It went boldly before the peo. ple, declaring its determination to let the people of a community decide { whether it should be ** wet’ or * dry.” | It did not, as the Penrose gsng, side. | step the question by a vote of 95 to 5 [or by any other vote, It did more {thao that. It requested such of its | legislative candidates as were on the Personal Liberty ticket with Dr. Brumbaugh to quit it. It did not want por does it desire any entangling allispce with * booze’ that fattens on government, Its sincerity thus proved, the Demo- cratic legislators can support and work for local option legislation with esger- nees, tat Governor Brumbsugh should not stop wvere he is, Less than a handful of men can, with a wink, transform the Governor's doubts to certainties. Let him appeal for local option aid with open frankness to “Jim” McNichol, Penrose, the Vares, Crow aud others of his backers upon whom the booza in'eresta are depend. ing. If they will, the early passage of a local option bill is assured, ———— ea — High Price Paid for Wheat What is said to have been the high- t price ever received for wheat in this state hss been paid to Thomas W, Piollet, a graduate of the school of agriculture of the Pennsylvania Ftate College, He was given $1.50 a bushel for nearly 1000 bushels by the Dayton Milling company. Piollet grew wheat of ¢xtra high grade. His success is attributed to epecial care In fertilization and liming. Ihe Piollet farm is located at Wygsox. three miles from Towands. While in college, this successful $oung farmer bad time to play football on the var- sity eleven se well as study agricul ture, PE i A AAA, Big Farm Sales, One of the largest sales in Centre county to date waa that of John Beh- rer, at Waddle, the total amount of goods sold being $5,500 Horses es’ pecially sold high, one animal briong- ing $350, and a team $660 It is esti- mated that one thousand people at tended. Another big sale was that of George Irwin, at Peunsyivanis Furnace. Horses sold for $250, caws for $95, and yearling colts for $110 The total amount was almost $4000 % -— tsi County Entitled to Five t chola ships, ssBy mesuvs of a donation made to I've Pennsylvania Stete College by Dr. and Mrs, T. R. Hayes of Bellefonte five scholarships worth $85 each are given each year to the five counties of the slate showing the highest ratio of students in the college to the total population of the county, The suc- cessful counties for 1915 are : Cameron, Centre, Dauphin, Forest, and Wyom- ing. The county superintendent of schools together with the high school principals of esch county constitute a governing board to make the appoint. ment before June lst. Centre county has held one of there scholarships esch year tioce thelr insuguration. Among the holders have been: Bevjsmin G. Hunter, Raymond Jenkins, E E Thomss, L. D. Whit ing, and Ellie O Keller, all of Belle. foute, A AAA Rev. Bamuel Bmith, a veteran min- ister of the Evangelical church, died in Mifflinburg at the age of eighty two years, a a A ———————— ( Continued from previous column, ) [tis to be remembered that in re- cent years the expensé upon counties has increased greatly by resson of legislation making counties liable for certain expenses which before were not paid out of the county tressury. While this is true the board of com- missioners, especia’ly when Republi. can, refused or failed to recognizes these new obligations, And the conse quence was they invariably left the connty largely in debt and it was made the duty of the Democratic boards to raise funds and pay the debt, This they aiways did fairly snd hon- estly, and following the example of thelr Democratic predecessors, the present board has heroleally met ite great responsibilities and should be, ae they deserve to be, re-nominated and NEWS OF 18851, Notes Taken From Filles of The CUentre Reporter of Thirty-four Yenrs Ago, May 26th—-On »unday, while Dr. Alexander had h's horse hitched to a post at Wm. Emerick’s, the animal took fright and ran off, badly wreck- og the sulky. Horace Z:rby has the material on the ground for the new brick school house at Potters Mills, Many of our farmers are using phos- phate as fertilizers, with good results, Many farmers in Nittany Valley as well as some in this valley, are obliged tu replant corn. Last Wednesday night the store of Clevan Dinges was entered and a lot of sugar, molasses, and some smaller articles taken. The thieves gained entrance through the cellar door in front of the store, June gnd—Thomass Hull of Asrons- burg was quite unfortundte on Mon. day last, He was working on the Evangelical eburcu. in course of erec- tion, when one of the secaflolding boards broke and precipitated him to the ground, a distance of fifteen to twenty feet, causing bim to sustain some severe ipjuries internally, The last freak of nature are three kittens grown together at the under hind part of the body, produced by a cat owned by John T. Lee of this place. The triplets have perfect bodies and seem more lively than the