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COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY, One part of the national-de‘ense speech delivered last week by Jaries R, Maun, the Republican leader of the House, cught to be committed to memory by every member of Congress: I think, then, that we ought to provide these great forces; that fit ought (0 be considered an emergency matter, entirely apart from the or- dinary routine or expense of Gov- ernment, without regard to partisan- ship or party lines, If England and France and Germsuy and Italy can consider these propusitions without party lives, a country lke ours ought to be able to sweep aside mere parti- san considerations and try all to stand together, loyal to our country, in the effort to aid the Adminpistra- tion of our Goverument, That is the only epirit in which the Congress of the United States can af- ford to act in considering the defense of the Nation, If the Republicans of the House and Benate measure up to the standard of patriotism defied by Mr. Manr, the preparedness bills will be enacted into law and LECEesSATY money sppro- priated out the army and NAVY piogrammes, There are many Democrats who op- pose the President's recommendations on the tbeory that patioual defense is militarisc, here Reyublicans who oppose the for the same resgor, and oti who would commit tl schemes of military exps; i that the country will not But if all the Demo- crats and zli Lhe Republicans who be- lieve i measures of defense will wo tk er and vote together, they w overwhelming msjority in boih ranches of Congress, It is necessary only to forget partie sanship, forget that 1916 is a Presiden- tial yea, a to remembe” that two- tuirds « iviliged world has been plunge lesa war the nominal causes hardly the diguity the to carry are er nepublicsns untiy to £101 erate ¢ i Tail atu 80 au Uil arice to g trivial, re > The Jdevernor Married, Gov (3, apd Mi « } Were io. the G Brethe traordi. ary been tai; and pla Ioarriag to his f erally. been Parke’ ed in tant co been n more Li The formed ard rite pastor Brethre Blreels, men be Brumbaug! ¢ Parke, his wmd, urday Churel w afiernoon of after PIECRULIOUS in tlhe ex Lad » Keep the wedding Lime I'be Governor's Celie 8&8 8 Com piele EUrprise a i Lud MBRUCIpuULr, Ui ¢ 8 secret, ds and lo the public gen- time time mn to he Lhsd Mise eeu mentions Hhe is a dis Foven he reg i #8 ebngsged, bul aid Yel i t's and has usehiold for ie of Lis ¥ yeu: g wes per- ig te urious Dunk- ". George Dillivg Kune, virst Chueh of the Carlie sud Dauphin { which the Governor is a by Rev. Milton C, Bwigari, pasior the Germantown Church. Neither bride por the bridegroom bad any sttendaunte, The whole marriage ceremony was extraordiva iy brief, only eight min- utes elapeing from the time the Gover- nor tl cbureh until the couple « Cut ageip, Core moony COres the « Ly &% i ' , Besisted # i i Le eLlelied e BLE ae——————— Luiting Down Licenses, The Coinmbia court lsst week its decisions in which 31 cui of 84 spplications for ij- county I srceqd down CENT FOMONA (BANGE MEETING, New Officers Installed at First Quarterly Meeting In New Yenr.—Eleotrio Light for Grange Park, The first session of the Centre Coun- ty Pomona Grange in 1916 was held at Centre Hall, in Grange Arcadis, the last Thursday in January. It was a notable session in many respecte, the entire time having been given over to the installation of officers, the hearing of reports of the various projects con- ducted by the Order, and Initiation of several members, The road conditions were such that sutomobiling was not agreeable, and this reduced the attend. ance, yel every officer except one ( Mrs, RE THE CENTRE OOUNTY BANQUET, 105 SCHOOL DIREUTORS MEET, s— A Nomber of Prominent Men Spoke on the Occasion st motel Walton, Phils. deiphia, Thursday, Jannary 27th, d The Centre County Association banquet, which was held at the hotel Walton, Philadelphis, on Thars- day eveniog, Janusty 27th, proved to be one of the biggest and most