VOL. LXXXIX. HON. H, 0. QUIGLEY ON BENCH. New Jadge Presides for First Time at Feb. rusry Sessions of Couart Philipsburg Wite Deserter 1s Ponished, February sessions of court convened on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, with the new Judge, Honorable Henry €. Quig'ey, on the bench and the other officers at their proper places, The msjor portion of the forenoon session was taken up in hearing mo- tions and petitions as presented by the geveral members of the bar, The grand jury was called and Al- bert Bchenek, farmer of Liberty town- ship, selected as foreman, After the jury was duly charged by the court it retired to the grand jary room to pase upon the several bills of indictment tbat will be laid before them by the District Attorney. i! he constables of the several town- #hips avd boroughs of the county made their quadrennial reports to the Court, There waa but one civil case upon the list for trisl during the presen! week : Clair G. Heverley vs. Reuben Glessner, being an appeal, case con- tinued, it being +pecial to the Court, The trial list for next week’s Court was then gone over, and among the cases disposed of were the following : John Corman ve. Overseer of the Poor of the poor district of Howard township, being an action in assump- sit ; continued on account of the ill- uess of a ma'erial witness, Commonwealth ve, Maynard Thom- as Cameror, prosecutrix Mary Etta Cameron, charged with desertion and non-support of wife and children, This case is from the neighborhood of Philipsburg, and the defendant waived the findiog of the grand jury, snd plead guilty. Bentenced to pay the cosis of prosecution snd to pay to the prosecutrix monthly $15.00 for the support of herself and childreu. Commonweaith ve, George Murray. prosecutor, BSrerman McDonald ; charge assault and battery. This case was nolle prossed on motion of the District Attorney, and the county to pay the costes, Commonwealth ve, Harry L. Quick, indicted for assault and battery. Pros ecuirix, May Eckley. This case grows out of altercation between the defendant and David Shilling, in the borough of Bellefonte, on the 31at day of December, 1915, at the home of Mr, Shilliog’s sister. The commonwealth alleged that the as-suit on Mr. Bhill- ing was unwarranted and that Mr. Shidiog was knocked upcoupscious by { Coutinned oun inside page. | An fer Folltical Usnlendar for 1916, Bpri: May 16. General electior, Tuesday, ber 7. Firs! day for securing signatures on petitions for nomipatior, BSsturday, Fevoruary 18, Last day for filing petitions with the HBecretary of the Commonwealth for pomipations for the primary, Tuesday, April 18, Last day for filing nomination psper by ivdependent bodies of citizens, for any office, Tuesday, October 3. Last day o be assessed for the No- vem ber election, Wednesday, Septem- ber 6, Lisst day to be registered, for voters who were not registered for the No- vember e'ect'on of 1915, in Philadel- phis, Pittsburgh and Sersuton, for the apring primary, Wednesday, April 12, Last day to be registered for spring primary in all Wednpeadsy, April 26, First day to be registered for the November election in any city, Thure- day, September 7, Hecond day, Tuesday, September 19, Third day, Saturday , October 7, Last day to pay tax to qualify for the November election, Saturday, October 7. Last aay when candidates msy withdraw, before the primary, Friday, April Zl, up to 4 p. w, Last an for filing statement of ex- pevssa for the primary, Wednesday, Maeay ‘31. Last day for filing sta'¢rmont of ex- penees for the November election, Thuredey, December 7. ————————————— Turnpike Company ~cospis Proposition, The stockholders of the Centre and Kish: coquiline Turnpike company last week notified Highway Commissioner R. J. Cunvivghsm thet they would ept the offer of $17,615 for the 7.9 miles of turnpike between Bellefonte sod Centre Hall, When this pike is taken over by the State it will leave but one toll gate in Centre county, and that in the Narrows on the rosd from Millbeim to Rebersburg, A A —————— It Was » Girl, The Reporter erred in masking mention of 8 new arrival at the home of Dr. nod Mre, J, V, Foster, at Biate Cotlegr, » few weeks nge, when we enld ueon was bore, Iostend it was a youpg Mire, g& Primary electior, lussday, Novem- the