other kitten of the same litter. AI —— Farm House Burned, The dwelling house on the farm owned and occupied by Clair Weston, three-fourth mile north of Port Ma- tilda, was totally destroyed by fire on Baturdey a week. It msppeats the fire originated at about 8:15 p. m., in an outbuilding and no cause can be as- signed for it. Nearly all the furniture in the house was saved owing to the great effort of the owner, who labored until completely exhausted, The bouse had just been erected by Mr, Weston a few years ago, he having bought the farm and improved it, The loss wes much larger than insurance, which was $50 on bouse and $108 on the furniture. the ihe a —— I rT A———— McSparren Hits at Intensive Farming, Intensive agriculture, if practiced on American farme, would flood the markeis with farm produce in such (qusntities that the grower would get virtually no returns, ssid John A. Mo Sparren, of Lancaster county, succes. sor to Farmer Creasy as master of the State Grange, while addressing the siudents of the agricultural school at the Pennsylvania State College. He predicted it would be at least a century before there would be sufficient mark. els fo this country to jusiify intensive soli-tilling methods, Discussing intensive production, Mr. MceSparren, who was the chief speaker at the celebration of College Grange Dsy, said : “ The farmers of today are not #0 much interested in growing the other bisde of grass ss they are in knowing who gets it sfier it ie grown.” He emphasized the need for greater conservation in distribution and trans. portation rather than for incressed crops, "Our population of thirty-one per- #0ns to a iquare mile is entirely too scanty,” explained Mr. McSparren, to warrant the adoption of intensive methods in America. In Belgium, Germany, France, and some other European countries where five or six hundred persons live on a square mile of land, there is every justifieation for intensive systems, but before we farm- ers will listen to arguments favoring increased crop production there must be developed markets that will con- sume the present output of the Ameri- oan farmer,” Quantity Flas Qaslity, No American monthly at any price offers the same amount of reading as The Youth's Companion, and none can offer reading of better quality, Less than four cents a week engages ita service in your family-—its clean entertainment, its fine suggestiveness, week after week. There la an Edi torial Page marked by clear and con sclentious thinking, not giving voice to the personal convictions of the editors, but supplying the matter out uf which convictions are formed. There are stotles in which are to be found the thrill of action and the quiet interest of home life, sparkling humor, and genuine pathos, There is information, carefully sifted, so that the reader may rely upon its trust. worthiness, If you do not know The Companion, let us send you one or two issues free with the Forecast for the current vol. ume. Every new subscriber who sends $200 for a year's subscription will receive free The Companion Home Oslendar for 1915 —~The Youth's Companion, 144 Berkeley Street, re-elected, Boston, Mass, Confer First Degree. The good work of the degree teams of the local I. O. O F. lodge has result. ed in frequent eaills from other lodges in the valley, the latest invitation having been g ven by the Bpring Mills order, Friday ‘evening. Thirty-four members of the Centre Hall lodge, be- glides a number from other lodges, were present, the total number being one hundred and ten, The first degree was conferred upon a class of three candidates. Lunch was served after lodge. ' Among those present were Michael Miller, Charles Miller, Thom- a8 Bartges, Charles Bartholomew, Thomas Moore, Juilan iam Kerlin, Willlam Lucas, ban, Irvin Bhowers, Lyman Bmith, Robert Meyer, Bruce Arney, Harvey Mark, Edward Lair, Edward Craw- ford, E B. Hipks, John Pufl, Clyde Bradford, William Houser, B. Garis, William Homan, Perry Luse, J, W Whiteman, Joseph Lutz, Max Harsh- barger, Charles Bmith, Herbert Garis all of Centre Hall lodge; Thomas IL. Smith, Btate College lodge ; Rev. W. H. Williams, Port Matilda lodge: W. E. Breon, H. W. Hartman, Joseph Reifsnyder, H. Leitzsll, Miil- heim lodge. s—————————— Missionary Society Meeting, The annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Huntingdon Presbytery will be held at State College on Wednesday Thureday, March 24th and 25th, committee of arrangements has society of the and The pre pared the following program for the meeting : Wishart Pageant Addresses by Dr. Lowrie ar TREURSDAY Hymn, ~FPrayer, Minutes Swift survey of the Home Bas Boll of Honor Delegates Round Burke! Address, Mis Gertrode Sc} MOR Table Prayer for © Our Misdonaric Reports of Con toes Election of Officers ws Lanel Ferry Added vo Dry List. Perry county was added to the list of dry counties in Pennsylvania when sixteen applicants for saloon licenses were turned down by the license court Eleven applications were for old stands, Perry is the