en- Beveniy Absent from Fessions of the Uentre Co, School Director's Association Heid in Bellefonte Last Week, The twenty-ninth annual session of the Centre County Hechool Directors’ Association wae held in the court house in Bellefonte, Friday and Bat- urday. Ope hundred and five direc tors from thirty districts were present, All the speakers whose names appear- ed on the program were on hand and there were a number of good talks at the various sessions. On Saturday the following officers were elected to serve for one year: H, HB. McClintock, president ; M, 8B, Mc peo; le in Philadelpiia beld in many years, More than one hundred names were printed on the program, most of which were of the members of the asso- ciation. The following speakers bad an important place on the evening’s pro- gram : Hoo, John Francles, Warden of the Western Penitentiary, whose subject wae, “Alms and Objects of the New Method of Teaching Crime D. B, Peterson, Ceres, of Peunsylvania Furnace ) was present for the installa- tion ceremony, which was the first Dowell, first vice president ; James E, Harter, second vice president ; Charles F. Cook, secretary; A. C. Mingle, item oo the program after the session bad been formally opened, The ivstalling officer was David K, Keller, cashier of the Penns Valley Baoking Company, who has been a member of the order ever since he reached the age entitling him to ad- missior. Hop. Leonard Rhone gave the unwritten work to the officers, The retiring Master is Austin W, Dale, of Boaleburg, who served in the Order in many capacities prior to hav- ing reached the presiding chair. He had been ao efficient officer, thorough- ly insympathy with the Grange and its movements, The new Master is Prof, C, R. Neff, of Centre Hall, a farmer, He i: not 80 much an enthusiast in the great ruovement '' to make two blades of grass grow where one grew before,” out is rather giviog attention snd urg- ipg tho farmers to adopt b tter busi- uess methods, opening of markets where the present products from the acre msy be sold al a reasonable profit, and sdvocating legisistion placing farmers on an equality with others having claim for State and National consideration, He believes every farmer ought to be educated— have #¢ Hberal education, and in » messure is opposed to industrial edues- tion becaves of the growiog tendency of the great corporations to induce young men sod women to educate the baud only, dwarfiog the mind so that the man becomes a mere mschine to respon! at the touch of the button by the cap'sivs of industry. He believes are grealer questions to solve than multipliestion of tous and bush- els on “he farw, The first business projset under the meusgewent of the Order to report was that of the Centre County Mutual Fire Lusu aces Company. The quar- erly report rendered by the Becretary, D. K. Keller, shows the insurance ip force to be $1,276,544, with uoles ag- gregatiog $6,006 to back up the fire The suditor’s repoit for the year 1915 indicates that the lotal opsr- aling expeuses of the company, which includes all salaries, mileage, writing of policier, was but $675, The josees by fire were $6152, sud the average total cost of insurac ce per one hundred dolisre for one year, for a period of thirty-nive years, twenty-one cents. Ihis is undoubtedly a fine record. The Grange Evcampment and Fair Arscciation reported its gross receipts for the year to be $2019 and expendi- tures two bundred dollars Jew. It will be recalled Lust in so article print- ed in these coumpe last fall it was set forth that this feir and encampment was conducted without charging ad- i leas there losses, 8 T tremsurer, Dr. Thomas I. Mairs and Dr. H, F, Bituer were elected ss delc- gates to Lhe Btate Association which meets in Harrisburg to-day (Thurs. day ) and to-morrow, The next meeting of the association will be held in the High school bulld- fog. Bellefonte, November 14 and 15. +The names of the directors present are appended : Belleloute—~Charies F. Cook, A. C. Mingle, Mrs, M.E, Brouse, Mm. C, E