—K r——— — THE CENTRE REPORTER. ISSUED WEEKLY. CENTRE HALL - - PENNA. THURS SMITH & BAILEY . . . . . Proprietors S. W.BMITH.. . . « « . + :. . Bditer Loca! Editor and EDWARD BE. BAILEY { Gosh Balt rer Butered at the Post Office in Centre Hall as second Class mail matter, TERMS. —The terms of subseription to the Re- porter are one and one-half dollars per year ADVERTISING RATES-Display advertise ment of ten or more inches, for three or more in artionk hr cents par luck for each lage. ve! ng cooupy eas space than ten [aches and for fos than three insertions, from fifteen to twenty-five cents per inch for each fssue, acoord to oom tion. Minimum charge seventy-five cents. Local notices sccompanying display advertis- 10§ Ave cents per line for each insertion; other- wise, eight cents per line, minimum charge, twenty-five cents, notices, twenty cents per line for three and ten cents per line for each ad- ditional insertion. LOCALS Automobiles were out in great num- bers on Sunday. Mr. and Mre. R. D. Foreman attend- ed the funeral of Mre. Robert Ramer, at Altoona, on Thursday. Frederick Moore, son of Mr. and Mre. T. L. Moore, is recovering from an iliness of several weeks’ duration. Frank A. Burr, of Boston, has been appointed instructor in power plant design at the Pennsylvania State Col- lege. William H. Homan has been a sul- ferer for the past few weeks with io- flammatory and muscular rheuma- tism, J. E. Royer’s sale at Old Fort will be held Friday, November 19Lh, and not on the 18th as advertised last week. We will all be ready to vole a con- tinuation throughout November of October weather. The month was a most delightful one, and finished in ideal fashion. Dr. H. F. Bitper of Centre Hall, ip another column, writes a highly interesting letter from Hopewell, Virginia, a new city, the growth of which is putting the proverbial gourd to shame, W. W. McCormick of Potters Mille, the assessor for Potter township, after a very severe illness of a month or more, has improved to such sn extent that he commenced the duties of his office last week. The manual of the sixty-ninth ap- nual session of the Teachers’ Institute for Centre county has been issued. The dates of institute are November ¥ to 12, and the place the new high school auditorium at Philipsburg. Mre, Florence Rearick of Pasadens, Californis, spent a few days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs, A. P. Krape. Mre. Rearick is an adopted sister of Mr. Krape and since July has been visiting relatives in all parts of Pennsylvanis, Rev. and Mrs. R. R. Jones and daughter, Miss Gladys, left on Wed- pesday morning for atwo weeks’ vaca- tiop, the greater part of which will be spent among the parishioners of Rev. Jones’ first charge at Btantop, Vir- ginis, where he labored eighteen years go. The Howard Hustler, published in- termittently for the past twenty-one years by F. 8. Dunham, passed out of existence with the issue of last week. The proprietor has offered the plant for sale and will use the bulldiog which he erected for manufacture of gloves. The new business will begin operations next week and from ten to thirty people will be given employ- ment in Howard. The Bellefonte post office, by an order issued from the Post Office De- partment at Washington, bas become as distributing office for the msjor portion of supplies for the smaller post offices throughout the county. This arrangement is a new one and is made with a view of delivering supplies both more speedily and at lesa cost to the government than was done when all requisitions were made on Washing- ton. The home for feeble minded wo- men of Pennsylvania, which is being constructed on land north of Laurel ton, is nearing completion. A large force of masons and carpenters ls at work on the structure. The home is being constructed of native mountain stone brought from the mountains to the west of the building. The archi- tecture is of neat design and the home, when completed, will be three stories high and probably 60x100 feet in width and length, The location for the home ie ideal. A number of individuals prominent in agricultural circles in the State and country will have a part in the pro- gram in connection with the eleventh snnual Farmers’ Week at the Penn. sylvenis Biate College, which will be held from December 27, 1915, to Janu- ary 1,1916. Dr. C. F. Curtiss, dean and director of the Behool of Agricul ture and Experiment Station of the Iowa State College, an authority on all subjects relating to live stock, will give several lectures. '‘ Live Stock Farming and Its Relation to Boll Fer- tility,” and “ Live Stock Mansge- ment,” are among the subjects upon which Dean Curtiss will speak. These two lectures alone should be worth much to the farmer interested in live stock work, THE NEW CITY HOPEWELL, Dr. MH, ¥F. Bitner on