other cities, MID-YEAR 8 8, UVONFERENUE, Met in Bellefonte, Friday 5 his Distriet, the Largest in the (County, is Without » “Front Line” tunday-school. Hope to Have Six by October, A mid-year Bunday-ichool confer- ence was held in the Presbyterian chapel, Bellefonte, on Friday morning and afternoop, Devotional services were conducted at the opening of the morning session by Rev. BR. R. Jones, and at the opening of the afternoon session by Rev, (, OC, Shuey. There were about thirty persons present at the morning session, and about sixty at the afternoon session, Out of four- teen county officers, all except two were present, Out of the twelve dis- tricts, six were represented by distriet chairmen. Thies, the eleventh district, was not represented by a district offi- cer, but three Bunday-school workers, residing in the district, were present, President I. I, Harvey presided at both sessions. Reports were made by the several county officers present, the most interesting one being the one given by the Buperintendent of Teachers Training Department, A. C. Thompson. The reports of all depart. ments showed lack of efficient organi- zation in most districte, County offi- cers, without exception, complained that they could get but few answers from district officers, W. G. Lander, General Becretary of the Penneylvania State Sabbath School Association, was present, and took active part in both sessions. He especially called attention to the neces- sity for Centre county to make an ef- fort to get into the * Advanced Column” of counties in Bunday-school work. There are at present twenty- two counties In this colump, but Cen- tre county is not smong them. Mr. Landes, after hearing reports from the various districte, believed Centre county could reach the *“ Advanced Standard ”’ by the time the State Con- vention meets in York, in October. Ihe place in which Centre county ie especially weak is in the number of “ Front Line” Buanday-schoole, there being but five in the whole county. The line of work marked out at this conference ie, the pushing of as many sSundsy-schools as possible into the front iine io each districts, the mini- mum to be 25 per cent, of the schools in the district, The eleventh district, comprising the borough of Centre Hall, Potter and Gregg townships, is the largest district in the county, having twenty. four schools. There is not one ** front line” Bunday-school in this district. We should make an effort to have at least six before October, But some one will say, “Of what advantage is it to be a ‘Front Line’ Sunday-school?’ It is of the same advantage that it is for a farmer to have up-ic-dste machinery on his far, that ie, 10 order to do more work, or better work, The realization of this ideal in our sSunday-schools will depend largely on the superintendent, Is he interested in the Bunday-school? Does he know what the requirements are, in order to be a “Frout Line” Bunday-school? I« he willing to make the effort ? As a resident of the eleventh dis trict, and ope interested in the Bune dsy-schools of the district, I hope that the superintendents of our Bunday- HOME TALENT S00ORES A HIT, Enriched by More Than Sixty Dollars, raim’s Bummer Boardere,”’ given by day evening, proved a delightful event. Financially, too, it was a great success, the exchequer of the organiza- tion belng enriched to the extent of almost seventy dollars. The weather conditions that evening were such that small hopes were entertained for a good house, it being supposed that the rain and icy condition of the side- walks would deter many from coming. Home talent playe, however, appeal in a way that is foreign to outside theatricale, and seldom fail to draw =» full bouse. Bo it was Thursday night. Long before the hour set for the rise of the curtain every available seat was occupied and many were obliged to stand throughout the performance, The cast comprised twenty-seven actors and was very well selected, From Uncle Ephraim, the part taken by T. L. Moore, down the line to Bam Johnson, the darky fun maker, the part taken by Roy Pufl, it was appar- ent that parte were selected with a view to appropriateness, As is the case of every production of the alage there are one, two or three whose per- formances rank above that of the