ninth county io the state to be made dry by court rulings, the others being Green, Lawrence, Mifflin, Bedford, Huntingdon, Ju. pista, Venango and Tioga. Several counties have only one or two saloons, Iu Luzerne couniy the court refused to renew liceusea for forty-three old saloons. Nescopeck will be dry. The Luzerne judges rejected 103 new ap- plications. T——————————— D, J. Nieman Back to Millbhelm, Wednesday of just week D. J. Nie man purchased the department store of Harry Herr which the latter bought from Mr. Nieman about a year ago. An inventory was immediately begun and Mr. Nieman is now doing business again at the stand he held for a num- ber of years. Mr. Herr has returned to his former home at Millville, "Harry B. Mensch has charge of the store at present and will continue une til Mr. Nieman occupies his residence in Miliheim, which will be in a few weeks, He will then be retained as clerk, Woodward. F. P. Guisewite and family from Fiedler spent Sunday in town, Miss Grace Orndorf, who was seri ously ill Inst week, is slowly improv. ing. Preaching services will be held in the Evangelical church Bunday even. ing. Bervices will be conducted by the new minister, Rev. D, C. Cairs. Mrs. Badie Richardson and son from Tuseeyville are visiting the former's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Isaiah. Boob, Mrs. Roy D. Hazel of Clnelnuati, Ohio, is spending some time with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Moyer. Allen Hess of Yeagertown spent sev. oral days last week with friends in town. Mrs. Phoebe Wise spent Saturday with b son, Samuel Orndorf, ." Co NO. | DEATHS, Hamuel B, Taylor, a retired business wan of long residence in Huntingdon, died at his home on the corner of Fifteenth and Mifflin street, on Sun- day evening of last week, Mr. Taylor had been falling in health for some time due to the ip- firmities of old age and his desth was not unxepected, He was born at Pleasant Gap, March 23rd, 1883. He went to Huntingdon about seventeen | years ago and in bis earlier i i i i days CATH, fe he c¢ {ed for many { part of his joining hie he this year or owing to his advanced years, y ii nducted but #® ad residence dis- business More ago Mr. Taylor was a man who was highly respected by all who knew him. He was of a kind disposition and a Chrie- tian gentleman. He was 8 member of the M. E. church. Hixty-three yeare ago he was united in marriage to Mise Jennie Bhaver, of Mt. Unplon, who preceeded him to the grave a few years ago. He is survived by two sons and one dsughter The announcement of the death of Mra. Elizs Dunkle, of G. W kle, which occurred on the 6th of Januar ved here this werk { ‘en i widow Duar y, wae first 1 Mr. and Mrs, Dunkle few years ago and New gh re Hall a Elmira, re Mr. Dunkle Mra. Dunkle died Mra, Henry Hees, of 427 avenue, E here moved jo wb re tie Wid eG A rt time after, at Lhe West New ome Wash- York, sll. togton mira years (ie irge M. iarry F. Ih nd John B Hprioge ; three dsughters, D. Dunkle, of Los Angeles, Miss Clara Dunkle, of W and Mrs, Henry Hess piensa Well at Millheim The express load of id uy F.O. Host n Frid She is aged seventy-nine » Duan. tra be of IRie, i vived by three sons Ele, of Alaska Par ing Bertha Lal; Iams illinme. of Elmira port, Horves Nell weslern horses st Millbeim The ’ £4 4 Be erman wv rotioht A ay brought good prices was $210 Ie The purchasers orses bought by D =ki- Ww Zim VY MENOTe, < . A (s - - Erhatt. 2: F. | merman, 4; G. B. Blover, Jr., J. Zetby, N. H, Yearick, J. W. Yearick H. B. Haugh, A. B. Meyer, H. M. sSwariz, D. W. Bartges, A. C. Confer, J. F. Breon, one each. A MA ———— Letter fromm Iliools, his Orangeville, In asking that the address paper changed from LiL, to McConnell, 1il.,, J. H. Jordan continues thus: ** We still are quar- sutined in Stephenson county oa sc. count of the foot-and-mouth disease smoug cattle, Wednesday we intend to move to McConn:ll. A big snow storm visited this section but thesnow is fast disappearing before the We are all well at present.” ie on be gun. —— le ——— Lecture in Grange Hall, Rev. B. H. Hart, pastor of 8 Metho- dist church in Harrisburg, will deliver a lecture in Grange Arcadia, Friday eveniog of next week, Rev, Hart comes here on solicitation of the I. O. O. F. lodge, The lecture is free to everybody. A COBURN, Those on the sick list are Edward Corman and Jack Elmer, Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Krader spent Sunday at Spring Mills, Revival meeting ie still in progress at Paradiee, Large crowds gather every night. Cuarles Bryan from Centre Hsll ex- pects to move to this place in the near future, : William Claycomb has gone to Huntingdon county where he has found employment, Jacob Eisenhuth has gone to Sune bury where he has found employment. The little daughter of William Snavely had the misfortune of falling one day last week and breaking her leg. Hope for her speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stover and daughter Mae from Wetham spent a few days