Glimore. Benner township~-Wm, N, Fishburn, J. Wm, Bodle, W. W, Tibbens, C. E. Luts, Boggs townahip-John RB. Burd, W. J. Brooks, C. Brady, James McMullen, Harry O. Miller. Centre Hall—H. ¥. Bitner, H. G. SBtrohimeier, J G. Dauberman, F. P. Geary, K B. Ripka. Coliege Wwoship-Geo, K. Roan, W, E Frank Kline, Curtin wowoship~R. J. Mann, James Nyman, Ferguson township-J. W. Kepler, N Neidigh, Chas. T, Homan, Jacob Harpster, Gregg townshup--C, A, Weaver, J. W, Zerby, D. W. Corman. Haines township M. O. Stover, H. ©, A.M. Bower, W. A, Guisewite, Hall Moon township—H. B. Walle, Wm. F. Way, J. 0. Peters, Harry Faber. Harris wownship- Geo, D, Fortoey, Chas, Kuhn, EW Hem, Howard Boro.—8. J. Wolfe, J. H. Markle, H. ( Holter, C. H. Pletcher, W. H. Holter, Howard wowiship—Jacob, Bobb, Bolan Lietch, Sswuel ¥F, Dichi, H. 8. Schetick, L. M Tobias Huston towmship-C. M. Myers, B OG. Willams, Wilson Bliver, J W, Wagner. Liberty wwioship-W, R. Schenck, IH. Fistoher, J. C. Bechdel, N. J. SBpangier, J Clark. Marion wwoship—W, man, Miles townahip-H. A. Meyer, George E H. N. Bsteriine, J. N. Royer Milaburg—0. E. Miles, P. H. Haupt, Hev.J. J Wolf, Patton township—Geo. RB. Clark, Chas. ters, Thos, M. Huey, John Haugh, Penn lownship-J. BE Harter, Percival James ltamel, Pallipsburg—8. H. Wigton, A. W. Marks Potter township Ed. Crawlond, FF, PF. Floray, J. Arney, J. KE Bubb, Wm. Bower. Bnow Shoe Boro, J. HH Watson Spring owaship-John H. Barnhart Hale College Thos. 1. Mains Taylor towmship-J, T. Merryman, Lewis, Ben] Weaver Union lowmbip-Shedrach Parsons, HH. Miles T. G, Ingram, J. J. Warner, Bd. Vick, Uniouville~H. 1 Steve, 1. J. Eckeuroth Walker township], C. Nolan, A. B. Beck, C. N. Lee, H. D. Vonada, Worth wownabip—-H. F. Williams, BE, T W. W, Shultz sand A. L. Muguire, inals ”’; Hoo. William Keller, Deputy I ! k Public That the menu messured up to r I ssued for the ocession. Who would ( MENU t Blue Points Olives Radishes Puree Mongole Walton Planked Halibut Florentine Roast Turkey Cranberry Bauce Small Peas Pommes De Terre Rissole Sherbert Royal Salad Lettuce, French Dressing Rainbow Ice Cream Fancy Cakes Coflee Nuts Bou Bons A number of ronge, filled with the were sung st the Two of them are publish- Gro I t i t Fiedler, hundred ! ball ring one i : OLD CENTRE i { Tune ** Nelle Gray." There's a shady little village In oid Centre County, fair, The only place that's * Home, Sweet Home" to me ; For, no matter where | wander, I miss the atmosphere Of my birthplace, where I would lke to be. CHORUS. Oh, that village so falr, and the creek flowing there, With the mountains in the bmokground, so blige ; 1 I were only able | would hasten beck again, My childhood friendstips 10 renew, oO H N. Weaver, H. t A. Cor Wise, I. Bel ¢ ( Tharp, ’ 0 b tf It's 30 quiet and so cozy, 80 plossant afl the while The gress is growing in the shady street, When my days are almost ended To oid Centre 1'il return ; To my homdland | would fala retreat Heury { M Ther, can you bear them as they t f " and sdapt ihe words to Here it is : IT'8 A LONG WAY TO CENTRE COUNTY. Spots i LOUA LS ’ Mre. J. L. Runkie of Bellefonte spent a few days iset week at the home of Mr. and Mre. D. W. Bradford. Mr. and Mre. D. J. Meyer apent a day last week at the home of Mr, and Mire. Charles Meyer, in Reedsville, C. M. Arey built an addition to his dwelling house last week and will in the pear fuiure jopstall a Dathroom outfit, Newton E. Emerick, who is em- Was gay inging song: of Milihelm, Howard and Philips. burg fair, ill Paddy got excited, then he shouted to them there : CHORUS, b to go; t girl I know | f burg hr; heart's right there, 5 1916. W. 0, Runkle, Beg, Takes Bride,’ W. G. Runkle, E¢q., of Bellefonte, and Mies Mary E. Runkle, of Bhemokin, were married at the bride's home, by the Rev. W. E. Fisher, D. D., on Batardey evening. Mr. Runkle attempted to keep the this Following the ceremony the bridal Bellefonte to-day ( Thursday) future The bride is the daughter of Mr. many friends in that city, The groom # a Penvs Valley product, havivg » NO. D TOWK AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREET FROM ALL PARTS E. PF. Ripks is converting a part of his stable into an suto garage, Miss Mary Foreman of State Col- lege epent Baturday with relatives sod friends in this place, Misc Emma Smith of Bellefonte is ‘pending a few days with her brothers and sister in this place. Prof. P. H. Meyer delivered a York plano to the home of George Mensch in Millhelm, last Thursday, John Meyer of Altoona epent 8 few days last week with bis parents, Mr. and Mre, D. J, Meyer, in this place, iz, W. O. Rearlek took possession of the enal end grein formerly owned by W, M, Miiros Bros warehouse, Balley, st y 1 Tuesday, wen boru and reared at Tusseyville, county, | eeumed the practice of law snd now 8 one of the leading altorpeys at the | sentre county ber, | The Reporter extends ione, congraiula~| { i S——————— i —————— i Youth Throws from Horse ; Killed, William hankin Furey, oldest son of | { evening at Msasunline was thrown from The animal kicked him in | he face, crushing the nose and cheek | one besides injuriog the eye and | raiv. Three specialists operated | him in the hoepital of plog to but dealh came to relieve him Movday ie wes 8 Lright evenleen years of sge, eft Byracuee with his body b. d dsughter, i ¢ 118 horse . Good | i Le. i vis Lif i i mori ‘ng. | boy ’ + 3s intellig ! i His parents] i ior 3 burial Morrie ! Bell Mre. Wu. Furey si {on will uti : i Lio s Wil sled 0 he fu Bre. J. G. King, of this placer, is a els. dectreed, a A cp { Besults of MM, ££ Revive! N. Bev, Last iwenty twenty-ane The revival held iu the Firet sbureh of Nescopeck, « 3. W., Mcllosy is ps . There were vergious sod to the iselor was the year the fi hes been increased, f which for, closed our PIO LS cot oe ~ The | Dur il of including é i mwmembeienng, evargelis’, he membership this} Luis iy-five, hose herein, mentioned, Ly All of interests of thie chiureh Lhe Ble wit g well cared for, and a uture is before it, The town of Nescopeck prosperous is in a: quor license with the M. E. church endicg. Neecopeck Is “drs,” snd — A Mp Will Give * Duleh Sapper.” A * Duich Bupper’ will be given yy the members of the Lady of the his place, in Urarge Arcadie, Batur- All the amous Duich dishes, including sauer ke, will be served. The small sum B. F. Rickert, of near Bpring Mills, on Mouday sud sdvertised of farm stock and implements for Balurdsy, March 18th, The school meeting oN Bellefonte, Friday snd Baturdsy, was attend«d by Messier, J. G. Dauberman, H, GO. H. F. Bilger, i strobmeler, Dr, *. Gear, the nn / E. EB. ERipkaand F, | Fifteen months of stesdy emplos- directors Alloons fun Wee be car shops through the order for 1,850 freig bit curs hich received by the Altoons yfficinls Inst week, “et, Ay ad iF. Mi Jacob fsmily were guests Sherer snd Over Bupday st the of their deughter, Mire, Harry Burris, st Yesgertowr, mskirg the in their Buick The roads mountlsivs were fouod tobe in al G Lote trip Car. gave |, i bad coudition, J Karess, an the ho of v. A. B of fo bed #TIN A of in T pe ote, yiher, Cyrus Bright, first Years, fying the evanugeling b Far is D Leburg, it belog his visit 60 cigi.t cig t JOB € fermion ia ary. eq i shtireh at Astonest farmer on tue Dr, f i Maynard Mecker, ts fares 8 , Hialll | cas tow? War a * { Souday and of his enle bills at 0 pisced the this cffie-, BR Ce SI -0p oue apd rnntl [hie sale will Mr. M oi Kg be t of first clans farm , on March Ket ready to “ t : $ . & QUE. a Rer hse sn | F 3 lo« jug bis sale Meaker # Wir. wiil 10th, To y while ¥ BI sil the usual gril came #0 Dear point of collspee Inst Thursday oes: concern tei momeler sf cled BiTLOs in Jspu- paradoxica’, snd umarily did not suffer 0 a criale { borses thet were driven ‘ by bhesl ar SEF TH Der « io the that it to the rose bumid- od no little The hi driveir, BiXiy~ Iny pre to ig degrees wilh high valliog. 