otherr, due in part to the position each holds in the play. In Thursday eveniog’s performance there were sev- eral exceptionally good parts but so that it will not appear as detracting from the performance of the others no special mention of these will be made, The scene was an old homestead which threatened to fall into the hands of ‘Squire Brigge, a h «rd heard old gentleman, because of Uncle Eph- raim’s fallure to meet his obligations on the mortgage which the former beld. The farmer's "exiravagant” daughters had depleted the good far m- *r’s purse and when the sustere 'Bquire demanded psyment on the old farm, the noble daughters at once sary funds, Taking city boarders snd an advertisement In a city paper brought big results. The unloading of fifteen to twenty of the upper class of society at the old farm was attended for ail occasions, furnishing ihe Isughe. The unususl experiences of the ‘‘greenies '’ made farm life any- thing but a quiet, humdrum affair which the ‘‘ high bred” had pictured it. Of course, thete was a love affair sticking around somewhere and it worked out just fine when the ‘Squire's son fell in love with Uncle Ephraim’s daughter Mollie, subsequently result- ing in an engagement which the old ‘Bquire was bound to recugnize ss a good match. As a result he made the old farm s present to the prospective bilde. A lawn party was pictured in the iset act in which many things trapepired, among which was the ap- ovouncement of otber engagements smong the city folks who met for the firet time on the old farm. The performance of two children— Miriam Moore and Byers Ripka—in song and speech, le entitled to special schools, as well as delegates, will all be present at our vext distriet meeting, in order to devise plans for carryin out the ruggestions of the recent con ference. Rev. BR. R. JoxEs, a —— I —————— The Yoder Horse Sale, Yoder Brothers sale of western horses on the diamond in Centre Hall, Monday afternoon, was poorly attend ed owing to the inconvenience of travel cceasioned by closed roads se a result of the snow storm of the day previous, Consequently few bidders were on hand and borses so d at rather low figuree. Auctioneers Mayes and Hubler labored hard in drawiog bids from prospective purchasers and only on a few animals was the biddivg spirited. Not that Mr. Yoder’s horses were below par, for true to his prom- i», be had delivered a carload of stock thet was second to none sold here at previous times. A, M., Rishel paid the highest figures of the sale—$471 for a team ; Bamuel Durst of Earlys- town purchased a fine team of horses at $460. The highest figure on a single animal was $231 and the lowest $162, Out of the loac of thirty-two head only nineteen were sold, The purchasers aud prices paid are given : Levi Yoder, 1 team... G. 8, Smith, 1 home... A E Limbert, 1 team. M. E Confer, 1 horse. Adam Reish, 1 home. . 4. A. Witmer, 1 home.... — . Harry Grimth, 1 RRR: cc ooins: sommibnsissrinss Samuel Dumt, 1 Sam onion —— raise. Beveral solos, by Mre. 8, HR. reamer, Mre, T. L. Moore, W. W. erlin snd Dwight Fose, were highly pjoyed. Misses Besse Breon and Re- becca Kreamer furnished excellent duets on the plano, The cast of characters in “Uncle Epbraim’s Summer Boarders’ is given herewith : « mim Higgios...........commnnaT. 1. Moore mm. Higgl Mm 8 W, Smith Mollie, A Busie, Bell], their daug hlem... Freda Bafley, Mary Whiteman, Kiisabeth sever wares BWOOIWOOd, Gladys Jones, Laan EES prey et wnnAlired Crawford S——— ames hE sasssei ome oo AW OSTWONA Mrs Bangs, a suf! 0. Helen Bartholomew Mr. Bangs, her 3 hogan. oC D. Harold Bangs, thelr son............B Ripka Madam Elson, ab Action. im 8 Keates cope D, W, Bradford Mrs, Hobert Lindsey VonCleave.. Martha Boal Lucile and M te VonCleave..... Mm. G, cers sessne side BEnnOr snd Ida Sweet wood Polly F " W. F. Keller BLAS BIUDDSRMR.. .ovues corre sirmiesreriene Dwight Foss —— Commissioners Decide on Pleroe, Deemer Plerce, of Btate College, was the fortunate candidate to land the Job of sealer of weights and measures hundred and forty-two ballote for the Commissioners to reach an agreement, different daye, Of the nearly ninety being supported most consistently ham, J. Frank Smith, and Edward to which there is no limit, job providing efficient service ia