Viste to Ulty of Mar velous Growth, In Virginia iis Assistant Cashier ln Bank in New Clty, Mon A new city has been born to Virgino- ip. Its birthplace is about eight miles northeast of Petersburg and twenly- five miles southeast of Richmond. It is near City Point where the Appoma- tox river joins the James river. On the first of March, 1915, not more than one hundred persons lived where this pew city is now struggling into a regulated and properly controlled community of at least 26,000 people, ninety per cent. of whom are men, The city is not incorporated ; they have no mayor but they have a police force and there was no disturbance anywhere. I walked all over the city and everywhere the men were too busy working to make any disorder. No drunkenness whatever, The real estate men are doing a big business here, A pumber are from Pennsylvania, One froma Mifflin was kind enough to take me in his auto to City Point and show me where Gen. Grant bad his headquarters and where President Lincoln visited army. There are many breastworks and em- bankments to be seen that are silent reminders of the Civil War. A ing sight to me is the displaying the American Flag. You see “Old Glory” waving from many a house and flag pole, The Du Ponts have erected large buildings for making guncotton, I'hey have also erected in one part of the city two thousand, five hundred houses for their workmen. Men now engsged in cutting streels thru the forest. ‘lhe fallen trees are sawed into fire wood or lumber by gasoline sawmills which Men follow the mills with long sugurs with which they bore iuto the earth under the stumps, Da Poot giant or dynamite is placed under the stumps and they are torn out. Wher the stumps are removed the streets are graded, rounded up and concrete side walks are put down to A large number of laud ¢ the ple BE of Can are follow the choppers. holes from the edges Lots are marked of, and sold buyers. panies, improvement companies, con- struction companies, ele, have formed and hundreds of men sre mak- ing big money buying and selling lots, [housands of houses are going up atl The Du Ponts are building » very large school house, The roof ie not yet on the house but the walls are up and before this is read no doubt th roof will be on. [I saw rooms just finished that $100 per month, barber shop where eight men were busy all the time. There good floor in the shop, but sud ceiling were rough pine j boarde. I was told thirty such in bank in which my =on cashier is not yet four mouths old, and yet it has deposits of over 240,000 dol- iare, eager ine been once, suai store rented for I was shaved in »s Daroers Whe 8 Whails vista and Wels thal there suops the city. ihe is sesistant There are seven men at work I this bank sod at no time while there, was there wanting a line of men waiting to fhe lot oi which the bank building stands was bought for $135, iu Apri’, pow the sd- joining lot sold for $1000 per foo! and bas a depth of only 50 feet. is aa yet no postoflice in Fe people were served by rural de- livery sud now it the Legisie- ture or National Congress must act be- fore suitable buildings can or built, The mail comes from Peter:- burg or City Point. Every room it Petersburg as well as every house Was be served, front There this cily. Feels be seleglied is occupied to its fullest extent by people working or doing business in Hope- well, I could not get & room in all Petereburg. The Young Men's Chris- tian Association flpally took pity oo me and permitted me to sleep in Lhe parlor of their new and finely «quip- ped building. On Baturday moruiog at 6 9, wo, we started to go to Hope well by train, Four sections each con- sisting of 15 Iarge passenger coaches were used. These were all crowded by work men and business men, What a ro:h what a crowd! The train was filled before it stopped. 1 too followed the custom, being fearful that I would be left. In fact I do not remember that our section stopped at all, it was fully loaded while moving slowly past the station. The only in- dustry, besides building the new city, is making gun cotton, an explosive used in discharging the large guns of the Allies, For this purpose the Du Ponts pay bigh wages to more than 18000 men working inside their plant, I was told they use up eighteen ear- loads of cotton each day. The cotton is put thru twelve processes, being completely nitrofied in this plant. It is treated with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acide, It leaves here in the wet state in large copper holders and is taken to Wilmington where it is stherized and dried, and made ready for use. I waa told that they pay 10 cents a pound for the cotton and gel $1.10 for the finished product, Ho many autos run between Peters burg and Hopewell that the road is very rough, The Du Ponts have of fered to pay $26,000 