VOI « LX. AVI 3 TRIV Z0 THE SOUTHLAND, Low Ftandard of Morais Prevails Among People in Canal Zowe, Says Dr, Bitoer, By BITNER DR. H. F. PART 1111. THE PEOPLE. three classes kinds peopler~the Negro We There are or he Panamanian and ’ Indian SAW many ihe rest. The Panamanian is the result of the mixing of the Spanish’ with the na tive Indian, I suppose they are more Indian than Spanish and yet it is easy full blooded Indian I'here are but few 1 to distinguish the from them. Indians in the city of Panama, but that they are in the maj country or as they say The people have low standards o al when compared with our own. the es lottery in which the \ yusiness place in They conduct a Government shares in profits. Panama and ind men and women sitting ns received { hel Ip we were told that to make the sy, and yet eed of a y were in n i f honey loan of money ft They r three prices i ment CENTHE COUNTY GRANUE, i i i { — | Springs in Leonnrd Grange Hall, ago Leonard at the solici- Rhone and Home forty years | Grange was organized ! . tation of Hor. Leonard i i men were the only ones of the fifty or members of the order who as - there on Thursday at the | more | sembled {| Grapge who were present or had a i {part in forming the organization Be . i { the days when the Grange was in { {infaney. Leonsrd hall its Grange , the head of Hpruce that {fl »ws into the Juniata. the * Glades?” | where country quits, begins, and mud a niade It spot— Hock the Fry age, : 1 . i where Capt, while pieture que pier, long is Springs— king of his where Pipsisseway, the usfniatnaer, Hugg sud Queen Meadow Swee!, ery of the jealous Silver Eagle: kill bim, I'll kill him. Meadow Bweet i will yet be mine !'; where Pipsisseway Ril Kisl - issued his decree to every scoqiillar, take no which was gathered over one alped thrown into the great hundred and told and mutilated Bo corpses Spring, 80 that the £8 Loemaker, Lhe and might fit for through the king taint picked water it the drink, ren make it ur fa regior., Aller viewing thess [adi the definite site of the warrior's lodgr, ie, and searching f a hundred yards from the body of G with theese officers in Worthy Master, A. W. | i. Nefl; Lecturer 0, 1 Pe spring, called to order the BURLTE Was Chsir * sls : Uveérseer Chsplair, Goodhart ; Steward J. A Brooks: Gingerich, I. Cloyd Keller : rge ¥ ts ar "ey, dire lo eper, Christ 1, Flore, Durst ; Mra. 1. red + ; Pomona, Miss Mary Dig Mrs W al Ceres ger eI tiie ports were resd during the among them being quite Another tree it is cam- green vaiuab e for ck foling Inany I mi ame and bring ther It is not There are vi was ic and rare of ty fine Of - childs growing near Gatun. the Americans took great pains fine specimen Une An and putting it } iar hrotot it with Fi ree Eiass JAI Drougns it with hum. Orleans when we met custom not help but hear the conversation offi- cers, he was next to tae ia line. could be- When asked a rare He was told that it was against to admit any He told them carefClly he had removed the earth tween him and the officer. what he had in the jar he replied orchid. their regulations plant from the isthmus, how and had the plant cleaned and washed and he hoped they would examine it with the microscope to see whether or not anything that might produce disease ad- hered to it. He was finally told to come to the Custom House where the final decision would be made. To show with what care they try to keep disease out of our country I need only say that we were examined five times by physi- cians while on the way. The ships we traveled in belonged to the United Fruit Company's Great White Fleet. They ware large, well s 7 suited for their purpose and under the American flag. Steel plates cover the entire outside of the ship and the frame work of the decks, cabins, and saloon was largely st el. On our way from Co- lon to New Orleans we passed along the shore of a rather large island. We were told that it was Providence Island, and