at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Thomas Kaler ; also at the home of Jacob Stover at Madisooburg, Walter Barchats, one of the state foresters, was promoted from Coburn to Troxelyville to take charge of the state forests at that place, Ralph Kerstetter, a student in the employ of the railroad company, was promoted from Mifflinburg to Coburn to fill the piace vacated by Byron Musser, The exercises given by the Eik Creek school was largely attended ; it wae flue. The Coburn orchestras furnished the music for the tncasion, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Motz and daughter Lodie from Woodward spent A day at the home of Mrs, Mots's pa rents, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Hoster- man, 1 § TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS HBunday is the first day of the official Spring season, Edward Brown attended a meeting of telephone men at Williamsport last week, George Boozer a student of Mercers- burg scademy, is home on his Esster vacation, The Hotel Haag and Brant House day to a dollar and a half, cost of living is to blame, The Varneys, “* Welfare short time BRO, are The high who Week” in Centre booked conducted Hall a to appear- in Bellefonte. Hau Mrs. Raymond Mra. Kate nders and dsughter, Miller, spent Bunday at the home of Mr, and Mra. Charles Dale, above Boslsburg, L. Frank Mayes, the auclioneer, has withdrawn from the rzoe for nomins. tion for the office of oO prothonotary on the Republican ticket.® Wesley Bhirer has taken the agency ir the Crow-Elkhart sutomobiles and X pects put his advertisement be- a A2 tis i to t b re the ties t ce re Lie ue Lidie., mother of H aii, ne at Mrs. J. Q. Miles, Be of Cer aire r hd { Sr Of Tecovery. Mrs. G. lying Marths, nner ju ia or 10} J Bellefonte is in Willi remain there several days and will then go to At- lantic City in quest of better health. A have been’ committed io Yeagertown dariog the past Private and made 3 Philadelphia. He il number of rob wries Weeg nouses been lac tt tack, business &% have both object “ ’ Judge Orvis disposed of fi six week ve of the were held over, last The five ude f at Phil. ipsburg and one at Bandy Ridge. The Spring Mills hotel is the only one not licenses which ing ur disposed of, * in charge of the big demonstration at the 23rd of next there be at that it il be the biggest one day celebration he town has ever had. on cl that y-five will bands and D. Wagner Geiss will take charge of the Brockerhofl' stables Bellefonte fier April Besides conducting the livery Mr. Geiss will also go in the backing business, besides o utinuing in business—buying and _, selling of © try produce. ? Warren Wocd, formerly landlord of the Epring Mills hotel and later st Jersey Bhore, quit the management of the hotel at Hyde City, Clearfield couunly, a short time ago ou sconunt of the Judge Bell He is looking sbout for another location. The women suffragiste in Miflir. burg made a canvass of literacy in that town last week and discovered thst every woman could vote. They found, too, that a number of men fell short on the test. The census was taken to digcover how many women would be able to read a ballot correctly, 4 A.B, Work, the artist who frescoed the Lutheran church in Centre Hall iwo years ago, has painted two sets of scenery for the Millheim Minstrel ciub’s entertainment to be given in the town hall, March 18:h and 20th, "his is the best scenery ever shown in Millbeim, says the Journal, and the boys are Lo be congratulated on being able to secure the services of an artist such as Mr, Work, n iat 48%, 8 his present $ b f y & refusing licenses. Orlando Hackenberg, of near Mill. beim, one day last week purchased the Michael Eby farm, in Haines towne ship, from James 8B. Weaver, of Asronsburg, who bought it last fall from the Eby estate, says the Journal. The farm containe 199 acres, 130° acres of which are clear and highly produce. tive. The consideration is $5.500 for the farm, Mr. Weaver having previ ously sold the timber. Mr. Hacken- berg, after purchasing the above farm, sold the farm he occupies, containing 62 acres, to Al Burrell, his near neigh- bor, for $4,000. Both Hackenberg and Burrell will remain on the farms they now occupy for another year, Charles Goodling made his first trip to the business section of Centre Hall in thirty years, at which time he was employed by Wolf & Son as clerk, This was back in 1885, Binoe leaving Centre Hall, Mr. Goodling bas been over the greater part of the United States. For eighteen years he had been with H. B. Cleflin, in one or the other of his string of stores, and while in Nashville he met his wife, who is now living st Rebersburg, to which place Mr. Goodiing flods his way whenever opportunity presents itself, He is now with M. Livingston & Son, a farniture setablishment, and is sell. log over a large territory. He has a flue trade in Central Pennsylvania, and it Is largely because he knows the business in which he ls engaged,
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