12, 14, 22, aud 29 are the the import sill Oasys tu the present month. The first is» Abrabsm Lincoln's birthday, the second Bt, Valentine's Day, the third daie ibe Father of His Country's birthday, and the last date is more or lees lw portant from the fact that it is There is another date, wnile pot print ink on the calendar, yet mission fer, which obliges the revenue to be obisined from three sburces— suitlers, exhibitors and rents from tents, The statement rendered by Patrons Co-Operative Creamery Company was pot complete, but the indications are that the enterprise did a safe business in 1915. The total volume of the ployed in the manufacture of war munitions at East Pitwburgb, spent a week with his family in this place, returning on Tuesday. The Bellefonte High school orchestra will give a concert in the Grange Hall to-night ( Thursday ) at 8 o'clock, for the benefit of the graduating class of the loeal High school, March apd Penniogtor, the two convic'ed murderers who fur the past few months Dave come in for an up- due smount of space in the press be- cause of their back and forth move- ment from the shadow of the electric chair to the eunlight, have a remote chauce of escaping the law's extreme punistment after sll. The governor of twenty-five cents is ssked for this choice menu, s———— or — Mule Sale at Ogntre Mall, On Baturday February 12th, at 12:30 o'clock, Joe Kindig will sell a ecarload of mules at the Centre Hall hotel stables. These animals are an extra quor lic:nses were granted, Berwick, Uastawi.sa aud other places dry last year, were again refused, Three dic- tillerie« iu the county were refused re- tail licevse, it being slieged that the laws bud been violated, The North umberiand county court granted vear- ly four hundred applications Isst week, FPlayiog on Road When Strack by Auto, Last Thursday noon while the scholars of the Pine Hall schoo: were playing the game of “tag” on the Stale road in front of the scliool] building, little Norman, son of Mr. and Mre. W. K. Corl, attemapted to oross the road in front of an aalcmo- A stron, ¢floit wes made by the anti. saloon «lement to close the three ho- tele at Waisontiowr, alleging that the licenses were The court grautec sil applications in that place, etn a m— Will Kalse Hogs on Big ¥eale, Orga ized wilh a espital stock of $25,000, » suinber of Altoons business ALO pri dcesiol sl wen have formed a comps; y which will be incorporated 88 the Penusylvania Hog company, and will raise bigh grade porkers.} The farm belonging to the William H. Herr estate, near Reynoldadale, has beet: len ed, spd the whole tract of 471 » cre wil be used in connection with t' ¢ Lasivess, nnnecs sary, ¥ a —— ——— Dyes wetting Hoarce, Have you voticed the color of the Paper uscd by most of the eity dally papers of Inte ? Tostead of being white it has & yellow tinge, This is due to the scercity of dye materials sud is what w. sre sll coming to io the near fature, Colored print paper used in the average «hop for bli work, ete, Is getting wearcer every day and it is only 8 ques fon of time when It espnot be obtain d nt all, The colors at present are decidedly Jim and it looks ss though the printer was cutting down on exvonwes and getting an inferior grade ( Buch ts not the case, howev 1, the pootiy=eolored ptook of tods © cows tis privter more than Tos pep FEY fy bile owned ‘and’ driven by W. C. Rotison of pear Huntingdon, The Ibe creamery is | p creamery is looatefl In n section]... goibg at a very slow gait Bamual Ash- all Penn Henry Mitterling, stirroinded with similar institutions sud cenvassed by others at a distance which accounts for the emall business done. The thiog farmers are interest- ed in most is not the profit from the shares of stock, but to secure the market price for their product, correct weigh!, sud measure, and this the patrons of this coucern are getting, The Patrons Rural Telephone Com- pany did its best year of business since ite orgapization in 1908. The gross receipie were $580, dues and commie siove. This, of course, does not ig- clude the telephone rentale, aggregat- ing about $8000, collected for the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, An ludex to the spirit of this moet ing is the statement that there was turned over to the treasurer toe sam of $58 00 from initiation fees and dues, At noon an elaborate longheon was served on the first floor of Grauge Arcadin, An hour and one-half was devoted to social lotercourse, the many members from the various sections of the county coming into closer toveh than during the regular sessions, The fviistory step was taken to light the entire comp grounds with elealricity, A AAA the gaudy colois of y . The Centre Reporter $140 » year, Htate students, spent Bunday st the home of the former's parents, Mr, and Mre, J. W. Mitterling, in this place. John F. Hagen, the boss carpenter, of Farmers Mille, informed the Re- porter on a visit last Thursday that the Hagens just completed a big build- ing proposition in State College which meant the erection of six buildings, ineluding a large handsome fraternity house and a grahd dwélling house for Mre, Elsle Foreman Gienn, Owing to an error by the Governor in making out the commission for William P. Shelton as justice of the peace for Millbelm, it was necessary to have new papers drawn appointing Mr, Shelton to the office for serving only the unexpired term of the late F, P. Musser, which runs to Janusry 1, 1018, instead of a full term ne the firet commission granted, Durst, son of Mr. and Mre. Bamuel Durst, of Earlystown, is one of the leaders in having had a wireless station fitted up at the High school in Bellefonte, where he is a student. The station is not a toy but a real working force and each evening the young men rocelve radic-grams from Arliogton, Virginia; Brooklyn Navy Yard, and other places, sustained several arto Federal Balldlig for Lock Haves, The treasury ertment has ap- ral vullding site y Look Haven, ' for This action, It fs believed, he ballding has been ned. Che site selected In a short di of Main s 3 Street. and Rider and Cobarr, ot Robert (, to go to Also, a few pairs of good broke This will be a great oppor- L. F, Mayes and E. E. Hubler will —————— NM ————— Five male deer have been ordered Kerstetter, state Mr. Ker The new blood that will conse have a tendency to prodace larger and more healthy deer for roaming over the rugged points of the Beven Moup- taine. The State treasury has run so low on fands that it ls very likely that no payments other than salaries will be made for some time. The working oapital should vever fall below the $8,000,000 mark, but for the first time for many yeats hae gone far below this figure, with but $1,000,000 in the treseury. There sre a vpumber of school avpropristions yet to be paid, but uniil tome source of revenue opens has aga n graoted them a respite, this time until Feoraary 21st, and in the meantime the plea of insanity will be worked hard by the murderers’ law- yers (0 save their hides, The Reporter scknowledges the receipt of a copy of the snnual mid- winter number of the Los Angeles Timer, from D. B. Kiiue of that place, The edition consists of 190 pages ana is the most eisborate and handsomely printed newspaper that has ever come to our desk. Five of the seven parts are in magazine form, multi-colored, and conisic = wealth of information on the advantages snd resources ‘of that great state. Itis this style of advertising that has done s0 much in buildicg up the population of thst section of country, The following was taken from the Freeport (Illinois) Bulletin, last week : W. L. Royer of Daylor, North Dakotr, formerly of this county, i in the city on his return from s tip’ to bis old home in Centre county, Pa. Mr. Royer brought with him a well preserved 1914 apple which was pre. sented Lo him by Mre. W. H, Bower, a neighbor. Not knowing any other name for the kind of apple, Mre, Bower bas called it the Wosdrow Wile son wpple, which would no doubt please ber husbavd who is one of the nomerous Democrats in Penne Valley,
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