that it belonged to the United States of Columbia and that it was used as a penal station. Its valleys are eapecially adapted for raising pine apples and the prisoners are used in the cultivation of the finest pineapples in the world, As we approached the mouth of the Missiesippi, before we could see any land we noticed the yellowish muddy water on one side of a line and the deep blue on the other, The cry arose all over the —————-——— i {the Grange Encampment mmitter, whica stated tha a large and catlje ; company Keller : the Patre y epuone company. the ms Ox - perative Omipa the report of the rons Rural Tel i@ recess ‘or noon luncheon gave the met ¢ «ly ers not only an rf h or « 0 the ung from =» 3 i + iadeued wit chioicest y faroe, but to engage the wide trip stroll over ' BU. , snd lake a (we abd Cub h ven over larg: - jteslions for the cr ulerring the ed on 8 class of eight or ten ¢ tenths of the members of ot - reaching autom that many are prospering and are Using » Fally ni » order io atteodancs who id Lo Us i \ . and were * B COLVEeSYALCE In meeting plage, did so in this jndicales farmers portion of their surplus io the purchase of luxurie The names of the tendapes are attached FENNSEYLVANIA Ft members in al- % i Miss sabe! M Cracken PINE GROVE MII M.Fry Capt. W. H. OAK HALL BTATION Foster Musser STATE COLLEGE Miss Dale Mise Vida ¢ Harry Koch William Cal Johu J. Jaquish ] Pt Mise Mary Mr. and Mrs, | Fry Mr.and Mra Mr Sam'l Corl and Mre, Mewton Neid gh Mrs. John =, Mrs, Ezra Tressior Miss Bertha Corl CENTRE HALL nd Mre Miss Mamie Brooks uel Durst J.J. Arney mn. H. Homan PF. H. Lase Bar tobert Campbell CC. Barig: C. RB. Nest Jacob Sharer James Grove Gardner Grove 4. W, Grove 1. K. Keller J. T. Potter i. Cloyd Brooks W. A. Kriss Mis, W, F Keller C. D. Keller Mrs. D. W, Bradiord Ralph Lue Mra. Milford Luse I. Ehone Mrs, C B. Neff G. W. Gingrich Miss Mary Dioges Hay Durst Miss Ruth Brooks Elijot Smith 8. W, Bmih wel male { Continved from previous column, § ship * we are about to enter the waters of the Mississippi,” and soon the ship plunged into the muddy water, but strange to say the propeller which was low down in the water turned up the dark blue water thru the yellow, This proved that the Mississippi's water form. ed only a thin covering over the waters of the gif. The most valuable truth we learned in all of our trip was this, *' There is no land like the United States, no state like Pennsylvania, and no town like Centre Hall in aul the world.” Our land, our state and our homes are far more beau- tiful, more prosperous, more civilized and in every way more desirable than can be found anywhere else, Continued at 100% of next column.) ( The End.) {0 IMIPREGYVEMENT OF RURAL SCHOOL 8 | Woman's Misslontiry Soclely Convener, The Woman’s Home aud —— | Paper Prepared by Member of Gradusting Ulnse Who was Unable to Uommencement Occasion, Deliver It on nual session in Trinity The Reporter berewith publishes in i part the oration of Carl member of the 1915 c'ass of Centre! frat | Hall high schoo’, who of physical unfitness, was unable to de- Aumar, 8 Fridas, ‘U'he seesions which were four in | bumber were devoted regular | business of the eoclety together with because to the { Hver it on the occusrion of commence His Waa | ment of Rural Behoole,”? “several entertsining and ment, subjaot The address | on behalf of the loesl wu clety . done, This Liydi and others, “One of the important (questions br was de | livered by Rev, P. | f the | was responded to by {tellus of M:Minbarye, [address was very well receiv A Jue thought.” well | by Mre. A. M 1 Mrr. { Hall : they were nce fore the American people today is the peo) ¥ to There are sn pastor problem, bow iloprove the rural] local e many de frets in the school system which enuld One of the defects that {could be remedied Dgregstior M ine Miss schools, great a Gi be eliminated, 4 by of good | henrers, duet, Eweel'y Inck adequate preparation