given, BOUNTY SWINDLES HAVE STOPPED, New Bystem of Payment on Noxious Anlmuls Froves More Economigal and Prevents Frauds Far Superior to Old Bystem, Bince the Btate hae adopted its new policy of paying bounties on noxious animals only when the pelts are sent to a certain receiving station at Har- risburg, swindles upon the State have stopped. Up to April 15, 1915, bounties in Pennsylvania were paid by County Commissioners, and for a few years it has been most evident that the Com- missioners were being Imposed upon outrageously. Pelts of rats and ests were handed in and given bounties, being passed off as skine of weasels or minks or wildeate, Under Penosylvania’s old plan the skin of a fox might be presented in one county and receive a bounty ; later it would be shown to the Commissioners of another county and receive a second bounty. In fact, the scheme could be worked in all 67 counties of the State, In the end the pelt would probably be sold to some furrier, who might him- self get a bounty before he dressed and sold it. There was no end to the pos sible graft under the old system. Now all is changed. Today the man killing a fox or weasel or mink goes before as Magie- trate and makes affidavit to the date, place and details of the killing. These officials are kept supplied with blank affidavits by the Btate, and thie affidavit, duly sworn to, Is sent to the State Game headquarters in Harris- burg, along with the pelt, The skin is carefully examined, and if it be the pelt of an animal coming under the bounty lawe, the face split from a poliot between the eyes down through the end of the nose. The wisdom of this device is It prevents fraud. The same skin can never again be presented here for a bounty by the same man or another, for no animals with eplit faces will receive bounties. Only a few have tried to get ahead of the Game Com- missioner by sending the same pelte in is obvious, Fifty per cent. of the resident hunt- State for bounties, and the past ten months’ work shows thst this sum, which is approximately $135,000, will be about double the amount needed, The balance of the license money is used to psy game wardens and to provide needed game protec- tion, The number of snima's sent be really prodigious. During Jsouary, 1916, bounties were paid on 221 cate ; on 1080 grey foxes ; 1266 foxes; on S41 mioke, and « weasels, The amount of wovey paid out on these was $12,411. Large os this sum seem, it is small com pared with the outlay under the old system, when the County Commissioners paid the bountise, i a —— From the Millheim Journal, At the sale of the real estate of John Stoner, deceased, Inst Friday, the prop- erty on North street was sold to Dsn- iel Auman for $145. Btover Hess of Tripp, 8. D., who has been visiting friends and relatives in this section for several mouthe, left for his western home last Thursday. He was accompanied by Jay Winegard ner, who has found employment there on a large farm at fancy wages, The F. P. Musser property on Ess! Main street was sold last week to Mrs, R. Emma Heese, of Asronsburg, who will oecupy it in the spring. W. L, Campbell, the station agent at Coburn, had recently bought the home and had intended to move there, but he bad a chance to buy the home st Cece burn in which he now lives and he concluded to buy that and forfeit the money he had paid on the Millheim property. ——————— A A ———— The Philadelphia Reco: d, There never was a time in this coun- try’s history when a broad outlook up- on the progress of events of national and international importance wee so essential to everybody who wants to keep posted as the present. The Eure pean war is not only remaking the maps of at least three co ntinente, but its Influence is shaping political, com- mercial and economic conditions in the Uoited States. It is not the funec- tion of the best of local newspapers to trace in detail the progress of these changes. That is the task of the big city dally, with its unlimited facilities for newsgathering in every corner of the world—-and there Is no newspaper better fitted for it than * The Phila- delphia Record," A —— Past Grand Master of Masons Dead, George W. Kendiick, Past Grand Muster of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Penpaylvanie, was stricken with heart