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,
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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,
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( 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
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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,”
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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.
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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.
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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,