of teachers: her j= the lack rendered , of Bellefonte, of nupanied by Mies 1 Rebecea Kreamer, Dr. OO. K. | of Mifflinburg delivered pleasing address on the sut jo’ {echool boilding; another is of | solemn Wes a1 . Behmid almost The and ol F. F. Kreasmer Centre total absence of €quiy of | BIC ment, ntradaction betler wr heating ventilating eystems mpes very I'he {new note in the missionary cusllenge | of today. Th morning | given over wholly to the transselic more frequent scrubbing and dustiog : | eard 8 in the wites, and fi i i i selection « fi better judgment house schon] maintainivg 4 f wilh the sn educe-| e session on Fr day Wen ti easily be bettered snd thus sid in su ousl center ara conditions thet could + fun Of f of rrooon lof the busi: the poe taining an foterest jo stud jthe reports Hoers fons * 3% r ‘toobtsin a good healthy edu 1e alt al epirit ; oc- peration betwee: ing thee ers, aireciors snd parents ; sy jen | the nor ls the FOR t § sid 123 ¢ urse of study are more difficu reading lems school manager fora whole 2 might be a mesos of securing siosing Friday for 8 nist [was one of interest to all w better t} ArET CAN GVEeraes schools gn theo unty | 1 embers of the gt olety ort He privilege of tatior, * Do missions pay,’ y rend a f nea Mifllioba Bn great mane, ths pleasing! Paivin + bould slso be sllowed by sttending i : i Lhe scliond Nwengls hes elved choosing the teachers wy wonid ave Lhe and 1d Ars ure better results, roe hlie of Improving one which has wou by ber fy wg presented Another the } been tes } f factory r wife y. ¥% y io pr Davee # by Ce rs i= nad and und sat ve communitie Helformed anlidatios RYE 8B Vi to 0 Wn 1 on or con : 21 reconst we w f Mp iat %] if the con -wW stubiish the tris 2740 various lines of endeavor in which engaged at the present time The loeal fer oe} tion t is seattersd # ely dered a nities aud the mai y the vislling delegates ot well graded schoo's (day evenicg immediately nitrally ke . fithe sep He cresm cated. Wha I we Fake lr or an example a township 10 » ress We find it r te: BL solidation resliy means is this: eahments in f and cake were servi ibly well peopled section t-livided into pe The dd: iegates po nine « ferent societ f ‘ta with school houses spprox ¢ two esch in ghting is Miles i LOX Bpart, ar iyg di the i} ford 3 0 iis uUnkn: wlers of q derpaid teacher keeps rasbhort lenu every year try - ZOO wo nm sspiisiio in Hers PO ott the tleati & young ut olf to lesch the whole eA BU's to > ing currica ium from tl brane anes ie irregular d it Pp orly fre cChisDge wilh every the high school The atter " {erent in sustained tes: term ang al each he culidren back 10 which no record this they they elilier grow change Bre pt over sgain the work kept, tite £0 has Deen in mark Mrs. Kate too Way upii alinue sheer jack be tude such conditions are very commun - oid to ¢ from d here let it i Mies io school or drop oul of interes’, that Eva Moyer, Robe Hi % )s a8 Mary Houtz, Fre a The delegates were very hospitsbly entertained by the good people of Cer- tre Hal’, The officers of the srclety for the er - suing year sre Mr, U. RB. sho was ri-vleoied president, stood common io this immediate ity. ‘ i will I'be nine or ten on - closed, and i1- stead a modern school will rier, near the center of the township whica will aflond good opportunities for preparation for liviog. ‘The school will be hvgenic, sud have moderns iquipment and vetter teachers. The courses of sliudy will be graded, recite tion periods longer, interest LO rTeveri: onsolidstion . . Nwengie, Lewi burg ; Mi=a Lydia Gotelior, vice pres'- dent, Mifflinburg ; Miss Mabe] Meyers, secretary, Lock Haven : Mr. Catha- ine Phillipe, treasurer, Anronsbure, change all this, rovin schools will be practicsl sd — Pr. Bolte, Lectarer “Grip, Grit and Gomption” is the #ibject on which Dr. Earl Douglas Hol'z will speak in Grange Areadie, Thursday evening of next week -—June rd. He ia the Inset attraction