toward making » good road between the two cities, which will cost about $90,000 to com- plete. A street oar line is also being constructed between these two places, The grading Is abou} finished and the (Continued at Toot of next colum,) Bruomel Fohnstonbau A very pis edding was znd at WwW gix o'el } Ved neudsy of last week a! § Mre, U, OC, Jol Hall when the lis Johnston ba bride of A. Ral: College. Members of | ent, also Mre, and Btella BK march being 3 the bride and i shied | parior, Rev, FF. H. Hoe Of . nbaugh Lind daughter, Miss (% i CAINS ne Krumrine of h families we Houlz, Ie Arion Slelln as gelical churel many. The vanias Stat [ vg groom | and thi pretty and noe Both young | le friends that wi lashed 3 have em mucl happiness on | ruatritonia ha S— shes In His Ford, ¢ merchant of ing repairs te garage inant 11 on the rear found a male d lim only ia a sack ung al Dasted Log ped 1a = dumped into Was Css found. Wagn steward of the er not interest | about decided there Are a8) should he di ‘Henry a Ford mse find ’ oi shlj enis ars short time. Will mews iu Arcadis, Us veiuber i511 Then Papps And gs If he had He would And th stayed, or Until ever: Then he ean As gentle as a lamb. And now *' to wi Although it But dogs that Should always om it may concern,” coms a puzzle, re cross enough to bite wear a muzzle, Now is the t cation vided you want Shipment of cember first, Pg irae to make your appli- for aulomobiie pro- the tin for 1916 early. enses will begin De- license, { Continued irom previous column. § menagement has promised that by January 1, 1916, the cars will be run- ning. All the way along the street ear line lots have been staked off and I was told many were sold, The R. R. is also being double tracked. Besides Americans there are many Greeks, Slave, Rumanisne, a few Bweeds and Italians smong the workmen, Negroes abound everywhere, The place was a revelstion to we ; the bustie, the business activity the real estate boom, the hullding operations, are simply indescribable. I had not seen my sor, Lawreoce ®. Bitner, for six years, and had never seen bis wife, who Is now my dsughter, so that the trip to Oid Virginia hess been fall of education, enjoyment, and the high- onl posible plea > i= H. VV. BITRER. Belicfont wp F'wp ibbens, gentleman A. Way, farmer, Union 8. Wert, farmer, Haine Mark Williams, clerk, Bellefonte M. C. Walk, farmer, Taylor Twp Chas, Wetzell, carpenter Chas, Vindle, shoe maker, Show Shoe pp i - Flour Min, W. O. Rearick and Bon of Milroy, se stated briefly in last week's issue of the Reporter, purchased the large flour- ing will at Belleville, many yesrs hy John D. Greytill spd Bone. The consideration has not been made public, The new owners took possession Monday of this week. The flouring mill figuring in the travssclion ie one of the largest pianis of its kind in that county. Bituated at the very gateway of the fertile Big Valley grain pre ducing region the mill holds a come manding position in local industrial aflsire. The plant dominates a very W. OU Hearick & son PVarehase nnd operated for i i large proportion of the grain trade of | the valley. The especity of the mill is about ninety barrels of flour per day | in addition to the production of | snormona quantities of feed and other | by -PRANLHL 5 i A A Brings result a Reporter ady, ! Shin TTR ER sage ol KK, FF, DD), Fervies flor the 1 from ¢ from the Centre Hall present carrier, Jesper Futprise Variy 16th instant Tur pring Mills will be served postoffice. The Wagner, will be route A (eiightful i INT en olds Hot to Mary Madaline Bmith, of Mr. and this place, and were | daughter Bre, Hraitk, of sinned, were served LAINE } resent : hE of Grace Fye, Grace | played # is quite nalurs’, such a chapge f Marist lowing w be met wit There ia Clenahar, Ot talog certian her, Aura Garis, Pesrl Ruble, Hazel Ripke, Heler Luce Vivi i . Lelie, Oftice Depsrtme: rade Le siigiog to give ted service, and corae fully WEAVER PIANO HONORID AT APPALACHIAN FAIR PHILIP f u H. MEYER, CE! THE FA( TRE EAL / 10RY REPRESH NEW THINGS F(R FALL WEAR « reather you ing of cooler w warmer and heavi 1: ’ " hing must you make the oy pn na change, bu caps ai , Caj Our lines SHOES, HATS and CAPS Arc New and Stylish hate oh Ase Nats SNOCS., ¢ ¥ . - y ¥ ur goods and feel that arc you it you ] our feoek ¥ laid { fare FOL IG lia Nivas Amazing Styles at Kessler's Dep't bore New Stock added to all departments. || The most wonderful line of ' LADIES COATS AND SUITS i just received from NEW YORK. Never before have we had such a great selection. Every known style, color and material. Just visit our store and you will be convinced yourself. We can surely please you no matter what your tastes may be We hope to see our friends at SLER'S DEPARTMENT STORE MILLHEIM
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