failure Bunday morning, dyiog in the arms of his son at his home in Philadelphis. He was seventy-four in wild- on red yz 5586 years of age, NO. 9 DEATHS, Clarence Lingle, a son of Mrs, Henry Lingle, of Georges Valley, died at his home on Thursdey evening of disbeter, aged nineteen’ years. The young man had been in ill health for the past year but had worked on the farm up to the very last. His tion took a sudden turn for the worse the day before his condi- death. Funeral eervices were held Bunday morning in the Crosse Lutheran chureb, in Georges Valley, and burial made in the ceme- tery connected therewith, Rev, J. M., Price of the United church officiating. Evangelical Burviving the de- ceased are hie mother, three brothers and two eisters ; namely, Csivio, Al- bert and Edward, Mre, Jared Ripka and Miss Mary Liogle, sll of Georges Valley, Also & half John Solt, of Rebersburg. His father died only a short time ago. brother, Mre, Barbara Grose, mother of Mrs died at her home in Bellefonte day a week ango, years, 4 11 1 y 4 OUre- sged eighty-four — As The Governor is for C. L. Gramiey. C. L. Gramley, who was unseated at Harrieburg a few years ago by the Penrose forces, in favor of Harry B. Heott, hse been promised the support secking Legislature The Governor Centre unity thst an sctive part in this epriog and man favorable to his ption policy fe nomi 3- lleviog that Brother man for the job he of Governor the from Brumwbeugh in for the Centre county Domination has sent word to expects to the primary campaign see to it that a «0 i take local sted. Gramiesy is Lhe for phatically that he will work personsl- has sisted em. ly in Mr. Gramley’s juterests. Em —————— A ————————— The Weather in February, February closed its books with record up to the real Fel ard. Twenty inches of sn 5 rusry ww fell d ing the twenty-nine days and the bd credited On Ll ped Lo 7 and tively. On the last Baturday in Gre only ter is of February, mercury drop- ' weather month 16th OW Z#10 Lis win to the ie 14th end ~ degrees below, respec month old Boreas took a haud in the westher } 5 maRivg snd two bes of loose suo Ow Bitnost aays durstiop ew poe-high uptlry cross in drifts so that travel roads Over W8f an impossit r & Lime, m————— — A Big Yellow Fine in Fugar Valley A Tew ¢ week on the trunk sud pro- g®, cut 1600 feet d ove of them jset rier’s lumber j fr feed of which fey A L 23s @ - i ! duced six medium sized saw | measured 70 of which Mr. Wark sawed fine bridge timber, a —— Will Ask for Be-Hearing, Clarence Long, proprietor of the Rebersburg hotel, has filed a petition for a re-hearing of his license case, be- fore Judge Quigley. The Rebersburg botel wae one of 2 number of licensed houses thsi Judge Oivie previous to his retirement from office, 1 were reused by am—— i ——— Death of ¢ Ohtla Mr.and Mre. Oliver K. Shuey, of near Ziop, are mourning the death of their nine-day-old sor, Murrey Bhuey, who died of pneumonis, Tuesday of last week, Baris! was made at Centre Hall Thursday following, Rev. Shultz of Bnydertown officiating. F. V, Goodhart bad charge of the funeral, APP ——————— Let Nobody Be Decelved, From Altoona Tribune ( Republican. ) Colonel Roosevelt will be a candi date for the Republican nomination for president next June, unless he is couvineed that be hag no chance. If the convention names Justice Hughes the colonel will probably be bound by his declarations favorable to such nominatiop. If it fails to do that it will be confronted by the necessity of nominating Roosevelt or facing sue other revolt, with the Colonel ss the Progressive candidate, We regret to perceive that many of the leaders of the Republican party seera disposed to favor hia selection. Bhould be be nominated and elected for a third term the country will never be able to rid iteelf of Lim vutil death comes in and makes an end of his activity, Fer better another defeat than such a vie- tory. LAM Ss They Like It, From the ** Froth,” a paper publish ed by the Penn Biate students, we glean this claesio : Tobacco is a dirty weed, 1 Uke it; It mtisfies no normal need, 1 like it; It makes you thin, it makes you lean, It takes the hair right off your bean ; 1's the worst darn stull I've ever seen, 1 like it, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Rev, Bamuel