on the Centre Hall Lecture Course and will prove a fitting ellmax to thh season of high art which is near ite ciosr. The scores of press notices commenting on hia various sul jects indicate that be is fan of power who has a burning message whish he delivers in a ples: - og manuer, The following press notices shows how the sul jeet which be will give hers, hing pleased others : “The third lecture held in the Baptist church was given by Dr. Earl Douglaes Holtz, The sul jee, “Qrip, Gri, ard Gumption ” was well onosen ard bandled with a foroe of ability aod eliguence that beld the audience in rapt attention. The lectures was interepersed with Iutercating bumorous illustrations and specdoter, and the sudience not only felt highly entertsined ut greatly benefliied by having heard hin ."’ «Aurora ( Net.) Republiean A (i a Those who were “ap in the morp- ing” on Thuredey diservered a good aiza fron’. Little or no damage wae well sui tnined, yours in scaool much longer, Pupils living at s distance will be cor - veyed 10 esctiool in suitable vehicles, avoiding exposure to inclement weatl - Finally consolidated sebools can 6ifer nmple opportunities for thoreugh work in nature study, school garden « ing, and elementary agricalior, as wei ae lu watiusl training sand dowe - tie econioms “there are diflerent kinds of consol’ - datior. The first 18 partial consolida- thor. By psrtinl consolidation fe menut the grouping of two or more #chools at strategio points a the tow: - shif, without simiog st ultimste cern trahizitiou of all schools in the tow: - ship at a geographies! center. This form of cousolidation is practiced where the a's or shape of the tow: - ship makes transportation of sll pupils himpractieable. Another type of cor « solidation is closing the rural scliools and conveying the pupils to a neigho - Ing villag , providing the village is not #o Inrge chat 1 will crowd oat the rural interest , ; “ The last sud most practical form of improvement is by means of gon - plein govsolbiatior. Complete coneo!- or A { Continued on inside page. ) done Lo vegetatior, however, AY Ww. 27, 1915. ! i { { i H EF M5 CONFER! NOF, Tobe Hela Futheran Chore hk, Hal', Thursday and Friday, vane 3 and 4 The Northern the Woman's Home and Foreign Missior - ary HB Central Lutheran Hal in Ceutre Conference of the rnod of the Le held at wewety of Penney!- church in Centre ihe A large number of fhe officers Pp. « Binith of the Jecuey conference are president Vi vice premdent ; M ise Oi pha | grcretary ; Mrr, M, DP , Lregsurer, The program follows : THI EVENING HEDAY - ¥ -— Will Celebrate 4 2 ! ¥ ie golscommitiess on a - of the Centre Hall outlined Lodge, for a ration O were Inly calet n Of cours, the celebr:- L lake place una the fourtl t day fails 00 Bunday tls year, of Jal SUW - t day td features ths dary, the third with sil @ - naking wded inl ed to valley to } Ia, aii throughout the ’ the sflalr 8 soca SOthe Of ires pistnned for the day are ning, fol the evens taslic parade in the mor b ¥ ry ’ VA GUN oer of contests, each Tee ve i hese teste will id everal pecially desigued for the bekabs have also been planted, ¥ hich will in premiom of some value, eo - e open to all, WN oot ~ Re - 1 wo games, 8 tra] ~:hootiog contest and various other wis will A special fes- ture of the day ’s celebration will be the appearstoe of the Bunbury O-phansge band twenty - x piroes. These charges of the lodge are experts with musical! instruments snd will enliven the occasior. They have sgreed to a: - rive in Centre Hall Friday evening previous to the day of celebration and render music on the diamond. A festival in the evening will close the festivitiee. It will be possible to secure meals on the grounds, a teala ¥ good baseball Ep occupy the afllernoor, of Remarkable morse Shoeing Record, To replace 60,000 old horee shoes ip three years a! the auvil is makiog the fire fis, but this is the record of An- mon Wilt, a well Kiown