Moody of Martinsburg was 8 pleasant visitor at the Mre, Mary tearick home, on Priday, Mre, Mary Bmith of Bellefonte spent # few days with ber soos, W. J. and T. L. Bmith, and daughter, Mrs. C. W. Penpington, in thie place, C. K. Stiizer, the enterprising mer- chant at Pleasant Gap, motored scross the mountain on Monday afternoon end sttended to some business at this office, Jacob Bharer enterlained a er of women at her home, east of town, at a qui An excellent dinner was served at the noon hour, Mre, numb iting party, Wednesday. Charles A. Eungard of Farmers Mille, called st this office on Friday and enrolled s« a subscriber to the Re- porter, Mr, Eupngard wae engaged in but recently sold out because of the {ll health it occasioned him, The Ladies’ Aid Boclety of the M. E. ebhurch, comprising sbout eighteen members, spent 8 dey lust week at the home of Lapscn Barrie, the Mure, Bairfoot farm, west of towr, where y busled themselves with the needle, on the ti HE. BE. Horper, son of George Horner, left for Ridott, Illi- noise, on Monday, to begin his fourth of Pleasant Garp, year on a large farm in that place, alter spending two months et the pe- rental brother, Floyd H [ili- Lo: home, His ruer, decided not to return to iw Fear, H. Lee &I e W, BH. stuart #t of Boslsburg, will have a ciesn-up sale on the premises, T'G es =] Mr. Ee was int Thursday and arranged for the printing of t porters at this He will move to Boslsburg ring the sale and drive cream Gul retusin at home tL} Brooke, ten form . Arn, © it} $ ¢« OO Lo iay, March Bre JWI Ia bo a T. F. Royer, of ess caller on Monday for the printing of Mr. Royer has decided we off the farm because of Mrs. i and will make March Jobn Sprucelowr, was a and =ar- ERle fo busi ranged his posters, mi toyer's indispositiop, Fridey, woyer, of Colyer, will fter April 1st, Hilds, the ten-year-old dsughter of Mr. apd Mre, L. Frank Msyer, Le- mont, recently met with an sccident while eeveral of her building that resulted in a frec'ure of the left leg, below the knee, The little Miss guiding sfi:xible flyer when it wae (urped from its course, striking a She is improving from the on oocu “ coasting with school mates near the school Was bank. mishap. The $460 team of horees which Sam- Durst purchssed sat the Yoder horee sale, Monday, will go tows:d tocking the second Durst farm, at Eariystown. Herbert Grove, the pres enti tenant on the piace, will leave in the spring to be followed by Willism siover, of Centre Hall. The Dursts will tock the farm and give their pereonal supervision to the farming operations, uel For the second time within a month the Genizel building, at State College, was on fire Thurelsy afiernoon. Car- penters were working in the building repairing the damages caused by the first fire when they discovered smoke coming through the floor, An alarm was given, but with a few buckets of waler the fire was extinguished. It was found thst there was a hole in the floor just below the opening for the pipe from the furnace and this is sup- posed to have been the cause of Thure- day's fire, The announcement of the stockhold- ere of the turnpike from Centre Hall to Bellefonte having sgreed to sell at the State’s figures, is indeed a gocd piece of news to Penne Valley folke— both motorists and others—for it will mean more travel for pleasure and business than ever bifore. The parte ing of the big end of a filly~cont piece for toll for eswiy trip across the moun- tain did not have & tendency to create more tripe than were considered neces sary, but with a free road travel scross Nittany Mountain will be greatly sugmented, Bellefonte is slresdy talking and planning for the Odd Fellows Auni- versary celebration which will be held al that place Wednesday, April 26ib. It will be the ninetyweventh annie versary of the founding of the Order ia Americe. The Bellefonte council Liss already been asked to arrange for proper police protection for that day snd aleo to bave streets clear of vehicles during the march. Centre Hall lodge is» making arrangements to be present in strong numbers apd to make a most creditable showing in thelr new white uniforms. The home of the Moose lodge in Bellefonte will be the headquarters of the local Order,
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