bilschsmith in Lock Haver. Mr. Wilt placed all the discarded horse shoes on a pile in his shop and this smnil wountain of steel hes grown to a height of thirteen feet and ie twenty-eight feet in eireon - ference. I: ie estimated that there sre from 28 to 30 tons in the pile or about 60.000 shoes in all. When market conditions improve io steel of this kind Mr. Wilt will dispose of the bores shoes. For one yesr Mr. Wilt sud his assistant, Lloyd Swopr, kept a daily record of the number of horses that both shod and the total amounted wo 8,411 horses. The largest number ins single day wae 40 horeer, A HY SNA: County Ginoge Wil Meer, The Centre County Pomona Grange will meet in the ball of HH: ward Cranges on Tuesday, June 1+. Al members of the Grauge are cordially invited to attend this meeting, There wiil be two session: morning and a- terno ow, AN SAI MRSS A The Centre Reporter, $1.50 a» year. 1 NO. 21 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS in Ice Don’t torget the festival Hall Batorday evening. Grange cresir, cske snd strawberries Don't to the i= Memorial uvfurl Od Haturday to Dar. forget Glory Gree z John Van Peit of Bellefonte was a vieltor at the home of his grandmot) - Mre, Susanna Spangler, Thursday Smith, the new merchant time mi: advert His at this duality sement in Bevnote i8 itd baby girl arrived Ore Mo nt f 5i*. snd Mr, is Wen: ther and Buriday my i ning. FF nice} Mil'helm wants to disper with the i 8 we Duisanoe siso and Is raising fund Bry O01 of the Bir Hu itritutions for LH 10Ues came logelhier in Miliheim one day ne was hart aud the ouly wee a bent mudgusrd ippointed ss { aith of the 01 OLY ~ £7 He glate of RLIOND DsViIiow the glale penale last Oemaker iyi YW I Xx 10 Nimes al Lhe P ug { aK his Ql - ed Mr. WUnly sest u Very rimeq CuivVe bildren of home of the Mary Goodhar, is attending the ses - ‘neral Assen bi al (s y of ¥ 5 Hotchester u Saturdsy erisn church Smithgall and her twn ’ irer, of Franklir, mi- ergrandmocner , on Friday, to Yrof Lim rived al the home ul bh Mr. Sussnas Spaogle gpend 1he FUmer wmonthe. at Lhe Jups, enter Columbia Ugiversily st New York to take sd- vanced work iu his profession. wi close of Smithgs #CLOOL ler In Lios'.—1. Franck Mayer, the sue jon- eer, of Lemon’, on Thursday of last week, lost his pocketbook, contsinfog abous fifty toe rosd be- tween Lemont and Maweyville. There was about twent; -five dollare in bills sud a check to the same amoun’. Mr. Mayes cff2re a liberal reward to the finder if be communicates with him. dollars, on Iiseems thet while we're waitis g for a chance to swat the fl | the time may profitably be spent in dealing a death swat to the filthy caterpillar. Everywhere may be sven trees stripped of their foliage and two or thre. and sometimes more, caterpillar nests load - ed to their capacity. A simple remedy and a sure one, is a krosen: -osked corn cob, fastened to a long stick, ligh'- ed aod spplied to the nestr. Now + y the time (0 do §°. wy, . The speed of automobiles through Centre Hall ought to be cut io hail. The galt at which the average oar travels endangers the livesof ehildrer, makes it unpleasant for any one who chances Lo be on the siree’. There ia much pomment sud criticism on the speeding questior , but no attempt has been made to abate the nulesnes. It may require the cost of the life of some innocent one to forces sotior, but such a lesson will come sooner or ister, The funeral of Perry W, Breor, on Saturdar, was Jargey sitended. Among Luose from a distanos were the foliowing : Morris Breor, Camder, N. Y.; Mr. apd Mre. HKobert Mreor, Horseheads, N. Y. ; Klis Bivor, Axe Mann; Mr. sud Mr. Willis sreop, Salons ; Jacob Metn'er, Willismsport ; Mr, Mamucl Hazel and daughter, Mer. Helen Bohr, Houveerville ; Miss es Kathiryn and Minnie Mosse, Mil het ; Mr. and Mu. J. NM. Koosh Asrousturg ; Mr. Ephrism Shook Ralph aud Bruce suood, Penn Hall. ’ *
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